# Best Practice for Modeling Flexible Corrugated Tubes Along 3D Paths

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**Created:** [June 20, 2025, 9:03am UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/best-practice-for-modeling-flexible-corrugated-tubes-along-3d-paths/38461 "2025-06-20T09:03:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/best-practice-for-modeling-flexible-corrugated-tubes-along-3d-paths/38461/3 "2025-06-20T12:09:13Z")

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Check out this post. 🫠 Many more tutorials if you search, been covered extensively by others.

> [@Can I make a design that steam tracing line on the pipe with flange and various valves?](https://discourse.shapr3d.com/t/can-i-make-a-design-that-steam-tracing-line-on-the-pipe-with-flange-and-various-valves/23490):
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> If it is possible to draw steam tracing, what functions should I use? I look forward to your kind reply. Thank you.

As far as Corrugation goes, do it in a 3D CAD tool that has Pattern Along a Path, its missing feature in Shapr, unless you want to manually distance and add.

It would be easy and quick to do if we had these features, done with other software below took like a minute.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/shapr3d/original/3X/c/f/cf1b7d337e0c94e615ed092280c11e265be08450.jpeg)

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