Managing Bent Pipes with Over Length

You can use the Feature Manager to review or modify features of manufactured parts with bending pipes.

Before you begin:

In the industry workflow, banding machines usually bend pipes. In some cases, bending is impossible because the bend points are too close to the pipe ends. In this case, the holding clamp cannot hold the pipe properly.

There is a need to have an extra length on the pipe that cuts off right after the bending operation. To solve this issue, use the Over Length Feature.

Represents a temporary extra length (nongeometrical feature) of pipes so that the bending operations perform accurately and safely on bending machines. And this extra length cuts off after the operation.

To create, remove, modify this feature, use the Feature Manager.

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  1. From the Authoring section of the action bar, click Feature Manager .
    The Feature Manager panel appears with the features of the selected part.
    Note: A Bent Pipe Case.

    If requiring a Start/End Over length, select the section Over Lengths. In this example, the cutting length is altered. Click Edit to Review when Over Lengths is expanded.

    Note: Cutting length updates in Feature Manager when the feature modifications complete.
    There are Start and End Over Length features in the flattened resulting product.

    When the value of Over Length is 0mm in the Feature Manager, then the corresponding Over Length feature removes.
    Note: Accessing the cutting feature is available through the Enterprise Knowledge Language (EKL). Both of these packages must be loaded for EKL in preferences. These are found in Native Apps Preferences | App Preferences | 3D Modeling | Multi Discipline Automated Engineering | Basics | Engineering Knowledge Language.
    • PreOutfittingFabricationFunction
    • PreOutfittingFabricationType
    The following EKL displays cutting length in a message. It displays 6349.604mm as there is no over length yet.
    Name Type
    iCuttingFeature DELPipeFabricationCuttingLength

    let cuttingLength(LENGTH)

    if iCuttingFeature <> NULL

    {

    cuttingLength = iCuttingFeature.CuttingLength

    Message("cutting length is", cuttingLength)

    }

    Using the Mid Over Length expand in the Feature Manager see About Manage Bent Pipes with Mid Over Length.

  2. Click a Manufactured Part pipe from the PPR Context.
  3. Click Fit All In in the Auxiliary Viewer panel to view the Manufactured Part.
  4. Expand the required sections in the Feature Manager.
  5. Click Change to edit mode in the Over Lengths and edit accordingly then click again to close.
    1. Start Over Length: Displaying over length value attached on start.
    2. End Over Length: Displaying over length value attached on end.
    3. Edit : Switching mode between editing and displaying.
  6. Click and drag to expand the Feature Manager panel.
  7. Close Feature Manager when completed.