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It would be nice to have a bolt generator similar to Inventor or even the ability to place a bolt or a nut separately. I sometimes have projects where a hole needs to be placed on a member and a nut welded underneath, at present I create the nut as a polygonal plate.
welding high stregth nuts is probably not a good idea, "encapsulating" or holding them by some mechanical means is a better option however the option to create nuts is still a good option.
I agree welding nuts is not the best option but they do get specified so the program needs to accommodate this, other steel packages have this facility so there is definitely a need in the marketplace.
This could be an additional element added to the Holes, Bolt, Anchors and Shear Studs. Could be called threaded rods with sub categories fo placing of just a nut, nut and washer, threaded rod through hole with nuts and washers, welded stud with nuts and washers.
The software can already create bolts without nuts - see SET SCREWS, CSK SCREWS etc or configure your own.
Nuts can easily be welded to assemblies using the "Special Part" functionality. The software already has special part models for all the usual nut sizes (C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\Advance Steel 2017\Shared\Support\Symbols), or you can create your own 3D block to be re-used any time, so it's pretty straight forward. Washers can also be inserted as special parts.
For threaded rods, I just create a circular user profile and call it a threaded rod.
OK, so the threaded rods and nuts dont appear on a bolt list this way but do so on any material lists so I find it quite workable.
...so all of these things can already be done quite easily and I would rather see valuable development time spent on fixing things that dont work properly (like dim points still getting deteted) or things that cannot be done by any other means (like clone drawings etc).
I totally agree with you that these things can be created as special parts which is exactly as I do it now, and in fact have created my own library of washers nuts and U bolts, but here's the kicker, adding this functionality to Advance Steel will bring it up to the same level as it's competitors.
Creating special parts for things that are unique is well and good but it is time consuming to create these when they are part of the program anyway as in bolt with nut and washer. These items should be treated the same as all other items in a drawing and appear on material lists.
There are many things the program does now that could be done with special parts but part of the selling features of this product is all the functionality it has right out of the box (except ball type handrails but that is another story).
This has been taken up as a future consideration and so it is seen as a useful add on to the product just to get it to spec. I also notice someone else recently has asked for the same thing.
This forum is to put ideas up that we would like to see in the product to make it better for the user and make the product more desirable for potential purchasers.
I agree with grinvent! At present I use also special parts. But this ist not a comfortable and efficent option.
Also add special screws, e.g. T-head-bolts for cement and mining. This bolts are sunken in a thick plate. It would be nice, if this option is also available. PLease note the special hole for it (see pictures below)!
The above comments are still relevant. We are now using AD2020 and items like captive nuts still are not a standard part of the package. When will we see the above be incorporated?
The other downside to using special parts for nuts and washers are the tessellation lines created. You have on your drawing a nice advance steel bolt and then next to it you have a special part nut.
Also, the nuts, bolts, threaded rods and washers would appear on bolt lists as advance steel elements and not as special parts which would have a different quantity if shown on BOMs. e.g. 24 M16 nuts and 12 M16 nuts should be 36 M16 nuts total.
