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Creating Rigid Routes
and Runs
Rigid routes are defined by selected route points. The rigid route styles, Rigid Pipe with Fittings
and Tubing with Bends, contain the rules for route components such as conduit parts and
elbows. Couplings, welds, or flanges connect straight segments. Elbows, bends, welds, or
flanges connect each directional change point. A populated route is created based on the tube
and pipe style and the defined route path through the assembly.
In this chapter, you learn about the methods and tools for creating rigid piping and bent
tubing routes with auto regions and parametric regions, and populating selected routes with
library components.
General Workflow for Rigid Routes
The following is a typical workflow of creating a rigid route with a mixed set of
auto regions and parametric regions.
Workflow: Create a rigid route
1 Start with a tube and pipe assembly.
2 With the top assembly or master runs assembly active, right-click the master
runs assembly, Tube & Pipe Runs by default and select Tube & Pipe Settings
to set the global document settings and application settings for all routes
and runs.
3
On the Assembly panel bar, use the Create Pipe Run tool to add new
runs.
4 If pipe run is not activated, right-click the pipe run and select Edit.
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