Routed Systems 'Pipe'

[spittle]

I have a load of Pipe fittings ready to use with the Routed Systems functiosn in Solidworks but I'm wondering, how do I make a standard pipe part that will connect all my pipe fittings?

 

I can use the default ones, with the default routed parts but I'm modelling with metric parts and really have little idea of what to do and I don't want to be modelling straight pipes.

[shift1313]

can you give a little more info. Are you trying to create a pipe end that you can join to a routing? what are these fittings you have?

[spittle]

I want to create the standard straight pipe that solidworks will use to automatically connect up my pipe fittings in the Routed Systems add in.

 

It should follow a path that I create and I think it also will form bends to a predefined radius unless I specify an elbow that Solidworks should put in where I have bends.

 

I did a routed course and we used all the default bits that ship with Solidworks (Imperial) but now I'm using a catalogue that I have access too that contains a few hundred standard pipe fittings. Sometimes it's just a case of mate the flanges together or sometimes the routes are complex/non standard so a prefabricated pipe will need to be produced. This is where I want to insert my blank flanges, and let solidworks fill in the gaps.

 

I'm not sure what criteria I need to follow to enable Solidworks to create a bit of pipe to use for routing.

 

It will need to be able to be used from say 80mm, up to say 1600mm so I understand a design table will need to be used.

[spittle]

All sorted, unfortunatley it's a bit more complicated than I can write here.