Editing a Pipeline

Edit pipeline is a function designed for changing properties of generated pipelines.

It means that you change pipe specification (e.g. threaded fittings to flanged) or just its parameters (diameter, pressure, etc.).

The function replaces already placed fittings and adds those from the new pipe specification, which can be placed automatically.

Edit pipeline can also change manually placed fittings if there are equivalents of them in the new pipe specification.

By default, fittings (or component groups respectively) placed on the pipeline which are not defined in the new pipe specification (and the respective key name does not have set the Add by edit attribute in the common settings of Pipe Specification Editor) are not removed by Edit pipeline.

If there is a manually placed fitting then Piping recognizes its Key Name (in PipeSpec) by its filename in Edit. If there are multiple fittings with the same name but different Key Name recognized, then a Select dialogue appears.

If you want to delete such fittings you have to check Delete components which are not included in the new pipe spec in the Edit Pipeline dialog (appears after launching Edit pipeline).

If you want the pipes to be divided (straight and bent pipes separately) after editing a pipeline, you have to check Divided in the same dialog. This is related only to angles different from the standard ones (174,375; 168,75; 165; 157,5; 150; 135; 120; 105; 93; 90 or 87 degree), for cases when the appropriate bend fitting is not defined in the selected pipe specification or when Do not place bends from pipe spec automatically is active within the pipe specification.

Use favorites skips the prospective dialog for selecting non-unique fittings and uses favorites automatically.

When a pipeline is generated with this option active, the option will be set as default while editing the pipeline next time.

No flanges on connected ends makes Piping to not place a flange automatically (if available for the respective pipe specification and parameters) on the pipeline path ends connected to some 3D geometry.

If the same pipe specification as the current one is used for editing pipeline then the edit process will synchronize the pipeline with the current state of the pipe specifications (e.g. after changes in the pipe specification content)

The units are recognized by location of fittings and their coordinate systems. This allows detection of more complicated groups of components.

How to edit a pipeline

1. Select one or more pipeline paths you want to edit and select Edit pipeline .  Pipeline path(s) can be selected by clicking an item in Smap3D Piping. Selected items and pipeline paths are highlighted in the SOLIDWORKS Graphics area. And 3D lines selected in SOLIDWORKS Graphic area are highlighted in Piping tree view.
   
2. In the appearing dialog, select the required pipe specification (and optionally check the desired additional option/s) and select OK.
   The current pipe specification is pre-selected. Use Reset selection to select another one.
   
3. Smap3D Piping will then modify the selected pipeline automatically.

   If there are non-unique fittings in selected pipe specification the dialog to select them appears. This dialog appears also in situation when non-unique fittings have been used on the pipeline which is edited. In this case the user is asked to set the fitting corresponding with the original one.

Insulations generated between selected start and end segment are deleted during the editing process.