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Not sure.. Have you tried dropping a fitting on the populated route?

@@AdrianSalariu-ADS ​I just tried that. It won't work. The dynamic tooltip says something along the lines of "Can't insert a fitting to a derived route". It's sad, without it using a 3d sketch as a routing tool looses all ofits charm, unless I'm doing something wrong.

Meh, I sort of found a solution. You actually have to alter the 3d sketch geometry (break constraints, shorten lines, etc.) to have actual line segments created (adding sketch points won't cut it). Then (only if those segments satisfy the pipe settings) you need to edit the route, choose "derived route" tool again and add new line segments to selection set. Inventor will create generic fittings, which you can then easily replace. Would've been much less tedious if we could divide a line at point...

Glad you found your way round it. I have changed jobs and haven't used TP in the past 2 years. I wish Adesk would release a help or manual for TP based on someone looking at the code rather than, how the module was designed to work. They should contact people that use it every day to document the tips tricks and pitfalls.

@@AdrianSalariu-ADS I guess the resources are out there, but they are so scattered around and hard to navigate it's sometimes quite hard to find the exact options or workarounds you need. Thanks for taking interest in my question. Cheers!

Hi, try this : www.gfps.com/country_US/en_US/downloads/3dcad.html You should have complete sets în STEP format

@@AdrianSalariu-ADS Thanks a lot for your promptly and serviceable response!

A single item can be specified in Flange field of TP Style.

That coupling comes from my TP style. I have defined the connector field and it helps me place elements quickly there. As I know there should be some elements on the line there (valves, strainers, tees, etc.) I feel it's better and more visually easy to have a coupling rather than a split pipe. I can then drop a valve on top and have the coupling changed. It is difficult to select the node, or to drop a fitting on the node, but it is easy to drop it on top of an existing fitting like the coupling. There is another setting which would bring in a coupling and that is the maximum pipe length in your TP style. Inventor will add a coupling when max pipe length is reached. So if your pipe vendor can only provide 6m lengths Inventor can add a coupling for every 6m of a straight pipe.

@@AdrianSalariu-ADS I have a pipestyle with butt weld checked as it is a stainless steel pipe, but if I go over 6000mm length, it gives me an error (MAX length) Shouldn't there be automatically weldments palced everey 6000mm by T&P?

That is a difficult one and most likely not implemented by Autodesk. I think it only splits if you have defined a coupling. You can define a "no bodies" fitting with "0" gap but you still need to publish it and declare it in your TP style.

Hi Johan, They are all in content center. Look for DIN 0863 and if you can't find them make sure the DIN libraries are attached to the project and. Let me know how that goes.

@@AdrianSalariu-ADS I am looking for HDPE materials. Any recommendation for those?

I will check later on but I am certain I don't have any HDPE elements in my library.

True. but then I don't know any software that allows you to model real life cases

Hi Jan, The files are proprietary but you get a very good water purification and distillery system in the sample files which you can download for free from Autodesk. Try this link: download.autodesk.com/us/support/files/inventor_2018_samples_files/autodesk_inventor_2018_samples.sfx.exe Good Luck.

in case you don't have 2018 yet which you should as students and educators you can see the full list of downloads here: knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/downloads/caas/downloads/content/inventor-sample-files.html

nice thx

Hi John, if you've downloaded parts from my blog then they are (most of them) 2015 or newer so you won't be able to open them.

I am not sure I follow you r question. I've got several things ticked on to speed up my workflows. Tools / Application Options / General tab, I have "Show command prompting (Dynamic Prompts)" + "Show command alias input dialog" + "Show autocomplete for command alias input" and then on Tools / Customize / Keyboard tab I have "Use default multi-character Command Aliases" to make it work just like in Autocad.

Thank you!

Fernando de qual barra você está perguntando?

Check out the minute 34:06 when he wrote "PF". As he said "Show command prompting" should be ticked on to see it on the screen.

I wish I knew why it's so bad. When I see it stoops working I pan around and then try again. It seems to unlock it and you can then fly it again but I do struggle as well at times, especially on large data sets where it spins off center. I then use F4 (old style) and then click once to re-set the spinning point.

I try to "fly" in from the side. Seems it locks less.

Try doing it in small steps, release the puck and move it again. That normally resets it's flight allowance.

I am afraid I don't have any intro videos. This is an entry kind of video but it does expect one to know how to start and setup a TP environment. What is it that you struggle with? what questions do you have? you can find me on Autodesk forum, same username "salariua" and if you have any questions I suggest you post them there and call me out with @salariua the reason for posting on the forum is a bigger chance of getting an answer if I am busy and don't have see your question in time.

Thanks Adrian for your answer. What I could not understand is setting TP styles and then, importing them with parameters. thanks in advance for your support!

Hassane KONATE Those are 2 different concepts. Saving styles in XML and exporting / importing parameters from XML. There are two ways to preserve your style so you can you reuse them. You can either add them to your template tubing pipe assembly or you export import using XML format. I don't like to save them in the template because it makes the file heavy and I need to migrate maintain and make sure to move to newer versions of inventor. XML import export allows me to import a style while still keeping my template clean. And I don't need to worry about changes when I upgrade to a newer version of inventor. Parameter import export is a common thing in inventor when you're trying to transfer parameters from one model to another. I have created an empty part and created a lot of parameters in it that have dimension my fittings. For example how much space an 1" elbow needs or a tee, or valve, etc. Then I have exported the parameters and import them when I do 1" route. They really are two different concepts, you can skip creating parameters till you get the hang of TP

Thanks a lot Adrian. I really appreciate! I think I need to learn more. Thanks again !