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To Cut a Pipe at a Specified Location Using Placement
1. Click Cut. The Cut Pipe dialog box opens.
2. Under Piece Cutting Options, select .
3. Select the pipe segment to insert a cut. By default, the selected location is the placement location of the cut. The pipeline label is displayed under Select Pipe Segment as read-only information.
4. The distance of the selected location on the pipe segment displays in the thumb wheel input panel. Select the following Cut Placement Options:
—Use the thumb wheel to reposition the cut location along the pipe segment or enter an explicit distance directly in the input panel.
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By default, the reference location is from the start end of the pipe segment. Click to flip the location with reference to the end of the pipe segment. It changes to to indicate the change in the reference location.
—Specify a distance ratio from the upstream end of the specified pipe segment.
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By default, the reference location is from the start end of the pipe segment. Click to flip the location with reference to the end of the pipe segment. changes to to indicate the change in the reference location.
5. To insert a joint fitting at the cut, under Miscellaneous Options, select Joint Fitting and specify the joint fitting name.
The Bolt Nut Code box displays a default bolt nut code assigned to that fitting. You can change this code by selecting from the list.
6. If you want to assign a weld attribute to this cut, under Weld Type, select from the following weld type options: Shop, and Field.
7. Do one of the following:
Click OK to insert a cut at the defined location, generate the specified weld attribute, and close the Cut Pipe dialog box.
Click Apply to insert a cut at the defined location, generate the specified weld attribute, and then continue inserting cuts with the Cut Pipe dialog box.
Click Cancel to exit the dialog box.
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You can control the display format of the linear dimension and the incremental step value for the thumb wheel movement using the piping_thumb_wheel_increment configuration option.