DUCT FLANGE/JOINT

[Anonymous]

In 2011 we could turn off the flanges, in 2012 I cannot find a way to do so.  Anyone know how to do it?  Used to be in duct preferences, but duct preferences is pretty useless now. 

Also, is there a way to get the old way back using duct preferences from the ribbon and to have dialogs come up for duct and such?  HATE everything in the properties dialog, there should be options to want this or not want it.

[Anonymous]

solved on my own....wanna know how?  ain't tellin'!

[Keith.Brown]

I believe that when they released MEP 2012 and moved all the duct preferences to the properties palette that the only way to access the flanges section is to draw ductwork that has the connectors set to flanged or select a piece of duct that has a flanged connector.

[Joshua.Benoist · Accepted solution]

That's right.  All duct properties are now on the properties palette.  Where before the "Flanges" visibility was a Global preferences, all or none setting.  It is now a setting on each individual fitting.  Select a fitting and look at the property palette.  If you have a flanged fitting, you can edit the visibility and sizing right there.  It's also available as you add fittings.  The new duct routing preferences has a "Flanged" preference.  So you can draw "flanged" duct and switch preferences on the fly as you draw.  No longer have to exit the duct add command just to turn on/off flanges.

[Anonymous]

That is a totally bad idea on Autodesk's part.  To do the flanges per part or per duct and not have a global on or off option is stupid.  Somethings Autodesk should leave alone or at least give option to revert to the old way.  The monopoly this company runs is wrong and we as users are forced to use it as no other software is as globally used.  Having the preferences on the properties dialog without choice to use that way or not is a BAD IDEA...Putting ribbons in place of tool bars BAD IDEA, why can't you all just leave stuff alone, fix the issues that arise and stop creating new ones.  I HATE AUTODESK and all of its software and if not for needing a paycheck, I would readily walk away from this crap and never touch it again.