From the course: Autodesk Inventor Routed Systems: Pipes

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Using a derived route

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From the course: Autodesk Inventor Routed Systems: Pipes

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Using a derived route

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- [Narrator] For many years people have been using sketches and sweeps to define the pipe routes in AutoCAD or in Inventor and other tools. Sometimes you might even just get a measurement from the shop as to what the pipe run needs to be. For cases like this, the best solution is to use a derived run. I'll create a run, start my route, and instead of selecting geometry, you are entering values in the screen. I'll choose derived route. The derived route tool allows me to select a sketch to use as a path for my route. One of the additional options included for the appropriate type of material is to include a bend in that path. Once I've selected my sketch, I'll right click and select done, and then finish my route. Once complete, I can populate the route and have it create the run inside of Inventor. With all of the pieces in place, I can still leverage my sketch and the parametric dimensions that I used. By simply returning back to the route, I can go and make modifications. I'll go to…

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