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Connecting pipes and fittings with minor differences in x or y

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Message 1 of 14
GSC_HAYA
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Connecting pipes and fittings with minor differences in x or y

Hello

 

when I use _.plantpipeadd I can draw a line between fittings with a difference of 0.0001 mm for example. (Where these differences come from I'm wondering every time)

 

When I try to connect two parts with the same difference using plantconnectjoint, it does not work.

 

So I have to delete the pipe and insert it again... 😞

 

What is to do?

 

G

Plant3D 2022 German
WIN10 Pro
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Message 2 of 14
Arun_Kumar_K
in reply to: GSC_HAYA

I too need solution for this, even 0.5mm difference causing pipe and fitting disconnection. Where to set the tolerence?

Message 3 of 14
rerskins
in reply to: GSC_HAYA

We are having the same issue with imperial units. The added aggravation is that when units are set to Architectural 1/16" precision, you won't see the 0.0001 difference in X or Y.

Some of our designers give up when the pipe won't connect to the fitting and tell me to fix it. Half an hour later the simple 2" elbow to pipe connection if fixed, and all that time wasted for a dimension that a pipe fitter/welder would never see.
Message 4 of 14
Arun_Kumar_K
in reply to: GSC_HAYA

I have been waiting for reply from Autodesk PPl, but asusual no reply.

 

We need more interaction from Autodesk ppl also here, if you find only users are sharing their views.

 

If you want to develop the software, please keep interacting here.

Message 5 of 14
dave.wolfe
in reply to: Arun_Kumar_K

You'll need to play with th joint settings in the DefaultConnectorsConfig.xml in the project folder. Each joint has an Offset and Slope tolerance.  You can play with these values and see if it clears up your issues.

Dave Wolfe
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Message 6 of 14
Arun_Kumar_K
in reply to: dave.wolfe

Tried as you mentioned, but it didn't connect.
Message 7 of 14
dave.wolfe
in reply to: Arun_Kumar_K

Is this a buttweld joint? Can you post your connectors config file?

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Message 8 of 14

As Dave said: Can you send us the connectors config file? Also the information what kind of joint you have used?

 

Regards

Bernd



Bernd G.

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Message 9 of 14

i have had this issue and the only way i can get them to connect is to move one of the parts to the X or Y of the other part that is off using Point Filters.
Message 10 of 14
Arun_Kumar_K
in reply to: thebearjed

Sorry for my late reply here. Attached the requested file.

 

The joint connection tolerance required is for Buttweld.

 

I tried, but it is not getting connected.

Message 11 of 14
hardell
in reply to: GSC_HAYA

Hi,

I have the same problem. I get an error message "Autorouting can not find any paths", though I do not want autorouting to find it. I want to connect A to B with a slope.

 

I tried to increase slope and offset tolerances for Buttweld i DefaultConnectorsConfig, but that didn´t help.

Best regards

//Johan

Message 12 of 14
dave.wolfe
in reply to: hardell

I've spoken with the product manager, and submitted a case for this, as it seems to be a bug for everyone.

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Message 13 of 14
feschaurich
in reply to: GSC_HAYA

I have the same problem. Sometimes I spend a lot of time to connect two adjacent lines with 0.001mm of difference!

For while, the only way to solve it is reroute the pipeline.

A solution for this would be great.

Best Regards

Fernando

 

 

 

Message 14 of 14
TRdesigner82
in reply to: feschaurich

Bringing back and old post......

I know that this was a bug in 2014. Straight from Autodesk "OffsetTolerance doesn’t seem to work currently!". We're about to migrate to 2015 and I'm wondering if this is something that they felt was important enough to fix for 2015? Anyone have enough experience with 2015 yet to know?

 

Autodesk: Please refer to [CaseNo:09164512.]

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