This command is the same as Section Points from Surface Entities, except that the symbols for the pipes are automatically drawn as a circles with a radius set to the pipe width. The profile equivalent of this command is Profile from Pipe Polylines. When Draw Section File has vertical exaggeration, the pipe is drawn as an ellipse. The description field for these section points identify them as pipe points. The description is POINT-PIPE followed by the pipe size in feet (e.g. POINT-PIPE-1.500). The pipe polylines used to derive the pipe section points can be created with the Draw Pipe 3D Polyline and Assign Pipe Width to Pline commands in the Sections->Section Utilities menu. Also, the position of the pipe polylines on the pipe can be selected. The choices are Top, Center and Bottom.
MXS File to Process Select a section alignment file
Section File to Write
New or Append Choose between creating a new .SCT file or add
to an existing file.
Select pipe polylines.
Select objects: pick the polylines
Position of pipe polylines on pipe
[Top/Center/<Bottom>]? Enter
Added 46 pipe points to section file.
Writing section file> C:\scad2006\data\pipe.sct
Pulldown Menu Location: Sections > Points on
Section
Keyboard Command: sctpipe
Prerequisite: Right of way polylines and an .MXS
file