I finally open a case on this after yesterdays threaded rod discussion.
I opened up a case on this because it doesn't make sense that we have to jump through hoops to get a thread complete on a shaft using helical sweep. This should be a simple one-button command and all too often it fails. All kinds of "solution" are provided here on the forum and the Pro|WorkAround feature, but a useful explanation still escapes us.
The problem is a helical sweep where the "theoretical" thread cut as a perfect triangle (60/60/60) where the legs are equal to the thread's pitch.
Seems simple enough, right? Reasonable request that you can run that cut feature right off the end of the part, right?
Excusses aside... there is no reason for this feature to fail. And it doesn't fail if you stop short of the end.
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The rod is 1" and the pitch is .25. The sketch is tangent both to the surface and the edges are "sharp". Most of us think this simply cannot be done... but obviously it can, just not the way we need it to in 95% of use-cases.
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This is the only difference:
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And if you don't use the remove material option:
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Post your experience with this. We need this fixed if it hasn't been already. I'm still on Creo 2.0 M040.
I will update this post when I receive input from customer service.
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