What about square pipes

Rhino Rhino for Windows
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just say yes

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Hi Ryan- How would you orient the square? For now, the workaround is - select a round pipe (un capped) and ChangeDegree in V to 1.

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let’s not get bogged down with the details pascal.

haha

I guess you have a type-in or gizmo for setting degrees off vertical at various points along the path if that’s desired… Same way you change pipe diameters along the path.

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I think what would be magical. is to have, something similar to sweep Modifier in 3D Max.

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Yes, use Grasshopper.

If you want a definition to show how, let me know… probably only a few components are needed.

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A couple of scripts are mentioned here…

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Square pipe built into Rhino would be most excellent. ChangeDegree does not work for a polysurface. Orientation of the square could be default perpendicular(normal?) to the line and oriented on the z-axis. The rotation could be added with a degree input? Something along the lines of sweep1? Avoiding the hassle of drawing, then orienting the rectangle?

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8 years later & this would still be super useful!

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All of those staircases I build…

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any news on this. Can it be implemented? Does a script exist?

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Have a look here:
https://wiki.mcneel.com/people/mitchheynick
The toolset contains a script for squre pipes iirc.
No idea if it works out of the box under rhino 8 though.