AutoCAD Inventor :: Coiled Tube With Centered Inlets / Outlets?
Feb 22, 2013I'm having some trouble constructing a coiled tube with centered inlet and outlet (see attachment). Is there a way to do this and if so, how?
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Lofting Around A Coiled Path?
Aug 23, 2013what would be the procedure for creating a loft around a coiled path? is there a way to make the coil command create a path.
inventor 2014
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Create Coiled Spring On Arc?
Jul 19, 2012Is there a way to create a Coiled spring of 26 coils on an arc radius of 3.781inchs arc length of spring is 13.706inc
The major dia of the spring is 3/8 inch with the wire dia is NOT given
The original Hand done drawing are attached in PDF version 6 format
As for Inventor I'm using 2012. It is the first time I have come across this sort of problem I thought of doing a single coil and creating a sub assemble of it around a construction line arc rad with each coil mated and rotated at an angle to the other but then thought that there must be an easier way of creating this spring.
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Calculating Tube Length (not Tube And Piping)?
Mar 16, 2013I have a question about calculating the maximum tube length. Why do i ask this, because you can just measure it on drawing?
I'm building a parametric model for building simple storage tanks, and the goal is to get a complete BOM out of the model without any difficulties.
I have 4 possibilities of tube positioning on the tank. (see image)
1. A tube that stands in the center of the axis of the main tank.
2. A tube that stands in the center of the axis of the main tank, but under an angle
3. A tube that doesn't stand in the center of the axis of the main tank.
4. A tube that doesn't stand in the center of the axis of the main tank, but under an angle
These 4 possibilities can be flush with the inside of the tank or not.
Is there a easy way to determinate the longest point from the front of the tube? This longest measurement will be the length i need to get into my description for the BOM.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Repair Tube Constraints In Tube And Pipe?
May 27, 2013How do I repair a tubing constraint?
I use tubing in inventor, I always attached tube to whatever fittings I am using and everything is fine but if something gets moved that the end of the tube loses its contraint I'm ready to jump off a cliff!
Is there any way to get the end of the 3D sketch contrained to the fitting again?
Up until now I have always had to deleted the route and started over. Inventor Pro 2014
AutoCAD Inventor :: Tube Frame With Tube Connectors?
Oct 10, 2013I want to build a pipe or tube frame and use tube or pipe connectors to join the pipes.
What is the best way? "Tube and pipe" or "Frame generator"?
AutoCAD Civil 3D :: ERROR 600 - Inlet Doesn't Have Two Outlets
Oct 17, 2012 I do not have two outlet from 4 different intakes. The four intake are modeled as on-grading intake and do have both a bypass link and pipe line attached. Attached is the model that I have been working with. The intake causing the problems are:
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AutoCAD Civil 3D :: SSA Area Inlets
Nov 28, 2012My question is, in SSA how would you model an inlet in say a parking lot that is NOT a curb inlet but an "area inlet" that is in sag. For the project, we are using Neenah grates and so would like to use the Neenah inlet manufacturer.
SSA 2012 and Civil 3D 2012 (We do have 2013 as well but haven't installed it yet)
AutoCAD Civil 3D :: Importing GIS Data For Inlets
Jan 7, 2013I see you can import junctions from GIS shapefiles, but can you import inlets? I have hundreds of inlets (mostly grate inlets) and I need to import the inlet type and inlet opening dimensions. I have a shap file with the inlet data, but I'm unable to import it into SSA with all the information I need.
I know you can import shapefiles as junctions and convert them to inlets, but then you would have to manually input the dimensions of the inlet. Is it possible for SSA to automate this processs?
AutoCAD Inventor :: How To Add Tube To Connectors
Dec 3, 2013What way do i add tube to the connectors.Should it be added in assembly or as a separate part?
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Spikes On Tube
Apr 2, 2013How to create spikes on tube. I've try several way, but no success. I've try to mate with holes on plate and than to bend half of the plate, but not succeed.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: How To Get Tube And Pipe Add-on
Jun 18, 2012how to get the tube and pipe add-on? I do not already have it and I have not been able to find much information on how to get it.
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Tube Get Hide After Zooming Near It
Dec 29, 2013> In Inventor , here we see the orange color tube shown in the attached screenshot.
Attched File : Frames11
> But after zooming it nearby it’s get disappear as shown in the attached screenshot.
Attched File : Frames12
> One more shocking point is that we open this same drawing on other PC and there it’s display corrrectly.
Any solution for this hide tube. We are using:
Software : Inventor Ultimate 2014-64 Bit
Hardware : Workstation Dell Precision T3600
AutoCAD Inventor :: Twist Rectangular Tube
Dec 24, 2013Im trying to reproduce the part attached. Its a rectangular aluminum tube. .320 x .180 approx an inch long. I tried lofting 2 sketches but the result does appear like the attached image.
View 8 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Cut Across Bend Around A Rolled Tube
Feb 14, 2012I'm trying to do a usable and real flat pattern for a laser cut on this type of part and I'm not able to do a cut across bend or other wrap around face feature.
Any method to do such a feature ?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Tube Frame With Connectors
Oct 10, 2013What is the best way to draw pipe frame using "KEE KLAMP" connectors?
Pipe and tube or frame generator?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Making Tube Between Two Circles?
Oct 28, 2011I've been trying to make tube between these circles but I can't figure it out how to make it smooth. I tried sweep too but that didn't work too well. Here's picture of my try without sweep: [URL]
You see that it leaves corners on the back. I would like to have it so it's smooth and has same angle. How should I do it?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Tube And Pipe Errors
Sep 25, 2013I inherited this assembly from another user. In making some dimensional changes the pipe runs have now errored.Not having ever taken any training courses in T&P, my knowledge is just based on simple straight forward runs.
This on the other hand is bit more complicated. As you can see from the image I have this one run that has errors.My question is with the violation, is there anyway to pinpoint exacty what the violating member is?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Compound Miter On A Tube
Sep 20, 2012I have several parts to get cut for one of our customers.
The provided the pdf I have attached, and I need to create and .ipt so we can cut it on our tube laser.
This is getting the better of me on how I would put my work planes in order to get the correct angles.
How to accomplish this?
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AutoCAD Inventor :: Tube And Pipe Constraining
May 10, 2013I'm just getting started using the Tube and Pipe environment for some of my work, and I've got what I'm hoping is a simple question with a simple answer. In the picture attached I've got a 1" pipe dropping down into a 8" pipe which I've disabled because it's a standard part right now and I want to replace it with a tube & pipe run. The thing I seem to have the hardest time doing when routing my pipes is aligning/offsetting my nodes with existing geometry in the assembly. In this case I want the end of the 8" pipe to be 12" offset from the centerline of the 1" pipe, and for the 8" pipe's centerline to be 12" below the bottom of the mezzanine's I-beam (as the standard part it is now). What's the best way to do this in the Tube and Pipe environment?
I tried "Include Geometry" from the "Create" panel but that only lets me create planes, which won't work with offsetting from the 1" centerline. However, SOMETIMES (it's a big sometimes) ALL of the options in the "3D Sketch" tab are available. When that's the case, I can go to the "3D Model" tab and create workpoints, axes, and planes. Sometimes, though, they're not all available, and I'm not able to place anything but planes. How I can change it so I can always use all the geometry of my assembly?
Also I'd like to know if constraing fittings and point-snapping routes to my assembly geometry in this way is the best way to do Tube and Pipe routes. Will doing this allow my routes to update if the assembly changes?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Copy Tube And Pipe Run
Sep 24, 2010I have just completed an assembly and in this assy. I have a tube and pipe run. The original frame holding this pipe was 1m*1m*2m. We are now building a smaller unit with the same design. The pipe run is exactly the same except for the pipe diameter.
I tried to save as the pipe run to a new name and change pipe diameter but it gives me this error seen below. Do I have to make the whole run again? If i change run I have now to what I need for smaller frame I lose original sizes for first frame size.
Problems encountered while saving the document.
Save failed because the following files have been modified and must be saved together with Cooling_Skid_Type_I.Tube and Pipe Runs.iam:
Cooling_Skid_Type_II.Run01.iam,Cooling_Skid_Type_II.Route01.ipt,Cooling_Skid_Type_II.Route02.ipt,Cooling_Skid_Type_II.Route03.ipt,Cooling_Skid_Type_II.Run02.iam,Cooling_Skid_Type_II.Hose01.iam,Cooling_Skid_Type_II.Hose01.ipt
AutoCAD Inventor :: Swagging End Of A Tube Or Pipe?
Nov 11, 2002How to successfully swag the end of a tube or pipe?
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Tube And Pipe Design
Oct 24, 2012I am a drafting instructor who has inventor 2013. Want resources (tutorial, instructional video...) explaining how to use "tube and Pipe design" with inventor 2013.
View 2 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Tube And Pipe ISOGEN Via PCF
Jan 18, 2012Inventor Tube & Pipe can output ISOGEN files (*.pcf) for manipulation into piping isometrics via 3rd party software. I have done this and the pcf format is very poor on detail that it contains about each fitting. It required hours of manually re-writing the pcf file to get it to produce a result that was "good enough".
The Alias Isogen tool is rubbish - it crashes often, it does not make the changes that one has told it to etc. etc.
I eventually found Autodesk Plant 3D has an amazing piping capability (but it is 2D pretending to be 3D - so it cannot save as parametric solids) - however - it produces great piping isometrics. On studying the pcf from Inventor vs the pcf from Plant 3D for equivalent routes it is clear that Inventor is years behind in their piping functionality.
1. Does Inventor have plans to e.g. make their pcf compatible with Plant 3D so that we can process isometrics in that?
2. Any handy tool to manipulate pcf's to add e.g. welds, supports, notes, insulation, bolts, nipples/sockets/weldolets etc. to produce a comprehensive iso drawing?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Changing Tube Size
Nov 6, 2013I am having a problem changing my tube sizes. Basically when I create a new route and populate the route, I want to be able to change the size without adding hundreds of sizes to the library. So I right click on the tube and select change size. The when I select a different size and select apply nothing happens? I push update and still nothing happens?
When I try to change the tubing size again it shows the size that I change it to but the tube doesn't visually change? I have noticed the same with the hose. What I also noticed is when you change the size on pipes it does change. How it is possible to change the piping sizes by right clicking on it and select change size when this function doesn't seem to work on the tube and hose?
AutoCAD Inventor :: Best Way To Insert One Tube Into Another Which Has Holes?
Jul 15, 2013If I have a "large" tube with a series of holes along it, say 9mm diameter...
I have another component (an 8.9mm solid cylinder) which should be inserted in those holes......how is the best way of doing it?
I thought about adding a work axis in each hole, but can't find an easy way of doing even that!So how would you do it?
If I make a hole in a rectangular block it all works out, the toroid appears and I constrain the small 8.9mm to the axis of the hole in the block.That does not seem to work with holes in the large tube.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Tube And Pipe Functionality
Dec 13, 2011Set-up the Tube and Pipe functionality in Inventor 2012. Apparently it was not installed or configured at installation.
View 3 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Tube And Pipe Option Can't Start
Aug 12, 2013Recently faced this problem- trying to start up Tube and Pipe option in Assembly, it seems to start loading and then Inventor doesn't respond anymore. I can't really tell when this problem started to appear. But at some point I was able to start it up after some ettemps and restarting Inventor, but now that doesn't work.
I tried to delete Registry file VERSION 18, like it is written in this thread: URL....I am running Autodesk Inventor 2014 on a Windows 7 64 bit.
AutoCAD Inventor :: Convoluted Flexible Tube / Hose
Dec 4, 2005I need to model up a convoluted flexible hose as a component part for use in an assembly. What is the best approach to creating this with a realistic and natural look?
View 9 Replies View RelatedAutoCAD Inventor :: Tube And Pipe Style Will Not Update?
Nov 22, 2011I am creating two sizes of flexible hose in an assembly. One is 2" and the other is 1 1/4". In my hurry, I did not change the style for the smaller hose. Now both hoses are 2". I have tried to change the style but it does not update. I created the 1 1/4" style by copying the 2" style and change the diamter. Office Laptop specs:
- Inventor Professional 2012 (Autodesk Product Design Suite)
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- 8GB RAM
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- touchscreen display w/ pen
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- Dell XPS 17 (non-3D version)
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- entire Audodesk product line (Student Licenses)
- Google SketchUp 8 (Retail License)
- Blender
- Cinema 4D
- various other design software packages
AutoCAD Inventor :: Identify Edge As A Tube Section?
Nov 7, 2011I did a course a few months ago and the teacher said something about how you can draw a solid and tell it to convert it to RHS (for example) by clicking on the edge and using a tool. I can't quite remember it, and can't find the tool to use either- very frustrating. I hope this makes sense- if it doesn't I'll try more of an example.
Extrude a profile to be a 1m2 cube. Identify that the four top edges and four vertical edges are 25mm RHS and this new object becomes the base and legs to a really simple, boring table. If that doesn't make sense I'll have to try again.