Tool to create centerlines piperuns

Question

Hi. Are there any tool inside Microstation CE that can automaticly creat centerlines for existing cylinders and bends? Idealy for large selection sets, and for different types of cylinders/bends object types. 
 Regards 
 Helge

Dervalcanny · Answer

Hello, 
There is a programming forum where MDL creation is discussed that may help: 
 communities.bentley.com/.../microstation_programming 
It may also be worth posting your query on the Plant forum to see if this functionality exists: 
 communities.bentley.com/.../design___engineering 
Regards 
Derval Canny.

Pascal Cloutier · Answer

Since you are using Descartes, you could try the following: 
 
1) Drop mesh elements to shapes using the "Drop Element" tool. 
2) Select the shapes. 
3) Use the "Extract Points from Curve" tool to extract points from the shapes with following settings: 
-Location(s) Input By = Node Points 
-Compute Following Attributes = Points 
4) Use data cleanup utility to delete duplicate points at each vertex. 
5) Use the "Export Coordinates" tool to create a text file containing the point's coordinates. 
6) convert the text file to POD. 
7) Use Descartes' "Fit Cylinder" tool to extract the centerline of your pipes. 
 
HTH, 
Pascal

Tool to create centerlines piperuns

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