{"id":25177,"date":"2018-03-09T12:25:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/?p=17566"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:45:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:15:20","slug":"flip-direction-smart-fasteners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/flip-direction-smart-fasteners\/","title":{"rendered":"How to flip the direction of smart fasteners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s normally very difficult to find the <strong>\u2018flip\u2019<\/strong> command for the smart fasteners, this example will illustrate where to find the command and how to use it.<br \/>Consider the below example, it has a two planes facing perpendicular to each other. Through holes are created on the both surfaces using linear pattern as shown.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17567\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/flip1.jpg\" alt=\"flip1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"17567\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After saving this part, open this part in the assembly.<br \/>Make sure that tool box components are added in the tool box library.<br \/>Now select the \u2018smart fasteners\u2019 and select the faces on which the fasteners needs to be created.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17572\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/flip2.jpg\" alt=\"flip2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"17572\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on <strong>\u2018Add\u2019<\/strong>, two fastener groups will be created as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17573\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/flip3.jpg\" alt=\"flip3\" width=\"700\" height=\"751\" data-id=\"17573\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is observed that the two groups are intersecting each other. Fasteners formed on the horizontal face is named as <strong>Group2<\/strong>, and on the vertical it is named as <strong>Group1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now in order to flip the direction <strong>Group2<\/strong>, select <strong>\u2018edit grouping\u2019<\/strong> and drop down the <strong>Group2<\/strong> and right click on the series 1 as shown in the below image.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17575\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/flip4.jpg\" alt=\"flip4\" width=\"1000\" height=\"495\" data-id=\"17575\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now the fasteners has been flipped<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17574\" src=\"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/flip5.jpg\" alt=\"flip5\" width=\"1000\" height=\"661\" data-id=\"17574\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n  \"mainEntityOfPage\": {\n    \"@type\": \"WebPage\",\n    \"@id\": \"https:\/\/ckonnect.in\/solidworks\/flip-direction-smart-fasteners\/\"\n  },\n  \"headline\": \"How to flip the direction of smart fasteners\",\n  \"description\": \"It\u2019s normally very difficult to find the \u2018flip\u2019 command for the smart fasteners, this example will illustrate where to find the command and how to use it. 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