Breaking pipeline geometry to several isometrics

If isometrics are to be made per pipeline, then geometry of one isometric group can occasionally get very complex. In that case it can be impossible to generate automatically, or even manually, a clear isometric drawing, easy to read and interpret the contents. This is why a single complex geometry can automatically be broken into several geometries, and thus to several isometric drawings, if the option for automatic breaking is checked in "Configure Piping Isometrics".

In the picture below a steam pipeline has been split (using automatic breaking) into four separate isometrics 1A…1D. Steam_Pipeline1C is divided into three spools using flanged connection as a breaking rule.

In need to bring out the annotations of an isometric drawing, you can split the isometric group into several isometrics using automatic breaking. To turn on the automatic breaking click Documents > Piping Isometrics > Tools > Options.

If the automatic breaking is turned on, the breaks can be added or removed manually when creating pipeline isometric groups.

Usually administrator defines the rules for breaking the isometric. Thus, designer is not supposed to change these rules.

Drawing density

This slide controls the amount of resulting isometrics. Slide the control to the left (sparse) to have as a result more isometrics and vice versa.