Modifying Pipe Characteristics

You can modify the characteristics of pipe objects by using either the Modify Pipe Characteristics dialog box, or the Select Color dialog box when you choose Fade from the Color pop-up menu. The same pipe properties are available on both dialog boxes.

To access the Modify Pipe Characteristics dialog box, use one of the following methods:

Right-click a pipe object and choose Modify Pipe Characteristics.
Select one or more pipe objects and click the Modify Pipe button on the CAD Toolbar, if it is enabled (Classic view).
Select one or more pipe objects and on the Format tab, in the Styles group, from the Pipe Styles list, click Modify Pipe Characteristics (Ribbon view).

To access the Select Color dialog box, right-click a pipe object, point to Color and choose Fade. Whichever dialog box you choose to access, you can define the same characteristics for your pipe objects.

NOTE: If you select multiple pipe objects, you cannot access these dialog boxes with the right-click pop-up menu. You can, however, use the Modify Pipe button on the CAD Toolbar (Classic view) or Modify Pipe Characteristics in the Pipe Styles list, in the Styles group on the Format tab (Ribbon view) to change characteristics of multiple pipe objects, as shown in the following illustration.

In these dialog boxes you can change the appearance of the selected pipes, including the foreground and fade colors, blend percentage, edge and fill styles, thickness and edge width, the appearance of the start and end caps, and elbow style. If you select more than one pipe, the changes are applied to all pipes. Note that if you select Gradient as the fill style, the only fade type available for pipe objects is reflected.

The following diagrams show different combinations of cap and elbow styles.

NOTE: Elbow styles must be either all round or all square; you cannot mix elbow styles on a single pipe object.