Please follow the format below for requesting a feature. The problem that this feature will solve: A quick and easy tool for threads Brief description of the outcomes that you expect from this feature: I would expect this feature to allow for a hole to be quickly threaded with just a few taps an…

Forgot to mention Freecad is FREE meaning opensource, also works on MAC, LINUX, Windows, oh and FREE!

Actually, I created one in the past, although it lacks the professional knowledge that I don’t have: https://discourse.shapr3d.com/uploads/short-url/tldBRxdTgx6XQp106TLa00jLMP.shapr So, yes, +1 for thread tool, until that, I‘m using this.

[image] GroMark: So, yes, +1 for thread tool, until that, I‘m using this. I’m not opposed to a thread tool. I just think there are more important things to work on first. It would be nice to have, but it’s not high on the list. For example, plugin support could be implemented, and tools like…

Some of us would probably pay for a script :wink: :wink: PEC . Square thread (vice screws), plastic top threads etc I haven’t used your gear generator script YET. I’ happily buy you a beer at the very least for it. Nice work!

Wow, this thread is still going strong after 2,5 years.. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

Thread Tool > The return ! :grinning:

I‘m around since 2019 and have requested a parametric thread-tool numerous times… It‘s June 2025 and still no usable thread tool :frowning: What is the problem in developing this module, that nearly all desktop CAD-programs have since ages? Yes, I‘m a hobbyist, but I need printed, metric threads …

The problem is that they’re concentrating on the visualization stuff at the expense of modeling tools.

Sad to see this feature request has gone on for years now with no response from the development team. Is it even on the roadmap for 2025, a possible few week to month sprint? Why not start small and offer the ability to select a cylinder and then offer a thread tool that one can enter integer or flo…

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Brudius June 20, 2025, 3:31pm 104

Please add this feature. I can’t explain how necessary this is for most of the designs I want to do but it is a huge limitation.

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