How To Draw A Threaded Bolt In Autocad

In this autocad tutorial you’ll learn how to draw hexagon commodities.

1. Open a new drawing. Click New

2. Brand certain Ortho way is OFF, (it ON when information technology glow in bluish, OFF in grey)

click the icon to plough it ON or OFF. (or press F8 to toggle)

3. Blazon z [Space bar], type due east [Space bar]. This will zoom extents your drawing expanse.

4. Make certain you have this requirement Layers for your cartoon.

No thought how to create layer? Read autocad tutorial about how to create layers.

5. Make certain layer 0 is selected as current layer.

6. Click Describe>Polygon,

vii. Enter number of sides, type 6 [Enter].

viii. Specify centre of the polygon, type 0,0 [Enter].

9. Click on Circumscribed about circle.

Polygon tips

10. Movement cursor to the left and type @0.2<0 [Enter] equally polygon radius.

11. Click Circle, specify center of the circle at center of the polygon. Blazon 0,0 [Enter].

Specify radius of the circumvolve to 0.125. Blazon 0.125 [Enter].

12. Click Line, describe 3 lines similar like this;

13. Click Beginning, offset information technology to 0.175, type 0.175 [Enter].

select the vertical line and

Click right side as kickoff side.

Press [Esc] few times to terminate offset command.

xiv. Click Trim , select right to left (dark-green box) as shown.

Click [Enter] to confirm choice, click on outer border of each lines to trim it off.

Press [Esc] few times to end trim command.

15. Click Outset , set offset distance to 1.

Click on right edge as object to be kickoff,

click on right side as outset side.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

16. Click Line , depict line from right to left midpoint (make sure object snap is turn on and midpoint snap is activated).

17.  Click Offset , set up offset altitude to 0.125,

select the center line as object to be starting time

click on top side as offset side. Repeat this step for offset the bottom line.

Press [Esc] few times to end offset command.

17. Click Trim , select correct to left (light-green box) as shown.

Click [Enter] to ostend choice, click on outer border of each lines to trim it off.

Press [Esc] few times to end trim control.

18. Click on the center line,

stretch both end of the line every bit shown;

xix. Click Showtime , set offset as through, type t [Enter].

Click bottom edge,

type m [Enter], to offset multiple.

Click on hexagon corner as reference point of the offsets.

Press [Esc] few times to end starting time command.

twenty. Click on circumvolve border

and alter the layer to HIDDEN layer.

21. Click on center line

and modify the layer to CENTER LINE layer.

22. Change current layer to DIM layer,

click Linear,

click on cartoon corners and pull out the dimension as shown;

23. Did you notice the bolt diameter symbol is missing? How to add together diameter symbol? Double click on 0.25 dimension, dimension properties pop up and look for text backdrop.

At text override enter %%C<> [Enter] and close [ten]. Your dimension now have the diameter symbol.

Your hexagon bolt is consummate.

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