When a tube and pipe route ends at a selected point or circular edge, to get the correct engagement with adjacent fittings at a later time, you can trim or extend the pipe end.
The capability to extend or trim free pipe ends is useful especially when creating derived routes. When derived routes are populated, fittings that represent route nodes with more than two connections, such as the connection point where a tee or cross is needed are not inserted. These fittings usually overlap at the connection point and do no connect correctly. To complete derived routes, you must adjust couplings or discrete pipe segments, and then insert the appropriate fittings to connect the pipe and the fitting manually.
Note: Only a single pipe segment containing the specified free pipe end is extended or trimmed.
- Activate the tube or pipe route.
- Right-click the route node at the pipe end, or right-click the appropriate work point in the Model browser, and then select Trim/Extend Pipe from the context menu.
- In the Trim/Extend Pipe dialog box, determine to trim or extend the pipe end.
If the tube or pipe end is too short to connect the fitting correctly, click Extend Pipe.
If the tube or pipe end is inserted too far into the connected fitting, click Trim Pipe.
- Enter the length value to trim or extend the tube or pipe end.
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Click the green check mark, or press Enter. - To make more adjustments, repeat Step 2 through 5.
- Right-click in the graphics window, and select Finish Edit.
- Verify whether the length of the tube or pipe segment meet the engagement requirement for connecting to the specified fitting or component.Tip: To view the engagement clearly, select Transparency On on the View tab to enable the transparent view. If the pipe run has not been populated, populate the routes to see the result.
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