More about the Import of Fasteners

This topic describes the specific cases when importing fasteners.

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  • If the process category or process type of a fastener does not exist in V6, the fastener cannot be imported and a warning is reported in the log file.
  • If an attribute of a process category or process type does not exist in V6, the value of this attribute is lost and a warning is reported in the log file.
  • If you import twice the same neutral file, the names of new fastener references will be different than the names of the fastener references created in previous import, whereas the names of new fastener instances will be same as the names of the fastener instances created in previous import.
  • The V6 model does not support V5 curve beads, no spot Fastener reference or instance representing this fastener will be created and a warning is reported in the log file.
  • Each spot fastener instance created using the import process has an Explicit location method, i.e. the location method of the V5 fastener is not preserved.
  • Only the import of the ABF neutral file 4.0 or 5.0 format is supported.