Tube & Pipe - inconsistent mapping

[Anonymous]

What are the unit types required for mapping between parameters & content center?

To add additional columns to the content center can they been added to the ipart table then mapped & published or should you publish the miniumum infor the add the extra info using content center editior?

Where is the most comprehesive guide to tube & pipe pulishing (wiki, AU)?

Thanks

MES

[cbenner]

Everything I learned about T&P came from the Help pages, before they went Wiki.  That would be a good place to start.  You can definitely add columns to a part once it is in the content center.  I can't say for sure what's going on with the part you posted the shot from, since I don't know what it is, or how you authored it.  It looks a bit like it was a branch fitting, and those are definitely the trickiest, since they involve mating to a pipe run at the correct distance for the run's OD AND a cut in the mating pipe.

Here is the wiki link to T&P help... there are some things it doesn't tell you.  A lot of it is trial and error to figure out what works best for the style of piping you do.  And, of course, this forum is a great place to toss out questions or ideas.

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2013/Help/1310-Autodesk1310/3029-Tube_and3029

Good luck, and let me know if you need more help.

[Anonymous]

When you created your custom part, did you add the SN and ND parameters in the "Other" tab of the iPart creation table?  I found that this works best instead of adding these parameters in the Custom tab of the iProperties.  I will try to find a document that I found on here about publishing Custom CC parts that explains this in better detail...

Edit:

Found what I was looking for.  The last post on this page helped me when creating T&P components.  Also, just a good document to have...

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Autodesk-Inventor/Creating-own-tube-and-pipe-style/m-p/3653472/highlig...

Credit goes to cwhetten

[cbenner]

I found this... this is the document I used for branch type fittings.  This wiki is for 2014 but the procedure hasn't changed for the past several releases.

http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Inventor/enu/2014/Help/1283-Inventor1283/5442-Tube_and5442/5572-Tube_an...