Custom Connection Bolt Grips

[suesLPLV6]

I created custom connections as shown in the picture attached.  The left shows the inserted custom connection with the bolt with the correct grip the right shows the bolt with an incorrect grip.  The original connection drawing shows both with the correct grip but when inserted it doesn't adjust to the correct grip/bolt length.  What am I missing here?.

[acbsdesign]

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@suesLPLV6 wrote:

What am I missing here?.

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I do not know..., maybe saying a simple "Thank you" to others trying to you? 

[suesLPLV6]

To @acbsdesign my apologies to you if I didn't properly thank you for your attempt at assisting me.  I work in an office with 15 engineers and I'm the only one working on Advance Steel so I'm the only one trying to make this work and I haven't got back to your solution as I try to put out the fires that are immediate.  I can only attach three images but I assure you I do thank people.

[acbsdesign]

Send me the dwg file I will look at it.

Just from the JPG file I cannot say what is happening. 

When we started with Advance there was a forum where we could get an answer in 21.5 days with AS having numerous bugs, not as polished as it is now. 

People help each other here for free, with respect towards beginners, contributing their time and experience, and I do not know a single user who is sitting on a swinging chair counting birds in the backyard.

[suesLPLV6]

Just got pulled off of this it will have to wait.  THANK YOU though.

[ChristianBlei · Accepted solution]

Hi,

If bolts connect the parts that you selected depends (among other things like does the projection of your insertion point hit the part) on the settings for the allowed gap between parts. Also the insertion is working from part to connected part.

THe standard setting for the max gap in management tools is 10mm for the internationla version.

THE 2 plates have a gap of 10 mm in between.

I change the gap to 100. now the parts are not bolted anymore, only one is.

The bolt properties have the setting "finish calculation at gap" which is checked by default. If you uncheck this in this specific sitation, thze bolts connection is no changed, because the gap is always in the direction of the bolt. If You move the bolt to the upper part and uncheck then, the connection gets updated.

So the situations that you most likely have is that some of your connections have a gap below, some above this border.

Try unchecking the setting in your template connection.

HTH,

Christian Blei

[suesLPLV6]

Thank you ChristianBlei I was finally able to get back on this and when I changed the maximum gap in grip length calculation that resolved the issue.