Australian MSTS @ steam4me Tutorials Uses for Pipe Builder Plug-in #1

3D Canvas Tutorial - Inventive uses for the Pipe Builder plugin #1

by Paul "Decapod" Gausden

Locomotive Spring Hangers

Add a cube to the scene.   Divide the two lower edges into two (max/min Z) and join the two new points with the edge operation.   Drag the new edge down slightly with the right mouse button

Extrude the new edge and extend down.

Resize the whole object to about 0.03 wider and 0.03 shorter than the spring object.

Select the edges at both ends and run the pipe builder plugin - 4 sides, 0.025 diameter.   position over the spring... et voila!   Relatively low poly (48 each) due to the lack of ends.   Incidentally, if you need covered ends on a pipe built with the plugin, the Solidify operation does the trick.

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