I am trying to find a reaction force on a parts surface which is bolted to another part.
I am using the bolt connector tool in solidworks. The axial load i am defining in the bolt connector is 120 lbf.
So the expected results for the resulatant force should be close to that no.
The conditions i have set up is a no penetration conatct between the two bolted components.
Please look at the attached snap shot . What i am looking to calculate is the reaction force at the bottom surface of the red part when it is bolted to the otehrt part using a #0-80 bolt .
Hey Bert,
I had also conacted my solidworks Supplier . And he sent it to solidworks and they came back with a answer.
The reaction forces were in correct just beacuase i did not have the tight fit option Which is incorrect but due to a bug you have to use it .
The the no bolt connector error is a bug in Solidworks 2011 SP5 but it has been resolved in Solidworks 2012.
Below is the reply from Solidowrks.
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Thank you for contacting SolidWorks Technical Support.
The issue here is caused by SPR 652405 “*generic* ‘Pin/bolt/bearing forces are not available’ error when listing bolt force of screw type bolt with thread faces from same body as head edges.” This occurs when a thread face is selected from the same body as the head/nut edge. I have attached it to this SR, and you will be notified when it is resolved.
The closest workaround that I am aware of in 2011 SP5 is to use the tight fit option. Instead of selecting the same-body face as a thread face, you can select it in the tight fit option instead.
The only other option until the bug is resolved would be to use the bolt series option in the same manner. Unfortunately, this workaround is not functional in 2011 due to SPR 599531 “Missing bolts in the bolt result force list.” This bug prevents bolt results from being listed if bolt series faces are from the same body as the bold head/nut. It was fixed in 2012 SP2.
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I hope this helps.
Thank you for your help.