Smart fasteners across a gap
Smart fasteners across a gap
(OP)
Hi there, right now I've got two circular parts sandwiched together (totally symmetrical). there's screw holes through them, mated to position them together.
however, the screw holes are on a raised surface relative to the contacting face. SW will only put fasteners through either piece seperately; it will not put a long fastener through both holes...
all holes are made with the hole wizard (and as mentioned, it will put a separate fastener through each hole seperately, but not one long fastener joining both holes)
anyone know??
Thanks a bunch!
Kyle
however, the screw holes are on a raised surface relative to the contacting face. SW will only put fasteners through either piece seperately; it will not put a long fastener through both holes...
all holes are made with the hole wizard (and as mentioned, it will put a separate fastener through each hole seperately, but not one long fastener joining both holes)
CODE
I want this:
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I can only get this:
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[]==> being a bolt
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I can only get this:
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[]==> being a bolt
anyone know??
Thanks a bunch!
Kyle






RE: Smart fasteners across a gap
SW07-SP3
RE: Smart fasteners across a gap
1) creating a single hole and circular patterning it
2) creating a sketch with a line, circular patterned the line, and placing all the holes using the end of each line
same result either way...
RE: Smart fasteners across a gap
I don't have Toolbox so cannot try the standard Smart Fasteners feature.
SW07-SP3
RE: Smart fasteners across a gap
I did try mirroring the body in a single component for kicks, unfortunately didn't work.
thanks for the suggestions...
RE: Smart fasteners across a gap
SW07-SP3
RE: Smart fasteners across a gap
1) I had other features altering the part after the hole wizard, which I think caused SW to have trouble recognizing the hole properly. Moved the holes to the bottom of the feature tree.
2) the fastener diameter I was using didn't have a long enough "predefined library" length to span the whole distance (hahaha). Used a larger diameter for the time being...
all good now!
RE: Smart fasteners across a gap
It should also kick in the Smart Fastener and insert the appropriate fastener by default if you have Toolbox. If it's not the correct type of fastener then you can change it to what you want.
The default is based on your system settings.
Just my two cents.
Christopher Zona - Product Designer
Concord, Ontario