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Bolt Factory Script

  Published by Kernon on April 28th, 2008 in 3D News, Python Scripts

This script allows the user to quickly create various types of screw fasteners.

Created by spudmn, he writes:

This version is very much a work in progress. [It's] unpolished and doesn't do much error checking. Therefore if the user sets strange variables, the model created will be as equally strange.

For best results set the material to smooth and apply a Edge Split modifier with default settings.

Unpolished or not, it's a cool script and works fine.

Download the script.

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  1. 1 ccherrett Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 6:51 am

    very cool! :)

  2. 2 freakydude Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 7:00 am

    this could be handy for me

  3. 3 Roy Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 8:46 am

    Those bolts look quite polished to me! :)

    V. Clever script!

  4. 4 barbatron Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 9:38 am

    fantastic!

    I just played with it for a while, but it will be a huge timesaver when building mechanical objects ( or frankenstein )

  5. 5 Sanne Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 11:02 am

    What a great script! Thank you very much.

  6. 6 ROUBAL Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 11:23 am

    Great script !

    The number of vertices in generated bolts is high, but when you need a close up view to some details in a mechanic, there are generally few objects in the scene, so it is not a problem.

    Thank you for this mavellous tool !

  7. 7 Jarod Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 11:59 am

    funny script!
    good work!

  8. 8 Claws Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 12:01 pm

    thank you very much! this will be very handy!

  9. 9 ysvry Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 1:17 pm

    great script for bart, thx

  10. 10 Simon Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    Wow … veryyy useful!!!

  11. 11 Jon Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    This mesh primitive plugin is rather good…

    http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=101742&highlight=bolt+thread

    …but it appears not to have been devloped into a full bolt.

  12. 12 ArtIsLight Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    Nice. Thanks. Good job spudmn!

  13. 13 carlinhos Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 8:38 pm

    Very nice. Thanks!

  14. 14 rolandixor Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 9:00 pm

    sweetr!!!
    I've got a new system that will finally let me enjoy these things…

  15. 15 OneShotAl Edit Link Apr 28th, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    talk about getting screwed!

  16. 16 Digital FX Artist Edit Link Apr 29th, 2008 at 12:44 am

    This could be an interesting new direction(more of an additional branch) to blender. Many CAD programs that are specifically designed for architectural or mechanical design have buttons that have pre-set object associated with them. For instance, in an architectural CAD program, you would have a button that draws a picture window at a specific location. You could have the same thing in Blender with some form of this script. You could start a script up that is specifically programmed to draw or construct a window. This script would give you a list of pre-set window designs. You would tell it which one to draw or construct and it would make it for you.

    Just a thought.

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