Learn/Drafting/Solid Modeling Tools
Pipe & Tube
At a glance
- Round, square, and rectangular hollow sections
- Standard mode: select from industry schedule sizes
- Custom mode: specify OD + wall thickness, OD + ID, or width/height
- Solid or hollow output, swept along a polyline path
Pipe (P) drops standard pipe and tube stock into a model without drawing a profile. Click a
workplane or a flat body face to place it, pick the section, set the length, OK — each pipe becomes
its own body in the component. Length works like an extrude depth: type an expression (36in,
1200mm) or drag the arrow gizmo in the viewport.
Standard sizes
Round offers Schedule Pipe per ANSI B36.10M (nominal 1/8" through 12", SCH 10 / 40 / 80 / 160), DOM tubing, hydraulic tubing, and A500 structural round. Square and Rectangle pull from A500 HSS and mechanical tubing tables. Pick a size and the dialog reads back the exact OD, wall, and ID so you can check it against the rack before you model around it.
Custom sizes
Switch Mode to Custom and enter what you actually know: OD + Wall or OD + ID for round (the third value is computed and shown live), or width, height, and wall for square and rectangular sections. A Hollow / Solid toggle turns the same tool into round and square bar stock.
Notching and joining
Like the other solid tools, when the pipe intersects an existing body the Operation dropdown offers Cut, Join, or New Body — see Boolean Operations. Cut is the one worth knowing: run a pipe through a tube you're keeping and cut it away, and what's left is a true saddle cope.