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  3. ANSYS SpaceClaim: I inserted a tapped cosmetic hole into my solid and it created a separate inner thread in the structure tree. If I delete this the tread is removed. How do I combine this cosmetic inner thread into the solid?

ANSYS SpaceClaim: I inserted a tapped cosmetic hole into my solid and it created a separate inner thread in the structure tree. If I delete this the tread is removed. How do I combine this cosmetic inner thread into the solid?

Tagged: 18, ANSYS SpaceClaim DirectModeler, Edit Group, General, geometry, Preprocessing: Geometry, structural-mechanics
    • June 5, 2023 at 7:05 am
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      There is no way to combine the inner thread with the solid. The inner thread is essentially a surface, and surfaces cannot be combined into solids. You could move the inner thread and the solid into a new component, but you wouldn’t actually be combining the inner thread into the solid.

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