Re: thanks - Piping spool number and isometric break

Al,

If you are using CADWorx Plant Professional you have access to ISOGEN. The splitting of isometrics for isometric and/or spool drawings can be handled by the CADWorx 'Stop Sign' command.

These will ensure that your iso's/spools reliably break at the same point each time.

So...

> (1) we dont have the option to use "isometric stop signs"
Yes CADWorx does and these can be used with CADWorx built-in isometric tool OR with ISOGEN.

> (2) not familiar with these switches but I'll take a look..(sounds
again like AutoPLANT options)

> (3) again we dont create pcf files. These are an AutoPLANT animal.
CADWorx Plant Professional does produce *.PDF files - like AutoPLANT this is the only way that it can produce ISOGEN isometrics.

Give the CADWorx tech support guys a call or email them to see if they can straighten you out on this matter. Let is know the outcome.

Good luck - Vornel

• In PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com, Al <alwynk@s...> wrote:
  > thank you rich. YOu clearly know a lot.
  >
  > what is interesting here is that you are using Autoplant which has
  more
  > bells and whistles than
  > CAdworx which we are using. I will send these notes to COADE the
  authors of
  > cadworx.
  >
  > (1) we dont have the option to use "isometric stop signs"
  > (2) not familiar with these switches but I'll take a look..(sounds
  again
  > like autoplant options)
  > (3) again we dont create pcf files. These are an autoplant animal.
  We tried
  > doing the weld thing in isogen and it came out very different
  from the
  > example provided. (more training and exp requd obviously)
  >
  > I wasnt aware that isogen took the data from the "pcf file" from
  AUTOPLANT.
  > Is that the case? (Its a rather messy animal from my experience).
  >
  > I agree this is the experience and right judgement that clients
  are buying.
  > If its so worthless let them try. I see a lot of smart guys on
  this website.
  > Its the same with other tools.
  >
  > Altecheng@s...
  >
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  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: Rich Scotti [mailto:Rich@S...]
  > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 3:37 PM
  > To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
  > Subject: Re: [PipingDesign] Piping spool number and isometric break
  >
  >
  >
  > Which piping design system do you use? Each one features a
  different
  > interface. Easily half of Isogen is actually the 3d piping
  modeling system
  > and its interface. additional comments below marked with [RJS]
  >
  > >> can you tell us where the command is to tell isogen where to
  break. We
  > have not been able to find this option.
  > [RJS] In the PCF file these are written as: ISO-SPLIT-POINT <coord>
  > Each CAD system will likely have its own implementation of how to
  populate
  > these. In AutoPLANT, for example, you would place "Isometric stop
  signs" at
  > the split points.
  >
  > >> we have been exporting selected pipes into A2 size , then
  shrinking down
  > to fit into our a3 template Otherwise isogen creates too many
  drawings with
  > only too shorty little "pups" per dwg. Not a great workaround. I
  like your
  > "select the break points" , but where are the options/commands to
  do that.??
  > [RJS] Have you tried configuring the drawing density (switch 38)
  to push
  > more data on each sheet? You can also configure margins(switches
  10-13),
  > text sizes (switch 27) dimension standout, and even the length of
  fittings.
  > These are set in the options file too.
  >
  > >>>Also are you saying isogen will creat the welder flags for each
  weld for
  > the weld mapping. I didnt know isogen would do that. I agree wait
  to the
  > end, and we have done that separately & manually at end of
  generating isos.
  > [RJS] Isogen will assign weld and/or numbers for you if you like
  or you can
  > pass them to Isogen in the PCF file. Either way you can output a
  weld
  > summary to the drawing or to a text file. You can even format the
  weld
  > report with any/all data you passed in the PCF file using a weld
  definition
  > file.
  >
  > There are so many ways to operate Isogen that a big part of a
  projects
  > success is a well thought out Isogen stratgy.
  >
  >
  >
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