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JoeKa
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Inner Thread on FreeCad 0.2

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Hello, I'm to edit this nut model https://we.tl/t-mzwLwggmdD, but when I export the stl file, the threads disappear. Tried recreating threads but could not find the v-thread option.

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Pitch: 2.17 mm, minor diameter 17.3 mm

OS: Windows 10 Version 2009
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.20.25645 (Git)
Build type: Release
Branch: master
Hash: 37d9757399b4c2ec30318eb88d7cd7c508246345
Python version: 3.8.6+
Qt version: 5.15.2
Coin version: 4.0.1
OCC version: 7.5.0
Locale: English/United States (en_US)
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you surely did not export "Cut"
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dremel_nut.FCStd
(119.21 KiB) Downloaded 19 times
dremel_nut-BodySubtractiveHelix.stl
(157.41 KiB) Downloaded 21 times
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Re: Inner Thread on FreeCad 0.2

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papyblaise wrote: Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:57 am you surely did not export "Cut"
https://we.tl/t-XrrnHnDVxA
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Can you find a more annoying site to put your videos on? That one ust isn't annoying enough. ;)
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Select Cut and only cut.

Exported STL in Blender:
dremelnut.png
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The screencast didn't record the menu selections, but from what I can see it looks correct.

Edit: I have to correct myself, the selection is hardly visible here too. drmacro is right. If you select all features, then you close all pockets and cuts.
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ok I got it thanks for the help
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IMHO, it's weird here to use Part wb and PartDesign wb.
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