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Model a threaded nut

Model a threaded nut - Maya Tutorial

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Model a threaded nut

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- [George] Hi, I'm George Maestri, and today we're going to look again at threads and screws, and in this case we're going to create an inverse of a bolt, which would be a nut. So we're going to learn how to do threads that go on the inside of something. So, let's go ahead and get started. I'm going to actually start off with a scene called Nut_Start.ma, and it's actually just the bolt. So what we're actually going to do is use the threads of this bolt that we built previously to create the inner threads of the nut, so that way they'll match up precisely. So first thing I'm going to do is I'm actually just going to go ahead and duplicate this, and just move it to the side, so that way we have it as reference, and then when we finish the project, we'll have it to make sure everything fits. So I'm just going to go ahead and hide this by hitting Control + H. Now, let's go ahead and turn this into the opposite of what it is. We can do this by going into a side or front viewport, and let's…

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