Inserting Trimmed Elbows
You can insert trimmed elbows after converting elbows to the required trimmed elbows.
Using the Insert Fitting functionality in Spec-driven Piping mode, you can:
• Specify a selection name during fitting insertion and insert a trimmed elbow at the specified vertex location.
• Insert a trimmed elbow based on the automatically determined selection name of the nearest standard elbow fitting (for example, an elbow fitting with an angle closest to the vertex angle).
• Insert trimmed elbows at all vertices of a pipeline by automatically determining the appropriate elbow fitting selection names based on the vertex angle of the various vertices.
To Convert Elbows to Trimmed Elbows
You must convert elbows to trimmed elbows before you can insert trimmed elbows.
1. Copy the original elbow part to <original elbow part name>_TRIM.PRT.
2. Change the angle dimension symbol from ANGLE to TRIMMED_ANGLE.
3. For each instance in the generic, that is, for each size, create instances of different angles. For example, you can create instances using an incremental value of 1.
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 Nested instances must not be used. |
4. Ensure that the ports align properly with the inlet and outlet of the elbow in the trimmed instances so that the fittings can be inserted.
To Insert a Trimmed Elbow
You can insert a trimmed elbow by specifying the Selection Name or by selecting the nearest standard elbow.
2. Click
Insert Fitting. The
Insert Fitting dialog box opens.
3. Select a pipe segment. The selection location must be close to the vertex where you want to insert the elbow.
4. Click
.
5. Do one of the following:
Click Trim select a name from the Selection name list.
6. Click OK to insert the trimmed elbow and close the dialog box.
or
Click Apply or middle click to insert the trimmed elbow and insert additional fittings.
To Insert Trimmed Elbows at all Corners
You can automatically insert trimmed elbows at all vertices of a specified pipeline without specifying a fitting selection name use the following procedure:
2. Click
Insert Fitting. The
Insert Fitting dialog box opens.
3. Select a pipeline by selecting one of its segments. The label of the selected pipeline appears as read-only in the box.
4. Click
.
5. Click Trim and At all corners.
| Do not select the Selection name option because you want the fitting selection names to be determined automatically. |
6. Click the Nearest std. elbow check box. If you do not select this option you are prompted with an option list of valid elbows for trimming at every vertex where a trimmed elbow will be inserted.
7. Click OK to insert the trimmed elbow and close the dialog box.
or
Click Apply or middle-click to insert the trimmed elbow and keep the Insert Fitting dialog box open.