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Next, draw another pair of orphan joints/nodes to the base of the trunnion. The offset distance of that newly drawn joint will define the length/height of the trunnion. In this example we'll make the trunnion 16" long. Click Draw Pipe icon, change the pipe property set to the 8"STD section which we imported earlier, clicking the base joint then the joint above it in order to draw the trunnions.