Difference between revisions of "How to Measure and Clock Tube Legs Coming Out of Tubes"

Revision as of 17:05, 15 March 2018

To check the clocking of holes in tubes, we recommend that you create plugs that insert in the hole. Make the plug at least a couple of inches long.
Then create a master tube with the shape that finishes with the plug as the last or first leg. Then measure that part of the tube to learn the clocking to the previous bend angle.
You can use the TRANSFORM TRUE control to reorient the new master tube so that the view is looking down the appropriate straight.

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 *To check the clocking of holes in tubes, we recommend that you create plugs that insert in the hole.  Make the plug at least a couple of inches long.<br><br>
-* Then create a master tube with the shape that finishes with the plug as the last or first leg.<br><br>
-* Then measure that part of the tube to learn the clocking to the previous bend angle.<br><br>
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 [[image:vtl_plugforhole.png|300px]]<br><br>
 [[image:vtl_plugforhole_measuredirection.png|300px]]<br><br>
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+* Then create a master tube with the shape that finishes with the plug as the last or first leg.<br><br>
+* Then measure that part of the tube to learn the clocking to the previous bend angle.<br><br>
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 [[image:vtl_plugforhole_tubeshapemade.png|300px]]<br><br>
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+* You can use the TRANSFORM TRUE control to reorient the new master tube so that the view is looking down the appropriate straight.<br><br>
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 [[image:vtl_plugforhole_measuredirection_orientation.png|300px]]
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