Marco,

A good solution is to utilize the "Reuse Pattern" assembly command. If you created your part with rectangular, circular, or user patterns, you can simply install one piece of hardware, and then use "Reuse Pattern" to place the rest. Just make sure you constrain the first set of hardware to the original hole instance. Alternatively, if you do not have patterns in your part, you will probably have to use "Define Multi-Instantiation" and constraints. Obviously it's better to have patterns to work with...

To Busterchop

This is not different from what I do now in Autocad, but in this case in Catio there is no possibilities to update when I change the connected parts thickness. Bolt head and nut distance cannot be updated.

Others Ideas?

Marco

To SCWOK

Reuse pattern is not the case, read well my post and all answers

Marco

Actually, according to your post and all answers, reuse pattern is a perfect solution to save time and energy, if you used a pattern on the parts that the bolts go in.

Steven,

The case is "insert into an assembly quickly bolt nut and washer of different size and lenght".

If right understoud I need to operate as following:

1 Create database of BOLTS with washer in many threads and many lenght ( i.e M8x15, M8x20...M10x30, M10x40....and so on

2 Create a database of NUTS with washer M8, M10, ....and so on

3 Insert BOLT with 2 constraint

4 Insert NUT with 2 constraint

5 If there is Pattern , Reuse pattern will be usefull, if not 4 constreint are needed for each connection.

6 If I publish nut and bolt surfaces,when connected parts change constraint are not lost

Sorry Dave,

what is INSTANTIATE ?

can you make a small exemple?

Thanks

Marco