Pipe Routing Preferences - Multiple Elbows

[Anonymous]

In the pipe routing preferences, what is the point of being able to add multiple elbows/transitions/junctions if Revit is only going to use the first one in the list?

I downloaded Charlotte PVC fittings from the manufacturer. Unfortuantely they designed their elbows to only use one designated angle. So I add the 45 deg elbow, and the 90 deg elbow to the routing preferences list. When I go to draw the pipe, it will only accept an angle for which ever elbow family is first in the list. This seems like a huge programming flaw. I do not want to have to mess with the manufacturer's fitting families or lookup tables to get this to work correctly.

The pipe should know which elbow to select based on the angle being drawn..

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

In the pipe routing preferences, what is the point of being able to add multiple elbows/transitions/junctions if Revit is only going to use the first one in the list?

I downloaded Charlotte PVC fittings from the manufacturer. Unfortuantely they designed their elbows to only use one designated angle. So I add the 45 deg elbow, and the 90 deg elbow to the routing preferences list. When I go to draw the pipe, it will only accept an angle for which ever elbow family is first in the list. This seems like a huge programming flaw. I do not want to have to mess with the manufacturer's fitting families or lookup tables to get this to work correctly.

The pipe should know which elbow to select based on the angle being drawn..

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That is not the intent of the feature. What this allows you to do is change the fittings based off of the size of the pipe (hence the min - max size columns).

If you want to model copper up to 1" than transition to 2" PVC Revit will place the proper fittings based off of the modeled pipe size.

[CharlesGoin]

Having same problem.. I KNOW it can go between different elbows I seen it do it.. but sometimes not so much. find a solution other than using a generic elbow that will cut itself to the angle and it not be fixed..?