More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
(OP)
I am sorry for putting 3 separate posts but I find more problems with SF every passing hour.
This time, I have a thick disc with 2 holes in it on the periphery and the holes are at right angles to each other (i.e the axis of one hole is at right angle to that of the other hole). I inserted this disc into an assembly and added 4 more instances of this disc.
My objective is to put fasteners in all the 10 holes (5 discs X 2 holes/disc).
This is how I went about doing this: I selected one of the holes in the first disc and selected SF. And the problems I ran into are:
1. I did see 10 fasteners but 5 of them are in wrong orientation. In any given disc, one hole is at right anglle to the other. So should be the fasteners. But it seems that SF puts both the fasteners in a given disc in the same orientation, i.e concentric with the first hole. Now I tried to break the mates and manually mate the fasteners (which I shouldn't have to do if the feature is that smart, but I did it anyway). Even this didn't work, as both the fasteners move together and don't seem to have separate mates that I can control individually.
2. In this case, I wanted to put fasteners into all the instances so it's ok. How about if I wanted to put fasteners in only one instance and not in others?
I hope someone can help me out of this quagmire.
This time, I have a thick disc with 2 holes in it on the periphery and the holes are at right angles to each other (i.e the axis of one hole is at right angle to that of the other hole). I inserted this disc into an assembly and added 4 more instances of this disc.
My objective is to put fasteners in all the 10 holes (5 discs X 2 holes/disc).
This is how I went about doing this: I selected one of the holes in the first disc and selected SF. And the problems I ran into are:
1. I did see 10 fasteners but 5 of them are in wrong orientation. In any given disc, one hole is at right anglle to the other. So should be the fasteners. But it seems that SF puts both the fasteners in a given disc in the same orientation, i.e concentric with the first hole. Now I tried to break the mates and manually mate the fasteners (which I shouldn't have to do if the feature is that smart, but I did it anyway). Even this didn't work, as both the fasteners move together and don't seem to have separate mates that I can control individually.
2. In this case, I wanted to put fasteners into all the instances so it's ok. How about if I wanted to put fasteners in only one instance and not in others?
I hope someone can help me out of this quagmire.






RE: More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376
RE: More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
RE: More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
Thanks
RE: More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
Just to get pass this issue, what I would suggest is to delete the fasteners from the tree. Now reinsert one fastener at a time to each hole using mates.
Bradley
RE: More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
RE: More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
Use configurations of the disc assy, with either or both fasteners suppressed, if you need to have the disc with only one or no fasteners.
RE: More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
RE: More problems with Smart fasteners (SF)
Regards,
Scott Baugh, CSWP
http://www.3dvisiontech.com
http://www.scottjbaugh.com
FAQ731-376