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Open a standard part
Start a part from a bolt, screw, nut, washer, pin, bearing or key sized from its standard, with every size of the standard's table as a configuration.
Written for PartCraft 0.5. The same help is inside the app: press F1.
PartCraft opens common mechanical parts ready made: the dimensions come from the standards' tables, and every size in the table is a configuration you can switch to.
Open one
- Click Standard part in the File group.
- In Part, choose the kind, for example Hex head screw (ISO 4017).
- In Size, choose the size, for example
M10 × 40. - Click Open.
The part opens as a new, unsaved part. Save it to keep it (⌘SCtrl+S).
| Part | Standard | Parameters |
|---|---|---|
| Hex head screw, hex bolt | ISO 4017, ISO 4014, ASME B18.2.1 (inch) | d thread size, s across flats, k head height, l length |
| Hex nut | ISO 4032, ASME B18.2.2 (inch) | d, s, height |
| Plain washer | ISO 7089 | d1 inside, d2 outside, h thickness |
| Parallel pin | ISO 2338 | d, l |
| Deep groove ball bearing | ISO 15 | d bore, D outside, B width |
| Parallel key | DIN 6885-1, form A | b width, h height, l length |
Change the size
Each size is a configuration (see Configurations and design tables): open Parameters and pick another one, or change a parameter, such as l for a longer screw, and save it as a configuration of your own.
What is modelled
- Screws and bolts: the hexagon head and a plain shank. Nuts: the hexagon with a hole of the thread's nominal size. Threads are not modelled; add one with Thread if you need it (see Threads).
- Pins: a plain cylinder; the end chamfers are left out.
- Bearings: the outside envelope only (a ring of the bore, the outside diameter and the width), which is what you need to place one.
- Keys: the round-ended key.
The part's material is steel, so the mass panel shows its weight. Gears are not here yet: PartCraft has no tooth feature, and a disc is not a gear. CadCraft draws gears by the drawing convention, and the library has them as drawings.