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This
task shows you how to perform design checks on bendable pipes and tubes.
The design checks will tell you whether the radius of a bend, the total
length of the run and the rest length are within prescribed limits. The rest length is the straight segment between two nodes (with bend radius). |
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1. | Click Start - Infrastructure - Knowledge Expert to enter the Knowledge Expert workbench. | |
2. | Set up your options correctly or
you will not be able to do the following steps correctly.
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3. | Make the run active. |
4. | Click the
Insert Rules button
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5. | Select Bendable_CheckMaxBendRadius.CATProduct and click Open. | |
6. | If the desired bend radius
violates the bend radius rules, a red light will show against the relevant
CATProduct line icon in the specifications tree, in this case
CATKWEBendRadiusCheck.1. If there is
no violation then a green light will show next to it. In the
illustration below the red button is showing (with the mouse pointer
pointed at it).
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7. | To change the maximum bend radius do the following: Each check has a parameter element beneath it in the specifications tree - in this case it is MaxBendRadius. Double-click on the element to display the Edit Parameter dialog box. Enter your maximum bend radius in this box. | |
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To check for rest length and total run length select the appropriate CATProduct in the Load Report dialog box. Make sure it has the word "check" in it. | |
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