topic Re: radius elbows change to rectangular in Fabrication CADmep Forum

radius elbows change to rectangular

david.barr1 — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:58:16 GMT

When I export my square duct run in MEP, all fittings in the .rif file are converted from smooth radius, to square bend.

How do i prevent this?

Re: radius elbows change to rectangular

nathan.chapman — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 19:56:10 GMT

What is being filled is driven by your button mapping in the active. service You can change the mapping or exclude the square bend itm. Excluding with prevent it from being used in the fill process.

Re: radius elbows change to rectangular

david.barr1 — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 20:06:59 GMT

thanks for the reply.

Is this happening in MEP or in FAB mep? if i exclude the square bend elbow in FAB mep nothing is created.

I'm new to this process so you will have to bare with me.

Re: radius elbows change to rectangular

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:04:19 GMT

You have to make certain that the Radius Elbow is part of the button mapping for the service you are in.

1. Is the radius Elbow a button on the service?

2. Does the Radius Elbow have a Button Code on the button? (Right click the button, & choose button properties)

3. Is this Button Code in the button mapping for a Bend in this service? (Click on the service hyperlink, choose the second tab from the left "Button Mappings", make sure the Button Code from #2 is in the "Alternate Codes" column for a Bend, if not, add it. (Note, it may be there, but the button code box is unchecked)...if this is the case, check it.)