Adding Fittings
You can add fittings, such as
flanges, tees, elbows, and so on, to a route.
You can add a fitting at an endpoint, an intersection, or a point that
you insert in the middle of a segment using Split
Entities 
(Sketch toolbar).
If the fitting has a route point (RPoint),
the RPoint is positioned at the
selected vertex.
If there is no RPoint
(for example, eccentric
reducers have no RPoint),
one of the connection points (CPoints)
is positioned at the vertex.
When you drop the fitting in
the assembly, the software extends the route sketch to continue the route.
For elbows, the software adds an arc that follows the radius of the elbow
and a line on the other end of the elbow. For tees and crosses, the software
adds lines for each opening in the connector.
You can add back-to-back fittings.
For example, you can attach an elbow to an elbow or a tee to a tee without
a pipe or tube in between.
For pipe routes, if you select Always
use elbow in the Route Properties
PropertyManager when you start a route, elbows are added automatically
at fillets in the 3D sketch.
To add a fitting manually (method 1):
While editing the 3D sketch, drag a fitting from
the Design
Library folder 
and point to the location in
the 3D sketch where you want to place the fitting.
Before
dropping the fitting:
Press
Tab to view possible alignments
of the fitting.
Hold
down Shift and press the left
and right arrow keys to view possible angular orientations of the fitting.
(Specify the rotation increments in Routing Options by
setting Component rotation increment
(degrees).)
When the
alignment and orientation are correct, drop the fitting.
-
Select the desired configuration.
By default, the list in the Select
a Configuration dialog box includes only configurations with the
correct diameter. To expand the list to include all the configurations
in the part, select List all configurations.
Click OK.
To add a fitting manually (method 2):
While editing the 3D sketch, click Add
Fitting 
(Routing Tools toolbar) or Routing,
Routing Tools, Add
Fitting.
Select the fitting from the dialog box, then click
Open.
The pointer changes to 
.
Align the
fitting:
Right-click
to view the possible alignments of the fitting.
When
the alignment is correct, left-click.
Select the desired configuration, and click OK.
To change the alignment of a fitting:
Right-click the fitting and select Change
Fitting Alignment.
Right-click or press Tab
to view the possible alignments of the fitting.
When the alignment is correct, left-click or press
Enter.
When fitting reducers to route segments,
CPoint diameters must match. Do
not change the fitting alignment of a reducer unless the corresponding
CPoint diameters are the same.
To control the angular orientation of
a fitting:
While editing the 3D sketch, sketch a construction
line starting from a point in the 3D sketch.
-
Add the fitting to the point in the 3D sketch using one of the previous
methods.
The new fitting is aligned such that its
Vertical axis is aligned with
the construction line.
You can also rotate fittings as you place them in an assembly
by holding down Shift and pressing
the left and right arrow keys. Specify the rotation increments in Routing
Options by setting Component
rotation increment (degrees).
You can add fittings that are components
of the main assembly to a route by right-clicking and selecting Add to Route. Use Add
to Route only for end fittings, not for intermediate fittings.