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Differences between Pipes and Tubes

Piping routes differ from electrical, electrical conduit and tubing routes.

These routes always use rigid pipe and typically create fillets automatically at line endpoints. The fillets are used to place elbows in the route. They also work well with the Auto Route tool and the Orthogonal option.

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