Problem Description

Bolts are not placed in existing holes

Reason

Either for the existing Diameter, workloose and griplength, a bolt is not existing in the database or wrong gap and angle settings are set in the dialog

Steps to Resolve

Option 1 choose right settings in the dialog

1. the gap and angle should be always correspond to the existing gap between elements in the modell and can not be less than1. (Should never be exactly 0 as than no bolt can be placed as in CAD systems there is always a minimum tolerance).

2. 

Option 2

1. Check the Database (like NascBolts.mdb i n the Data / Bolts folder)

2. Check if for the  Diameter a needed Griplenght is existing.

3. Gripmax value washer heights minus nut heights is the maximum griplenght

4. Gripmin value washer heights minus nut heights is the minimum griplenght
5. The griplenght in the modell has to be always between the 2 resulting values, if not a bolt can´t be placed.

    

See Also

Product TechNotes and FAQs

External Links

Bentley Technical Support KnowledgeBase

Bentley LEARN Server

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