Fastened Items

The Fastened Items options let you customize fastener implementation and manufacturing parts options for Fastened Item Definition.

This page discusses:

Fasteners Management

Automatically Assign and Reassign Fasteners
This option allows you to automatically assign fasteners that join parts. When you select parts to assign, unassign, or reassign, all fasteners joining these parts together are assigned on the first parent Manufacturing Assembly where the parts are assembled.

Similarly, fasteners joining these parts with already-assigned parts are assigned on the first parent Manufacturing Assembly where the parts are assembled.

By default, the check box is cleared.

Use Same Fasten Step Reference to Implement Fasteners Having: Same Diameter, Same Type, Same set of Joined Parts
This option allows you to use the same Fasten step reference for identical fasteners. Identical fasteners must have the same diameter, type, and set of joined parts.

By default, the check boxes are cleared.

Manufacturing Part Generation

Initialize Fastener Industrialization
When selected, Remove Material steps are created during Manufactured Part generation.

By default, the check box is selected.

Mount Fastener Components
When selected, the fastener components are mounted.
Note: This option is available when the Remove Material Subtype option is selected and specified to Drill.

By default, the check box is cleared.

Lock Assistant
When selected, the modification capabilities of the Manufactured Part Assistant are locked. That is, they are not available for selection and the Update command is not run when you click Finish in the assistant dialog box.

By default, the check box is cleared.

Remove Material Subtype
This option allows you to select the type of Remove Material step that will be created: Pre Drill, Drill, or No Drill.

By default, this option is specified to Pre Drill.

Diameter of Feature
This option allows you to specify the hole diameter parameter of the Remove Material step.

By default, this option is set to 2.5mm.

Depth of Feature
This option allows you to specify the hole depth parameter of the Remove Material step.

By default, this option is set to 1mm.

Manufactured Part Update Status

There are two capabilities for managing Manufactured Part update status:

  • From Assembly Logic: in this case, the manufactured part structure and the resulting product are regenerated from the design and assembly logic.
  • From Manufactured Part Structure: in this case, the resulting product is regenerated from the manufactured part structure only.

The following options allow you to choose between these capabilities:

From Assembly Logic
When selected:
  • Item Update Status in the B.I. Essentials panel has the following behavior: If the Manufactured Part structure or the resulting product is not up to date according to the design and the assembly logic, the tile is blue. Otherwise, it is green.
  • Manufactured Part Management > Update a Manufactured Part on Manufactured Parts and Manufactured Part Management > Update a Manufactured Part on Manufacturing Assemblies have the following behavior: The Manufactured Part manufactured part structure and the resulting product are updated according to the design and assembly logic.
From Manufactured Part Structure

When selected:

  • Item Update Status in the B.I. Essentials panel has the following behavior: If the Manufactured Part structure has been modified since the last update, the tile is blue. Otherwise, it is green.
  • Manufactured Part Management > Update a Manufactured Part on Manufactured Parts and Manufactured Part Management > Update a Manufactured Part on Manufacturing Assemblies have the following behavior: The resulting products of the Manufactured Parts are updated according to the Manufactured Part structure.

By default, the From Assembly Logic option is selected.