Make Tubes

This effect will create n-sided cylinders along given edges.

Tip

This is especially helpful if your input doesn’t have polygons.

Blender’s Wireframe modifier creates nicer connections where edges meet, but it requires polygonal mesh, making it less composable with other effects.

Input

edge wireframe, polygonal mesh

Output

polygonal mesh

VTK classes

vtkTubeFilter, vtkExtractEdges

Options

../_images/properties-make-tubes.png
Radius

Radius of the cylinder created along each edge.

Number of sides

Number of sides for the cylinders (more sides create nicer looking mesh, but are more resource intensive).

Capping

Whether the ends should be closed.

Example

../_images/example-make-tubes.png

Left: Edges of an icosphere. Right: Icosphere edges with the “Make tubes” effect.