I did some testing with the Flex pipes to answer your question about the "geometric perspective" you asked for.
@Martin__Schmid wrote
... I am still curious, from a geometric perspective, if the way that the flex duct/pipe geometry itself behaves, ...
Here my opinion on what works well with Flex Pipe and what doesn´t:
- Basically the way Flex Pipe can be placed / drawn works as we need it. Especially, the possibility to adjust it afterwards (through "vertex" and "tangent" points). That's the kind of flexibility a flex conduit should have.
- What is missing is the possibility to place it in a section view.
- Visually, the Flex conduit should basicly look like a standart conduit and on "Coarse" detail level simply like a line (maybe dashed, that's at least our standart)
- As Kevin wrote, minimal bending radius, adjustable in the electrical settings - conduit - size (just like for the already existing rigid conduits) would be nice too.
- The "Paralell conduits" function should also be working with the flex conduits, if possible.
- Also good would be the ability to connect the flex conduits to rigid conduits (like Flex Pipe / Draw Pipe)
As an alternative to a completely new flex conduit family with flex pipe as a template, you could add a bend fitting to the existing conduits that can be draw and adjusted like a spline. (if that's easier / faster for you to add)
Or you could add the "Draw" option to conduits, which is known from beams. (They can be placed as Splines.)
@grahamlyon1977 and @Kevin_Laskowski feel free to correct/complete me.