VBO Piping

Convenient water pipe creation tool to create pipes from lines in selected groups / components, and automatically add fittings at nodes. After the water pipe is created, you can double-click to enter the line (2D) mode at any time, and use the brush tool to edit and draw< br />
Points to note when using this tool: <br / >1. Ball valve, sleeve and other accessories will only appear at the breakpoint connection in the straight line. If you want to add accessories in the middle of the straight line pipe, double-click to enter the line mode to split and break the straight line< br />2. Curves are not supported and can only be used for straight lines< br />3. The angle between straight lines can only be 90 degrees. Other angles have no supported accessories< br />4. It supports three-way pipe but not four-way pipe, that is, when drawing lines, it supports "t" vertical and does not support "cross" vertical< br />5. Marks (layers) will be automatically created after creating water pipes. The command to switch 2d/3d is actually to switch the display of marks< br />6. After the "water pipe style" command is activated, all objects pointed to by the mouse will display information in the upper left corner of the window. It can only edit the created water pipes and fittings< br />
Note that the tool comes with a metal water pipe style, so you can only draw metal water pipe related accessories< br />
Specific usage of three commands - <br / >Build Piping: select a non nested group or component, activate the command and set the pipe style, then you can create the straight line segment in the group as a pipe, and automatically create fittings at the node. Double click the water pipe to enter the line editing mode. Just draw a straight line and exit, it will automatically become a water pipe< br />Fittings edit tool: after the command is activated, the pointer is placed on the pipe. The right-click menu can set the style or redraw. The pointer is placed on the fitting to replace the fitting. Clicking the fitting can rotate the position of the fitting on the pipe< br />Toggle 2d/3d display: activate the command to toggle the 2D or 3D display of the created pipe.