Exercise 4: Piping Documentation

Objectives

After successfully completing this exercise, you will know how to:

Scenario


You create a piping assembly drawing and configure drawing views of the piping assembly and the leg-2 pipeline assembly. You also create bill of materials and stock material tables.

Task 1. Open the LEG-2.ASM.

  1. Start Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire if necessary.
  2. If Pro/ENGINEER is already running ensure all windows are closed, and all items from the previous exercise are erased from memory.
  3. In the Folder Browser, browse to the following folder: c:\users\piping_wf2_tutorial\exercise4.
  4. Right-click on the exercise4 folder and select Set Working Directory.
  5. In the menu bar at the top of the graphics window, click Tools > Options from the drop-down menu.
  6. Click Open Config , click Working Directory , and select piping config.pro and click Open.
  7. Click Apply; then click Close to close the options window.
  8. Select COMPRESSION_TOP_LEVEL.ASM from the browser to preview the model. Click Open File in Pro/E  .


    Showing COMPRESSION_TOP_LEVEL.ASM
  9. Highlight LEG-2 from the model tree and click Open .
  10. Click Applications > Piping.

 

Task 2. Generate Pipeline Reports. 

  1. In the Menu Manager, click Info.
  2. Click Designate Reports .  In the Info Type drop-down list, select Bend Location.
  3. When prompted select one of the 50A segments in the LEG-2.ASM pipeline, as shown in the following figure.

  4. In the main toolbar, click Coordinate Systems   to turn on the display of model coordinate systems.
  5. Select the PRT_CSYS_DEF coordiante system of the segement of LEG-2.ASM pipeline, as shown in the foolwing figure.

     

  6. Click to  from the Report Pipeline dialog box to view the piping information.


  7. In the main toolbar, click Coordinate Systems   to turn on the display of model coordinate systems.
  8. Select the Designate for Report Setup check box in the Report Pipeline dialog box.
  9. Type bend_location in the name text box, and click Save .
  10. In the Info Type drop-down list, select Bend Machine.
  11. Select the previous bend segment, and then middle-click to accept the selection.




     

  12. Click to  from the Report Pipeline dialog box to view the piping information.



    Bend Machine Report

  13. Select the Designate for Report Setup check box from the Report Pipeline diaglog box.
  14. Type bend_machine in the name text box, and click Save .
  15. Click Close on both Info windows to close the open dialog boxes.
  16. Click  to close the Designatable Reports dialog box. 
  17. Click Report Pipeline Bill of Materials   .
  18. Scroll down to view the listing for LEG-2 as shown in the following figure.


BOM for LEG-2


 

The components with the designation of TRAINING_SPEC-LEG-2xxx are the solid pipeline components.

  1. Click Save   from the main toolbar, and click OK.

Task 3. Create a piping assembly drawing and configure drawing views. 

  1. Click New  from the main toolbar and select Drawing as the Type. 
  2. Type LEG-2 as the name.
  3. Uncheck the Use Default Template check box, and click OK.

  4. Configure the New Drawing dialog box as follows:
    Type LEG-2.ASM for the default model.
    Select Empty with Format in the Specify Template area.
    Browse to for C_format_generic in the \piping_specs\start directory and click OK.


  5. Right-click and select Insert General View.
  6. Select a location as shown in the following figure.


    Showing location of general view
  7. Configure the view as shown in the following figure:
    Select Default Orientation from the Model view names drop-down list, and click Apply.
    Select the Scale category from the Drawing View dialog box.
    Click Custom Scale, type 0.05, and click Apply.
    Select the View Display category, and select No Hidden as the display style. 
  8. Click OK from the Drawing View dialog box.


    Showing general view configuration

Task 4. Create bend machine and bend location tables. 

  1. From the main toolbar, click Table > Insert > Table From File. Select the bend_loc_table.tbl and click Open.
  2. Place the table to the left of the general view of LEG-2.ASM, as shown in the following figure. 

     


    Showing contents of bend location table


     

    Notice the table is populated with bend location information for the LEG-2.ASM pipeline. This table uses piping Pro/REPORT parameters to extract information from the piping assembly. We can configure a similar table to extract bend machine information.


  3. From the main toolbar, click Table > Insert > Table From File. Select the bend_mach_table.tbl and click Open.
  4. Place the table below the bend location table, as shown in the following figure. 
     


    Showing position of bend machine table
     

Task 5. Create bill of material and stock material tables. 

  1. From the main toolbar, click Table > Insert > Table From File. Select the piping_bom_table.tbl and click Open.
  2. Place the table below the view of the LEG-2 assembly.

     



    Showing contents of bill of materials table
  3. From the main toolbar, click Table > Insert > Table From File. Select the stock_material.tbl and click Open.
  4. Place the table to the left of the bill of materials table.


Task 6. Show BOM balloons. 

  1. From the main toolbar, click Table > BOM Balloons. Select the repeat region within the bill of materials table.
  2. In the Menu Manager, click Create Balloon. Select the general view of LEG-2.ASM, and when prompted click OK to close the message window.
  3. In the Menu Manager, click Done.
    Select and drag the BOM Balloons to new positions, as shown in the following figure. 


    Showing location of BOM balloons
  4. Click Save   from the main toolbar, and click OK.
  5. Click Window > Close, to close the window.

    This completes the exercise.

 

 

 

Congratulations! 

You have completed the Pro/Piping Hands-On Tutorial For Piping Documentation

 

 

PTC offers a deeper dive training course that will provide a stronger understanding surrounding the Pro/Piping:

Modeling 3-D Piping Designs with Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 2.0

If you are interested in attending, please visit the website at www.ptc.com

 

 

 

 

Created by: Cassandra DeLeon Kemp