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Intergraph Smart 3D Piping

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Smart 3D Version
12.1 (2019)
SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10

You can branch in or branch out from an existing header pipe run.

Branch into a header pipe run

  1. Click Route Pipe Command on the vertical toolbar.

  2. Press CTRL+SHIFT to select a point cloud point.

  3. On the Route Pipe Ribbon, make sure that you clear Lock Angle angle command iconto route from point cloud data.

  4. Select an existing header pipe to branch into the header pipe run.

  • Branching components are placed automatically if they are in alignment with the header pipe run.

  • If the pipe is not coincident with the header pipe, the software logs the following error message in Smart 3D log.

    System was unable to compute an intersection point from the point cloud data. Routing will be continued in free space without Point Cloud assistance.

Branch out from a header pipe run

  1. Locate the header pipe run.

  2. Click Route Pipe Command on the vertical toolbar.

  3. Select a point on the header pipe to branch out to open the New Pipe Run Dialog.

  4. Enter the new pipe run properties.

  5. Click OK.

  6. On the Route Pipe Ribbon, make sure that you clear Lock Angle angle command iconto route from point cloud data.

  7. Press CTRL + SHIFT to select a point on the branch pipe run.

    The software displays the corresponding dialogs if the point cloud pipe run diameter and the current pipe run diameter does not match.

  8. If the pipe is not coincident with the header pipe, the software logs the following error message in Smart 3D log: System was unable to compute an intersection point from the point cloud data. Routing will be continued in free space without Point Cloud assistance.

  9. If the diameter of the new pipe run is not equal to the point cloud diameter, the software displays the following message: The current pipe run nominal diameter is not equal to the point cloud pipe run diameter. Do you want to override the current pipe run nominal diameter using the point cloud diameter?

    Click Yes to override the current pipe run diameter with point cloud diameter. Skip to step 9.

    Click No to use the existing diameter of the pipe run. Skip to step 10.

  10. If the diameter of the existing pipe run is not equal to the point cloud diameter, the software displays the following message: The current pipe run nominal diameter is not equal to the point cloud pipe run diameter. Do you want to create a new pipe run using the point cloud diameter?

    Click No to continue routing with initially selected pipe run diameter. Skip to step 10.

    Click Yes to create a new pipe run with user defined diameter. Skip to step 9.

  11. On the New Pipe Run Dialog, modify the diameter of the pipe as necessary.

  12. Click OK.

    The pipe is constrained along the point cloud branch feature.

  13. Select another point cloud point on the same pipe to place a branch feature to that point or next leg to continue routing.

    The branch feature is placed if it is defined in the catalog for the selected angle.

  14. Continue routing.