Fastened Item Definition

Fastened Item Definition provides a powerful but easy-to-use interface for defining items, authoring manufacturing assemblies, and assigning products and fasteners to items.

Fastened Item Definition includes the following capabilities:

  • Create manufacturing assemblies in the Item Editor
  • Drag and drop products on items
  • Edit properties of item references/instances
  • Manage Item-Product scope
  • Assign products to items
  • Generate manufacturing assemblies from product structure
  • Assign products to items using the Assembly Assignment Assistant
  • Manage capable resources
  • Manage design changes
  • Generate and update Fasten and Unfasten steps
  • Manage Manufactured Parts
  • Manage fasteners using the Assembly Assignment Assistant:
    • Find links between products and fasteners (joining products, joining fasteners, linking fasteners, fastener assignment status)
    • Use filter to show only assignable fasteners
    • Filter fasteners by diameter, type, and/or depth
    • Re-assign fasteners from the current item to an upper item, or from a lower item to the current item
    • Check the validity of the assigned fasteners