How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
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How can I manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener to have unique properties for grade 5, grade 8, steel, stainless, cadium plated, oxided bolts for the same size? I need a unique configuration, part number, specification, description for each. For example a 1/4-20 X 1.00 lg hex head bolt grade 8 has a part nubmer of HH 1/4-20 X 1.00 G8, the same bolt in stainless has a part number of HH 1/4-20 X 1.00 SS and the same bolt with plating can have HH 1/4-20 X 1.00 G8 ZP for zinc plating.
How can I select a bolt size and pick a material or plating or grade? This is a big issue for my company.
Thank you for your help!
How can I select a bolt size and pick a material or plating or grade? This is a big issue for my company.
Thank you for your help!






RE: How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
- Create a derived standard (Tools-Options-Data Options-Edit Standards Data) from the ANSI Inch Standard.
- Edit the name of the bolt (e.g. I renamed "Regular" to "Stainless" by (Toolbox-Browser Configuration-Catalog Document), making appropriate selections in the drop-down boxes, and then editing the description.
- Edit the material and part number of the new bolt by inserting one into an assembly, opening that part, making the changes, and then saving it.
Now I actually went one step further and edited the dimensions of the new parts (washers, specifically) inside the Access database but that is not supported by SWX or the VARs so you're sort of (er, completely) on your own when you do that.I even used a similar method to create alternate material stocks from the Structural Steel library and even additional shapes (flat bar and tubing).
My biggest concern is what's going to happen to my custom work once I make the jump to 2005.
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RE: How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
Thanks
RE: How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
To specify grades 5 and 8 and things like cadmium plate, you need to control the BOM entry of the screw. Unless the more recent SolidWorks have improved at this, the toolbox does not work very well.
You would be better off creating your own library of parts. This does not take all that long if you use the embedded Excel design table, especially if you can find a dimension table on the internet that you can copy and paste from.
The design table gives you a lot of control over the BOM entry.
JHG
RE: How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
RE: How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
RE: How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
Chris
RE: How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
RE: How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
I did some quick learnin this morning, and got myself a free website registered. I transfered the document that I wrote, and put it on the website. Haven't really done that before, so I hope it all turns out OK. Here's the link:
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Hope it helps you out, let me know if you have questions.
Chris
RE: How to manage fasteners in toolbox and smart fastener for Grade 5. etc
Thanks for the help.