Creating complex bolt patterns on hard surface assets is an extremely time consusiming and frustrating process. BUT NO MORE.

This tool is designed to speed up the process of creating bolts and rivets on hard surface models. 

Instructions:

Simply duplicate or extrude out whatever edges you want to have instances on and apply the geometry nodes modifier to these edges.

Select what object  you want instanced. (bolt or rivet for example, making sure the object is oriented correctly on the Z axis)

Select object/surface you want the bolts to align to. (if you want to align the system to a curved surface like an aircraft for example.)

Customize the scale/rotation/spacing. (there is the option to add in random scale and rotation if needed)

Enjoy your non destructive bolt system and enjoy the hours of painstaking work you just avoided.