Why can't I just turn all cables and pipes below ground into 3D

Hi Mr. OpenRoads,

You may add bends, when placing a pipe, you may

• Connect to a node
• press once on CRTL key to switch to bend placement
• press once on ALT key to switch to arc placement

This is indicated in the prompt, in lower/Left as well as in the heads-up prompt

HTH

Wow this is amazing it works, thank you very much. I meant pressing CTRL to bend a conduit. 

The ALT doesn't work to create an arc. 

OMG it is indicated in the prompt looooooooool smh *facepalm*

Since it looks like you already have the linework for your cables and pipes, you may want to explore the "Extract from Graphics" tool. You should then be able to select (or develop filters for) the content you want to model and it will place nodes at the ends, generate the bends as needed and define the elevation based off of a surface (or elevation of the line elements if they are 3D).

Steve