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[#1]

Hi guys,

hopefully someone could help me out with this problem. 

I am in process of preparing an iPart for products we are fabricating that has pipes, fittings, flanges etc... My main problem is creating piping interection. Something that looks like a nozzle on a shell & tube heat exchangers. Basically fabricated reducing Tee. I have tried all of the combine methods, multi-body part, assembly and none of the solutions gives me what i exactly want. I would probably be able to make it with one round boudy cutting out of the larger shell and then one more extruded sketch (pipe for the nozzle/neck) but i am affraid that will create problems when sizes of the pipes vary + it will still be protruding into the shell, not terminating at the (inside / outside) surface of the shell.

I will have a larger shell varying between 5" and 48", while smaller can go anywhere between 1" and 36". Can someone help me how to do this.

I am currently running 2010 ver, but soon we are supposed to upgrade to 2013. So please specify for which version when replying. 

i did not attach any part since it is straight forward pipe branch at 90° angle

Any kind of help will be appreciated,

thanks,

(low esteem) HPsteam

[#2]

Are you looking for something like this?

[#3]

Yes... that would be pretty much what i am looking for

[#4]

I'm using 2013, so the part won't help you, but you should be able to build your own following the the features in the browser.

[#5]

japike,

thank you for the answers..

The only way i could do it is to have two cylinders as a start, and then create new sketch of smaller cylinders, and cut-out thru both of them. That will give me geometry i need, but it seems like there should be an easier way of doing this.

would you be able to explain hwo to get there, if there is an easier way?

[#6 · Accepted solution]

Did you try to follow the feature tree in the picture I posted?

If so, where are you getting stuck?

[#7]

it was not clear which steps you have taken...but since you used thicken the only thing would be to use surfaces... that was so easy... i knew that there is easier way, but was not thinking of thickening the surfaces...

thanks a lot  !!!!