How to place a downspout at an angle in plan view?

[Prvoime]

Usually creating downspouts with pipes, draw them in elevation, pipes placed automatically, elbows placed automatically. Done. If I need to move something, just grab one segment and everything else stretches with it.

But this time I need it to be placed at an 45° angle in plan view.
The issue is I can't create it at an angle. I thought I can place it on a reference plane but when I orient the view to that plane, pipes can't be placed.
I can draw it normally on elevation and rotate it, but when I move one segment to stretch everything to fit where it needs to fit, it still moves only "vertically" and "horizontally".

This is what I need, example modeled as a sweep.
How do I force pipes to behave the same way when rotated? Thanks in advance!

[RobDraw]

It sounds like you need to uncheck "constrain" while you'rein the move command.

[Prvoime]

@RobDrawI wasn't even using the move command, but after your comment I did some testing.

What I'd do was to select the pipe in 3D switch to plan and try to drag it. When doing it this was it only moves orthogonally.

But, when you select in 3D, switch to plan and move it with move command - it works!

Also discovered when you select it in plan view and start dragging without letting go, sometimes it works, other times it doesn't.

Solved. Thank you!

[iainsavage]

I didn't quite follow your methodology.

You can draw pipes on a slope in plan by using the slope up or slope down option.

You can create suitable slopes in Mechanical Settings>Pipe Settings>Slope.

You can also create sloping pipe on plan by changing end elevation during placement and with the Change Slope option selected instead of the Add Vertical option.

You can also apply slope after you've placed a horizontal pipe by selecting the pipe (or tab-select a run of pipe) then using the Slope tool:

You can also apply slope after placing a horizontal pipe by selecting one end connector and changing the elevation of that end, then the slope indicator appears and you can edit its value.