Pipework
Templates for cutting and fitting pipe: wrap-round templates for branches, mitres and bends, and flange gaskets. A drawing whose industry is Pipework offers these tools in the toolbar and in Edit › Tool.
Tools
| Tool | Does | |
|---|---|---|
| Pipe Saddle | The wrap-round cutting template of a branch pipe meeting a main pipe | |
| Gasket Ring | A flat gasket: typed sizes, or an EN 1092-1 PN16 or ASME B16.5 Class 150 flange size | |
| Hole Pattern | Holes on a bolt circle (PCD), in a row or in a grid, measured from an edge | |
| Mitre Segment | The wrap-round template of a mitred or lobster-back bend's segment | |
| Reducer | A concentric or eccentric reducer developed flat | |
| Part Mark | Numbered part marks on the Etch layer | |
| Weld Preparation | A bevel's line and label on a pipe's or plate's edge to be bevelled for a butt weld | |
| Weld Number | Welds numbered in balloons for a weld map, with their type, size and WPS |
The production tools (Registration Mark, Drill Hole) are offered for every industry.
A wrap-round template is printed at full size, cut out and wrapped round the pipe to mark the cut: a branch's with the Pipe Saddle tool, a mitred or lobster-back bend's segments with the Mitre Segment tool. A reducer's flat pattern, to roll from plate, is drawn with the Reducer tool, and spools can be numbered with the Part Mark tool. Bolt holes for a flange follow its standard sizes with the Gasket Ring tool, or any pitch circle with the Hole Pattern tool.
Designs in the library
File › Run Parametric… has a Pipework folder (see Run Parametric):
| Design | What it is |
|---|---|
| Branch saddle template | A branch cut to sit on a main pipe at 90° |
| Lateral branch template | A branch at an angle to the main |
| Offset branch template | A branch square to the main, its centre offset |
| Branch on a reducer template | A branch sitting on a concentric reducer |
| Branch hole template | The hole to cut in the main for a branch |
| Mitre cut template | The cut of a mitred bend |
| Lobster-back bend segments | The segments of a lobster-back bend |
| Tube to plate at an angle | A tube set on a flat plate at an angle |
| Insulation jacket wrap | The flat sheet of an insulation jacket |
On a 3D page the lobster-back segments are cut from the pipe and put together into the bend (see Wrapping and sweeping); the other templates are rolled round their pipes.
To wrap a template round the pipe, print it full size with File › Export › Export Tiled Print…: on A4 or Letter sheets with overlaps, alignment crosses and a test square, to tape together. See Tiled print.
For the fitter, File › Export › Export… › Wrap-around templates (PDF) prints the same at full size with each template marked for wrapping: the angles round the pipe at its ends and quarter lines, quadrant ticks, centre lines, an overlap strip and its girth. See Wrap-around templates.
Weld map
Number the welds of a spool or isometric with the Weld Number tool (shop welds in circles, field welds in squares), then File › Reports… › Weld map lists them with their joint, type, size and WPS, and columns for the welder, date and inspection; as CSV for a weld log, or a web page to print with the drawing's weld numbers. See Reports.
Machine profiles
Make It (File › Export › Make It, Ctrl+Shift+M, or the Make It button at the top of the window) writes the DXF for the plasma table (Plasma nesting software (DXF)) in one click, beside the drawing, after checking the design: see Make It.
File › Export › Export… lists this trade's formats first. File › Send Using Machine Profile sends the drawing to a machine in one click, with the format, options, layer names and pens it needs; those that come with the app for this trade: Plasma nesting software (DXF), Plasma table (G-code, arc lead-ins). See Export by Industry and Machine Profiles.
See also: Industries and Tool Sets, Tools.