7.6. Bracing by tubes and couplers

Written By Ilya Kornienko (Super Administrator)

Updated at August 8th, 2025

Learning outcomes

  • How to create tubes and swivel couplers.
  • Add a swivel coupler at the standard centreline.
  • Copy the coupler across.
  • Override snapping priorities on the copy.
  • Add a tube and increase its length from the middle point of the tube.
  • Adjust command – adjust swivel coupler position and head location automatically.
  • Copy-mirror command – copy the couplers across.
  • Move special command – move tube braces with couplers by a defined distance.
 

Video

 

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction
0:22 Add swivel coupler at the standard centreline
0:47 Copy the coupler across
1:13 Override snapping priorities on the copy
1:41 Create a tube from a coupler
1:56 Copy-mirror command – copy the tube brace with couplers across
2:31 Move special command – move tube braces with couplers by defined distance
3:05 Copy-mirror command – copy the tube braces with couplers over to another bay
3:44 Move special command – move tube braces with couplers to avoid a clash