pipe multiple diameters

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Permalink Reply by Manuel on September 22, 2009 at 5:54pm

with random or a series component?

if you have multiple lines, use the graft tree component in the inputs (lines and radio), then use the pipe component.

Permalink Reply by Jon Mirtschin on September 23, 2009 at 2:04am

Can you elaborate a bit more on what you mean by multiple pipe diameters? Are you talking about assigning different pipe diameters to different curves or varying the diameter along each curve (like a loft).

Cheers,

Jon

Permalink Reply by Ognek Kciroks on September 23, 2009 at 5:38am

thank you manuel, jon,

for example if you take a single curve and want to specify diameters for start, midpoint, end, etc like you can in with the Rhino "pipe" tool, can this be done easily.

for now i have resorted to creating multiple circular profiles of different diameters and normal to different points along the curve and have lofted them.

i feel like there's a simpler way..?

Permalink Reply by Stuart Fingerhut on September 29, 2009 at 6:57am

yeah, i too want to adjust individual pipes to have a smaller starting and ending radius and a fatter center radius, growing as it flows along the crv. thanks for the help!

Permalink Reply by Hasib Momand on March 30, 2011 at 9:07pm

Hi All,

I am running into the same problem. How do you pipe with various pipe diameters?

 

Permalink Reply by Danny Boyes on March 31, 2011 at 2:20am

As it didn't seem to get answered here, I'll suggest the sweep1 method. Supply three circles start middle and end to a sweep component and it produces identical results to the pipe command in rhino.