Wire frame to pipe?
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need some help, as i'm not sure if this can be automated or not.
have a wire frame, almost all square edged, and quite complex. i'm wanting to know if there is an automated way to create a pipe or tube that follows the entire wire frame.
clean edges a plus! prefer not to have pipe inside of pipe, to save some file space.
the model i'm working with is located here
open for suggestions.
chris<pixelmonkey>:D -
Lines to tubes?
It will not intersect and clean up, you'll need to do that yourself.
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@escapeartist said:
Lines to tubes?
It will not intersect and clean up, you'll need to do that yourself.
worked great!
now to work on cleaning edges.
chris<pixelmonkey>:D -
PipeAlongPath with inner/outer radius== or TubeAlongPath will make a 'tube' along a set of connected edges BUT they can't branch - however, the 'ends' junctions are tidied up.
You'd need to selected a number of connected edges/curves [end-to-end] and use the tool several times to make a partially tidied frame. Lines2Cyl etc will make all selected edges into separate cylinders...
Some manual tidying up will be inevitable with branching forms...
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