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RH_1012257514-Alexandrite
14-Alexandrite
August 11, 2022
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Bolted connection

  • August 11, 2022
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Is it possible to make a bolted connection of bolt, washers and nuts (not a sub assy) like in inventor. Then easily place it in mutiple locations with minimal constraint requirements to position. 

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Chris3
Chris321-Topaz I
21-Topaz I
August 11, 2022

Yes. Make a group of the components you want and then do a copy paste special with advanced reference configuration. Then it will only prompt you to pick the new references. I have a mapkey that does the paste part so all I need to do is pick the new references.

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RH_1012257514-AlexandriteAuthor
14-Alexandrite
August 11, 2022

And this will only ask you to constrain the surface and  hole?

joe_morton
18-Opal
joe_morton18-Opal
18-Opal
September 15, 2022

I think this would be dependent on the mates from the first set of components. 

So if you had constrained your bolt, washer, nut with 3 references, the paste would ask you to select 3 new references. 

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JB_8704915-Moonstone
15-Moonstone
August 11, 2022

Can't you do that using AFX?
Like in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfapTZHq2pM

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FV_0117-Peridot
August 15, 2022

Somewhat similar to Inventor functionality. A part with a multi-body 'fake' - one body is a bolt, another is a nut, etc... Nut-body would have an offset datum plane as its sketch plane.  The offset dimension to be a future stack thickness.

In assembly context. Flexible component dimension is the offset plane dimension; therefore, assembly stack thickness is unique to a specific component and does not affect the original part dimension(s)

Component interface is defined as a placing type, a coaxial axis and a mating datum plane.

HIH. 

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