# Screws, screws, screws

**URL:** <https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/screws-screws-screws/6452>\
**Category:** Modeling Questions\
**Created:** [January 15, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/screws-screws-screws/6452 "2020-01-15T08:49:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ronin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/ronin/32/2462_2.png) [@Ronin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ronin)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/screws-screws-screws/6452/1 "2020-01-15T08:49:00Z")

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Guys, what’s the best way, fastest way and most efficient way of modelling a screw of any kind in S3D?

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**Author:** ![DanielR](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/danielr/32/582_2.png) [@DanielR](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/DanielR)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/screws-screws-screws/6452/2 "2020-01-15T10:09:51Z")

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Hey, here is a (bit outdated) video on the general concept of creating screws: [https://youtu.be/CVBlp2zX5fM?t=2395](https://youtu.be/CVBlp2zX5fM?t=2395)

You can also import them from services like McMaster-Carr, here is a video on that: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRWZLncHQFE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRWZLncHQFE)

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**Author:** ![Ronin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/ronin/32/2462_2.png) [@Ronin](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Ronin)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/screws-screws-screws/6452/3 "2020-01-15T10:26:02Z")

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> [@DanielR](#):
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> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRWZLncHQFE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRWZLncHQFE)

thank you Daniel, always coming through ✊🏾

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**Author:** ![Johngerard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@Johngerard](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Johngerard)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/screws-screws-screws/6452/4 "2022-10-15T21:16:40Z")

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My answer which is still relevant in 2022 if Not having to design a screw in the first place. You may need a particular custom screw. But I think almost all of us just need to model a standard screw. Almost all the time I need a screw is to use it to perform a “subtraction” in order to create a hole with screw threads. Creating a screw from scratch is way to complicated and I could use my time better spent modeling the rest of my project. I will never need a reason to create a custom screw type. My suggestion is to have a couple of predesigned objects to use freely.

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**Author:** ![McD](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/mcd/32/15504_2.png) [@McD](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/McD)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/screws-screws-screws/6452/5 "2022-10-15T23:02:15Z")

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John, I guess I’m not following your point. Every standard screw is available via McMaster-Carr as suggested. Most of the items they sell have 3D drawings available in several formats. STEP imports perfectly into Shapr3D. I import them, and save them to iCloud/Files so I have my own library of screws, nuts, etc.

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**Author:** ![Stephen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.shapr3d.com/stephen/32/16350_2.png) [@Stephen](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/u/Stephen)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 6:06am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/screws-screws-screws/6452/6 "2022-10-16T06:06:19Z")

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I download and save them as well.