It appears to me that enabling the "Structure Pipe Outlines" displays the vertical location that the pipe enters the structure and not the vertical location where the pipe crosses.
Also it appears the "Structure Pipe Outline" only displays if the "crossing pipe" is not drawn in the profile. This is why you do not see an ellipse for the pipes that run parallel to the alignment.
If the crossing pipe is NOT drawn in the Profile View and "parts masking" is enabled, you will see a cateye, however it will be at the vertical location that the crossing pipe enters the structure and NOT at the actual vertical location at the point of crossing. Drawn like this, it will mask the parallel pipes but if you measure vertical clearances, it will not represent the crossing correctly.
If you "draw in profile view" the crossing pipe, and override the style to show the cateye, it appears the profile view interprets it as the 3D pipe is being drawn. Therefore, even if "Structure Pipe Outlines" is enabled, it will not display the cateye at the structure location.
I think the problem is that "parts masking" will mask any part of the 3D pipe that is within the limits of the structure outline, and since the crossing pipes are typically perpendicular, the entire 3D pipe is within those limits and therefore not visible due to the masking.
Only decent work around I could find is having the crossing pipes on a different Network. The masking trims the parallel pipes and the cateye still shows.
The problem is, since the pipes are no longer on the same network, the crossing pipe cannot "connect" to the structure and if you are using dynamic labels, then it will not show all the pipe inverts. It does work well if you are displaying existing networks because we do not post the elevations like we would for a new network.
Where does someone post for "WISHLIST" items?
