Isometric drawing

In this exercise, you create an Isometric Drawing one pipeline at a time. The first step is to create an Isometric Group of a pipeline, because an isometric drawing is generated via an isometric group.

Although using one pipeline in an Isometric Group is a common method when creating Isometric Drawings, the other method is to create an Isometric Group of several piping objects selected from several systems.

Modify the options

Do the following:

  1. Select Documents > Piping Isometrics.

  2. In the Piping Isometrics dialog, select Tools > Options.

  3. For Produce, select Isometric.

  4. Click OK.

Select the system

Do the following:

  1. In the Piping Isometrics dialog, clear the checkbox for Several Systems if it is selected.

  2. Click Select if the list of systems is empty.

  3. Select the system according to the area you are working with.

    In this exercise, select the system AA_Water.

Create an isometric group

The _UnassignedObjects dialog shows the pipelines which are not used in an Isometric Group. A pipeline can be a member of only one isometric group.

Do the following:

  1. Select Groups > Create isometrics via containment, system and pipeline.

  2. In the Create Pipeline Isometrics for [name of the system], select one of the pipelines.

  3. In the _IsoView dialog, verify that you selected the correct pipeline.

  4. Click OK to create an Isometric Group of the selected pipeline.

Create an isometric drawing

Do the following:

  1. In the Piping Isometrics dialog, Select Drawings > Create isometric/spool drawings.

  2. Select the only item on the list.

  3. Below Options, select Annotate and Export.

    • Annotate adds labels, symbols, dimensions, and so on, according to the Automatic Annotation Settings.

    • Export creates an additional export file (.pdf, .dwg, .dxf, and so on), according to the Drawing Export settings.

  4. Click OK.

You have now created an isometric drawing of a pipeline.