Rectangular Pipe in Pressure networks

[Leutsky_VA]

Hello everyone.
I propose to improve the display of pressure pipes in Civil 3D.
CIvil 3D only supports round pipes, although the Infrastructure Part Editor allows you to create rectangular pipes, but they are not displayed in Civil 3D.
Confirmation of this is my screencast

https://autode.sk/3j4zh4z

[engngr_ats]

Why not to have pipes of mixed or complex shapes?

[Leutsky_VA]

This is how they are not displayed in Civil.
Or are you talking about gravity tubes?

[TimYarris]

Thank you for your idea. We will review the idea while other customers continue to comment and vote on it.

[ChrisRS]

I understand the idea, but what is the use case? I am unfamiliar with rectangular pressure pipe.

[engngr_ats]

"Pressure" is only a name, and such feature can be used wider: it can be cables, block of cables, channels, tunnels. Sometimes pipe must be "surrounded" by concrete (box shape), etc.

[Leutsky_VA]

@engngr_ats 

Thank you for writing the answer) That's what I meant. The direction can be very broad.
If they make a new type of object "Well" in the "Pressure" network, it will be very, very cool! The covers of the wells will reach the ground and be attached to the working part of the well, I have been dreaming about this for a long time)

[afiore5M2KX]

I for one would find square pipes for pressure networks extremely useful for modeling duct bank packages. Currently our process is very robust having to use pipe networks, it would be much faster and efficient to use pressure networks for this. 

[HEBC3D]

This would be extremely useful, considering we can have other parametric structures, I find it wild that we're not able to have rectangles/squares in them.

[david_dixon]

I'll add my 2 cents.  Rectangular-shaped "pressure" pipes would be extremely useful to model electrical and telecom  concrete ductbanks which may roll with the terrain with a minimum 24" cover (for instance).  The modeling can be a cumbersome process using gravity pipes, or as some have previously suggested and demonstrated, using corridor surface models for top, side/bottom of ductbank.