Managing Line Fasteners Using the Connection Manager

You can use the connection manager to view detailed properties and to run commands for line fasteners.

This task shows you how to:

Before you begin: If more than one type of connection exists in your model, you need to use the type filter to show only line fasteners.

View Expanded Columns for Line Fasteners

You can view additional properties for line fasteners by using the expand columns command.

Click to show the additional columns. You can use Hide/Show columns in the context menu to control the display of these columns individually.
You can expand some columns to display additional information. For example, you can expand the Spacing group to additional settings such as the number of layers around the fastener and the size of each layer.

You can edit the values of some line fasteners properties for many fasteners at the same time.

Context: Multi edit is available when you select multiple fasteners of the same type.

Select the fasteners you want to edit by selecting them while holding the control key down.
From the context menu, click Edit.
The line fastener edit dialog box displays, showing the properties that can be changed in multi edit mode.

You can use certain icons see the status of line fasteners weld projections, and you can use the context menu to create projections.

To see the status of the line weld projections, look for the symbols next to the Component 1, Component 2 names.
Option Description
Weld curve has not been projected.
Weld curve has been projected.
To project weld curves for line fasteners that lack them, select the fastener row and select Project weld curves from the context menu.