What is the context
- How to route a pipe between two points
- How to route a pipe between two components
- How to route a pipe in a context
How is this covered by the existing portfolio
- Role: 3D Fluid Engineer
- Applications: Piping & Tubing 3D Design, Piping & Tubing 3D Part Design, Building 3D Design and Engineering IP Control
Here is a short tutorial showing how to create pipes with two examples in a free mode (Step 1 and Step 2) and a third contextualized example in a configured working mode
Step 1: Route a pipe between two points already created:
- At product level, switch to the Piping & Tubing 3D Design App and select “Create Route” from the tool bar
- Select a first point
- Press “A” to get to the Bend Manipulator mode (we will see in the second test another way to access to this mode)
- Select a second point
- You can modify dimension parameters from the data information box
Step 2: Routing a pipe between two elbow components
- Import a DWG3D file from a supplier (Elbow component)
- The elbow solid is divided into several bodies
- Go to the Engineering IP Control App and use "Product Filtering & Merging" from the tool bar to merge all bodies into a single one and click OK (Green box). In this example you have to do it twice
- Create a piping elbow object with an axis system and Copy / Paste as result the elbow solid
- Port creation
- At 3D shape level, switch to the Building 3D Design App
- Create two points at the center of each interface and a line representing the alignment
- At 3D shape level, switch to the Piping & Tubing 3D Part Design App
- Select Manage Ports and creates two ports using points and lines previously created for “Extremity Point” and “Alignment”
- Select Port Attributes where you can define attributes (e.g. outside diameter). Each attribute must be filled
- Piping creation
- At product level, switch to the Piping & Tubing 3D Design App and select “Create Route” from the tool bar
- Select an elbow and the appropriate port
- Select the transparent bended pipe in the 3D as show in the video to get the Bend Manipulator mode (Second way to access to this mode)
- Select the second elbow and the appropriate port
Scenario in a real context using a data setup library for piping: Service riser
- This example shows the creation of a pipe within a service riser to illustrate this tutorial in a real context using a data setup library offering predefined purchasable configurations of pipes
- Selection of a port from a piece
- Getting the Bend Manipulator mode
- Selection of another port from a second piece
- Nominal size modification
- Material modification
