Bolt Edit Command

This opens a bolt edit window for the one or multiple bolts select.
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1 . Preselect a bolt to enable the Bolts contextual page and click the Edit icon ( ) found in the Modify section.

Alternative : Invoke Bolt Edit using the Find Tool by searching the command name and clicking the Bolt Edit icon, which is pictured above.

2 . Select (left-click) a bolt. Optionally hold down Shift to select additional bolts. Press the Enter key (or right-click and choose " OK " on the context menu ).


Note: Bolt Edit only lets you select bolts -- even with the selection filter set to ' Material ', you can only select bolts.

  • When you hover the listing of a bolt, hole or material on the " Edit Other " menu, the actual bolt, hole or material is highlighted in the model.
  • Double-click the bolt you wish to edit. To double-click edit a connection bolt, you must set the selection filter to ' Bolts ' or ' Legacy Default '. Double-click using the ' Default ' filter can only be used to edit a user-added bolt, not a connection bolt.
  • Right-click on the bolt you wish to edit and hover over " Edit Other " on the context menu. " Edit Other " is an excellent way to edit a connection bolt when the selection filter is ' Default '.
  • In the Model Tree , you can also double-click the listing of the bolt that you want to edit.
  • When the Bolt Edit window opens, the contents of a field will be gray if there are mixed entries to that field. You can edit such fields.
  • If you want to simultaneously change all like bolts in a connection or member with the same piecemark you may want to edit one bolt instead of multiple bolts. Editing multiple bolts does not give you the Change Options that editing a single bolt does.
  • In order to select a bolt for editing, you need to Zoom In sufficiently close so that you can see the bolt. The amount you need to zoom in is dependent on what is set in Utilities > User and site options > Modeling > Level of Detail. The display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on ( ) in the Display Options window.
  • Any changes made by editing a bolt are reflected in the 3D model immediately, without your having to Process and Create Solids .
  • Changing a bolt's " Diameter " does not change the hole size for that bolt.
  • Changing any bolt setting other than " Flip bolt direction ," " Bolt class ," " Tension control (TC) ," " Finish ," or the quantity, size and rotation of washers on a system connection makes the connection graphical .
  • The Bolt Edit window is read-only if the bolt you are attempting to edit is part of a member that has its " Model completed " date set.