About Previewing Fasteners Instances

Preview options and contextual commands available for previewed fasteners help you instantiate fasteners.

This page discusses:

Preview Options

The preview options available are:

  • K-Vector: previews K vector.

  • Technological: previews the technological attributes of the selected reference.

  • Axis: previews the axis.

  • Reference: previews the reference.

  • Thickness: previews the thickness computed at the current location for current stacking. Available for flexible fasteners only.

Contextual Commands

You can apply the following contexual commands on selected fastener previews:

  • : selects all the other fasteners belonging to the same stacking.
  • : deletes the preview of fasteners
  • : inverts the normal for the selected fastener
  • : selects the surface manually for the selected fastener
  • : displays the coordinates of the current selected fastener. To exit the dialog box, click the empty space in the 3D area.

  • : displays the K vector values of the current selected fastener.

    To exit the dialog box, click the empty space in the 3D area.
  • : selects the I axis of the previewed selected fasteners. You can select a line or specify a direction by entering its coordinates.