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Branch connections

Branch connections - AutoCAD Plant 3D Tutorial

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Branch connections

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- [Instructor] Branch connection tables are used in piping software to determine the types of branch connections that are permitted in the project. For example, if the project's specification says that we can't use Stub-in piping, then we have to eliminate that option from the list of connections that's available while we're writing the pipe. This allows the project administrator to determine that the correct connections are always being made. So from our exercise files, let's take a look at one of the specs we have here. We're going to go to File, Open Spec, Desktop, Exercise Files, 04_01_Branch Connections, Branch Connections once again, Spec Sheets, and we want to look at the CS150. So now that the spec's loaded, let's take a look at our branch table. So to find that, it's the middle tab up on the top right, our Branch Table Editor. And what you see here is a completed branch connection table. So essentially what we have here is if we look at the vertical axis, we have the branch…

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