Is it possible to use your own customer fasteners with bolted connections?
I other words, special nuts / bolts that do not appear in the Inventor standard libraries, that are essentially user created, defined and published.
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I'm making a customized content center library for my company and I'm trying to add a special type of nut but I'm not having any luck. I finally figured out how to author a part and have it show up in the bolted connection tool. Now I'm just getting an error as soon as I select my custom nut.
The error is "Cannot initialize part data table. Please verify the table definition in Content Center editor."
I've attached my part. It's a simple nut for use in aluminum extrusion, the only thing that changes between sizes is the threaded hole.
I've got two pieces with 11/16" diameter holes for 5/8" bolts.
When I use Bolted Connection to place nut/bolt in the hole, it detects the 11/16" hole and sizes the bolt to look for 11/16" bolts. There aren't any 11/16" bolts so the window shows no bolts. I have to manually choose 5/8" for the bolt size in order to get a list of bolts to choose from. In my reading, i was thinking this was supposed to have been fixed by 2010, is that not correct?
Also, in testing another theory, after placing the bolted connection andt then editing the bolt size to 7/16" or 1 13/16" in diameter. The bolt doesn't update it's size to reflect the change in the hole. Is there really no correlation here? Is a manual change to existing bolts, nuts, washers, etc going to be necessary if the hole size changes? If i change the thickness of the plate(s) the bolt is going through, using autosolve updates the bolt length, but nothing seems to be checking the diameter of the hole.
If true, kinda harst to be able to make a completely parametric assembly of everything but the fastners.I'm using the Hole method on the bolt connection dialog with pre-existing holes that do not have threads on them.
When i try to make a bolted connection my "click to add fastener > standard/category" box is empty. my hole, which used hole command, is 11/16" and the bolt only needs to be roughly 2" long so im not demanding odd fasteners.
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So I've got this part, and it's got bolted connections. There's two of them, and each one is a pattern of multiple #10 machine screws.
No matter what I do, one of them will always have a lighting bolt next to it, as shown in this picture:
Rebuild All doesn't fix it. Manually editing the bolted connection will fix the lightning bolt ... but it will invariably switch to the other bolted connection instead.
Also, another fun little thing I've found: if you grab one of the screws with the mouse and drag on it, only the first bolt in the pattern seems to be actually constrained to the hole. The others appear to have pretty much just distance constraints, maybe plane-axis constraints. You can rotate the whole pattern around the hole that the first bolt was set in. This doesn't seem like a good behavior to allow ...
Anyway, the data set for the above image is attached. The screws themselves aren't, but they're just content center parts and should get automatically generated if you open the assembly.
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We're new to using bolted connection in our piping systems. They work great within a pipeline, connecting flanged fittings, etc. Where we have an issue is across two pipelines. Each pipeline is a sub-assembly, so in the bolted connection wizard it is impossible to select the mating flange on the other sub-assembly as the termination plane for the bolted connection. I want the bolted connection to show up in the BOM for one or the other sub-assembly, not at the top level.
Right now what I am doing is manually inserting what would be the mating washer and nut, from the CC and using an offset Insert constraint to make it appear to sit on the face of the mating flange, then pattern that... and THEN run the bolted connection for the bolt and another washer on the other side. This works, but is very time consuming. How this could be done across sub-assemblies, with all of the parts in one sub-assembly's BOM?
Bolted connections between two angled surfaces?!?
Is this possible ?!! Ive been working in various CAD packages and have found this to be an issue every time. Say for instance you want to bolt through a wall onto a tapered flange, how can you select a non parallel face as the start or finish surface?
When a bolted connection is used, the bolt changes in length as the stackup of hardware increases and decreases. I have noticed that if I do not grab the red arrow to adjust the length, the amount the bolt extends past the nut
seems to be only about 2 threads. What is the formula Inventor uses to determine this extended length?
I'm currently creating a program to replace all fasteners in an assembly with there Metric / Imperial opposites. My program works and I've created a log file for any issues that do come up.
My question now is:
Is there any way to manipulate bolted connections through the API? Or is this not supported yet?
I cannot seem to find anything to do with them. It's strange though as my program creates an error log for the Lock Washers in the Bolted Connection (which it was struggling with previously anyways), but shows the other fasteners as being successful.
In my work i normally use our standard full threaded rods with square nuts. But, since we make the rods and nuts in the factory, they do not follow any international standard.
I wanted to add the threaded rods to the Bolted Connection menu in order to be able to automaticaly add the rod and to let inventor calculate the needed lenght.
I was able to add the rod to content center as an Ipart with all available sizes, but it doesn't appear on the bolted connections menu.
See attached our normal bolted connection, how can I add this to bolted connection so inventor will size it automatically to the needed lenght?
When deleting bolted connections from my assembly using design accelerator I am left with black cross hairs where the connections used to be, I can't seem to delete these from my model either in the assembly itself or by editing the sketch, what are these, why are they left over from a deleted connection and how do I remove them ... ? ?
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If there is a way to create multiple instances of bolted connections using design accelerator instead of having to add one by one which takes forever ? All the bolted connections are of the same specification.
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My issue is with tapped holes, my parts already have the tapped holes but the "Botlted connection" feature insists on creating a new tapped hole for me. This is not so bad but every time I have to update for moved holes etc when updating the bolted connection I get a new tapped hole.Would really like to get rid of that tapped hole?
Also when I get the extra holes I delete the feature and then have problems with the underlying sketch which I cannot access, how do I get rid of that sketch or how do I access it?
We'd like our bolted connections to show up as assemblies in our parts list rather than individual parts.
We've modified our CABoltCon.Imperial.xml template to make the assemblies B.O.M. structure 'Normal' rather than the default 'Phantom'.
Now we'd like to drive the assemblies description based on the bolt size used. For example, the description in the parts list would read "5/8" HEX BOLT C/W NUT AND WASHER".
I have an assembly comprised of 2 identical parts that have holes in a radial pattern. The holes were created at the part level, & the holes are obviously in both parts (they are not created by the bolted connection).
I've made a bolted connection using the "By hole" option & I've checked "Follow pattern." The bolted connection is made without any problems, & the "Follow pattern" populates all the holes as would normally be expected.
However, here's the problem: the only bolt/nut/washer assembly that appears to be fully constrained is the one on the base hole (by "base hole" I mean the hole that I initially selected). The other bolts/nuts/washers are not constrained to the holes. So, I can drag the entire pattern & it spins radially about the axis of the base hole.
I've never seen this ridiculous behavior before IV 2013.
I've been setting up all our standard faster in the content center. I'm now trying to test the Bolted Connection feature, So far all is well, I can utilize our Nuts and Bolts however I can't select our Washers on the "Select Fastener" dialogue box. When I filter by our Standard it shows nothing, When I filter by All, it shows a whole bunch of washers (But not all of the ones included in content center). What determines whether a fastener will be displayed in the "Select Fastener" dialogue box?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI would like to add a "Shoulder Bolt" fastener (both Inch & Metric) to the Clearance.xls file so that when selected it would generate a counterbore hole the size of the shaft and a corresponding thread specific to the bolt size (all of which I can input in the table) but currently I have to do this manually by selecting a "counterbore - thru thread" condition.
Also, we use Helicoil inserts a lot and would like to add this to the Thread.xls but I need Inventor to differentiate between a standard threaded hole & the Helicoil so that the hole callout on the drawing will come in as desired.
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I have a part with multiple holes created in a single hole feature (i.e. not patterned but made by selecting multiple sketch center points). As desired, the holes all have the same size since they all fit the same fastener. Is there a way to easily assemble fasteners to all the holes? Currently, I am using insert for each fastener and this gets tedius if there are many holes. Additinally, if the number of holes changes, a manual update is required. I'm hoping there is something that works similar to associative patterns.
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I understand the process of splitting faces and applying a Bonded Contact between the split faces when you have a bolted connection with a nut, but what kind of contacts would you use for say a threaded connection?For example, suppose you have a plate that will be bolted to a mold. The plate has clearnace holes for said bolts and so that the bolts are threaded into the mold to be lifted. The plate has a threaded hole for the lifting mechanism (Swivel Hoist Ring). Finally, the desired load is applied to the Swivel Hoist Ring and the bolts are placed in pre-tension. I would like to simulate this via FEA but am getting tripped up in the contacts. Also I am trying to make it as simple and efficient as possible (by eliminating any bolts or other parts that are not needed). I use INV Pro 2014.
View 4 Replies View RelatedHow to draw fasteners (nuts, bolts, eye screws, rivet, etc...). I took a CAD class in college but I am not remembering too much. The drawings don't have to be pretty just good enough to get the point across.
View 8 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to use FEA on a bolted structure?
If not can I run the FEA on the structure as a welded frame & get loadings at the connection points to manually calculate bolted connections?
Will the next release of Inventor have the capability to perform FEA on bolted assemblies?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI've copied Standard CC libraries to read/write libraries and modified the tables. Mostly fasteners. I've prefixed the family name and family description with our company name. When I "place from content center", it's easy to see our content because the families are prefixed with our company name. However, when I use bolted connection, some of the families do not show our family name as a prefix like "place from content center" does. People constantly pick the wrong fasteners. They select fasteners without our Item number, etc. Then, they need to delete the fastener and try again. I can't seem to get bolted connection to show some fasteners with the company name prefix like Place from CC does. However, some families do show it.
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Is it possible to break my bolted connection, so that i can change the information given by inventor in the BOM? Its always grayed out and i can`t seems to find a way to make it "ungrayed".
I could change it directly on the .idw but me and my project leader would like to not go on that road. Our teams are seperated in to two. Ones in charge of modeling & the other is in charge of the presentation. We would like to give, as much as possible, not to much leeway on those in charge of the presentation.
I have a simple bolted connection (bolt, nut and washer) and have tried to pattern this to make a toal of 4 bolted connections in a linear pattern. The preview looks fine however when I hit apply the patterned components disappear. I'm not sure why this is, I am using Inventor 2013 64-Bit SP 1.1
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I installed a bolted connection into my assembly and realized I chose the wrong length. I simply want to delete the connection and start over but there is no option to delete.Ctrl-Z will not let me back out of the connection either.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to assembly some party, when after i do the bolted connection and select the fastener, after i choose him i cant select the length, he do this automatically. and because of that my fastener come out of my part.
Where can i change the length of the bolt? i use inventor 2012.
All of the sudden I cant get to my bolted connection dialog box.
1. The command runs and the prompts at the lower part of the screen show.
2. Have loaded and unloaded / restarted via add ins.
3. Have looked behind all windows ect on both of my 2 screens
I`m joining pipes together using the nut/bolt/washer method using constraints in assembly then using pattern feature.I`ve not used the bolted connection generator before so i am looking for some feedback on whether this is a better method to use.Is there any advantage to using the bolted connection generator over the placement of nuts/bolts/washer with constraints and then using pattern feature?
View 4 Replies View RelatedI've lost my Bolted Connection Templates... you know, the pre-defined bolt-washer-nut selections available for re-use at the bottom of the Bolted Connection dialoge box.
Did I lose or over-write a file? What file do my Bolted Connection Templates live in?
Having trouble bolting through a beam onto a tappered face of a channel. In RL a tapered washer would be used, though they exist in Content Centre it doesnt work with the application.
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