Creating Manufacturing Fasteners from Design Points Position

Creating Manufacturing Fasteners from

You can create a manufacturing fastener from a position.

Before you begin: From the Tools section of the action bar, click App Options and select the rectangle trap selection mode in the Select area.
See Also
Create Manufacturing Fasteners from Position or Fasteners Dialog Box
Associating a Representation with a Manufacturing Fastener
Importing a Rivet Table in xls Format
  1. In the Drilling Riveting section of the action bar, click Manufacturing Fasteners from Position .
  2. Optional: In the Create Manufacturing Fasteners From Position dialog box, do any of the following:
    • Select a manufacturing product other than the default one.
    • Define a rivet reference name in the Reference name list. The parameters of the selected reference appear in the Rivet Parameters area.
    • Select a 3D fastener part representation to display. Click {...} to select a 3D part using the search query, or click to select a part referenced in catalog.
  3. In the work area, do any of the following:
    • Select several points using the rectangle trap.

      An arrow defining the direction appears at each position. By default, the direction is the z-axis one.

    • Select several points created on a line, using the rectangle trap.

    An arrow defining the direction appears at each position. The position direction vector is defined by the selected line.

    To remove a point from selection, select it again.

  4. In the context toolbar that appears, do any of the following:
    • To set the axis of the arrow normal to a surface, click Select a normal support to set a direction for MFTs and select one or more surfaces.

      Double-click to end the command.

    • To invert the axis of all the selected point, click Reverse the direction of all the selected position(s) .

      Alternatively, select the arrow associated with the point.

  5. Select the rivet reference:
    • If you have imported a rivet table, select a reference name in the Reference name list. The parameters of the selected reference appear in the Rivet Parameters area. You can edit the rivet parameters.
    • If there is no rivet table, expand the Rivet Parameters area. The rivet reference is displayed as an editor and the rivet parameters are editable. If the stack depth minimum value is greater than the stack depth maximum value, an error message is displayed.
  6. Optional: Expand the Color frame to modify the color of the selected fasteners.

    Note: If a rivet table is associated with the manufacturing product, the color is determined by the rivet table and defined in the color expander. If there is no color column defined in the rivet table, then the color is set to green by default.

    Visibility and modification of the color frame is based on the information defined in the rivet table.

  7. Optional: To position a robot, define the direction of the x-axis identified by a blue arrow:

    1. From the context toolbar, click Set Tangent Direction for All Positions .
    2. Select an element of the geometry that has the direction you want the x-axis to be.

      The x-axis of each manufacturing fasteners is updated with the new direction:

      Tip: Alternatively, you can modify the direction of the x-axis using Tangent Modification of Manufacturing Fastener from the Manufacturing Pattern dialog box.
  8. Optional: Click User Parameters and in the Edit User Parameters dialog box, do any of the following:
    • To add a parameter, select a type from the Type list and enter a name and value in the corresponding boxes. Click the button to add the parameter.
    • To delete a parameter, right-click a parameter in the Current Data area and select Remove.

    Note: This command is available only if the User Parameters check box in Me > Preferences > App Preferences > Simulation > Machining > NC Machining Apps Common Services > Operation > User Interface is selected.

  9. Click OK.
  10. Right-click in the Manufacturing View and select Sort by Manufacturing Fasteners.

    The manufacturing fasteners are displayed. When hovering the mouse over a manufacturing fastener, the corresponding manufacturing fastener is highlighted in the work area.

Note: To edit a manufacturing fastener, either double-click the manufacturing fastener or right-click it and select Edit. You can edit several manufacturing fasteners by pressing Ctrl or Shift before selection.