Preview Isometrics

Piping

Model Pipe : Preview Isometrics

Preview isometric drawings of pipe systems and individual pipes can be viewed in the application as though the isometrics had been produced in ISODRAFT.

Pipe Isometric

System Isometric

Non Standard Branch Connections Isometrics

To view a preview isometric drawing of the CE (pipe system) in the design hierarchy. It may be useful to identify the pipe system to be previewed, select the CE in the Model Explorer.


Highlight System	The CE is highlighted in the default colour in the 3D graphical view.
Clear Highlight	Removes the highlight from the CE in the 3D graphical view.
Clear All	Removes all highlights from the 3D graphical view.

Pipe Isometric

The Preview Isometric Drawing window is populated with an annotated and dimensioned isometric drawing of the pipe. A material list, title, pipe usage and explanation of the pipeline symbols.

System Isometric

The Preview Isometric Drawing window is populated with an annotated and dimensioned isometric drawing of the CE (elements not currently displayed in the 3D graphical view are also added). A material list, title, pipe usage and explanation of the pipeline symbols.

If the currently selected element is a pipe with more than one branch, each branch displays on a different sheet.

Isometric Drawing Contents

The content of each isometric drawing is calculated using complex algorithms to display all of the required data in the available space. the algorithms are controlled by Standard iso options selected before plotting the drawing.

The drawings are not to scale but display to show the information in the best way. Pipes with no components attached to them, at the end of the spool drawing, may even be abbreviated with just the annotation showing the length.l

Each piping component in the Preview Isometric Drawing window is annotated and a symbol. The general format, annotations and dimensioning standard of the isometric drawing is governed by user in ISODRAFT, refer to Using ISODRAFT for further information. The annotation data is also controlled by the selection made in the SPOOL module.

Piping component annotations in the Preview Isometric Drawing window are governed by ISODRAFT. An example of some can be seen below:


Annotation	Key	Remarks
Dimension	Value display in dimensioning line break, or directed to line by arrow.
Spool Number	Number in a double box with the spool prefix.	Arrow points at the first component in the spool.
Part Number	Number in a rectangular box, along pipe or arrow pointing to component.	Flanged components also show the Gasket (Gxx) and Bolt set (Bxx) numbers.
Weld Number	Number in a circle	Key for different types of weld displays on the plot.
Joint Number	Number in a diamond, prefixed by letter showing type of joint.	F = Flanged joint S = Screwed joint C = Compression joint

Refer to the Piping Components in ISODRAFT for a full description of all of the symbols used in the plots.

Preview Isometric Drawing Window Toolbar

The toolbar gives quick access to all the tasks associated with the Preview Isometric Drawing.

Depending on the selections made from Preview Isometric Drawing toolbar, further windows are presented prompting for user input and options allowing for the workflow to continue.

The toolbar for the Preview Isometric Drawing displays as default when the Preview Isometric Drawing window displays.


	View the message file	Displays the Preview Isometric Messages window, where messages created during the generation of the isometric drawing can be viewed.
	Save As	Displays a Browser window, save the preview isometric drawing as a plot file.
	Save All	Displays a Browser window, save all the sheets of the preview isometric drawing as plot files.
	Print Setup	Displays the printer settings.
	Print Preview	Displays an on screen preview of the isometric.
	Print	Prints the currently selected preview isometric drawing.
	Print All	Prints all the sheets of the preview isometric drawing.
	Highlight On/Off	Highlights all the display elements of the currently previewed isometric drawing sheet in the 3D View. Click again removes the highlighting. If the elements are not currently displayed in the 3D View, click twice. The first click adds the elements to the 3D view, the second highlights the elements. Additional clicks turn the highlighting on and off. N.B. The highlighting only occurs if the Isometric Options file uses the Hitfile option.
	Sheets drop-down list	Use to navigate through the sheets of the isometric drawing.

Non Standard Branch Connections Isometrics

Any non standard branch connection’s position and type of connection are displayed as a detailed plot with a localised view in the Preview Isometric window.