Connection points and routing points

- [Instructor] Before we start creating routes,…we need to understand some important terminology…related to the creation of pipes in SolidWorks.…Specifically, we need to look at connection points…and routing points.…These points help orient us…and position our pipes correctly.…Let's zoom in on one specific pipe part,…so we can get a little bit of a closer look…at where these points appear on the pipe.…So, routing points determine the location…of where your pipe will be dropped.…When you drag a pipe, you are dragging the routing point.…It is usually fairly centrally located on the pipe.…

On this 90 degree turn, we would have it,…either at this point or at this point here on either end.…Connection points are also located at either end…of a pipe segment.…Connection points tell the program where the pipe comes in,…the direction, and how far it comes in.…They're actually part of our feature tree…on the left as well and we'll take a look at that…in the individual elbow part in a moment.…Now, if we want to see these a little bit better…