Can I hide the outline of a Cylinder / Elbow?

[JGoode]

Hi,

I've created a grab rail using a series of cylinders and elbows. I'd really like to hide the outlines where the cylinders and elbows join. Is this possible?

Many thanks

[Jochen Suehlo]

No, I think this is not possible. You can use the TUBE command instead, there are no connection lines.

[Pertti Paasky]

You can use solid elements operations to hide junctions.

dim groups[] !create groupnames
for i= 1 to 5
groups[i]="cylind"+str("%.0m",i)
group groups[i]
addz (i-1)*5
cylind 5,1
del 1
endgroup
next i

result_cylinds=groups[1]  !first group
for i=2 to vardim1(groups)
result_cylinds=addgroup(result_cylinds,groups[i])
next i
placegroup result_cylinds

killgroup result_cylinds
for i=1 to vardim1(groups)
killgroup  groups[i]
next i