Creates openings for fasteners on the chute flanges. Chutes are typically manufactured
as assemblies with flanges on the top (A) and bottom (B) portions of the chute, as shown in the examples below.
These assemblies are joined on site using fasteners that have been placed on the flanges. In the example below, the joined flanges of the chute assembly are shown in the red box.
Fasteners are also used to join support structure for a chute.
Fastener openings can be placed on up to four profile, members, or plates that are layered together, such as a series of plates, or two flanges with a plate between them. In the example below, three plates are shown.
You can place fastener openings on up to four profiles, edge reinforcements, members, and planar plates. On profiles and edge reinforcements, fastener openings are sketched features (similar to the sketched features in the Structural Detailing task). On plates, they are normal openings (similar to the openings created in the Molded Forms task). On members, openings are normal openings, similar to openings created in Structure.
Two placement modes are available: Equal Spacing and Unequal Spacing. Each mode requires that you define different types of input data. For information about the placement modes and their respective input data requirements, see Place Fastener Openings Dialog.
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Profiles and edge reinforcements must be detailed before placing fastener openings. Members and planar plates do not require detailing.
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Placement of fastener openings on planar plates is limited to planes that have been defined using the Coincident or Offset from Plane methods.
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The diameter of each fastener opening created by the software is (BoltDiameter + 2mm).
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Several generic types of fasteners are delivered in the Material Handling catalog. However, you can use the HexagonalBolt and CounterSunkCap sheets in the MaterialsHandlingEquipment.xls workbook to customize the catalog to meet your required standards.
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Click Preview on the Place Fastener Openings dialog to view the opening position before the software creates it. Click Apply or OK to create the openings, or click Undo to delete the opening place in the preview.
Reports
Use Tools > Run Report Command to generate a stand-alone fastener report. The contents of the report are based on
the openings created by Place Fastener Openings and includes information such as the diameter, quantity, grade, standards, and weight
of the fasteners that you have placed in the model.
Place Fastener Openings Dialog
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