Query: Assembly and their shop attached bolts?

[Julio_Soto]

I have a large assembly I'm detailing. I can't fit all of this on a single sheet, and AS has no way of doing this OOTB. So I created some Model Boxes and I'm using them as Cameras.  In the camera setting for object selection I want to use a query for this assembly to mak it easier to update the details in the future if need be. The query is almost working, it isolates all the parts of the assembly, but it wont isolate the rivnuts (Bolts) that are shop attached to them. So right now I'm creating a 2nd query for rivnuts, but this isolates all the rivnuts. It works in my case because the model box does not include rivnuts of other parts. I'd like to do the isolation with 1 query not 2.

The query is set up like this

Objects

Number

My gut tells me this wont work because I don't see an assembly property in the bolt properties. 

Any ideas?

[Emanuel.Nestor]

Hi @Julio_Soto,

Thank you for posting on Advance Steel Forum 🙂

Could you try using the "Bolts --> Assembly location" property to filter to bolts on shop:

Does it work for you?

Best regards,
Emy

[Julio_Soto]

it does not work for me, does it work for you?

[Emanuel.Nestor]

Hi @Julio_Soto 

Please see the attached test model (AS 2025). I have defined a Search Filter / Query for the Bolts - On Shop.

It works fine on my side.

Can you please test it on your side?

Thanks
Emy

[Julio_Soto]

any chance you can do this in AS2023? I haven't made the move to 2025 yet. Maybe next year with 2026.

Or export the query and attach that?

[Emanuel.Nestor]

Hi @Julio_Soto 

Please see the attached model in AS 2023.

Does it work?

Emy

[Julio_Soto]

I see what you're talking about, but maybe you misunderstood me. Yes, the query for bolts in shop works just fine.  The problem I'm having is I want one query for a specific assembly and the attached bolts. 

As it is I have to have 2 queries, and the one for bolt in shop isolates all bolts on all assemblies, not just the one I want to isolate.

[Julio_Soto · Accepted solution]

So I dont' see in the model anywhere where the bolt has a property of "Assembly Mark", so I don't think I can filter for that beam, but this is weird because AS obviously knows when a bolt is attached to a part for assembly drawings.

Anyway, the only way I could find to get this to work is to enter any information into the user attributes and filter for that. It's not ideal, but it works, and I only need to do it when my assemblies will not fit on one page.

[Sebastian_Eiche]

 these the same numbers for different models?
You could combine the filtersearch and command for selecting the connection elements to one command. 
But this is only useable if you want to use this for many models.