geom/doc/salome/gui/GEOM/input/creating_extrusion_alongpath.doc
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\page create_extrusion_alongpath_page Pipe Construction
To generate a \b Pipe in the <b>Main Menu</b> select <b>New Entity - > Generation - > Extrusion along a path</b>
\n Firstly, to create an extruded \b Pipe shape, you can define the <b>Base
Object</b> (vertex, edge, planar wire, face or shell), which will be extruded
and the <b>Path Object</b> (edge or wire) along which the <b>Base
Object</b> will be extruded.
\n In this mode the default pipe generation algorithm is used. The pipe
is created so that the <b>angle between the normal vector</b> to
the base shape <b>and the tangent to the path</b> wire remains constant at any point of the
given path.
\n <b>Select unpublished edges</b> checkbox - if checked, allows to select an edge of any other shape as the path object.
\n The \b Result of the operation will be a GEOM_Object (edge, face, shell,
solid or compsolid).
\n <b>TUI Command:</b> <em>geompy.MakePipe(baseShape, pathShape)</em>
\n <b>Arguments:</b> Name + 1 shape (vertex, edge, planar wire, face or
shell) serving as base object + 1 shape (edge or wire) for
definition of the path.
\image html pipe.png
<b>Example:</b>
\image html pipe_wire_edgesn.png "Extrusion of a wire"
\n Secondly, you can define the <b>Base
Object</b> (edge, planar wire or face), which will be extruded,
the <b>Path Object</b> (edge or wire) along which the <b>Base
Object</b> will be extruded and the <b>BiNormal Vector</b> (edge or
wire).
\n In contrast to the default mode, in this mode the pipe is generated
to preserve the constant <b>angle between the normal vector</b> to the base
shape <b>and the BiNormal vector</b> given as the third argument.
\n <b>Select unpublished edges</b> checkbox - if checked, allows to select an edge of any other shape as the path object.
\n The \b Result of the operation will be a GEOM_Object (edge, face, shell,
solid or compsolid).
\n <b>TUI Command:</b> <em>geompy.MakePipeBiNormalAlongVector(baseShape, pathShape, binormalShape)</em>
\n <b>Arguments:</b> Name + 1 shape (edge, planar wire or face)
serving as base object + 1 shape (edge or wire) for
definition of the path + 1 shape (edge or wire) to set a fixed
BiNormal direction to perform the extrusion.
\image html pipe2.png
<b>Example:</b>
\image html pipebinormalsn.png "Extrusion of a face with BiNormal parameter"
Our <b>TUI Scripts</b> provide you with useful examples of creation of
\ref tui_creation_pipe "Complex Geometric Objects".
*/