Create and manage Tube and Pipe Styles
A tube and pipe style is a named group of settings that describe tube and pipe characteristics for automatic route creation and editing, and when populating routes and runs. Tube and pipe styles conform to standards that are commonly used in tube and pipe design. For example, conduit parts in a pipe run often have certain requirements for segment length and diameter, and are composed of fittings of a specific material and classification.
The Tube & Pipe Styles editor stores the style definitions. Use it to maintain these styles. You can view, add, modify, and delete styles from the editor as needed. Multiple style definitions can also be imported into and exported from the editor using an .xml format file. Modify any of the default styles or use them as a base to create new custom styles. You can also create new custom styles from a blank style.
In addition to standard conduit parts and fittings in the Content Center Library, you can define tube and pipe styles using published parts.
If the minimum length setting for the style is violated during a drag, the segment or segments in violation display in red. A tooltip also displays the segment length and the message <Min Pipe Length> in red text.
Use the Import and Export commands from the Tube & Pipe Styles dialog box to import and export files. If there are any conflicts with the styles to import, the error is shown in the Import Tube & Pipe Styles dialog box. Use this dialog box to preview the data and resolve any issues that exist. To make custom tube and pipe styles available in all new tube and pipe assemblies, you can import them into the primary tube and pipe runs assembly template.
Use the Tube & Pipe Styles command to copy and modify existing style definitions and delete styles you no longer use. You can change the active style from the Tube & Pipe Styles dialog box or the ribbon. When editing a route, you can change the active style for that route, and the model updates to conform to the new style. For example, if switching from a rigid tube and fittings style to a bent tube style, the individual rigid pipe run components are removed from the browser and replaced by a single bent tube run.
When a tube and pipe style uses the conduit part or fittings in a library that is currently not available, you must configure the library before you can continue modifying this style and populating routes that use this style.