Bolt Edit (plus related)

Bolt Edit (and related tools in Modeling )

Tool summary :

Editing one bolt gives you change options for related bolts. Editing multiple bolts gives you settings for those bolts on the same window.
When you edit one bolt at a time , you get Change Options that let you change like bolts in that connection or on the member or on similar members
When you edit multiple bolts , you do not have Change Options .
To invoke Bolt Edit :
- Click the icon (shown above)
- Or choose Model > Bolts > Edit .
- Or use a keyboard shortcut .
- How to invoke related tools is explained when those tools are explained.
This help page discusses Bolt Edit and alternatives to it:
- To edit one bolt (with change options for other bolts)
  - Method 1: Double-click
  - Method 2: " Edit Other " on the context menu
- Multi-edit (no change options, some methods work best with selection filtering)
  - Method 3: Use the Model Tree (can also be used for multi-edit)
  - Method 4: Edit Bolt -- in-tool selection (filter independent)
  - Method 5: Edit Bolt -- preselection (selection filtering gives best results)
- Important: Special considerations

Also see :

3D bolts (about bolts in Modeling )
3D Bolt Edit window (opened with Edit Bolt )
Double-click (easiest way to Edit Bolt )
Model completed (bolts cannot be edited on a member with this date set)
Setup of 3D bolts
Grayed out fields (indicate mixed entries or that the field is disabled)

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To edit one bolt (with Change Options ) :

These are methods that you can use to open the Bolt Edit window. If you select only a single bolt, you get Change Options for other bolts.

Method 1: Double-click ( selection filter = ' Bolts ' or ' Legacy Default ')

Hover a bolt with your mouse pointer (

) until the bolt is highlighted, then double-click .

When the selection filter is set to ' Default ' and the bolt is a connection bolt, double-click edits the connection component , not the bolt. 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 review a user-added bolt, not a connection bolt.
Highlighting occurs when User and Site Options > Modeling > " Highlight surfaces " is checked ( ). The highlighting indicates that the bolt can be selected (one click) or edited ( double-click ). In this example, User and Site Options > Modeling > " Show hidden lines in 3D wire frames " is not checked ( ).

Method 2: " Edit Other " on the context menu ( selection filter = ' Default ').

Hover a bolt with your mouse pointer (

) , right-click, choose ' Edit Other ' on the menu , then select the bolt you want.

" Edit Other " is an excellent way to edit a connection bolt when the selection filter is ' Default '.
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.
In the above example, " Field bolt 5 on B_7 [7] " is listed with the beam because the setup option " Field bolts listed on which members " is set to ' Supported '. If that same setup option was set to ' Supporting ', bolt 5 would be listed on the supporting member (C_1). " [7] " and " [1] " are member numbers .

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Multi-Edit of bolts (various methods) :

Tip: If you want to simultaneously change all like bolts in a connection or member 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.

Method 3: Use the Model Tree (can also be used to preselect for Bolt Edit )

In the Model Tree , double-click the listing of the bolt that you want to edit. The bolt in this example is highlighted in the model since its listing is selected in the Model Tree .

To select multiple bolts in the Model Tree , hold down Ctrl to select them, then right-click ( Menu ) and choose " Edit " (or invoke Edit Bolt s). As mentioned above, there are no Change Options when you do a multi-bolt edit.

As you hover the listing of an item in the Model Tree , that item is highlighted in the model. When you select an item in the Model Tree , that item is selected in the model.

Method 4: Bolt Edit , in-tool selection (filter independent)

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

You can reverse step 1 and step 2. The documentation refers to this as "preselection." Click here for more information.
The advantage of in-tool selection is that you don't have to mess with the selection filter . Filtering for bolts is built-in to Bolt Edit .

Method 5 : Bolt Edit , preselection

Before selecting: Set the selection filter to ' Bolts ' or ' Legacy Default ' if you want to include connection bolts in your selection. If you only include user-added bolts, you can use the ' Default ' filter to select those bolts.
	1 . Select (left-click) a bolt. Hold down the `Shift` key to Select+ additional bolts. Press the `Enter` key (or right-click and choose " OK " on the menu ).
	2 . Invoke Edit Bolt s.

In step 1, instead of clicking on bolts, you can draw an area box .
In step 1, if you select items other than bolts (for example, materials), those items will be removed from the selection when Bolt Edit is invoked in step 2.
When the Bolt Edit window opens (step 3), the contents of a field will be gray if there are mixed entries to that field. You can edit such fields.
There are no Change Options on the Bolt Edit window for a multi-edit.

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Special considerations :

In order to select a bolt for editing, the member associated with the bolt must be displayed in one of the three solid forms . You also need to Zoom In sufficiently close so that you can see the bolt. The display of " Bolts " needs to be turned on ( ) in the Display Options window.
When you edit one bolt, you have " Change Options " that let you optionally apply any changes you make to the bolt you selected to all bolts in the connection or member or to all like or similar members.
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.