Place screws, nails, bolts and glue joints

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Drive wood screws, framing nails, and bolts directly into boards with automatic pilot holes and countersinks, lay out nailing patterns, and plan glued joints.

You can now pick wood screws, framing nails, and through-bolts from the library and drive them directly into your boards. Aim on any face with the screwdriver or hammer preview and click to place the fastener.

Screwdriver cursor preview positioning a wood screw on a board face in the 3D scene.
Hammer cursor preview positioning a framing nail on a board face.

Pilot holes, countersinks, and nailing patterns

Placing a screw or bolt drills the pilot hole, clearance hole, and countersink it needs, or reuses an existing hole if you already drilled one at that spot. You can also drive fasteners straight through the pre-punched holes in metal brackets and joist hangers, or lay out a whole row at once: sheathing nail lines, end nails, toe nails, and full hanger patterns.

Close-up of installed fastener heads showing bugle, flat, hex, and pan heads with Phillips, Torx, square, and hex drives.

Glue joints and clamping time

Glued joints now record which mating faces touch and their contact area, and separate dry fitting from glue-up. Each glue step tracks open working time, clamping pressure, and cure time so your build steps know when a subassembly is merely dry-fit and when the glue has set.

X-ray view of a fastened and glued wood joint showing internal screw shanks and highlighted adhesive contact faces.