Who is your VAR? Mine is Caddedge and so far I have had
noluck getting any manuals from them. I did take the basic
andadvanced courses from them and have purchased SW Office
Premium,Cosmos Professional and Cosmos Flow so it's not like I
haven'tspent any money and am looking for freebees. They tell
methat SW will not allow VAR's to sell the manuals without
thecourse. Strange since the routing development
managerhas said the manuals are available here in this thread.
Ohwell, I guess I'll keep trying.
Mike, sorry it took so long to reply. Here is the info you
requested
3D Vision
6450 Poe Ave.
Suite 108
Dayton, OH 45414
Phone: 937-558-2279
Fax: 513-745-2709
It's a shame youtube hasn't got any footage of routing. I
learned in one on one interaction with solidworks tech support via
webex. I was working independently in half an hour. Better than my
experience with other CAD support organizations.
that would be good , all intercad have told me is that there
is nomanual and that's
all the help they have given me.
.
I found out independently that there is a course
available butI don't really have time to do this. I didn't think it
would besuch a big deal to get hold of a manual after all I paid an
extra$2500 just for this add in.
Merry,sorry for the slow response
there is a library that comes with it but it is not
verycomprehensive. we have just been sent a tutorial of sorts with
thelatest version of 2008 but I haven't had a chance to look at
ityet
If it's no good then I will follow your advice and buy the
book
Have been busy and not checked the forum for a while.
If you have subscription support and want a Metricated
ANSI/ASMEpiping library, plus the Australian stuff & a bit of
DIN, checkout our website www.quadro-design.com. On the
bottom of thehome page you will find a link to this library on the
SW website -note:
you must already be logged in to your 'CustomerPortal' on
the SolidWorks website for this link towork.
You can also download a pictorial catalogue of what is
included inthis library.
Note on the 'metricated' ANSI/ASME parts - these are exactly
thesame as the imperial stuff, but instead of being called a
6"flange it is called a DN150 flange, plus the dimensions used in
thepart are in metric and not imperial.
This is somewhat un-related, but in looking at a desing your
company has done - the crushing plant - I have a question. Did you
model the structure using weldment functionality or did you model
individual parts and assemble them in an assembly model? Curious to
hear your comments on how you approach that.
Hi,
I am also having problems getting hold of learning materials for
routing.
Thanks for recommending the tutorials on Forefont studio.
But is this page still operating?
I purchased Wes Mosier's Piping & Tubing Design Guide for
SolidWorks Routing item a few days ago and still have not received
any link to the PDF materials?
Are there any other learning materials for piping out there?
There is definitely a book. The link above is to contents for the
routing class book.
As a reseller I can tell you that you can MOST DEFINITELY buy the
book without taking the class. If your reseller tells you
otherwise, they are wrong and are simply trying to get you into the
class.
Now with that said, I would HIGHLY recommend the class. The book
will not do much for you without an experienced instructor helping
you out.
Just a question. I went to the link and read the contents of the
course. Chapters 1-8 seem totally devoted to electrical. Chapter 9
is tubing, which I think is flexible, only chapter 10 talks about
piping routes.
Would it be fair to say that SW routing is really only intended for
electrical and flexible routes? Not trying to start a war, but
there is no auto route in pipes
. When is this going to be fixed?
Stuart,
What do you wanna know?
I was trying to find people who use SW piping routing. Since SW
drastically changed procedure on piping design this year. Thought
to find people who use it.
Found two companies so far.
Electrical, electrical, electrical routing everywhere. We are like
dinosaurs. Rare species.
Lana, I work in the dairy industry where everything is
stainless steel pipes. I have been using inventor 11 where the
piping module, by comparison, is very easy to use. I have used SW
2007 and am now using SW 2006(DOH!). There seems to be, in 06-07 at
least, a total lack of thought or consideration about the piping
side of things.
Can you tell me in SW 2008, can you auto route pipes?
Do you still have to drop a flange to start a run, or can you start
from any round protusion, like in INV?
Can you tell me what has changed on the piping side of things in
2008.
Thanks
Stu
Edit, I have just found out that that my new company has a support
agreement with SW, so I will be getting 2008 next week. Hopefully
(please, please) there are some significant improvements to the
piping module, that will make my job a whole lot easier.
Stu
I never used inventor. Have no idea what is auto route. In SW 2008
is no change in piping routing procedure itself. Sorry for bad
news.
I would not suggest going to 2008. Stay in 2007. There is an issue
in 2008. SW blocked ability to mate to any route component. We use
SW2008. BUT. It complicates our task. We would gladly go back to
2007.
Why you don't like flanges? Personal aversion?
You need flange or part with C- and R-point in order to start the
route. Because the fitting you start with will define
pipe and elbow size - route properties.
We made a Start Part - disk with C- and R-points to start the route
with. Use it when flange is not required. Hide in the drawing and
BOM.
Actually Sw does have Auto route. You have to activate it
through the electrical routing module. Makes sense. It doesn't
actually work very well.
I've used Inventor, SW as well as Solidedge and I gotta tell you
that Solid Edge is far beyond the others. It has a great routing
module.
Stuart I know where your coming from since I used to work in high
purity piping for the semi conductor industry. Also all stainless.
Now in natural gas and mostly carbon steel piping.
Lana, I'd say between you, me and Stuart we would have a lot of
info we could share.
Our piping stainless, carbon steel, alloys (A20, Hastelloy
C), any type of plastic (FRP, PVC, CPVC, Polypropylene, PVDF),
cast&forged steel - ductile iron with any possible lining.
Above all we need to use mix of the materials in one route
sometimes.
. When is this going to be fixed?
There is a manual and tutorial available. Please contact your supplier. They will be able to get it for you.
Development Manager - Routed systems.