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Pipe course with branchesOn page 3 you learnt how simple it is placing pipe segments. Now it's time to show you how to add branches. The principle is exactly the same as with a simple pipe course, but you have to keep an eye on the hierarchy and arrangement. Please build pipe course with 3 segment as seen in the following illustration:
Underneath the object Bend_90 the 'main' pipe course would be continued. The branch however is started inside the object Branch_45_out. For that reason click onto the '+' in front of the object name in the Object Manager to unfold the hierarchy and show its children. Now you can see two child objects: Main and Branch. Underneath this 'branch' you can now add any pipe segment to continue the pipe course from this branch. In the following example it is the object highlighted in red Bend_45.
Copy another Branch_45_out out of Storage and place it underneath Bend_45 (Illustration 4.3). You'll recognize the possibilities: the newly build branch now can also be continued in two directions.
Always add straight segments and adjust its length with the slider Length in the User Data of the Attribute Manager. The different bends and the rotation of the single pipe segments should help you to build almost any pipe course you want. |