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Question asked by James Clark on Jan 14, 2014
Latest reply on Jan 15, 2014 by Peter De Vlieger

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I'm fairly new to routing so I’m just sure I missed something basic here but,

When I try to insert a new route into a model with previous routes I can only chooses the tube OD from the previous route sizes. As in the picture its only letting me choose .625 OD options in the drop down menu but the new hose is 1.375 OD.

The hose I use has a table that includes the 1.375 OD options (it’s the basic routing hose Solidworks provides for tube routing I've attached it to the post) but I can’t select anything but .625 in the drop down menu.

What am I missing here?

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Peter De Vlieger Jan 15, 2014 4:16 AM
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At first glance their doesn't seem to be anything amiss with you tube part or design table.

So most likely you're doing something wrong while trying to create a new route.

Try this :
- open the existing asm with a route in it
  use <start at point> , you'll see that the lefthand side now mentions 'Connection Point'
  now under 'Parameters' you can select the size of the pipe/tube that you'll be wanting to use
  once something selected it will change to :
  now under pipe/tube you have <base configurations> where you can determine which version of the selected Ø you want or even select a version with a different Ø altogether
  once you have picked a <base configuration> and clicked on the check mark you'll be taken back to the previous screen showing you the selected Ø in the field of parameters
  if you then click the check mark you'll be taken to an entire new view, namely the 'Route Properties'
  now you'll be able to determine the bends-elbows, coverings etc. Here however you can't alter the diameter anymore because you already have pre-determined it in the previous screens.
Now all this may be kicking in open doors to you but without more information from what steps you actually take it's not easy to see where something goes wrong. If the above therefor doesn't help then please provide additional information of what you experience and what steps you took that led you to that experience.

Have a nice one
Peter

ps: I attached an ASM that shows using 2 different tubes (using your tube-part)
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