Bolted Connections

[KeithHoward6391]

Ok gang first pardon a newbie question. I am new to inventor I have experience with Solidworks and Pro E. I am working on an assembly that has a lot of structural shapes with pre-drilled holes. I am connecting these with a bolt, nut, 2 plain washers and a lock washer. So far I have been using the bolted connection and adding the fasteners. I literally have hundreds of connections to make and was hoping there is some way to automate the process. The one challenge is that not all the connections will require the same length of bolt. There will be probably three or four variations.

Is it possible to create the bolted assembly and place it at different locations?

Keith

[mdavis22569]

we made bolted connection assemblies with a spreadsheet bolt ..spreadsheet washers etc ...

I've attach a zip of what we do

you can change component any of the items ... then we have a phantom assembly of the nut and washer ...