QuickPipe

Here’s a quick script I made that helps making pipes and tubes much much faster.

Download:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B60G9ZroCV31VUU4d0NIRFd6LXM/view

Inspired by the Modo script by Seneca Menard

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I needed this quite a few times. Can you control the subdivision?

You can adjust the number of sides with the mouse wheel when you run the script. Once you click, it’s just a regular curve so you can do what you want to it like any other curve. I don’t convert it to a mesh.

I could have really used this a couple months ago. Great work!

Thank you very much that is will be very useful i used the modo one bevor i now it is good

Floatvoid Thank you for sharing your script. I am fairly new to blender… when you say “run the script” is there a hotkey
or a command of some kind that you press? The only way I can access it is in the search bar but it does work well thank you in advance.

This is a pretty neat plugin, thanks :smiley:

Really brilliant, thanks much!

This is pretty sick, thanks for this!

Windows NOT Genuine!

Haha, I knew this would come up. The truth is, my windows is in fact 100% genuine (i can show you the box :P). I actually keep my art/gaming computer disconnected from the internet. I had to reinstall my OS and I never got it registered, so I get nagged with those stupid popups all the time.

I use the internet on this 9 year old laptop and transfer files via usb drive. I know, I’m weird. I just find the lack of internet connection very productive. No distractions!

Excellent script. Thanks very much!

Looks nice, a couple of problems :

  • i don’t find the tool in the toolshelf or in the Mesh menu , all i can do is finding the quick pipe and activating it through the space bar search
  • it seems there are pipe proportion problem with edges that have 90 angles :

Cube with a few edges selected
http://i.imgur.com/GLYymZS.jpg

Quickpipe
http://i.imgur.com/dpUDGAz.jpg

And if i look closely, you can see the pipe proportions are a bit distorted :
http://i.imgur.com/f51rMBA.jpg

Cool, I’ll fix that if I can. It’s just using default blender curves, nothing fancy. If there’s a setting that handles right angle proportions better I’ll look into it.

As for the button, what is a good place for that? I just assign it to a hotkey. If people really want a default button I can add that. (object.quickpipe FYI).

Maybe an entry in the Mesh -> Edges menu as after all you’re working with edges.
Or if it’s about a button on the toolshelf, maybe the “Create” tab may be appropriate as it create an object, though such a button should then only exist in editmode , not in object mode i think.

Anyways, it’s a very useful addon !

If end curve points radii are about 0.707 then it should be fine.

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Sorry, I am new to blender and I found this wonderful and meets my need. But I am yet to figure out how to run the script?

Yeah some TYPE of interface would be nice. Because from the video the pipes just magically appear. If a person other then you is watching the video to try to find out how to make pipes they would have no idea how to get the pipes to appear. You just talk and they magically appear.

I have been using blender for 14 years and I cannot see how to get this thing to create anything.

The script will add a panel in edit mode with a button.
Select an edge and hit the button.

[http://www.pasteall.org/60038/python


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