Drawing bolts

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Draw a range of bolts

Commando : S3d_BoltsOnPlane

With this tool you can quickly draw a range of bolts.
When you start the command, you first have to select a plane on a plate or profile.
You can select this plane by moving the cursor inside a plane, and then clicking the left mouse button.

The circumference of the plane will be drawn thicker so that you can see the selected plane :


To select a different plane, you need to move the cursor and the left-click the mouse again.

To accept the plane selection, press the <Enter> key.

The result when the top plane of a plate was selected


This is an example of a profile :

 


The new bolts are added to a macro.
This means you can adapt the location and amount of bolts later at any time, using the command Review macro.



Draw a single bolt

Command : S3d_ArxBolt

To freely draw a single bolt, you first need to select a part that should receive the bolt.

Then use the cursor to position the bolt. A single click on the left mouse button draws a single bolt.



In the above example you cannot place the bolt in the web. To position the bolt in the web, you would need to rotate the view to the web before positioning the bolt.