Problems with Fastners
Problems with Fastners
(OP)
I have a job that I completed over a year ago. The customer comes back now and says he doesn't think he can find all of the final docs and wants us to send him a new set. The problem is that when I open these assemblies, that I did over year ago, all of the fasteners blow up. I am not on my third computer since then and the computer that I did that job on has long since been wiped clean.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix this issue?
Thanks
Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to fix this issue?
Thanks






RE: Problems with Fastners
How many different fasteners are involved?
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RE: Problems with Fastners
Otherwise, you may need to recreate the necessary fastener configurations in a dummy assembly before opening your customer's assemblies. Referencing the BOM on the drawings would help you here as well.
If you don't have the drawing files.... well, let's just say I hope you have 'em.
RE: Problems with Fastners
RE: Problems with Fastners
I'm not sure what you can do about it now, but what I do about this sort of thing on a continuous basis is save my fasteners in my parts directory. This isn't convenient (or realistic) to do in everyone's work environment, but it does always keep this sort of thing from happening.
Jeff Mowry
www.industrialdesignhaus.com
Reason trumps all. And awe trumps reason.
RE: Problems with Fastners
Unfortunately the anchor of a customer wants files not prints, so I am kind of stuck.
Theophilus,
By 'blow-up' I mean the fasteners get huge.
I might just try and send them as is and see if they get by. The customer isn't that computer savvy so it might not even be noticed. It's a pretty big machine.
RE: Problems with Fastners
This is why I call Toolbox a virus. It will eventually wipe out loads of work unless you are aware of the problems and are very careful about things.
I can give you someones home phone number you can call to express your enthusiasm for this feature if you like.
RE: Problems with Fastners
Thanks
RE: Problems with Fastners
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2005 SP 4.0 (reluctant to change)
Nvidia Quadro FX 1000
AMD Athalon 1.8 GHz 2 Gig RAM
RE: Problems with Fastners
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Hardie "Crashj" Johnson
SW 2005 SP 4.0 (reluctant to change)
Nvidia Quadro FX 1000
AMD Athalon 1.8 GHz 2 Gig RAM
RE: Problems with Fastners
Mark Stapleton
Watermark Design, LLC
Charlotte, NC
www.h2omarkdesign.com
RE: Problems with Fastners
RE: Problems with Fastners
Files could be interpreted as SolidWorks files, AutoCAD (DWG) files, PDF files, DXF files, STEP files, IGES files . . . What does the customer actually need?
Mark Stapleton
Watermark Design, LLC
Charlotte, NC
www.h2omarkdesign.com
RE: Problems with Fastners
As it turns out is was only a few assemblies that had this problem. I was able to replace the fasteners and send the customer the files.
Thanks for everyones help.
RE: Problems with Fastners
Started this after spending 20 minutes refinding all the parts SW had lost on a large assy I'd had open just a couple of months ago. Really looked like an idiot while the engineer stood over my shoulder waiting so he could see how 2 parts fit together.
Nothing had been moved. All the parts were in the correct folders. The computer hadn't changed.
Don't know if others have this problem, but SW will lose track of where files are on an assy I just closed and reopened sometimes. Usually no big deal, but when the files are in a dozen different folders as that assy was it can be very time consuming to refind everything.
Also find this useful as nothing in the assy changes if any of the part files are accidentally changed, moved, renamed, ect.. It's a file I'm sure was correct at the time of the projects completion (extremely valuable). Plus the part file opens faster when you just need to look at something.