Help with a wonky assembly

Help with a wonky assembly

lemelman
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Help with a wonky assembly

lemelman
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This is my 1st "proper" assembly, so I must have done something stupid, but what?

I'm building a framework from pipes and standard connectors, and things were going OK until the most recent joint. All the joints are revolute and, although it was more or less correctly oriented when I applied the last joint, the curved pipe rotated 180 axially when the joint was finished.  I've tried adjusting it, but it just won't change. How can I fix this please?

The screenshot shows the rotated pipe, which should match its twin. 

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davebYYPCU
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Your assembly will be rigid in the majority of those fittings, you may later want to swing a section, but from where I am looking none need to be Revolute Joints yet.  You don’t have to fix them yet but you have the heads up.

 

I have not downloaded your file with internet drama, will check your progress again in the morning.

 

To fix your problem, Edit one involved joint, in the Angle dialogue box, add 180 deg to what ever it has been set to.  I would undo the lower right tee piece cause it don’t match the other side either..

 

Might help....

 

 

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lemelman
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Thanks Dave,

I deleted one of the joints, rotated the offending piece and redid the joint, and it worked.

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