You can use Organizer to quickly get the quantities of the bolts required for a project. In addition to the raw
quantities, Object Browser lets you group and sub-total by bolt standard, diameter, and length as well as by where
the bolt will be used (shop or site).
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To open
Organizer, click
Manage on the ribbon and then click
Organizer.
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Click in the upper-right corner of
Organizer to open the Settings .
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Click Template to create a new template. Enter Bolt summary as the
template name, select the Blank template option, and click Create to create the new template.
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Next, select BOLT from the Group list, and from the available properties in the list drag the following
properties to the Columns:
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TYPE
- The bolt standard (for example, 7990
,
A325
, F10T
).
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DIAMETER
- The nominal diameter of the bolt.
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LENGTH
- The nominal length of the bolt.
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SITE_WORKSHOP
- Where the bolt is to be used.
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NUMBER
- The number of bolts in the bolt group.
Set the In sum row show option to - for DIAMETER
and
LENGTH
so that the result is not shown in the sum row.
You can also add CONTENTTYPE
, which shows the type of the object that is being
reported in a row. This is useful for checking the results and identifying
when something other than a bolt is being reported.
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Click Modify to save your changes and close the Settings dialog box.
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Select some bolts (and optionally other objects as well) in the model.
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Click to reload the view in
Object Browser to ensure that the latest information is shown and verify that the bolt
information is correctly reported. At this point, you could edit your
Bolt summary template further to add additional
information, such as the main part phase, or create a custom property to
calculate and report the weight of the bolts, nuts, and washers in the bolt
group.
Next, you can use Object Browser to summarize the bolt quantities in your selection.
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Click in Object Browser and select Group.
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Drag the Type column to the grouping row.
You now have a summary of the different types of bolts used in your
selection.
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Drag the Diameter column and then the
Length column to the right side of
Type in the grouping row.
Object Browser now gives you a breakdown of the number of bolts first by type,
then by diameter, and then by length.
You could now also drag the SITE_WORKSHOP column at
the end of the grouping row to further break down the bolts by location, or
drag the column to the beginning of the grouping row to first break down the
bolts by location, then by type, diameter, and length. Other properties
could also be used to group and summarize the bolts.
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Customize the template and grouping to suit your needs and click Modify to save the template. Now you can use the grouping of your template to
categorize all the bolts in the model.
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Next, create a new custom category, right-click the category and select
Properties. Enter Bolts as the name of the category.
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Define the properties of the category as follows:
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Ensure that the
Include the highest assembly level in the model check box is not selected.
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Under Automated object content, click in the rule box for categories and filters, and select the
Object type -
Bolt
filter from the list of filters.
Note that the Object type –
Bolt
filter selects all bolt group objects including
the ones that create only bolt holes as well as studs.
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Ensure that the
Update category at synchronization check box is selected.
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Select the
Bolt summary property template from the
Property template list.
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Click Modify.
All bolt
objects in the model are now added to the category. In Object Browser, the properties of the bolts are shown using the Bolt
summary template.
You can now automatically categorize all the bolts in the model using the same breakdown as in the bolt summary.
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Right-click the Bolts category and select Create automated subcategories.
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Click Grouping in Object Browser.
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Click Modify.
You now have a
Bolts category which is broken down into a tree based on the grouping in your
Bolt summary template. If any changes are made to the model, you can simply synchronize this category to automatically update the breakdown. New bolts will be found and added to the correct subcategories, or a new subcategory will be created if necessary. For example, if a new bolt standard or diameter is added to the model, a new subcategory for that bolt standard or diameter will automatically be created in the tree when you synchronize the
Bolt category with the model.
You could now export the
Bolt summary property template, as well as the
Bolts category for use in other projects.