How to measure & modify .step after opening in F360?

[FlyinBrian]

Hello, I'm working with a .step file which i've opened in F360 that has body, but not the sketch. When selecting inspect then selecting the pipe bend face, no radius/ length/ diameter is displayed like it would for a sketch line.

Any chance someone could advise what one needs to do for the following:

1.) Determine (measure) the centerline radius and angle of the bends 

2.) How to modify the bend radius and lengths of the straight sections 

Is there a way to create a sketch that would follow the centerline path of the pipe in the .step file which could then be used for modifications?

Thanks to @jhackney1972 and the other members here for the helpful guidance they share! 

[davebYYPCU]

1. The arc radius of the centre line is 1 inch, both bends are 90 degrees.

2. Depends on what you want to modify.

Make your own model, armed with the info from 1. above, hard to know the how, without knowing the answer to 2., above.

You can take a Project > Intersect on XY plane sketch, and an Offset plane at 5 inches, will copy this pipe.

Centre leg is 3 inches. (blue line)

Might help....

[wersy]

I would make a 3D sketch

Then create a pipe so you can change whatever you want.

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

Click >>Reverse Engineer Pipe<< here.

Reminded my of a paper I wrote 14 years ago.

[FlyinBrian]

This is excellent! Very helpful, thank you.