A piping designer routes a new 8" chemical injection line. Because E3D 3.1 sees the point cloud as geometry, the line automatically avoids the existing structural steel. The designer receives a real-time notification: "Clearance to existing valve: 45mm (Requires 50mm)." The designer nudges the route by 5mm, and the warning clears.
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, finding this might have taken hours of manual checking. But in version 3.1, the software flagged it instantly. A piping designer routes a new 8" chemical injection line