Form
The form of an outer thread is determined by its contour. It cannot be assigned a fill.
An outer thread consists of several individual elements which need to be represented in different ways depending on the orientation and alignment. In principle: The outer edges are always drawn with the Thick pen and the inner thread turns with the Thin pen.
In drawing mode, Arbortext IsoDraw displays the thread turns in schematic form only in order to accelerate the screen redraw process. In preview mode and in print the thread turns naturally appear in their correct form.
The thread edge changes in appearance if you change the thread length. Depending on the given situation, half of the thread edge is not shown.
| The Thick and Thin pens and the spacing of the thread turns are assigned automatically. If other attributes are required, these can be converted using the Threads preferences panel. (See Preferences) If a special attribute is to be applied in an individual case, the thread must first be converted into individual elements (see Convert). |
