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Stefano.destefanis:
Dear Sirs,
I wanted to run the fastener analysis plugin, however I can't change the default user constants (those that identify the type of bolt to be analyzed). I have tried with CSV files, as suggested by the user guide, but the problem here seems that the plugin does not know in which directory should look for such CSV files, and I couldn't find a way to set that value (please see figure attached, where the field "data directory" is empty.
Any workaround? (possibly not involving recompiling the plugin)

Thanks a lot for the attention
Best Regards
Stefano

Stefano.destefanis:
one more thing I just realized. Even if the fastener plugin runs correctly (with the default user constants), when I try to produce a stress report I get an error message, saying that the document (both word and excel) template was not found in the plugin directory, therefore it was not possible to produce the report. Any suggestion on how to fix this?

Best Regards
Stefano

Stephen:
Hi Stefano,

For user constants, you cannot adjust the default value. This is included in the source code. You can, however, adjust the value per-component that is used. To do this, check the "options" tab on the sizing form.

The Plugin is looking for the CSV files in the same directory of the DLL. This is typically C:\HyperSizer Data\Plugins\[Plugin Name]\. Try placing them there and it should work!

Plugin stress reports do indeed require a template file that is used to generate the report. I do not believe we have a template prepared for the fastener plugin, but I will check and reply if I find one.

Thanks,
Stephen

Stefano.destefanis:
Hi Stephen,

Thanks for the answers. The CSV files are in the plugin directory, as suggested. By the way, assuming that the CSV are read correctly, where are the values supposed to show up? I thought to find them in sizing form -> options tab -> user constants, but maybe they are visible / selectable somewhere else... (I mean, maybe I have already imported the CSV files values, but I simply did not realize it...).
On my PC, the directory is D:\HyperSizer Data\..., not C:\HyperSizer Data\...  Does it matter? Thanks for the answers, if you could find a template it would be great!!
Best Regards
Stefano

Stefano.destefanis:
Maybe I just wrote the CSV files wrong....

Here is (as an example) the content of file "BoltSizes.csv" (based on plugin documentation): is the format correct?

Bolt Index,Bolt Size,D [in],N [Threads/in],Dpitch [in],Dminor [in]
1,2,0.086,64,0.0759,0.0691
2,4,0.112,48,0.0985,0.0894
3,6,0.138,40,0.1218,0.1109
4,8,0.164,36,0.146,0.1339
5,10,0.19,32,0.1697,0.1562
6,1/4,0.25,28,0.2268,0.2113
7,5/16,0.3125,24,0.2854,0.2674
8,3/8,0.375,24,0.3479,0.3299
9,7/16,0.4375,20,0.405,0.3834
10,1/2,0.5,20,0.4675,0.4459
11,9/16,0.5625,18,0.5264,0.5024
12,5/8,0.625,18,0.5889,0.5649

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