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Piping made simple

I tried this method last night and yes, it's undeniably faster if you just need your tube/pipe to go from A to B. It works the same as a two point spline, where instead of messing with vertices "gizmos" you play with tensions and pivot points rotation. However, you can't create elaborated paths. Bummer!
 
Luca, why not create your "targets" as smaller objects to form one section of hose, then continue onwards in a chain until you have the shape/curves you need, then collapse them to poly and weld the ends of the hose sections together?

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IOW, hose from A to B, then B to C, et etcetera? :idea:
 
That would certainly work, Bill, good thinking! Not the fastest method, but one would gain so much more control over the hose since the target objects being err...objects, could use all the various coordinate system advantages, unlike vertices on a spline.
 
Well! That was a waste of time. I did manage to create the "hose" but when I went for the magic trick to attach the ends to the two target objects, the darn "hose" became about 50' long instead of the 18" I had chosen as my "hose" length!

I'm trying to create a nice 'rope' between the wheel chocks, but not having any luck at all. :confused:
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Forget the lenght, that's just for the hose creation. Instead play with tensions, I had to adjust mine from the original "100" to something like 0.2.
 
I cheated. I created a tube of the appropriate length then used a "Bend" modifier to make the 1/2 loop necessary. It is very low poly and serves the need good enough. This project is already four+ years behind schedule, so I need to quite wasting time on small details... :rotfl:
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LOL Good one Bill. Sometimes we get hung up trying to use sophisticated tools when a simple approach is faster and less frustrating.
 
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