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Bolted Connection Problem

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Message 1 of 12
Vitornis
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Bolted Connection Problem

Im using the bolted connection tool and when i chose all of circluar reference and pick out my bolt and nut the tool will only draw one bolt and ignore all the other circular references.  It previews all the bolts just fine ut will only place a bolt in one of the circular references.

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Message 2 of 12
zma1013
in reply to: Vitornis

As far as I know, you can only place one Bolted Connection at a time.  Would be nice to be able to place multiple instances of it.

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Message 3 of 12
JDMather
in reply to: zma1013


@zma1013 wrote:

As far as I know, you can only place one Bolted Connection at a time.  Would be nice to be able to place multiple instances of it.


Actually  if it is a pattern you can place multiple instances at once if you use Pattern Feature ( and checkmark the Follow Pattern box).

 

I just checked using Concentric reference and that worked on multiple holes at once in 2012.


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Message 4 of 12
Vitornis
in reply to: JDMather

Well my problem has been that most of the time the concentric refernece works on multiple hole most of the time. But on some instances it wont and i haven't been able to figure out why it works sometime and other times it doesn't.

 

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Zypo88
in reply to: Vitornis

This problem gave me headaches for a good month, and as usual with such things the answer is frustratingly simple.

 

If you select the face of the first hole using "Concentric" then it will only generate the first bolt, but if you select the edge of the first hole then all the rest should generate fine.  In my experience that is the only thing that effects bolt generation, doesn't matter if it's individual holes or a pattern.

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hanafym
in reply to: Vitornis

Hi,

 

As a solution, after generating the "hidden bolted connection", go to its node in the model tree. Right click and choose "flexible"! Then the connection will jump on the screen.

Message 7 of 12
swhite
in reply to: Vitornis

I guess if one has only a few bolts Bolted Connection might work, but if you have alot of them it will slow you down considerably. best bet is to make a bolt assembly library and insert them into your model as needed. Just make one for the largest grip size and they will work for anything within the grip range. Table ensures enough thread past nut with one washer and enough thread at smallest grip. personally I never use bolted connection as it bogs down inventor.

Steven White
Lee C. Moore, Inc.
www.lcm-wci.com
Inventor 2011
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Message 8 of 12
LT.Rusty
in reply to: swhite

Odd that everyone's saying you can pattern bolted connections ... I just did about 12 of them, and the "follow pattern" checkbox is there when I'm using preexisting holes.

 

Rusty

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Kubuz
in reply to: Zypo88

Thanks man, You saved me a few hours a week
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IB55
in reply to: hanafym

 
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IB55
in reply to: Zypo88

Thank you so much. I would spend hours and hours without your advice.
Message 12 of 12
SF8906
in reply to: Zypo88

This seems more like a bug than a feature. 

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