Checking the Rules Consistency

You can check the consistency of your design using the Fastener Rules Check capability.

To specify the rules you need for checking the consistency between the position of the fastener and its associated fastened parts, select your options in Me > Preferences > Infrastructure > Fastener Infrastructure > Rules tab.

This task shows you how to:

See Also
Using B.I. Essentials in Fastening
Fastener Check Rules

Perform an Analysis with Excluded Rules

You can perform an analysis and exclude some rules.

  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, select B.I. Essentials .
  2. From the Fasteners Design: Checks window, click Fastener Check with Excluded Rules .
    Important: The command cannot be run on non-editable fasteners.
  3. Select one or more fasteners in the tree.
    The Check rules to be excluded in the process dialog box is displayed and the labels are displayed on the selected fasteners. The options and their statuses are the same as the ones defined in Me > Preferences > Infrastructure > Fastener Infrastructure > Rules

    Important: Rules that have not been activated cannot be selected, that is, they are automatically excluded.

  4. Select one or more rules to be excluded from the analysis and close the B.I. after making your changes.
  5. From the Tools section of the action bar, select B.I. Essentials .
  6. Select Fasteners Design: Checks from the list.

    All the representations of the product structure are put in a transparent visualization mode, the fasteners on which the analysis is performed are shown in the work area and the Fastener Check Rules Report table is displayed and lists the results. Excluded rules are identified in the table as "RNC" (Rules Not Checked").

Perform an Analysis on Hidden Elements

When products or representations are in No Show mode, you can choose to ignore them during the analysis or take them into account.

Before you begin: Activate the Stacking Consistency rule in Me > Preferences> Infrastructure> Fastener Infrastructure > Rules.
  1. From the Tools section of the action bar, select B.I. Essentials .
  2. Select Fasteners Design: Checks from the list.
    A warning message is issued. You can click Cancel to prematurely end the check.
  3. Click OK to run the check and ignore hidden elements.
    All the representations of the product structure are put in a transparent visualization mode, the fasteners on which the analysis is performed are shown in the work area and the Fastener Check Rules Report table is displayed and lists the results.

Generate the Check Report

You can report the check results into a tab-separated text file that provides the list of fasteners of a given product and / or representations.

  1. Click Fastener Check Report .
    The Fastener Report dialog box is displayed.
    Notes:
    • The directory for the report file is the one defined in Me > Preferences > Infrastructure > Fastener Infrastructure. It cannot be modified.
    • The name of the report file is defined according to the name of the active product. You can modify it if needed.

    The dialog box enables you to customize the report through several options:

    • Long report: adds projection results, user-defined additional information and fastener components information for each fastener
    • Include comments: specifies that the report starts with the commented header block showing keywords description
    • Ordered zones sorting: specifies how the fastener part specifications and projections are ordered in the report. If selected, they appear in the order in which the spot fastener crosses the fastened parts. This option is only available with long reports.
      • If you select the option, the specifications appear in the order in which the spot fastener crosses the fastened parts.
      • If you clear the option, no particular criterion is applied, i.e. the order is the same as fastened parts order specified in the fastener connection.
    • Translate coded values: defines attribute values belonging to a predefined list of codes are translated according to the NLS set-up.

    • Check rules results: specifies that the results of the rules analysis are included in the report.
      Note: The option is selected and grayed out.
    • Only fasteners with exluded rules: specifies that the analysis should be run only on the fasteners that have excluded rules. See Perform an Analysis with Excluded Rules above.
  2. Click OK to generate the report.
    An information message appears when the generation of the flat report is correct. Conversely, a warning message appears when errors are detected during the generation. The report contains a section for the results of the check rules as well as the excluded rules if defined.