Rotate pipe network structures to align with pipes

[brittany.challis]

Hi, is it possible to align (automatically) my pipe structures with my pipe network alignment? I'm interested in how it looks in the 3D model view. Square manholes look a bit silly when aligned with the UCS instead of the pipe (see screenshot).

I'm aware you can rotate each manhole individually but that doesn't seem like a good use of my time, especially during design when things will move all the time.

Thanks for your help!

Brittany

[Joe-Bouza]

May or may not help. if you scroll to the right in the panorama to Rotation you can select all or some and edit the rotation in one click ... You can also pick up the pipe bearing for use in rotation

[deltacoolguy]

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@brittany.challis wrote:

Hi, is it possible to align (automatically) my pipe structures with my pipe network alignment? I'm interested in how it looks in the 3D model view. Square manholes look a bit silly when aligned with the UCS instead of the pipe (see screenshot).

I'm aware you can rotate each manhole individually but that doesn't seem like a good use of my time, especially during design when things will move all the time.

Thanks for your help!

Brittany

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This is not automatic but it works pretty good for me.  I add a rotation parameter tab to each block.  This allows me to just grab and rotate as I wish.  There is initial set-up, and I do this to the base block so it's already there on future projects.  It's time consuming in the beginning but pays off in the long run.