Rich_Art: So far I haven't looked closely at this type of wood screw thread. Is there some sort of standard regarding the pitch? Otherwise it looks like the "pointy ends option of the sweep functon is the right choice for this.

Michael T.: You must move the "makeExternalThread.js" and the "makeExternalThread.htm" file into the commands folder of MoI. Then you can either hit TAB, enter makeExternalThread (sounds like Harry Potter isn't it :) and hit return or assign a keyboard short cut to the makeExternalThread command.

Mike: There are already some Imperial sizes included in the script. In the first post of this thread you can find instructions how to add more. Thanks for the tip with the tip. What exact settings would you use in the rebuild process?



Edit: Michael I found better instructions from Michael Gibson on installing scripts in this post http://moi3d.com/forum/index.php?webtag=MOI&msg=5136.1

To set it up, unzip the attachment and copy the 2 files into MoI's commands folder - in Windows you can find this as a sub-folder inside of MoI's main installation folder inside of \Program Files, and under OSX right-click on the MoI .app and choose "Show package contents", and then inside there go to drive_c/moi/commands.

After you have copied the 2 files into MoI's commands folder that will then make a new makeExternalThread command available to MoI and you can set up a shortcut key with that as the command name to launch it, or you can push Tab and type in makeExternalThread and push enter as an alternate way to launch it.