topic Re: Design Redbend not showing up correctly in Fabrication CADmep Forum

Design Redbend not showing up correctly

RidgewayPlumbing — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 17:33:52 GMT

So I have been having issues with Redbend. I have 1-1/2" vertical portion a 1" horizontal portion which should give you a Bend with a bushing or reducer depending on what your button mapping is set to. Funny when this is all horizontal it works perfectly but not vertical to horizontal. I also tried making a sub assembly which did not work as well. Any Idea's.

Re: Design Redbend not showing up correctly

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 00:59:14 GMT

Are you dealing with a sloped piping system? The fitting angle in a horizontal-to-horizontal situation will be different from a (true) vertical-to-horizontal situation. An angular tolerance or alignment issue might result from Fabrication "adjusting" the fitting to accommodate the angle.

Re: Design Redbend not showing up correctly

RidgewayPlumbing — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:36:41 GMT

It does not matter if it is slope or not, I get the same result.

Re: Design Redbend not showing up correctly

nathan.chapman — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:58:18 GMT

Just out of curiosity, when you draw in the horizontal orientation are you starting with the larger diameter and then reducing latter. If you look at your design line it looks to be the opposite. I have seen in the past issues based off the items c1 vs c2 connector.

Re: Design Redbend not showing up correctly

RidgewayPlumbing — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:01:30 GMT

Yes. I do the vertical first then reduce line then draw the line.

Re: Design Redbend not showing up correctly

nathan.chapman — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:14:49 GMT

within the edit design line dialogue go to the View tab. Select annotate. What shows up on your design line? Does it show Redbend? Since it fills in plan view it can't be an issue with the button mapping.

Re: Design Redbend not showing up correctly

RidgewayPlumbing — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:27:52 GMT

It shows redbend. I spoke to someone else and they say it might be a problem with design line

Re: Design Redbend not showing up correctly

ZTR88 — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 15:21:10 GMT

Did you ever figure out a solution to this issue? I'm having a similar issue with 4"x3" reducing closet bends. I had no issue at all until recently like something changed, but now the reducing closet bend will only fill in a horizontal to horizontal position which of course is not the correct position for a closet bend.