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. With the 'Isometric to Standard' type transposition the result can often be visualized as an offset view from overhead, where the vertical lines can still be seen.For many decades Piping Isometric drawings have been used to represent a single pipe line in a plant, being the most important deliverable. This is to avoid any confusion caused by nodes being placed over the top of other nodes or pipes. When clicking the ISO Mode On/Off Toggle button to transpose from isometric view to a 'flattened' standard view, any vertical lines from the isometric view will be drawn at 45 degrees. Selecting either of these options will change the display of all tanks and end pressure on the isometric view.

The drawing menu provides options to display an ‘Isometric tank view from the left’ or to display an ‘Isometric tank view from the right’. Tanks and end-pressure nodes will also be displayed in the isometric plane. When the isometric drawing mode has been selected Pipe Flow Expert will show fittings, valves, components, control valves and pumps in the isometric plane which follows the associated pipe direction. Users can easily switch between these using the ISO Mode On/Off Toggle button. Pipe Flow Expert has two drawing modes, standard (‘flattened’) view and isometric view.

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