Drafting of Complex Pipes 3

[boisebiker]

I am trying to dimention pipes that are to be bent on a CNC bender and have troubles getting the true angle of the bend. To get the true angle you need both legs of the bend on the plane of the paper. If the pipe has multiple complex bends then is is very dificult to get both legs on the plane. From the 3d software I can create a plane using the centerline vectors of the bend and then place a view using the created plane. But I am finding this method to have a lot of resistance from the checker because I cannot explane the orientation of the view from the standard views. Is there a drafting standard for this type of problem, can I place a view that has no easy tracability to the standard 3 views? What is the preferd method of drafing compex pipe/tube shapes?

 

[MadMango]

Finally found it, an inactive document, MIL-D-9898C which might be of help if you can find it.

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