3. Pipes

This exercise shows one way to design a pipe: ¨ Draw the path. ¨ Make the elbows (with the Fillet tool). ¨ Give the pipe thickness. There are also other quick and easy ways to make pipes!

Draw the path

q Tool: 2D Drawing tool, Polyline q Do it: 1. Select the Polyline tool. 2. Draw a path for the pipes in 3 space. Don't concern yourself with the elbows, just draw the path followed by the pipes. q See the detailed explanations in the chapter: User Manual/Tools/Construction/Drawing/ Polyline

Make the elbows

q Tool: Fillet q Open the model file: Tuyau1 q Do it: 1. Select the Fillet tool. 2. Set a value for each elbow (or one for all). 3. Validate. q See the detailed explanations in the chapter: User Manual/Tools/Modeling/Chamfer

Set the diameter of the pipe

q Tool: Thickness q Open the model file: Tuyau2 q Do it: 1. Select the Thickness tool. 2. Set the thickness to 3. 3. Set the number of points to 6. 4. Validate. q See the detailed explanations in the chapter: User Manual/Tools/Modeling/Thickness

Apply smoothing

q Open the model file: Tuyau3 q Tool: Smooth q Do it: 1. Select the Smooth tool. 2. Set the smoothing value to 1. 3. Validate. q See the detailed explanations in the chapter: User Manual/Tools/Modeling/Smooth