They are also commonly referred to as isos in process and chemical industries and in academics also. When generating a piping isometric drawing, SolidPlant 3D creates in one shot three documents, a PCF file, a DXF/DWG document and a SOLIDWORKS drawing. PCF file is the native format of Isogen and can be easily imported to Auto PIPE, CAESER II or ROHR 2 software for stress analysis.įor better understanding, we´ll use one single pipe line to generate the different isos.A piping isometric drawing is also a detailed diagram which is used to represent pipes, pipe fittings, bends, valves, welds etc. We´ll see some of the main drawing styles to have an idea what each drawing style represents. There are different templates called Drawing Styles embedded by default such as Check, Final-Basic, Final-Cut-List, Final-Weld-Box, Spool, etc. It includes templates for production of check, fabrication and erection-type drawings. We can create automatically the piping isomeric drawing for any pipe line or any selection in the graphic area in seconds. Therefore the 3D piping components contain all the necessary information to generate the isos. SolidPlant 3D is a database driven system and the piping specification assigned to the route will define the components created into the pipe line. I will outline how to create piping isometric drawings with SolidPlant 3D on top of SOLIDWORKS Standard Edition.

This will eliminate the need to manually edit isometric drawings which significantly reduces fabrication and on-site construction errors. SolidPlant 3D has embedded Isogen® for the total automation of piping isometric drawings and is de facto standard CAD system for isos. Also includes pipe line details such as line number, revision number, dates, etc.Ĭreating piping isometric drawings is a huge task and time consuming effort with only SOLIDWORKS. Title bar section – This area contains the project details such as client name, project name and others.

It includes the description of the objects, the count of the material components, the item code number, the nominal size, etc. Bill of Material Section – List of the components for the portion of line shown in the isometric graphic.Main Graphic Section – A detailed orthographic representation that illustrates the details of 3D structure of the piping system in a single view.To accomplish this task, the piping isometric drawing consists of three sections that hold valuable info used by different project stakeholders at different times. The Isos bring clarity to contractors, construction crew and the overall project.

It´s a three dimensional representation of a pipe line or part of it with all information necessary to purchase, fabricate, install and test the line or part of the line. For many decades Piping Isometric drawings have been used to represent a single pipe line in a plant, being the most important deliverable.

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