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Intergraph Smart 3D Piping

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Smart 3D Version
11 (2016)
SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10

All objects that compose a pipeline have properties that you can edit. Using the Select command on the vertical toolbar, you select the pipeline object that you want to edit.

An important part of the Select command is the Locate Filter box that appears on the ribbon. The Locate Filter box contains the available, pre-defined filters for the Select command. When you choose a filter in the Locate Filter box, the software allows you to select only the filtered objects in the graphic view and in the Workspace Explorer. For example, if you select Pipe Runs, you can select only pipe runs in the graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.

The Piping task includes these filters:

Clamps

Allows you to select only clamps in the graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.

Connections

Allows you to select only connections in the graphic view. The software creates a connection whenever a piping component is connected to another component, an equipment nozzle, or a pipe.

Control Points

Limits the selection of items to control points.

Construction Graphics

Limits the selection of items to construction graphics.

Equipment

Allows you to select only equipment in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.

Penetration Spools

Allows you to select only penetration spools. Before you can create penetration spools, you must place a penetration plate in the Hangers and Supports task.

Pipelines

Allows you to select only pipelines in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.

Piping Features

Limits the selection of objects to only pipe features. Some examples of features are straight features, such as pipe, and in-line component features, such as valves.

Piping Nozzle

Allows you to select only pipe nozzles in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.

Piping Parts

Allows you to select in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer, only the individual pipe parts that are associated with a feature. For example, a valve feature might have several parts: the valve body and the flanges.

Piping Runs

Allows you to select only pipe runs in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.

Spools

Allows you to select only spools in a graphic view or on the Assembly tab in the Workspace Explorer. You can break pipelines into spools using the Generate Spools command.

Taps

Allows you to select only taps in a graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.

Welds

Allows you to select only welds in the graphic view or in the Workspace Explorer.

All

Allows you to select any object, even objects created in another task.

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Displays the Select Filter Dialog. This dialog displays all the simple filters that are set up to accept object type or system objects as discrimination data. You can then select additional filters to add them to this list. Only the selection of filters is available; all other options are disabled.

Use the Inside fence command to select all objects entirely inside the fence.

Use the Inside/Overlapping fence command to select all objects entirely inside the fence and those objects outside but touching the fence at some point.

Associating Features with a New Run

When you select multiple features and associate them with a new run by selecting <New Pipe Run> from the Run list, the software populates the New Pipe Run Dialog with all the properties belonging to the run associated with the selected features. If the existing run's properties do not match the defaults specified in the system, a dialog displays asking you whether you want to retrieve these properties from the System, the Run, or None.

  • If the initial set of features belongs to more than one run, the software checks if all the selected features belong to the same system. If they do, a dialog displays asking if you want to retrieve the properties from the System or None.

  • If the features belong to different systems, the software displays the following message:

    Selected features do not have common default run properties. Please review the run properties to ensure they meet requirements.

  • If the selected features are not contiguous, the software displays the following message:

    Features being assigned to target run are not contiguous. Do you want to proceed with this operation?

  • This functionality works the same if you select an individual feature.