Use the Smart Fasteners PropertyManager to insert fasteners and associated hardware into assemblies. Smart Fasteners are fully parameterized SolidWorks parts from the Toolbox library.
Selection
| Populate All |
Adds fasteners to all holes in the assembly.
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| Add |
Adds fasteners to selected holes. You can select holes, faces, or components. If you select a face, Smart Fasteners finds all available holes that pass through the surface. If you select a component, Smart Fasteners finds all available holes in that component.
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When you click Populate All or Add, new fasteners are added to the assembly. The length of a new fastener is the next smallest national standard length for a blind hole, and the next longest national standard length for a through hole. When holes are deeper than the longest fastener length, the longest one is used.
- For a Hole Wizard hole, the fastener type matches the type of hole, and the diameter is the appropriate size.
- For a Simple Hole or cylindrical cut, you can specify a default fastener type. The fastener diameter is the next smallest national standard size.
Results
Lists groups of fasteners you are adding or editing. Select a group to make changes to its fastener type and properties under Series Components and Properties below.
| Edit Grouping |
Displays a fastener tree. You can:
- Expand the tree to show holes and hole series belonging to each group.
- Combine two Series by dragging one into the same Group as another.
- Split a Series by dragging a hole to a different Group.
- Right-click a Series and select:
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Change fastener type
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Delete
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Flip
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(Available for through holes only.) Flips the heads of the fasteners to the other side of the joint.
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Properties
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Displays fastener properties in the lower portion of the PropertyManager.
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| Edit Fasteners |
Returns to the list of groups of fasteners.
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Series Components
Displays the fastener type for the item that you select in the Results list.
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Fastener |
Right-click to change fastener type or to revert to the default fastener type.
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Add to Top StackAdd to Bottom Stack |
Select items from Add to Top Stack and Add to Bottom Stack to add hardware to the top and bottom stacks:
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Top Stack 
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Washers under the head of the fastener.
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Bottom Stack 
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(Available for through holes only.) Washers and nuts at the end of the fastener.
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Auto size to hole diameter |
Automatically updates the hardware size whenever the hole diameter changes. In the FeatureManager design tree, fasteners and their associated mates are identified with a star if they have this option applied. For example: fastener  and concentric mate  .
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Properties
Displays the properties of the hardware selected under Series Components. Available properties vary depending on the hardware type. You can edit properties such as size and length.