Assembly 4 Using Fasteners

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Juzer99
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Re: Assembly 4 Using Fasteners

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Posting for my reference for when I forget this in the future...

Assembly 4 has fewer fasteners available than the Fasteners WB. Sometimes that creates a problem, say, if you want to check clearances between the fasteners and other parts. But there is a way to add any fastener from Fasteners WB to Assembly4 :-)

1. Select main Assembly
2. Switch to Fasteners WB
3. Add all (or a few) fasteners you intend to use to the assembly.
4, The fasteners will be placed outside the Assembly container. You must drag & drop them into the Assembly container. You can move multiple fasteners in one go or one by one.
5. Switch to Assembly4 WB and use Move/Attach part in the Assembly function to locate the fastener within the assembly.

Thanks again to all developers who created FreeCAD.
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