Generating Insulations

Insulations can be generated on generated pipelines.

The necessary condition is that the used pipe specification must support insulations.

It can be set in the Insulations section of Pipe Specification Editor.

This is also where the insulation parameters - Outer diameter, Wall thickness, Bend radius and Color - can be set.

In the Overlay column of the Content section of Pipe Specification Editor it is possible to select the components which should be overlaid with insulation.

How to generate insulations

Select one or more pipeline paths, where a pipeline is generated and where you want to generate insulation, and launch the Generate insulation .  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.

The selected pipeline must be generated using a pipe specification which supports insulations.

In the appearing dialog, select the required insulation type, set eventual parameters (check the details below), and select Generate.

• The first possibility is to create an insulation Along the whole pipeline.
  In this case the insulation will be generated from one end of the pipeline to the other (on insulation segments).
  Of course only the defined fittings (done in pipe specification) and all pipes will be overlaid with insulation.
  Insulations which are generated with this option will be updated by Recalculate pipeline , Refresh and Refresh all  if some changes in an existing pipeline are made.

• Select Between selected start and end segment to select the range of the generated insulation.
  Except for the start and end segments, it is also possible to set cutaways on both ends of the generated section.
  Insulations which are generated with this option will not be updated by Recalculate pipeline , Refresh and Refresh all .
  Mentioned insulations are deleted with use of Edit pipeline .
  To get the correct result for an insulation like this, it is necessary to delete the existing insulation and generate a new one with the same option.

We recommend going through this process only when no further changes on the selected pipeline are necessary.

If an insulation is generated between segments it is possible to launch Generate insulation repeatedly over such a pipeline.

In case the insulation is not defined unambiguously within the respective pipe specification, the Insulation dialog will appear prompting you to select the required insulation parameters.