Volume of bolt holes

Tekla Structures
Not version-specific
Tekla Structures
Environment
Not environment-specific

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Purpose and description

Use the Volume of bolt holes component to calculate the volume of the bolt holes that affect a part and to write them into a UDA file. You can see the values in the UDA file when you inquire the part. You can use that UDA in reports to calculate the real volume of the part, and also the weight. The name of the UDA is BOLT_HOLE_VOLUME.

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System requirements

Tekla Structures version: Not version specific
Environments: All

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Installing Volume of bolt holes

To install the extension:

  1. Download the Volume of bolt holes installer package from Tekla Warehouse. For more information see Downloading an application from Tekla Warehouse.
  2. Install the file package.
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Using Volume of bolt holes

To use the application:

  1. Open a Tekla Structures model.
  2. Click the Applications & components button 
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    in the side pane to open the Applications & components catalog.
  3. Search for Volume of bolt holes
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    and then double-click to open it.
  4. The Volume of bolt holes dialog box opens.

 

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  1. Make the desired modifications.
    1. If the selected option is set to All parts, the tool calculates the bolt group volume for all parts that have bolts.

 

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In the message panel the tool displays the bolt group volume.

 

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  1. If the selected option is set to Selected parts, the tool calculates the bolt group volume only for the selected parts that have bolts.

 

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In the message panel the tool displays the bolt group volume.

 

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The values are also displayed in the Inquire dialog box of the parts.

 

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Application properties

Property Description
Selection option Define for which option to run the tool.
The options are:
  • All parts - Run the tool for all parts that have bolts.
  • Selected parts - Run the tool for selected parts.
OK Use to run the tool.
Cancel Use to close the dialog box. Does not remember the current selected option.

 

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