Instantiating Bead Fasteners

You can use Create Bead Fastener to instantiate bead fasteners. Choosing fastener references, locations and fastening stacking parts can be done in any order.

This task shows you how to:

Specify the Stacking

You can specify the stacking by selecting a bundle. To help you specify it, you can also use Autostacking. For more information, see Specifying a Stacking Using Autostacking.

  1. From the Fastener section of the action bar, click Create Bead Fastener .
  2. If Auto Bundle Location is selected, an existing bundle with specified stacking is used for instantiating the fastener. If there is no bundle, a bundle is created. If Auto Bundle Location is cleared, search for a bundle using a search capability. For more information, see Specify Options.
  3. The top area of the dialog box displays the list of the stacking parts. This list is composed of three columns:
    • Pilot: indicates the pilot part. "P" appears in the first row as the first part is always the pilot part.
      Important: You cannot specify as pilot part a part other than the first part.
    • Fastened Parts: indicates the instance names of the selected stacking parts.
  4. In the tree, or in the 3D area, select the parts to define the stacking.
  5. Use the different commands to organize the stacking.

    For more information, see About Organizing Stackings.
    Tip: To locate stacking parts, right-click a stacking part and select Center Tree or Refame On.

Locate the Instances

  1. Click Curve.
  2. Select the curve.
  3. To exit the geometry selection mode, do one of the following:
    • Click the Exit Curve Selection State button from Location.
    • Click any selected stacking parts from the Stacking list.
    • Click the reference editor to enable the reference selection command.

Specify the Fastener Reference

You can select the fastener reference in multiple ways.

  1. Do one of the following:
    • In the 3D area, select a fastener reference.
    • In the tree, select a fastener reference.
    • If you clicked Reference Editor, the reference selection wizard is displayed. You can then select a reference in session, select a reference from Catalog, or you can search for a reference.
  2. Optional: To verify the reference properties, click View Reference Properties .
    Note: You cannot modify these properties.

Specify Options

  1. Expand the Options frame.
  2. Optional: Select Auto Bundle Location.
    An existing bundle with specified stacking is used for instantiating the fastener. If there is no bundle, a bundle is created. If this option is cleared, you must either select a bundle manually, or search for a bundle using one of the following commands:
    • Search from Session : the bundles for the selected stacking are searched in the session.
    • Search from Database : the bundles for the selected stacking are searched in the database.
  3. Optional: Select Allow duplicate stack part selection to be able to select the same part twice in the stacking frame. If this option is cleared, you cannot select the same part again.
  4. Optional: Select a preview mode from this list:

    • K-Vector
    • Technological
    • Axis
    • Reference
    • Thickness
    For more information, see About Previewing Fasteners Instances.

    Selected previews are colored blue.

    Tips:
    • Click any preview to select a fastener preview.
    • to select an additional preview, press Ctrl and select another preview.
    • Clicking in empty space makes the current selection vanish.
    Contextual commands are available on selected fastener previews. For more information, see About Previewing Fasteners Instances.

    The preview of a bead fastener is displayed along the selected curve in yellow.

Specify the Bundle Location

  1. Expand the Advanced Options frame.
  2. Optional: By default, the bundle is positioned under the common father node. Clear Common father node if you need to use the bundle under the active product node.

Apply Different Colors to the Parts

  1. Optional: Expand Legend.
  2. Optional: Select Activate 3D Coloring to apply colors to the different parts in the 3D area.
  3. Select either of the following:

    • Pilot Non-Pilot : applies the different colors to the pilot part and other parts in the stacking.
    • Primary Secondary: applies the different colors to the parts fastened by the primary fastener and the parts fastened by secondary fasteners.

    The colors are applied according to the color schemed defined. For more information, see About Colored Stacking Parts.