Custom Screw Creator

Custom Screw Creator

Win64, English

Fabian Schurig
Create a cylinder head screw by manipulating different parameters or select preset values.

General Usage Instructions

The app will be available in the “Design” workspace, under the “Solids” tab, within the “Insert” ribbon panel. 

A new option will be added to the 'Insert' fly out. Select it and start to create your custom screws.

Screenshots

Commands

Installation/Uninstallation

Install:

The installer that ran when you downloaded this app/plug-in from Autodesk App Store will start installing the app/plugin. Or, simply double-click the downloaded installer to install the app/plugin. 

Uninstall:

You can unload the add-in without uninstalling it by clicking the "Stop" button when the add-in is selected in the list box on the "Add-Ins" tab of the "Scripts and Add-Ins" dialog.

Unchecking "Run on Startup" causes the add-in not to be loaded in future sessions of Autodesk® Fusion 360™.

To uninstall this plug-in, exit the Autodesk product if you are currently running it, simply rerun the installer, and select the "Uninstall" button.

OR, you can uninstall it from 'Control Panel/Programs and Features' (Windows 10/11), just as you would uninstall any other application from your system.

Additional Information

Known Issues

Contact

Company Name: Fabian Schurig
Support Contact: f.schurig@tum.de

Author/Company Information

Fabian Schurig

Support Information

If you encounter some bugs or errors, feel free to create an issue on my GitHub page or message me -> https://github.com/FabianSchurig/CustomScrews

If you have troubles, you can contact me, please append the custom_screws.log from your User folder, e.g. C:\Users\Fabi\CustomScrews\custom_screws.log

Version History

Version Number Version Description

1.4.0

v1.4.0 - Works with Fusion 2.0.21528 x86_64 as of 23th February 2025 - Uses the FusionUtils library. - Drop database internet connection. - Screw database is available on the local system as JSON files. - Fix issue: https://github.com/FabianSchurig/CustomScrews/issues/11 - Fix issue: https://github.com/FabianSchurig/CustomScrews/issues/12 - Fix issue: https://github.com/FabianSchurig/CustomScrews/issues/13 - Add MIT License v1.3.1 - Fixes https://github.com/Bitfroest/CustomScrews/issues/5 - Works with Fusion 360 Version 2.0.8624 (2020-07-25) v1.3.0 - Adapt Add-In to Fusion September 2019 Update - Add log file - Move menu button from 'Create' to 'Insert' v1.2.0 Bugfixes: - Some input argument is invalid. - Better error handling - Delete some messageBox New Features: - Status should be shown in the textArea - Delete messageBoxes for startup and stop as well as errors - Server connection - Save your screw parameters - Add new screws to presets - Add the possibility to select more things to Join the screw (Curves, Points) to the existing JointOrigin
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