geez, just had an idea (as if my brain would be fallen asleep the rest of my life ;-} )

construct two pipes in C4D. One vertical - let's say 10 units diameter, and a horizontal poking into it with a diameter of 8 units.

Now make a boolean horizontal minus vertical - the vertical will remain in the object hierachie, but deactivated.

Now select the horizontal, enable polygon mode, select the poly edges at the cutting end and detach/duplicate them. Create a small ellipse, rotate it let's say 20 degrees to - 20, and sweep it along your detached spline.

Does it work? I didn't test it, because I just returned home from an offroad trip with my 2.8 ton truck ;-}

Thumbs up,

jens

jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://www.sacalobra.de

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