(Windows 6 needs mouse-click menu selections to implement functions.)įor Rapid-Prototyping (create actual working parts), an additional Menu Dropdown function called ThreadCutterScaler is included to resize the XY values of a generated Inside_Thread_Cutter threaded rod. In Windows 5, multiple copies can be quickly done at a time by hitting RETURN key instead of selection box (OK mouse click) conviently sets up for a new placement. Head drives include Torx, Philips, Allen and Hex wrench if available for the screw type.Ĥ bolt styles can be created: threaded, without threads (reducing file size), and each as block instances (multiple copies of one item).īoltGen is multilingual supporting English, Spanish, German, Czech, Italian, French and Chinese.Ī second command BoltGenAN (in the older BoltGen plugin or in BoltGenGUI on the website below only) is provided to make type AN Aircraft Bolts (with wire holes).Ī New function Copy_Bolt_To_Surface copies a created bolt and reorients the bolt to surfaces (surface normals). Screw head types include Sockethead Capscrews, Flat head Capscrews, Flat head Machine screws, Oval Heads, Pan heads, and Hex Heads, or just threads without heads if desired.

Alternatively, the older BoltGenGUI provides an easy-to-use Graphical User Interface and runs external to Rhinoceros 5, but uses Rhinoceros 5 as a graphics engine. Generated part Names (in Layers Properties window) allow easy identification. In addition, BoltGen creates inside-thread-cutters (along with hex-nuts with and without threads).

In addition to generating bolts, other functions extend its usefulness.Īvailable Rhinoceros plugins: New Python versions of BoltGen and older Rhinoscript versions BoltGen and external program BoltGenGUI (Graphical User Interface available only on website below) are free programs that create accurate Metric and English machine bolts of any length. It comes in several versions for Windows and one version for MAC computers. Identifier ' is a free Rhinoceros Plug-In that generates both Metric and English bolts and screws with nuts if desired. These recipes have been renamed Rhino 7, and can be found at.

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