Help drawing a hose

[Julian1k]

I have drawn an assembly of a test rig for testing floor grilles that has a hydraulic pump mounted on it. I need to draw a connecting length of hydraulic hose from the pump to the piston, that follws no specific route. Does anyone know how i do this?

Thanks.

 

[DesignerMike]

There is a nice tutorial on flexible hoses on this page (among other good stuff).

http://www.inventorparts.com/Animations/Default.htm

Also

http://www.sdotson.com

has a tutorial on 3D sketches and hoses (pre R8)

IV Pro R9 has a good flexible hose routing tool (but it will cost you)