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8-Gravel
April 7, 2025
Question

IFX gets confused, wrong constrains after placing sunken screw

  • April 7, 2025
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We started using IFX about a year ago and since then I have been improving and adding bolts and nuts to it. After some minor hiccups during the implementation, it works almost perfectly. All models are family table instances.

But now a strange issue has turned up:

  1. After placing a sunken screw, which we don't use a lot (SCREWTYPE 60), all next screws (Hexagon, Cylinder head...) are placed "in" the material. The preview shows it already and, the distance constraint of the screw shows a strange value I do not recognize. 

 

  1. Accidentally I found out that the "issue" was solved by once selecting the Coach bolt. It is not even necessary to place the Coach bolt, but only selecting it from the menu, and then selecting the desired bolt solves the issue and brings the system back to its normal state. When investigating I found out that for the Coach bolt I used the "non existend" SCREWTYPE 92. But it works fine!

1 reply

Catalina
Community Moderator
April 10, 2025

Hi @Hans_B 

Thank you for your question. 

Your post appears well documented but has not yet received any response. I am replying to raise awareness. Hopefully, another community member will be able to help.

Also, feel free to add any additional information you think might be relevant.

 

Best regards,

Catalina | PTC Community Moderator