{"id":64,"date":"2016-01-13T09:51:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T09:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2016\/01\/13\/branch-table-avoid-unwanted-combinations\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:11:09","slug":"branch-table-avoid-unwanted-combinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2016\/01\/13\/branch-table-avoid-unwanted-combinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Branch table &#8211; avoid unwanted combinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the branch table, if you leave certain combinations of nominal diameters empty, you can still create such combinations by Plant 3d default connection behavior. But if you create &#8220;warning elements&#8221; as Tees and assign them to the unwanted combinations, the piper will clearly know those are unwanted and he will not be able to create those. You just have to create a new family of Tees, name it properly and change the design parameters to the following:<\/p>\n<p>L1, L2, L3 to 0.01<\/p>\n<p>D1, D2, D3 to 5x original value<\/p>\n<p>Then in the branch table, add the new Tees, name them &#8220;ERR&#8221; and assign them to the unwanted combinations of nominal diameters.<\/p>\n<p>As a result the piper will see the following, if he tries to create an unwanted combination:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-348\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2016\/01\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d1909c80970c-800wi.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2016\/01\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d1909c80970c-800wi.png 445w, https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/134\/2016\/01\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d1909c80970c-800wi-300x244.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the branch table, if you leave certain combinations of nominal diameters empty, you can still create such combinations by Plant 3d default connection behavior. 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