Legacy - Updating Specific Flexible Length Fasteners Using the Wizard

You can use the Wizard for searching for and selecting the flexible length fasteners you need to update whenever the thickness of one component has been modified. The capability is helpful if you want to update a large number of flexible length fasteners or if you want to restrict the update to some specific flexible length fasteners.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: Flexible length fasteners must be defined in your session.
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Legacy - Updating Flexible Length Fasteners

Search for and Update Flexible Length Fasteners

  1. Click Update Flexible Fastener With Wizard .
    Two navigation panels appear.
  2. Enter your search criteria in Navigation Criteria Panel.
    As you are entering your criteria, the instances found are displayed in the Navigation Results dialog box.
  3. Click OK in the Navigation Results to run the update operation.

The update can produce the following results:

  • If existing fastener references are still compatible with the modified stacking thickness, the update is complete.
  • If existing fastener references are no longer compatible with the modified stacking thickness, the update capability searches for the right fastener references. Replacements are done automatically whenever possible.
  • The required replacements of references are not done automatically. To know what is to be done, see Solve Complex Updates below.

Solve Complex Updates

Sometimes updates are not done in one shot and the app cannot find the needed replacing references.

  1. If the update does not end successfully, the Fastener Check Rules Report appears. The fasteners causing trouble are shown in the dialog box. Right-click the fastener and select Edit the selected fasteners.
  2. Repeat the procedure for each fastener.

All flexible length fasteners are updated.