Intelligent Fastener Extension not showing

Question

I hadn't realised Creo 3 now has fasteners built in. Great. I've seen some tutorials, all looking good.

But, and I apologise if this is a stupid question, it just doesn't seem to be visible. In the Tools menu, I don't have the IFX group, only Investigate, Model Intent and Utilities.

I've checked my configuration, and afx_enabled is set to yes as is intellegent_fastener_enabled. Looking at customising my ribbon toolbar, it's not listed in there either.

I understand the full extention is a licensed add-on, but thought the "lite" version was included? I have all the files in the "Common Files\afx" directory.

What am I missing?

Thanks

xwalker · Accepted Answer

Thanks Martin,But it's not there.Ahh, sorry, blonde moment. I wasn't in assembly, only in part modelling. If I go to make an assembly, it then appears.The reason I wanted it was to use it was to include studs into my model. But I guess it's purely for removable fasteners in which case logical it's only in the assembly module.I suppose if I want to create a threaded stud to be part of the model, then I need to do it the old fashioned way?

MartinHanak · Answer

Xavier,check your UI settings - see picture.Martin Hanak

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