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Extend pipe past end

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Graham

Add an additional field / shortcut in the pipe tool that adds an offset past the ends of the pipe. This is useful for pipe-cutting for creating g2 fillet surfacing.

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have to perform an extend operation on the ends in order to cut the target surface effectively.

March 24, 2023

Nick Kallen

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Seattleite

Agee - Some way of specifying a pipe extension, perhaps as a % of the total length of the path would eliminate the tiny slivers when cutting sheets. A 1% extension from my experience would make it possible to cleanly cut lofted sheets without manually extending the end caps. Or maybe use mouse wheel to extend the end caps in 1% increments.

Simon Gatrall

Seattleite: Often if you just use the diameter of the pipe, it's a good amount. Of course you might have the pipe intersecting the edge at more than a 45° angle, you'll need more than 1⨉D. 2⨉D should be more than enough for the vast majority of cases. Unless the extension really goes crazy, there's not much harm in "over" extending.
People use pipes for other functions, so I would want the extension to be optional.
Another solution to this would be if you select a series of edges of faces, and use the offset tool, and it would extend the offset curve to the edge of the face, and optionally trim away the faces which were created by offsetting: