Catalog editor bolt descriptions

[malreid]

I've searched high and low but can not find any explanation for what the following feilds that are relevant to bolts in the Catalog editor are for, and how/where any data entered into them is used. Can somebody please enlighten me...

Stud Type Description

Stud Decsription

[martinTstewart_Adsk]

"Stud Type Description" usually calls out the type of bolt the Bolt set is using. 

"Stud Description" usually includes the material specifications standard and bolt grade.

Check the out-of-the-box Content pack for ASME Pipes and fittings Catalog and look at some of the existing bolt sets in the Catalog Editor.  These fields will be filled out and will give you a better idea on how they’re being used.

(If this answers your question, please mark it as an Accepted Solution).

[malreid]

As far as I can tell these feilds are possibly metadata only and have no effect on the component or model, and only allow for thos descriptions to be pulled out into reports etc.

Correct?

[patpat79]

Go to your report setup, Edit, then Edit query. In the query, choose fastener then click boltset. Everything , fields, etc. that can be reported will be available in your report creator. If you want to add custom properties, go to your project setup, fasteners, then bolts to be specific then add a new property you want to be reported. Thanks

[malreid]

So another exmaple of how poorly this software is documented. Here's the dialog box, these are the fields, do with it as you wish seems to be the standard approach. Very rarely is it explained which feilds are required, which are optional, or how/where they are used elsewhere in the program.

If the documentation was up to scratch like the several hundred page AutoCAD manuals of old, which must have cost much to produce compared to how cheaply electronic docuemntation can be produced and distributed therte wouldnl;t be a need for half of these user forums.

[patpat79]

Maybe that is why forums are made, and for some reason, i dont know about the others, I have learned 90% of my admin knowledge in Plant 3D just by myself(experience/R&D/etc., and the other 10% is thanks to the forums, which are the most technical that's why. Yes your suggestion is good, but this is what we have now, and many are doing good if not best with it. (These are just my thoughts, sorry.)