Itchy Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Any work around to get a dashed line onto a 3D polygon so I can have my 3D pipe run and still keep my 2D plan without needing to maintain a separate 2D and a 3D object? Structural Member - Can get the view to look as I want and for the most part easy to overlay on my existing 3D polygons at the right height, bit that is super frustrating is that they keep trying to auto join and placing the risers/drops is a nightmare. Framing member, no way to draw in 3D between two loci, which means having to guess/calculate the pitch/falls of the pipework rather than just inputting start & finish (as the structural member) Piping run - only 2D Any other tools that might do the job that I am missing? I think to get it as I need, I will need to EAP to get the 3D shape, and then draw a 2D line over, either symbol or have a 2D & a 3D class Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) Quote Any work around to get a dashed line onto a 3D polygon so I can have my 3D pipe run and still keep my 2D plan without needing to maintain a separate 2D and a 3D object? Have you tried creating Auto Hybrid objects of your 3D piping? Vw 2020 Help File :: Creating Auto Hybrid Objects Edited September 8, 2020 by rDesign 1 Quote Link to comment
Itchy Posted September 9, 2020 Author Share Posted September 9, 2020 Thanks @rDesign that has done the trick and will suffice. Just now need a BIM piping tool... 1 Quote Link to comment
rDesign Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Itchy said: Thanks @rDesign that has done the trick and will suffice. Just now need a BIM piping tool... I have not tried it, but there is a third-party toolset called VectorMEP. Their website doesn’t have much detailed info / pretty pictures, but their YouTube channel (LINK HERE) has a handful of videos (now several years old) showing the different Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing tools. HTH. Quote Link to comment
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