Creating a hose to be used as a sub assembly.

Hello.

I am new to routings.  I have learned to make a routing sub-assembly within an assembly, but I have been asked to do something a little different.  Is it possible to create a hose assembly with fittings and a set length that I can insert into other assemblies and be able to bend the hose to fit in those assemblies?  I have tried to set it to solve as flexibly, and that allowed me to move the fittings where I wanted, but the hose remains the same shape it was in the hose assembly. Is there a way around this, or must all hose assemblies be defined in terms of an upper level assembly?  Thanks for any help you can give.

William

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