3.1. Tube and Clip: 3D Modelling

Written By Ilya Kornienko

Updated at August 7th, 2025

Learning outcomes

Contextual toolbar 
Grid setup
Tube Connector commands and functions
Tube and Clip tool commands and functions
Item tool commands and functions
Copy and move commands

 

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction
0:19 Contextual toolbar - purposes
0:27 Contextual toolbar – maximise and pin to a location
0:44 Grid setup
1:14 Leg (vertical) creation - Tube Connector tool
1:30 Leg insertion with an offset from the ground – Temporary snapping
2:02 Interrupt a command from running
2:05 Baseplate creation from a leg (tube)
2:40 Rotation of the baseplate 
2:49 Copying one leg forming a bay width - Copy command
2:53 Selection of multiple objects with Control
3:16 Selection of multiple objects by Window select
3:27 Copying multiple legs by number of copies forming a bay - Copy Special > Linear command
3:58 Ledgers creation – Tube and Clip tool insertion
4:23 Add extra couplers – Add Connection feature of the Tube and Clip tool
4:34 Tube extension - Tube and Clip tool tube end handler
4:47 Add ledgers with joiners using Copy command from the Tube and Clip tool
5:15 Copying ledgers to other side of the bay - Copy command
5:34 Flipping tubes and couplers over a leg – Flip command of the Tube and Clip tool
6:01 Transom creation - Tube and Clip tool
6:40 Forming a first lift – Copy Special > Linear command
6:59 Guardrails along the bay creation - Tube and Clip tool
7:11 Guardrails creation on a side of the bay – ScaffPlan Smart Copy command 
7:33 Guardrails copying - Copy Special > Linear command
7:40 Flipping multiple guardrails to the other side of the bay – Flip command of the Tube and Clip tool
7:57 Putlogs creation - Tube and Clip tool
8:19 Copying putlogs by number of copies - ScaffPlan Smart Copy command
8:38 Timber planks (decking) creation - Selection of a component in the Tube and Clip tool and Item tool Create command
9:22 Changing of the timber planks length – Item tool Profile command
9:44 Copying planks along the bay to form the deck - Item tool Copy the same object from an end command
10:08 Distribution of putlogs along the deck – ScaffPlan Smart Copy and Move commands 
10:54 Retention clips creation - Item tool Create command
11:10 Copying retention clips along the deck - Item tool Copy to another object command
11:34 Toe boards creation – Item tool Create command
12:08 Add tube and coupler holding boards - Tube and Clip tool
12:27 Creation of putlog couplers for a board retention – Item tool: Create, swap handlers and rotation commands
12:54 Crate an extra lift (copy a lift) – Copy Special > Linear command
13:13 Side bracing creation - Tube and Clip tool
13:29 Flipping a brace to the other side of the bay – Flip command of the Tube and Clip tool
13:33 Moving a brace end to resolve a clash - Tube and Clip tool end handler 
13:40 Coping brace along the bay - Copy command
13:53 Face bracing creation - Tube and Clip tool 
14:10 Extend the face bracing – Copy with a joiner command of the Tube and Clip tool
14:25 Adjusting led tubes to suit scaffold height – Tube 1 and Tube 2 length control of the Tube Connector tool
14:41 Outro