- A great new tool is the stud wizard.
And it's very similar to the hole wizard, but in this case
it's going to create external stud features.
So to get into this tool
I'm going to go up here to insert, features,
and come down here to stud wizard.
And notice it's got a little question mark over here
that will allow you to learn some new things about it.
So click on the stud wizard
and I have two different modes I can be in.
One is I can choose a cylindrical edge
or I can choose a face.
So let's go ahead and do the first one.
And I'm going to choose an edge.
I'm going to choose this edge right here
of this cylindrical boss that I already have.
I can define what size thread I'd like.
So notice I can choose ANSI inch for metric,
or any other standards out there.
And I can choose the style of threads.
And I have the ability to select any size thread
that happens to be smaller than this diameter.
Right? I can't make a larger thread than
the starting edge that I have.
So in this case, the 5/8-11 is the largest one I can create.
And as far as my thread depth,
or I can choose blind up to next or through,
but in blind I'm going to go ahead
and choose like something like a half of an inch.
I can define a thread class if I like
and I can also do an undercut.
So an undercut's going to be great, especially
if you're doing like on a lathe and you need to have it
so the thread can, you know, whatever's going to be threading
on there, can thread it all the way down to a shoulder.
So in this case, I'm going to type in something like,
and these values here for the undercut
these should actually be pulled
from something like a machinist handbook to
define exactly where they are and how big they
are to make sure you got the correct size undercut.
But in this case I'm just going to
put like a hundred thousandths, click okay.
And then you can see what's happening.
So here's my, my threaded features.
So here's the outside.
It's got a little chamfer coming in.
You got where your threads would be.
Then you come back over here and you have the kind
of undercut feature up to this shoulder here.
And it does all that work for you.
So otherwise you'd have to kind of create like an axis.
You'd have to create this profile.
You have to know what these dimensions all were
and then you'd have to go
and do a revolved cut to cut all that away.
So in one feature it does all that for us.
Now, the other way we can use this tool is
if we go to insert, features, stud wizard, one more time
I can switch over here to create stud on surface.
Which is that one.
I can just choose a surface, right?
So before I can choose that surface, I need to come
over here and give it some information, right?
So what is the length?
Let's say like three quarters of an inch.
Let's say maybe half of an inch.
I can define what size thread I want to be putting on here.
Let's choose this, this 7/16-14,
and blind thread class.
You can do the undercut.
You can do all these different things here
and then you go over to positions, right?
I can choose the surface here,
and I can just place that stud.
In fact, I can place, well, I can just
I can place one stud per for feature.
Then of course you can define where that is.
Click on okay.
And there is my feature right there.
So quick, little quick stud, you can just add right
to a surface face or a plane pretty quickly.
Again, it's two different modes you can use.
You can use.
If you already have a cylinder coal shape
you can choose the edge
or you can just choose a face and then define it
and place it like you would a regular hole wizard hole.
So, anyways, very nice new addition to SolidWorks.