Use an existing item

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BRAD HENDRICKS: In this video, we

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are going to make a copy of the gate valve

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and change the connectors, change some of the item

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settings, enter the new dimensions, and finally,

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change the icon image.

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Let's get started by going to the Gate Valve we created

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in the last video and right-clicking

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on the Icon, select and Copy, then

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right-clicking in the blank area and selecting Paste.

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Remember that Windows Clipboard, copy and paste, Control-C,

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Control-V, doesn't work as Autodesk functions.

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Control-C and Control-V is mostly for text,

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where Autodesk does use that Windows functionality.

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For example, if you had to rename the item,

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you could use Control-C and Control-V. We could highlight

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this name Control-C, Rename, and Control-V. That works,

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but copying and pasting the item itself does not.

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Let's just call this "Check Valve."

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Now let's edit the valve by right-clicking

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on our new Check Valve and selecting Edit.

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Remember from our last video, I like working right to left

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across these tabs.

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Looking at our check valve, the first thing I notice

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is that it has a flat face flange.

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So let's change that first by selecting the other tab.

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And from the Dropdown, selecting your company's

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flat face 150-pound flange connector.

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And you will see the 0.6 ridge from the raised face

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flange will disappear when we click the Redraw button,

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showing that we have changed the connector.

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On the Item tab, we're going to make sure all of these settings

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are correct.

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We're still going to have our same companies,

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general pipework, specification.

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The material for this check valve is also Cast Iron.

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The Cut Type, we're still going to leave

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as Pipework, and of course, [? Bought ?] Out,

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and it is a Valve.

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So it's important that each new item

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created that all of these settings

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get covered thoroughly, ensuring your item

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is going to work properly.

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The Options tab, we are going to change one setting--

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the Type.

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Select the Value box by clicking on it.

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Then click inside one more time, and it changes it to Round.

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Click it again, changes to Straight.

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That is what we want.

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Now on the Dimensions tab, we need

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to determine which dimensions we need to change

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and which ones we won't be needing.

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Let's work from the top to the bottom

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and see what we can come up with.

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I also like to have the PDF right next to my dimensions.

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Let me show you the trick.

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We're going to click OK.

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Slider Window over.

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Go back and edit the valve, and now our dimensions

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are next to our PDF.

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The inlet and the outlet are the same, so we will leave that.

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Diameter #3 is the branch.

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Let's change that to equal by clicking on the cell

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and selecting Equal.

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Back to our PDF.

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The B dimension is the length of the valve,

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and the value on the 2-inch is 8.

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So our Left Length, which is half of that, will be 4.

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Our Right Length will equal.

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As we work our way down our Open Length, let's rename that.

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Select G and call it "Branch Length."

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Our branch length, if we look over at our PDF,

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our G dimension is that with a value of 4.41.

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For our Caller Length, we are going

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to use 150-pound flange,

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Color #3 can be set to 0.

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On our body diameter, it's not a critical dimension

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because we know it's smaller than the flanges.

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So there won't be any collision issues.

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But it looks to me, looking at the PDF,

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that it seems to be about the same diameter

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as the Bolt Hole diameter, the C dimension.

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So let's set that at 4.75 and see how it looks.

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Now at any time, we can hit the Redraw button

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to see how we're coming along.

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Starting to kind of look like it.

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For this cap on the check valve, we are not

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given the actual diameter.

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Let's look at the real picture and see what it looks like.

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You can see that it's about the diameter

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of the flange on the side.

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So let's set over here on Shaft Diamond or below the Handle

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for a 2-inch flange that has a 6-inch diameter.

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Let's set these two at 6 inches.

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And then the Shaft Length, let's set that--

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because you can see, it's like two flanges put together

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as far as thickness goes.

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So let's set that calculation to two times our flange thickness

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up here at 69.

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So we can go to Calculation, take this one out,

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select Color #1 and multiply that by 2.

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Box Thickness-- we can set that to 0.

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Offset, [INAUDIBLE]---- all that can be set to 0.

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Redraw.

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We're getting closer.

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Now we just need to move that to the top.

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Now we are going to move the flange cap

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by putting a calculation in the Bonnet Y Offset.

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Click on G. Click on the Calculation tab, then

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the Calculation box, and select Branch Length.

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Then minus Shaft Length #2.

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And click OK.

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Go ahead and select Calc from the Value box.

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Let's click Redraw, see how we did.

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Perfect.

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Now that we're done, we can right-click

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on the Isometric box.

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Click Save As Icon, select OK.

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And now we have our check valve.