routed system styles

[Winks87]

Have a question about routed system pipe - do I have to create a new style (family of parts) for each material required?  I cant select or change the material after I place parts?

[cbenner · Accepted solution]

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@Winks87 wrote:

Have a question about routed system pipe - do I have to create a new style (family of parts) for each material required?  I cant select or change the material after I place parts?

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Are you talking about PARTS or Tube & Pipe styles, because the answer for both is yes.  You should have a Content Center library of parts for every material you are going to use.  For one thing, your part numbers or stock numbers are going to be different for each material.  And for Tube & Pipe Styles, you have to specify in each one which fittings and conduit to use, so those will be material specific as well.

If you create these in the Tube & Pipe template you should only have to do this once.  This file is called "Piping Runs.iam" and is usually found in the Design Data folder.  Set up all of your styles here, and when you start your first pipe run in an assembly, it will pull in this file and all of your styles will be there.

And as for changing after the part is placed... yes, you can change a fitting out after it is placed, but only if the new fitting you want is already authored and published in the Content Center.  You cannot simply change the material of a Content Center part, they are read only.

[Winks87]

Thank you.