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SW Routing - Tubing, can I get a P&ID from it?

SW Routing - Tubing, can I get a P&ID from it?

SW Routing - Tubing, can I get a P&ID from it?

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I was watching a vid online showing some electrical routing in SW and at 1:00 in to the video, he saves his file and selects "Flatten Route" where he can then make a diagram of the electrical ribbon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtHGGdanZ-Q&feature=related

I am making a route with tubing, but I cannot select the "Flatten Route" since that option is in the electrical route tab.
Is there some way that I can make my P&ID without having to do it from scratch in AutoCAD?

Devon Murray, EIT [Mechanical]
Solidworks 2011 SP 2.0

RE: SW Routing - Tubing, can I get a P&ID from it?

No.

-Joe
SolidWorks 2009 x64 SP 5.1 on Windows XP x64
8 GB RAM  -  Nvidia Quadro FX1700

RE: SW Routing - Tubing, can I get a P&ID from it?

I have had the same desire for quite some time now.  Sadly there is no way to get the plant layout (P&ID) from SolidWorks.  Ideally it would work the other way around as well.  I should be able to create a P&ID, import it into SW, then have the software auto-populate an assembly with appropriate vessels and equipment from my library.

The real problem is that (although we tend to push SW far beyond what it was originally intended for - machine design) SW just is not a good plant layout tool.  There are other pieces of software out there that can link the P&ID to a 3D layout, but you're starting to talk about spending real money there.

Dan

www.eltronresearch.com
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RE: SW Routing - Tubing, can I get a P&ID from it?

I use Visio for my P&IDs.  I haven't found an 'easy' button yet in SolidWorks.

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