Automate Piping Design with Python in CAD Software

import e3d
import math
def getobstacles():
    """Retrieve all existing obstacles in the design space."""
    return e3d.getobjectsbytype('STRUCTURE') + e3d.getobjectsby_type('EQUIPMENT')
def checkclash(path):
    """Check if the generated pipe path clashes with existing obstacles."""
    obstacles = getobstacles()
    for segment in path:
        for obstacle in obstacles:
            if e3d.check_clash(segment, obstacle):
                return True
    return False
def generateoptimalpath(start, end, minbendradius, minslope):
    """Generate an optimal pipe path while avoiding obstacles and maintaining constraints."""
    path = []
    currentpoint = start
while current_point != end:
    next_point = find_next_point(current_point, end, min_bend_radius, min_slope)
    path.append((current_point, next_point))
    current_point = next_point

if check_clash(path):
    print("Clash detected! Recalculating path...")
    return generate_alternate_path(start, end, min_bend_radius, min_slope)

return path

def findnextpoint(current, end, minbendradius, minslope):
    """Calculate the next point ensuring bend radius and slope constraints."""
    direction = [end[i] - current[i] for i in range(3)]
    length = math.sqrt(sum(d**2 for d in direction))
    unitdirection = [d / length for d in direction]
    step = minbendradius * 1.5  # Adjust step size
next_point = [current[i] + unit_direction[i] * step for i in range(3)]
return tuple(next_point)

def generatealternatepath(start, end, minbendradius, min_slope):
    """Generate an alternate path by modifying the original route."""
    # Implement a more advanced routing algorithm (A* or Dijkstra)
    pass
def extractpipedata(pipepath):
    """Extract and report pipe routing data."""
    report = []
    for segment in pipepath:
        report.append({
            'Start': segment[0],
            'End': segment[1],
            'Length': math.dist(segment[0], segment[1])
        })
    return report
User input for start and end points
startpoint = (0, 0, 0)
endpoint = (10, 5, 3)
Design constraints
minbendradius = 1.0
min_slope = 0.02
Generate pipe route
pipepath = generateoptimalpath(startpoint, endpoint, minbendradius, minslope)
print("Generated Pipe Path:", pipe_path)
Extract data for reporting
pipereport = extractpipedata(pipepath)
print("Pipe Routing Report:", pipe_report)