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==Description==
The aim of BOLTS is to build a free and open-source standard parts library for CAD applications. It does so by providing a common database that can be utilized by many different CAD applications, and leveraging the parametric power of FreeCAD to create many different variatiants and sizes of a part.
The aim of BOLTS is to build a free and open-source standard parts library for CAD applications. It does so by providing a common database that can be utilized by many different CAD applications, and leveraging the parametric power of FreeCAD to create many different variatiants and sizes of a part.


BOLTS for FreeCAD provides a widget that allows to insert parts into the active document. Sizes and variants of a part can be selected in the widget, and the part is given a descriptive label.
BOLTS for FreeCAD provides a widget that allows to insert parts into the active document. Sizes and variants of a part can be selected in the widget, and the part is given a descriptive label.


[[File:freecad-bearing.png|480px|thumb|left|The BOLTS widget and a bearing from BOLTS]]
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{{Caption|The BOLTS widget and a bearing from BOLTS}}
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More information about BOLTS can be found on its [http://www.bolts-library.org webpage].


==Script==
The webpage also provides a [http://www.bolts-library.org/en/parts/index.html list of all the parts] that BOLTS currently includes, including drawings and tables with dimensions.
More information about BOLTS can be found on its web page [https://www.bolts-library.org/en/index.html www.bolts-library.org] and it's github [https://github.com/boltsparts https://github.com/boltsparts]


The github also provides a repo [https://github.com/boltsparts/BOLTSFC BOLTSFC] that BOLTSFC that is directly installable in FreeCAD.
=== How to use ===
There are detailed instruction in the [http://jreinhardt.github.io/BOLTS/doc/index.html Documentation section] of the webpage:
* [http://jreinhardt.github.io/BOLTS/doc/freecad/installation.html How to install BOLTS for FreeCAD]
* [http://jreinhardt.github.io/BOLTS/doc/freecad/toolbar.html How to setup a toolbar button for BOLTS]
* [http://jreinhardt.github.io/BOLTS/doc/freecad/usage.html How to use BOLTS for FreeCAD]


'''note''': BOLTSFC is also part of the [https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-addons FreeCAD addons] and can be installed from the addons installer macro
=== Contribute ===
A library of parts that is useful for a broad range of people can only be realised as a community effort. There are many possibilities to [http://jreinhardt.github.io/BOLTS/contribute.html contribute] to BOLTS in a number of different ways.


==Usage==
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There are detailed instruction in the [https://github.com/boltsparts/BOLTSFC/blob/master/README.md Documentation section] of the webpage:
* How to install BOLTS for FreeCAD
* How to setup a toolbar button for BOLTS
* How to use BOLTS for FreeCAD

== Contribute ==
A library of parts that is useful for a broad range of people can only be realised as a community effort. There are many possibilities to [https://boltsparts.github.io/en/contribute.html contribute] to BOLTS in a number of different ways.

Latest revision as of 09:50, 23 May 2020

BOLTS

Description
BOLTS tries to provide a library of common and standard parts for FreeCAD

Author: jreinhardt
Author
jreinhardt
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Macro Version
1.0
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Description

The aim of BOLTS is to build a free and open-source standard parts library for CAD applications. It does so by providing a common database that can be utilized by many different CAD applications, and leveraging the parametric power of FreeCAD to create many different variatiants and sizes of a part.

BOLTS for FreeCAD provides a widget that allows to insert parts into the active document. Sizes and variants of a part can be selected in the widget, and the part is given a descriptive label.

The BOLTS widget and a bearing from BOLTS


Script

More information about BOLTS can be found on its web page www.bolts-library.org and it's github https://github.com/boltsparts

The github also provides a repo BOLTSFC that BOLTSFC that is directly installable in FreeCAD.

note: BOLTSFC is also part of the FreeCAD addons and can be installed from the addons installer macro

Usage

There are detailed instruction in the Documentation section of the webpage:

  • How to install BOLTS for FreeCAD
  • How to setup a toolbar button for BOLTS
  • How to use BOLTS for FreeCAD

Contribute

A library of parts that is useful for a broad range of people can only be realised as a community effort. There are many possibilities to contribute to BOLTS in a number of different ways.