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Centerline question

anoor — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 17:27:04 GMT

Is there a way to add a center line to a radius? I.E.: Putting a center line thru a pipe elbow?

Re: Centerline question

Mark.Lancaster — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:42:26 GMT

No this is not possible (unless you sketch under that given view).. You may want to check the Inventor Idea station for this idea and vote for it.

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/inventor-ideas/idb-p/v1232

Re: Centerline question

jhackney1972 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:17:10 GMT

Yes there is, take a look at the attached screencast for the process. In the screencast I only added the radius centerline but once the style is set, you can use it on straight sections as well.

Re: Centerline question

Rory_M — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:23:36 GMT

Yes there is - Use centreline bisector and pick the inner and outer radii, see attached image.

Only issue is Inventor will extend the centreline slightly so you will see an overlap. Editing of the centreline style can minimise but not remove this altogether.

Re: Centerline question

Mark.Lancaster — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:46:09 GMT

@anoor

My bad I was thinking of an auto-centerline from a routed system (piping) model.. And wasn't even thinking about what @jhackney1972 and @Rory_M have indicated to you.

Re: Centerline question

SBix26 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:11:58 GMT

Another possibility: if you have used a centerline sweep to model the part, you can include the path sketch in your drawing view. If the geometry already exists in the model, you might as well use it.

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