Inventor Pipe Auto-Routing; option to constrain to natural X,Y,Z axes

[CADDapult]

An option to have piping AutoRoutes be automatically constrained to the X,Y,&Z axes would be a huge help. For most industrial piping systems I'd say 99 times out of a hundred the designer wants pipe aligned with the natural axes.  For the times where the route angles don't matter just unselect the option to see the non-plumb routes Inventor offers.

[cbenner]

I like this, but I'd rather have each new run, as well as the top level Tube & Pipe runs assembly automatically constrain origin plane to origin plane.  Tube & Pipe assy constrained to parent assembly, and each successive run constrained to the Tube & Pipe assy.  That way NOTHING moves by accident, causing youe entire assembly to get.... ugly.

[schnautza]

I just worked on some tube and pipe and the only autoroutes it would give me were diagonal. I had to fight it by manually adding elbows where I wanted them in the assembly environment and constraining them in the XYZ axes. Took a lot longer than it should have.

[lesmfunk]

And, for bent tube routing, the xyz bend machine output file starts somewhere in outer space. It should start at X0, Y0, Z0.

Great Idea!

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