can the piping tool be expanded so that pipes can be drawn with vertical pipes, and the entire run of pipe be calculated for estimating ? (Currently, in VW 2009, it only allows horizontal pipes ... and the 90 turn up elbows don't actually show an up or down element when shown in 3D)
Another idea ... if the "extrude along path" tool could be manipulated to operate using the piping runs, then we could have 3D images of the pipes in a building, with the true diameter of the pipes instead of a line representation. That might help eliminate conflicts during construction.
(PS: i know I can draw vertical 3D nurbs lines to allow for the 3D isometric construction drawings, but it is cumbersome and not easy to manipulate ... and doesn't allow for calculations)
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can the piping tool be expanded so that pipes can be drawn with vertical pipes, and the entire run of pipe be calculated for estimating ? (Currently, in VW 2009, it only allows horizontal pipes ... and the 90 turn up elbows don't actually show an up or down element when shown in 3D)
Another idea ... if the "extrude along path" tool could be manipulated to operate using the piping runs, then we could have 3D images of the pipes in a building, with the true diameter of the pipes instead of a line representation. That might help eliminate conflicts during construction.
(PS: i know I can draw vertical 3D nurbs lines to allow for the 3D isometric construction drawings, but it is cumbersome and not easy to manipulate ... and doesn't allow for calculations)
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