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Tube & Pipe branching.

Tube & Pipe branching.

Add the ability to intersect either two separate pipe routes, or include an intersection within a single pipe route,... and have Tube & Pipe automatically interpret this as a branch, placing a tee inlne at the intersection.  In conjunction with a prior Idea on this site, this could potentially be a reducing tee, which would update the line downstream of the reduced branch.

 

This behavior would make it much easier to align branches with a piece of equipment while routing pipe.  See picture for example.  In the picture, the branch off of the second pump would have to be a tee placed inline and would rely on user input to ensure that the fitting is lined up with the centerline of the pump.  With this requested functionality, a route line could simply be run from the pump to the main trunk line, and intersect it... placing the tee automatically.

 

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7 Comments
dan_szymanski
Autodesk
Status changed to: Under Review
 
Ben-Cornelius
Collaborator

It would be so much faster if you could add braches in pipe routes for tee and y fittings

CADDapult
Advocate

For Inventor's Tube and Pipe to be a genuine design tool it needs to be able to do this sort of basic function.

dan_szymanski
Autodesk
Status changed to: Gathering Support

Hello, this Idea has already been authored under the following Idea:  http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideastation/tube-amp-pipe-branching/idi-p/3738989

 

Please be sure to cast your kudo to the Master Idea as to not split votes.  I am thus closing this as a duplicate.  Thank you for taking the time to post here.  Regards - Dan

dan_szymanski
Autodesk
Status changed to: Accepted

Accepted idea [12307]. Thanks!

dan_szymanski
Autodesk
Status changed to: Future Consideration

We are refining procedures around idea status.  Changing this to Future Consideration.

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Contributor

Please add this ability, this is a no brainer for producing tube n pipe, we all use elbows and tees

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