Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
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Hi,
Could anybody please indicate to me:
1. where to download a freeware for drawing piping isometrics?
2. where can find free courses/tips on how to prepare a piping isometric drawing?
Thanks a lot for your help
Could anybody please indicate to me:
1. where to download a freeware for drawing piping isometrics?
2. where can find free courses/tips on how to prepare a piping isometric drawing?
Thanks a lot for your help





RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
Geoffrey D Stone FIMechE C.Eng;FIEAust CP Eng
www.waterhammer.bigblog.com.au
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
Is Geoffrey D Stone my favorite university lecturer from UWA???
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
BigInch
-born in the trenches.
http://virtualpipeline.spaces.msn.com
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
I will use a pencil ans hand sketch.
What are the rules to make an isometric? This is the first time I am trying to the so.
Thanks again
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
I will use a pencil ans hand sketch.
What are the rules to make an isometric? This is the first time I am trying to do so.
Thanks again
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
http://www.techdrawingtools.com/12/l1201.htm
though it is based on a software package, it does give some basics. Best is to get some examples and some blank isometric paper. I am sure there are plenty of books available on the subject.
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
1. Draw your coordinate system (XYZ) and stay with it.
2. If you are not drawing to a standard scale (1/8, 1/16) then dimension everything, or label it and have a size table attached.
3. Know what the takeoffs are for fittings, ie. 2" sch 40 CS BW 90 takes off 2.75". You should be able to find a pipefitters guide that will give you these. In the case that you cannot find this, make you dimensions from center to center of the fittings, the workers will figure it out.
4. If your pipe is going to 2 directions, ie 2' X+ by 3' Y-, then draw the triangles on there showing the piping leaving the traditional XYZ planes.
5. If your are makign multiple drawings, and they combine together in the field, mark the ends of the pipes on the drawings, they will then transfer this marking in the shop to the pipe and it makes the erection go a lot smoother.
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http://www.pdfpad.com/graphpaper/
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RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
Do you have AutoCAD and are just in need of some blocks? If so post this in the AutoDesk/AutoCad forum.
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
The type of ISOs I am trying to draw are for process piping.
Zapster wrote that no scale is necessary for ISOs but how to make a regular drawing between all piping parts (pipe, fittings,...)?
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
Isometrics are are generally not drawn to scale, but dimentioned adequatly to extract necessary information for shop drawing or construction. All fittings are shown schematically and dimentioned.
Use can use autocad easily if you have.
I must add that you need good understanding of the art of piping to make a good isometrics manually.
Good luck
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
RE: Piping isometric drawings (Urgent)
Smartsketch is the core drafting programme for smartplant P&ID, etc. However, I would avoid the latter by a country mile unless you have an extremely large budget (time AND money), are a glutton for punishment and are forced to use it by others. Bolt-ons like smartplant P&ID make an extremely good, simple and productive tool into something extremely complicated and very cumbersome requiring a dedicated team of experienced operators - as different to Smartsketch as you could possibly be. I suspect most folk would not buy these "enhanced" tools if they really understook what could be done using the basic Smartsketch.
(A cynic might suggest that this is part of a cunning marketing plan).
The only problem with the basic Smartsketch CAD programme is its stupid and very misleading name!