Apply insulation to nested pipe flanges

[mariusvanwyk2216]

Can't seem to apply insulation to nested pipe flange (Pipe Fitting) even if I place an instance of it on its own in my model.

I wanted to share it in a host pipe bend, then when I apply insulation to bend I want to be able to apply same insulation to a shared flange in the host bend.

if selecting it and applying the insulation and then apply the insulation nothing happens?!

If I can't do it this way how would one go about doing it through the API, programmatically?

[L.Maas]

Maybe you can upload your family/project so we can see what you have exactly.

A question relating to the API is better asked in the Revit API forum.

[mariusvanwyk2216]

1. The nested flanges, as a void or normal extrusion, does not apply insulation if it does not have a connector.
2. Once you add the insulation this behaviour is present.
Insulation does not maintain shape?!
3. If it insulation maintains shape and I can replace geometry with nested Flange to bill for both flange and insulation for the strainer.
4. If I could get the insulation type of host family and programmatically assign it to my ".S&P_insulation_type" shared parameter in nested flange I could schedule and export to dwfx will show .S&P_insulation_type populated when the nested flange is selected in Design Review or Navisworks.
5. Then it does not have to physically assign to Nested part and avoid unexpected insulation or lining behaviour. Or is there a solution to it.