code: def makepipebranch(idf, bname):
      
      # make the pipe component first
      pname = "%s_pipe" % (bname,)
      apipe = makepipecomponent(idf, pname)
      # now make the branch with the pipe in it
      abranch = idf.newidfobject("BRANCH", Name=bname)
      abranch.Component_1_Object_Type = 'Pipe:Adiabatic'
      abranch.Component_1_Name = pname
      abranch.Component_1_Inlet_Node_Name = apipe.Inlet_Node_Name
      abranch.Component_1_Outlet_Node_Name = apipe.Outlet_Node_Name
      abranch.Component_1_Branch_Control_Type = "Bypass"
      return abranch
docs: make a branch with a pipe
      use standard inlet outlet names