Optimize Bend - Consume And Center
Optimize Bend - Consume And Center
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Summary
The Optimize Bends features allow for a streamlined workflow for prefab and design optimization, with less time spent cleaning up groups of bends. With these new tools, a designer can draw in all of their conduits and smart bends into the project and come back and quickly adjust the smart bends with just a few clicks. Then use the align coupling command, and the entire conduit run is fully modeled with all bends optimized to use a full stick when possible, and all couplings are aligned.
- eVolve tab ⮞ Conduit Bends panel ⮞ Optimize Bend - Consume Adjacent menu ⮞ Consume And Center button
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Usage
Consume And Center
This command will merge the smart bend family with the conduit before and after it to create a one-piece bend. The bend can be as long as the Max Conduit Length parameter in the bend families type properties(default is 10').
Optimizing Groups of Bends
- From the eVolve ribbon, in the Conduit Bend panel, click the Optimze Bend - Consume and Center button.
- From the drawing area, select the desired bends (using window select will only select the smart bends)
- From the Options Bar, click 'Finish'
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Tips and Tricks
Single Bend Optimization - Hold Shift
The Optimize Bends commands are intended to work with multiple bends by default. Hold SHIFT while clicking the command to optimize a single bend.
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Best Practices
We encourage users to only work with eVolve Bend Families for the best results. When modeling with eVolve Electrical's advanced conduit tools, such as Optimize Bends and Auto-Couplings, we recommend using the following workflow:
- Model conduit runs utilizing our smart bend families. (Without adjusting them)
- Use Align Conduit when necessary for conduit spacing
- Optimize the bends using Consume Selected End and/or Consume Adjacent Ends commands and make any adjustments
- Use Align Couplings to align the bend couplings
- Use Place Couplings to place couplings along the run (We recommend using the "Change of Direction" option when using this workflow and using steps 2-5 section by section)
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Videos
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