Angles in Tube and Pipe

[Anonymous]

I am trying to create a pipe extension that can be set to various angles, as seen in the picture. I want to be able to rotate it at point 1 180 degrees, and then at point 2 180 degrees, and anywhere inbetween. So if i rotated point 1 10 degrees, i want to then rotate point 2 20 degrees and have the sketch locked. I want to be able to change those angles as i see fit. The only way i can see doing this is using the parallel constraint on some sort of projected geometry that can incorporate 360 degrees of movement. Any ideas on this? they can be increments of 10 degrees. So ineed some sort of sphere that has lines i can reference at pretty much any 10 degree increment. any help would be greatly appreciated. thank you

[Anonymous]

You may have to use a custom bend since elbows are limited (in CC) to 45 and 90 degrees.  Activate the Route command, select your starting point and right click to view this menu.

   

[Anonymous]

thank you for your response but I need to use regular 90 degree elbows, I just need to be able to rotate them. Since you can't dimension a tube and pipe run to be an angle off of a projected line, you would have to make some geometry that has a face on the plane you are trying to parallel constraint. I guess my question is what kind of part can I make that willl hve all the different angle combinations, in incremements of 10 degrees, that i can constrain teh lines to

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Apologies, definitely misunderstood what you were asking.  Am I on the right track with this one?  You can use Construction Lines to dimension the angle to constrain your route...

                

[Anonymous]

Yes thank you this is exactly what I was looking to do. I appologize, but in order to accomplish this: I am in the route command. Do i click on 3D Model tab and draw a 3D line, constrain it to included geometry and then go back to the route tab and dimesnion off of it? I can't seem to get this to work, if you don't mind assisting me I would be most appreciative.

[Anonymous]

I figured it out. right click the point and draw construction line while in the route command. Thank you so much!

[Anonymous]

I was putting together a short screencast to show how I did it.  Great to see you found out.  I'll still throw this up any how...