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	How to add new thread sizes to Autodesk Inventor?
	Open the `thread.xls` (Design Data folder of Inventor installation) file in Excel and go to the "ANSI Unified Screw Threads" (inch) or "ANSI Metric M Profile" (metric) tabs. Add rows with thread sizes you want to add. Restart Inventor to accept changes. In higher Inventor versions, you can find this file in: `C:\Users\Public\Documents\Autodesk\Inventor 2019\Design Data\XLS\en-US\thread.xls`

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CAD tip # 2028:

How to add new thread sizes to Autodesk Inventor?