I want to modify the components that are in the default drop down list to what I want to use rather than what Solidworks uses as defaults. In other words I want to add a nut to the top stack as part of the default drop down list for when I use a Stud instead of a bolt where I have a nut on the top stack and a nut on the bottom stack. Can this be done?
No I have not heard anything from anyone on this matter. Hope someone can come through cause it would be nice.
Sorry that no one has responded to your inquiry. It's probably because the smart people who answer all of the questions around here aren't using Smart Fasteners. I don't think it's a very widely used feature.
I got a response from my reseller. Apparently there is no option of this kind. The only way would be to mate the "other side" nut..
I see one option as including 2 nuts on one side - this will provide the accurate length of the stud with the accurate number of nuts... it will not look right, but it will count accurately...
I was instructed to send enhancement request. Is there any way other than paying a subscription to do this? My company will not pay for it...
I am fairly new to SolidWorks. I wanted to do something similar. I inserted all holes using the hole wizard & the standard set to BSI. When I came to use smart fasteners, I found that nylock nuts aren't available. I checked the toolbox & found that nylock nuts (or prevailing torque nuts) aren't available in BSI fixings but are in the ISO section. I just right clicked the ISO prevailing torque folder in the left hand pane & clicked "copy", then right clicked within the BSI folder & clicked "paste". Now all the ISO prevailing torque nuts are available for tpo & bottom stack in the smart fasteners command. I think all you need to do is make sure that the fasteners you need to use are in the same folder as the standard that you used to place the holes.
I am trying to achieve the same, and was not able to find an answer around the net. Can anyone help?
I have made new fastener and have no problem using it, but how to change it so i can use nut on both top and bottom stacK?
thanks