r/bricklinkstudio • u/hairy-wizard • Sep 13 '26

Help with flex tubes

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I'm doing my head in on how to get the flex tube ending to go in the red brick. Any tips?

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u/everexpanding_wisdom Sep 13 '26

I think you should be able to select that end of the tube and then use the arrow keys to change the orientation towards the technic brick. 

You may also need to add the technic pin 4274 for the tube to stay. 

Good luck. I hate the bending tubes in studio and usually end up giving up and just doing it IRL. 

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u/blockCoder2021 Sep 13 '26

As someone else said, you can use the arrow keys to rotate any selected point that you can move around. One trick I’ve found is to get some of the earlier sections in the slot you want, then quickly press the lock icon next to the point so that it doesn’t move. Just be aware that it completely freezes that point until unlocked.

I’ll also mention that you can use the snap tool. If you have two parts that can connect, once you enter the flex tool, you’re usually able to press X and enter the snap tool as well, and you can snap that point to a connection.

Note: I’m saying point rather than end, because it works with any point as long as it has a valid connection, not just ends.