Make pipes easier for tubulars/pipes frames professionnals designers

 From:  Michael Gibson
1463.41 In reply to 1463.38 
Hi Will,

> Hi Michael, well to answer your first question the diameter
> would have to be small enough to fit though the section
> where the curves are the closest -

Well, it is really tough to try and come up with a definition that works in all cases.

Like with this curve here:



If the diameter is the part where pieces of the curve are closest together, does that mean that the diameter is located in the little bottom part of this curve?


> I get your point but I certainly wouldn't be making piping and
> ducting with a shape like that...

Well, the tough thing is that once you start taking in generic curve input, I have to try to consider what to do when given curves like that.

I think that generally to make it work would require focusing on a thickness type value instead of a radius/diameter type value. It's kind of a different set of UI than what Pipe does right now with radius values.

- Michael