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Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

(OP)
Are there any good books on pipe fitting and how to draw single line iso's?

RE: Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

Better post in 'Auto Desk' 'Auto CAD'or 'Drafting standards... etc. Forums

Best Regards
Qalander(Chem)

RE: Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

visio and a free set of iso stencils is cheapest for electronic.  Otherwise they make iso drafting paper which I use a lot for field notes to welders and inspectors.

RE: Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

For books, check out a couple by IPT. They have one on blueprints (specifically boilers, tanks, piping etc), and another on pipefitting. Both are excellent.

www.iptbooks.com

RE: Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

One rule that you should understand about isometric pipe drawings, do not scale them for dimensions.

RE: Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

"One rule that you should understand about isometric pipe drawings, do not scale them for dimensions."

So that's why nothing fit!

RE: Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

"So that's why nothing fit" is because contractors scale isometric drawings.  Remember some of the lines  are not to true dimensions.  For dimensioning purposes use 2D layouts.

RE: Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

chicopee,

My reply was in jest. I'm sure it's been done, but how does the contractor decide what scale factor to use when they try to scale the isometric drawing? I'd love to hear the contractor trying to explain why things didn't fit.

I'm a piping designer at an oil refinery and 75% of the drawings I create are piping isometrics. From my experience piping is fabricated from the iso's. Sometimes the contractor will take the piping iso's and break them down to simple spool sheets for pipe fitter to fabricate from.  Any 2D layouts or elevation drawings created for the project are used more for layout and general reference.

Lud
 

RE: Isometric pipe drawing and pipe fittings

Tackle a few pipingdesigners first.
It's the cheapest and the best way to do.
BTW, Strange discussion about scaling isos.

Greetings

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