Pipe Minimum Length

[ridaabderrahmane]

Hello everyone,

when I create a pipe with the API, I verify that its length is superior to the application short curve tolerance defined by the API (application.ShortCurveTolerance). Otherwise I display a message to the user that the pipe cannot be drawn.

But id I create a pipe and then I create a fitting (tee or elbow) the pipe gets shorter (the fitting takes from the length of the pipe) and even if I did the length verification I get a warning message by Revit telling me that the pipe was too short and needs to be deleted whiche is not what I want.

So I want to know how much length the tee or the elbow takes from the pipe so that I can do my verification properly.

If anyone have an idea about this problem I would highly appreciate your help.

Thanks in advance

[ridaabderrahmane]

Hello everyone,

when I create a pipe with the API, I verify that its length is superior to the application short curve tolerance defined by the API (application.ShortCurveTolerance). Otherwise I display a message to the user that the pipe cannot be drawn.

But id I create a pipe and then I create a fitting (tee or elbow) the pipe gets shorter (the fitting takes from the length of the pipe) and even if I did the length verification I get a warning message by Revit telling me that the pipe was too short and needs to be deleted whiche is not what I want.

So I want to know how much length the tee or the elbow takes from the pipe so that I can do my verification properly.

If anyone have an idea about this problem I would highly appreciate your help.

Thanks in advance

[jeremy_tammik]

Yes, sure. Try it out, like this:

• https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/07/think-big-in-revit.html

The minimum pipe length almost certainly depends on the specific fitting and its properties. Maybe you can use those properties to calculate the specific minimum pipe length on a per-fitting basis. Please let us know what you find out and how you end up solving this. Thank you!

[jeremy_tammik]

Yes, sure. Try it out, like this:

• https://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/07/think-big-in-revit.html

The minimum pipe length almost certainly depends on the specific fitting and its properties. Maybe you can use those properties to calculate the specific minimum pipe length on a per-fitting basis. Please let us know what you find out and how you end up solving this. Thank you!