Recipe 5 — Pipe / Sweep

What: Tubular radius around curves (pipe) or custom section swept along a rail.

Zone Map:

• 5a: [Curves][R_slider] → [Pipe]
• 5b: [Section][Rail] → [Sweep1]

Pipeline (5a — Simple Pipe)

[Curves]          [R: 0.1→5 slider]
(rail curves)        (pipe radius)
    │                     │
    └─────────────────────┤
                          ▼
                       [Pipe]
                          │
                          ▼
              → closed brep pipes per curve

Pipeline (5b — Custom Sweep)

[Section]          [Rail]
(cross-section)    (path curve)
    │                  │
    └──────────────────┤
                       ▼
                   [Sweep1]
                       │
                       ▼
            → swept surface/brep

Output

5a: Closed brep pipes · 5b: Swept surface/brep.

Next Steps

→ After Recipe 2: pipe edges for structural framing · After Recipe 1+2: piped grid/mesh look · Sweep L-channels, T-beams for architectural detailing

mds/skills/gh-cookbook/reference/recipe-5-pipe-sweep.md / View source on GitHub ↗