Pipe flange part 2: Secondary flange with imported bolts and nuts | Modeling projects

Following the primary pipe flange model, Mechanical Engineer Gabe Corbett demonstrates how to create a secondary flange and integrate bolts and nuts from external sources, saving time while ensuring precision. This tutorial covers essential Shapr3D tools and techniques, emphasizing efficiency and practical application:​
• Setting up sketches: Learn how to create construction geometry and set up planes for precise mirroring and alignment.
• Mirror tool: Understand how to use the mirror tool to create symmetrical parts efficiently.
Importing external parts: Discover how to import STEP files of bolts and nuts from online sources like McMaster-Carr, and integrate them into your model.
• Pattern tool: Learn to use the pattern tool to quickly replicate bolts and nuts around a central axis, ensuring uniform distribution.
• History sidebar: See how you can track and edit your design steps from the History sidebar, allowing for efficient modifications and improvements.

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[rommerts]

This second part is a nice addition. Thx Gabe!

[ivantongtrombone]

Shapr3D definitely need thread tools for professional industrial use. Before that it is just my viewer apps for my ipad…😢

[ilyame]

This is great, thank you, but what if you need to shift the bolt and nut EXACTLY to the surface of the flange? Alignment works great sometimes, but in this case (and many other) we need a double alignment: to the center of the hole and to the top surface of the flange. Can we align a body one way while keeping its another alignment? Thanks