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Intergraph Smart Isometrics Help

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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10
I-Configure Version
6.0(2016)
Isogen Version
13.0(2016)
Smart Isometrics Version
2019 R1 (7.1)
Spoolgen Version
2019 R1 (9.1)

The following tasks are frequently used when working with point cloud data.

Set up a data set and define settings

Each client computer on which Smart Isometrics is installed, must be set up to access point cloud data on the local computer or on a remote server. Also, to make a point cloud database available for use in Smart Isometrics, you must add it to the list of databases on the computer where it is stored. For more information, see Set up access to a point cloud data set in the Smart Isometrics Installation Guide. You can access this document using the Help > Printable Guides command in the software. After the local computer is set up, you can define settings that control how the point cloud is loaded and displayed in the software. Adjusting the settings can also help improve performance.

Define point cloud settings

Connect to a data set and locate the required objects

Select which of the available point clouds you want to use. Then, use the commands on the View and 3D View toolbars, along with the Seek and Define Working Region commands on the Point Cloud toolbar, to navigate the point cloud and isolate the part of the data set that contains the section of pipeline that you want to model. This involves cropping the point cloud to reduce the volume of data so that you can focus on a specific part of the point cloud.

Connect to a point cloud data set
Locate objects in the point cloud

Compute the pipe centerline

The first step in building an as-built isometric for the selected pipeline is to fit cylinders to the selected piping in the point cloud. This is done by placing a single point on the surface of each pipe in the configuration. With each user-specified point, the software searches for associated points in the same region and uses this data to calculate measurements.

Fit the pipe

Create a referenced pipe sketch

Use the standard routing and component placement commands and tools in Smart Isometrics to create the basic pipe sketch and flesh out any fittings that exist in the point cloud data set.

Sketch the piping configuration.

Define the pipeline

Use drag and drop or copy and paste to transfer coordinate data and dimensions from the point cloud to the Smart Isometrics model to completely define the pipeline.

Transfer measurement points
Transfer a length to a section of pipe
Transfer a length to a dimension
Define measurements with two points
Measure to a point off the centerline

Generate drawings

After all of the pipeline and component dimensions are fully defined, use the Generate Drawings command to run the referenced piping sketch through Isogen and create a high-quality, standard drawing deliverable.

Isometric Drawing Generation