Post on 13-Oct-2015
description
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
1
Lesson One Getting Started
Some topics covered in this lesson: You will . . .
Set up the screen for first time use Save your Workspace Learn to place components Learn dimensioning procedures Set up and use the Bill of Materials Learn how to annotate components Learn how to set up Line Numbering Learn how to use the graphic labels in the system See that techniques you learn here will be useful when simple quick drawings
are needed
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
2
This lesson is the text portion of the video called Lesson One. This lesson covers all that you will see in the video, step-by-step. It is a written roadmap you can use to work your way through the exercise. I recommend you play the video for a while and watch the first part of it. Then pause it and do the step-by-step instructions in this lesson. You can then go back to the video and repeat the process. If you need to look at something more than once, you can always replay the video through that section. Thats the great thing about having a video to replay: you can clear up any part of the lessons that you may have questions about, and you wont have any aspect of this course that you wont understand. So start the first video, and after a few minutes pause it. Then do the steps that follow. Good luck and congratulations! Youre on your way to Mastering CADWorx Plant Professional Software!
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
3
Starting up a
drawing in CADWorx
In this system you
always use a template
You can bring your
border in at any time Using a template
sets Units and other AutoCAD variables
Click the video buttons shown (Piping, Lesson One, Video One). The Video One gets you started and introduces the screen setup.
When youve finished viewing Video One, click the Video
Two button. It will get you started setting up your drawing.
Start CADWorx Plant Pro by double clicking on the CADWorx icon. 1. Click on the Use a Template button
2. Click on the Metric.dwg and click OK.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
4
You always set the
size and spec
Initial Settings
When you start to work with CADWorx, everything is drawn to scale. So you have to set the system for a certain size (pipe diameter) and specification. 3. Click Plant 4. Click Setup
5. Click Size 6. Set the Main Size to 4. 7. Set the Reduced Size to 6 (seems backwards but thats
what we want to do here).
8. Click OK to exit the size settings, and 9. Click Specification 10. Set the Specification to 150_M.spc
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
5
Selecting the Spec
11. Set the Drawing Mode to 3D Solids.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
6
Selecting the Scale Inserting a Border
12. Click the Scale Button 13. Set the Scale to be 1:20, and click OK to exit that dialog box. 14. Click the Border Button. 15. Click Predefined. 16. Click the 594x420 (Iso-A2) Border, and click OK.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
7
Clicking the User
Name/Date/Time stamp box
Opening the
CADWorx Specview tool palette
17. Click the box for the User Name/Date/Time stamp and click
OK. 18. Click OK to exit the dialog box. 19. Type: Specview
You will see the information contained in the 150_M spec appear in the left area of the screen. This is the Specview tool palette, and it is where youll go to select items to insert into the drawing (shown in AutoCAD 2009 version).
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
8
Saving your screen
setup using the Workspace command
Saving the Drawing
If youre In AutoCAD 2009, set the Workspace first to 3D
Modeling. Then (all AutoCAD versions) save your Workspace as CADWorx Specview. (If you dont have a Workspace toolbar open, right click on any AutoCAD button, and click on Workspace).
20. Click the Save Current As 21. and name it CADWorx Specview
This will save all your screen settings and you can always restore them at a later time if needed.
Now, lets save the drawing and get started. 22. Click Save As. 23. Path to the C:\CADWorx Video Training\Lessons folder. 24. Enter the drawing name: 25. Lesson_One
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
9
Placing a Flange Viewing the flanges
data
Placing Components 26. Click the Weld Neck Flange button. 27. Right click and click Face end. 28. Click a point to place the face of the flange in the upper
right area of your drawing. 29. Drag the mouse to the right, and click (to indicate the
direction you want to flange to be placed. 30. Zoom as needed to see the flange. 31. Double click on the Flange to see the data associated with
it (this is data coming from the spec). .
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
10
Placing a Reducer Adding Pipe Important!
Guaranteeing
good connectivity between components
32. Click on the Reducer, Eccentric button. 33. Right click on the mouse and click Small End. 34. Press and drag the mouse to the right and click. 35. The Reducer will connect automatically to the back of the
flange. 36. Type U (for flat side up orientation of the
Reducer). 37. Click the Pipe button.
38. Press on the keyboard (the pipe will connect
automatically to the reducer). Note: Always press to connect one component to
the previous one. This will save a lot of trouble for you in the future, because it will help prevent connection errors between components. (A great example of this is when you connect to a gasket its easy to miss!)
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
11
Placing pipe Placing a Flange,
Gasket, and Gate Valve
39. Drag the mouse to the right (to indicate the direction) and
Type: 336 (all lengths expressed in mm unless otherwise noted).
Note: Were entering a length of 336 for this exercise.
Later you will learn about router lines and see how to draw pipe segments in a different manner.
40. Click the Weld Neck Flange button. 41. Press on the keyboard (to connect automatically),
drag to the right and Click. Notice, the system placed a Gasket automatically. 42. Click on the Gate Valve button. 43. Press on the keyboard to connect automatically,
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
12
Continuing to place
components Placing a Tee
44. Drag the mouse to the right and click. 45. Click the direction for the valve top works as shown in
the video if you are running CADWorx 2009. Note: If you are not running CADWorx 2009 you will
not be prompted for the valve top works. Youll add it in during a later section of the lesson.
Note: The size and shape of the valve top works will be
changed in a later lesson to a standard size. 46. Click on the Weld Neck Flange button. 47. Press on the keyboard to connect automatically 48. Drag the mouse to the right and click. 49. Click on the Tee button.
Note: Click on the Tee button, not the Reducing Tee
button! 50. Press on the keyboard to connect
automatically.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
13
Placing pipe of
specific lengths
51. Drag the mouse to the right and click (for the run
direction). 52. Then drag the mouse straight down (for the branch
direction) and click.
Click on the Pipe button.
53. Press on the mouse, then drag to the right and 54. Type: 1800 55. Click Pipe and click on the bottom of the Tee. Drag
straight down and 56. Type: 2128 .
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
14
Placing an Elbow You can Copy
components in CADWorx using normal AutoCAD commands
57. Place an Elbow at the bottom of the last pipe segment. 58. Click the Elbow button. 59. Press on the keyboard, to connect automatically. 60. Drag down with the mouse and click (to indicate the elbow
corner direction). 61. Drag to the left and click (to indicate the direction of the
end of the elbow). 62. Copy down the Flange, Gate Valve, and Flange, as shown
in the video.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
15
Copying groups of
components
63. Click Pipe. 64. Click on the end of the flange (be sure to use Osnap). 65. Drag the mouse to the left, 66. And Type: 250 . 67. Copy down the Reducer and Flange as shown. 68. Save the drawing intermittently.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
16
Finishing up placing
the components Saving the file Adding Nozzles
69. Working in a similar fashion as you have been doing, add the remaining pipe segments and fittings. 70. Use the measurements shown in the figure, when you type in
the values for the lengths of the pipe segments.
71. Save your drawing when completed to this point. Adding Nozzles 72. Click on the Long Weldneck tool button. 73. Right click on the mouse, click Length, and type 200
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
17
Adding Gaskets and
Nozzles Viewing the Nozzle
data
74. Zoom in around one of the six inch flanges on the right,
and using the OSNAP Endpt, click on the Gasket, then drag to the right and Click.
75. Double click on the Long Weldneck you just placed, and
notice the information contained in this dialog box. a. The Long annotation area shows how the item will be
listed in the Bill of Materials List. b. The Tag is a field that can contain connection info (Nozzle 1 of Pump 123) or, in the case of a valve, a valve tag. All components carry weight. c. The Length field is fixed, it cannot be edited.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
18
Setting the nozzle to
be an Existing components
Adding the 4
Gaskets and Nozzles
76. Click on the Existing check box, and set the nozzle to
existing. This will make it an item that will be shown on an iso, but not called out in a material list. (Its like the nozzle exists on a vessel in the area, and we just want to connect to it).
77. Click OK when done, and notice how the flange has
changed. 78. Repeat these steps and place a nozzle (Long Weldneck)
on the other 6 flange. 79. Near the top of the screen, in the CADWorx tool pallet: 80. Set the Main Size to 4 (dont worry about the Reduction
size, it doesnt matter for this step). 81. Click on the Gasket button. 82. Click on the left edge of one of the 4 flanges, drag the
mouse to the left, and click (place a gasket on the face of one of the 4 flanges).
83. Click on the Long Weld Neck flange button.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
19
Setting the Nozzle to
8 in length, and making it existing, which means it will come out in the Isometric drawing, but not in the Material List
Viewing a proper
Gasket
84. Right click on the mouse and click Length. 85. Type: 200 (to set the length to 200mm). 86. Press again on the keyboard to connect
automatically to the gasket. 87. Drag the mouse to the left and Click. 88. The Long Weld Neck flange (the Nozzle) will be placed
correctly. 89. Double click on the nozzle and set it to Existing. 90. Notice theres a space between the Nozzle and the flange
it connects to. The Gasket creates the space between them. This is how it should look.
91. Repeat for the other 4 flange, or copy the gasket and
nozzle up to it. Your drawing should look as shown at this point.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
20
Adding Bolts to the
drawing Viewing the Bolt
Data
Adding Bolts 92. Type: Autobolt 93. Window the drawing and press 94. Bolts will be placed in the drawing (the system puts bolts
for each Gasket). 95. Double click on one of the Bs laying on a Gasket (the
Bs are for Bolts). You can see what the system has put in for bolt information.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
21
Setting the system to
show Threaded Components
Placing a Thredolet
Adding Olets (Drains) 96. Turn on the OSNAP, OTRACK, and POLAR buttons
at the bottom of the screen. 97. Click the Main Size area in the tool pallet. 98. Set the main size to 6, and the reduction size to . 99. Zoom into the upper left area of the piping. 100. Click the Settings tab on the Specview tool pallet. 101. Click the Show Threaded checkbox. 102. Click Thredolet
103. Move the cursor right over the point where the pipe and the reducer meet, but dont click just hover the crosshairs right over that intersection point.
104. The OSNAP will acquire the point. A Drag slightly to the right (youll see the tool tip box
appear). Note: OSNAP Nearest can interfere with Tracking.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
22
Placing a Pipe
Nipple Setting the End
Conditions of the Pipe Nipple
105. Type: 125 106. Drag the mouse toward the bottom of the drawing (in the Y direction) and click. 107. The OLET (Thredolet) will appear, and be oriented toward the bottom of the screen. 108. Pick the Nipple button. 109. Right click and Type: 100 110. Press (to connect to the OLet, the last component drawn). 111. Drag the mouse toward the lower part of the drawing and click. 112. Press (to set the ends of the nipple to threaded, threaded). 113. Double click on the Nipple. In the dialog box, youll see TBE (for threaded both
ends).
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
23
Placing a threaded
Gate Valve
114. Click OK, to exit the component edit dialog box. 115. Click the threaded Gate Valve button. 116. Press (to connect to the last component). 117. Drag the mouse down and click. 118. In a similar fashion place another olet, nipple, and gate
valve on the pipe segment at the lower right area of the drawing.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
24
Placing the other
branch
Put it 100 from the end of the flange.
See illustration which follows. Your drawing will now look as shown.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
25
Running a
Continuity Check Continuity Checks
should be run on each line as a standard procedure
This insures that you
will produce correctly drawn piping models and drawings
Running a Continuity Check
At this point it would be good practice to run a continuity check. This insures that the components youve placed in the drawing are connected correctly.
To run this check: 119. Click Plant 120. Click Utility 121. Click Continuity 122. Window the drawings and press 123. Type: 300 (to have the system show the ends of the pipe runs and branches with a 300 diameter circle). 124. Press (for the 0.0010 precision). Your drawing should look as shown.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
26
Extra circles that
occur during the middle of a piping run, instead of at the ends, indicate errors
All continuity errors
must be fixed before proceeding with the drawing
A failure to fix
continuity errors will cause problems in generating isometrics, and possibly give errors in material lists
Your drawing should look like the previous figure. The circles indicate that a piping run has started and stopped. They also will appear at the start points and end points of any branches (like the thredolets). If you have additional circles appearing in the middle of the runs, this indicates an incorrect gap or an overlap between components. This can be caused by not pressing , as you connect one component to the next, or not having a good OSNAP connection between components. These errors must be corrected before continuing on, since they will cause problems with the isometric drawing you will be generating soon. If you get extra circles, zoom into the area and take a close look. Click on the circles and light up their grips. You will either see gaps between centerlines, places where gaskets are placed incorrectly (not positioned right between flanges, but actually partly inside one of the flanges), or overlapping centerlines. All of these errors will cause an extra circle to appear in a pipe run where it is not expected. Here are some examples
Overlapping centerlines Centerlines with gaps Valve not placed correctly against gasket
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
27
Starting the Line
Number Setup command
Line Numbering 125. Click the Line Number Setup Tool Button.
This brings up the Line Numbering System Dialog
Box.
By default, the system uses Size-Spec as its line
number. Youll change that now, to a different line number
format. Your line number will be Size-Service-Count-Spec.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
28
Setting up the Line
Numbering sequence
Setting up the Line sequence. 126. Click the down arrow under Category. 127. Click on Service, and click Add.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
29
Adding the other
categories that make up the line number
The category Service appears in the list. 128. Click the down arrow under category again (as shown
previously) and click Count. Then click Add. 129. The Count is now added as part of the line number. 130. Click in the area under Separator, and type in a dash
(hyphen). 131. Click Add. 132. Click Add again (two dashes are added to the line
number list). Now, youll arrange the line number to be Size-Service-Count-Spec.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
30
Adjusting the line
number categories Setting the values
for the fields in the line number
133. Click on the word Service, to highlight it. Click on the
Move Up button to move it up in the list, below Size. 134. Click on the word Count, and move it up to be below
Service. 135. Click one of the dashes in the list, to highlight it, and
move it up between Service and Count (use the illustration, or the video to see whats being described).
136. Continue to Move up the dashes, and the Size/Service/Spec categories as needed to set up a line number list as shown.
137. Click OK when done, and Save the drawing at this point.
138. Click on the Line Number Setup tool button again to open the dialog box.
139. Click Service, and in the Default value area, highlight the word Service and type in LH .
140. Click Count, and change it to 1000. 141. Click OK to exit this dialog box.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
31
Embedding line
numbers in all the components
Verifying the line
number has been updated
Updating the Line Number in the Components 142. Type: Nba (for Line Number Assign) Note: A list of CADWorx commands that you can type in
can be found by clicking Tools (pull down menu), Customize, Edit Program Parameters. The file will open in Notepad, and you can see all the commands that can be typed in. The CADWorx commands are toward the bottom of the file.
143. Select everything in the drawing, and press . 144. Type: A (for All). This will assign the new
line number to all of the components. To verify: 145. Double click one off the Gate Valves in the drawing. Youll get a dialog box showing the new line number
assigned to the valve. Click OK to exit this dialog box.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
32
Moving the drawing
over in the border area
Selecting the
Automatic Dimensioning option
Annotation (Dimensions, Bill of Materials, Line Number labels, etc.) - Paper Space or Model Space?
You can dimension the drawing and add labels to it either in Model Space or Paper Space, depending upon your preferences and also the job requirements. When you do 3D Modeling, you will typically use Paper Space for these tasks, since it lends itself so well to working in 3D. In this example, you will place the dimensions and annotation in Model Space, and later you will be shown both methods.
146. Move your drawing down into the Border as shown. (Leaving room on the right for a Bill of Materials). 147. Click Plant 148. Click Dimension 149. Click Automatic
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
33
Placing
dimensioning automatically
150. Right click on the mouse and type: 675
(This sets the dimension lines 675mm away, to scale, from the objects.
151. Click a point, as shown, in the center of your pipe drawing. 152. The dimensions will appear.
153. Erase the two dimensions/lines on the left edge of the
sheet, then using grips, move the two overall dimensions out to the ends as shown.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
34
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
35
Running a Bill of
Materials
Running a Bill of Materials Note: This exercise will use the default BOM in
CADWorx. For setting up different BOM layouts, or exporting the BOM out to a spreadsheet or database, please see the video with that section on it.
154. Click Plant 155. Click Bill of Material 156. Click Tag 157. Click Toggle (this turns off the piece mark bubbles).
Running the Bill of Materials 158. Click Plant 159. Click Bill of Material 160. Click Run 161. Click Cut 162. Press (to select objects) 163. Window the drawing and press .
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
36
Viewing the Bill of
Materials
164. Click a point in the upper right corner of your border. 165. The Bill of Materials will appear.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
37
Placing some
Graphic Labels
166. At this point the drawing is almost completed. 167. Click Plant, then click Graphics. 168. Click Plan
169. A dialog appears with Head highlighted. 170. Click OK
171. Click a point on your drawing under the piping
drawing to place this Plan label. 172. Drag the mouse to the right and click (for
orientation), or you could also Type: 0 , to orient the label at 0 degrees. Either way is fine.
173. Type 1:20 , and the label will appear. 174. Save the drawing at this point.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
38
Placing some
Graphic Labels Annotating (labeling
a Line Number)
Line Number Annotation 175. Next youll add some Line Number and Component
Annotation. To bring up the Line Number tool bar: 176. Click Plant 177. Click Tool bars 178. Click Line Numbers 179. Dock the Line Numbers tool bar at the top of your
screen. 180. Click the third tool button over, for Line Number
Annotate.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
39
Placing the line
number label Placing a line
number label in vertical
181. Click the pipe segment in the top center area of the
drawing. 182. Click a point to place the text. 183. Drag the mouse to the right and click, or 184. Type: 0 . 185. The Line Number annotation will appear. 186. Place another Line Number label on the vertical segment,
on the left. To tell the text to go up and down, you will need to type 90, for the rotation angle, or drag the mouse up toward the top of the screen and click. You can see this in the video.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
40
Annotating
components The annotation text
height matches the dimension text height.
If you want to make
it smaller, you will have to change the dimension text height (in Format, Dimension Style)
You can also
annotate the components without using the Leader option, and draw your own Leader later. This will give you smaller text as well
Component Annotation Next youll label a couple of the fittings. 187. Click Plant 188. Click Text 189. Click Annotate 190. Click Component 191. Press (for Short Annotation). 192. Click the 6x4 reducer in the top left area of the drawing. 193. Right click on the mouse and 194. Click Leader 195. Click a point where you want the text to start. 196. Use the Grip on the text to drag it into position like you want
it to look (see the video for how this works). 197. You can also use a Grip to move the arrowhead of the Leader
where you want it to point (on the edge of the reducer).
198. Repeat for the 6x3/4 Thredolet at the bottom left of the
drawing.
CADWorx Video Training Series Lesson One - Getting Started
Written by Anthony W. Horn 2011 CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA
41
Congratulations! This concludes the first lesson. You are well on your way to mastering CADWorx Plant Pro software!