topic Re: How to make a curved (instead of hard) 90 degree pipe elbow in Fusion Design, Validate & Document Forum

How to make a curved (instead of hard) 90 degree pipe elbow

karl — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:34:55 GMT

Newb here. In the attached file I've created a circular profile I'd like to sweep along a path to make a 90 degree pipe elbow. I drew the path as a horizontal line and an intersecting vertical line. As a result, the two pipes meet at a beveled (hard) angle. I'd like the joint to be a circular arc, however. I'd initially thought of drawing the path as an arc, but realized each arm of the elbow is straight for about 1.5" before it starts to bend. So, I tried the "simple" way first. I've tried to go back and move copies of the two lines to appropriate places for the arc to start/end (to use the copies as construction lines), but Fusion won't let me paste them for some reason. That's a separate issue. What I'd like to know is, what's an efficient way to create this elbow the right way from the start? Thanks.

Re: How to make a curved (instead of hard) 90 degree pipe elbow

davebYYPCU — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:00:38 GMT

Using the Pipe Tool, you need one sketch, with the side view of the path, change sketch 4 to connect directly to sketch 1. Line Arc, line, connected together and tangent. The arc must be big enough for the pipe to go around without pinching the inside.

Using the Sweep tool, you need the same path, and a profile (sketch 4 and sketch 1)

the sketches 2 and 3 should not be required.

Might help....

Re: How to make a curved (instead of hard) 90 degree pipe elbow

karl — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:14:51 GMT

Perfect. Thanks.