Welding multiple steel pipes

[oryzasulthana]

Hello!

I'm looking for a way to connect (using miter) multiple steel pipes. I tried to miter two pipes, and it worked to a certain degree, but I can't seem to figure out how to connect the upper pipes. I'm looking for the connection similar to the photo below.

 

[thiruvengadam.vijayaraghavan · Accepted solution]

Hi @oryzasulthana, the photo you provided looks like a "space frame truss". Revit doesn't have a built-in tool specifically for creating space frames; they can be modelled using Generic model - pattern based family as mentioned in the following video >> https://youtu.be/PybqHEXwCjw?si=0PziLS7rnAsW5OHl.
If you are just looking for a 'Mitet cut' connection for steel fabrication, you can check 'Parametric Cuts' from the Steel tab in Revit.
Thank you! 

[RDAOU]

The pipes in the Image you shared are not welded to each other, what is in the photos is easily doable in Revit...What you have in your Revit file  on the other hand is not even applicable in RL scenario.

In Revit it is possible to clean join weld up to 3 pipes with no issue (do it in pairs) 4 is possible too; however, not at such acute angles as in your file. You have to consider that the more the join will be chamfering/cutting off from the Pipe, the  harder will it be to join weld them