IN THE PIPES

How to set a minimum pipe length which is less than 5

March 29, 2016

Maybe you have noticed that since version 2014 there is a limitation to set the minimum pipe length. You can only set a value which is equal or greater than 5. Otherwise you will get this message:

You can bypass this limitation by setting the project variable MINPIPELENGTH in the database.

Therefore open the piping.dcf (SQLite project) respectively the <prefix>piping-database (SQL Server project) and switch to the table “PnPProjectVariables”. Set a value less than 5 to MINPIPELENGTH. Afterwards you have to re-open the project.

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Bernd Gerstenberger

Bernd has worked for Autodesk Product Support since 2010. His main role quickly moved from supporting vanilla AutoCAD and Install & Licensing to providing technical support for AutoCAD Plant 3D and AutoCAD P&ID for both customers and partners. Currently he is the Knowledge Domain Expert for AutoCAD Plant 3D at Autodesk. Before his time at Autodesk he gained extensive experience over many years working in different sections of the IT industry: CAD-administration, network administration, database development, plot management, programming, project management, PDM-administration, GIS-applications and workflow systems with different products.