Enhancing Piping Design Efficiency with Spec-Driven Technology

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Explore how Spec-Driven Piping technology powered by CADACTIVE offers a standardized approach for piping design in Creo Parametric. This innovative extension streamlines design communication, eliminates errors, and improves design efficiency by utilizing a master catalog, automated checking capabilities, and rapid design change features. Despite its complexity, Spec-Driven Piping provides significant benefits for design time and error reduction, although it may require expertise to manage effectively.

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CREO SPEC-DRIVEN PIPING Powered By CADACTIVE James Sullivan CadActive Technologies, LLC President & Founder liveworx.com # L I V E W O R X

WHAT IS SPEC-DRIVEN PIPING? A Powerful Extension for Piping in Creo Parametric Standardization for Your Designs Utilize a Master Catalog of standard pipes & fitting hardware No more manually typing/matching diameters, wall thicknesses, etc. Create Projects of Piping Specifications Ensure the correct details are used in the right place Error Elimination Linestock definitions, fitting models, & compatibility automatically controlled Improved checking capabilities Enables Rapid Design Change When you update the size/schedule of a pipe, associated fittings update to match # L I V E W O R X 2

STREAMLINE DESIGN COMMUNICATION Enables Schematic-Driven Routing Leverage data from a schematic tool (such as Creo Schematics) Ensure that systems or electrical data matches 1-to-1 Your systems engineers will love you! Create bend-machine tables and bend-code files instantaneously (Supravision) Your manufacturing team will love you! Generate piping drawings automatically (ISOGEN) Save time by eliminating manual drafting efforts Your managers will love you! Take-Away: Spec-Driven Piping Offers Dramatic Improvements to Design Time & Error Elimination # L I V E W O R X 3

SO, WHY ISNT EVERYONE USING SPEC-DRIVEN PIPING? # L I V E W O R X 4

SPEC-DRIVEN PIPING TODAY Well, it s complicated - There are three parts to spec-driven piping: Master Catalog of Pipes, Fittings, Insulations (Resource Files) Fitting Libraries (CAD models) Specs (More Resource Files) Managing Data & Adding to the Catalog Requires an Expert # L I V E W O R X 5

EXAMPLE UPDATE TO A MASTER CATALOG To create a new pipe family in Creo 3 New pipe family file must be created Pipe File Pipe Diameter File Pipe Thickness File Then additionally, piping_manufacture_dir.ptd piping_material.ptd piping_mcat_dir.ptd piping_unit_system_dic_file.ptd Large Number of Files Must Be Maintained Pipes, Fittings, Insulations, Bends, Miter, etc Values Must be Typed Exactly New and improved in Creo 4 Files now use CSV instead of PTD format Some files improve with consolidation However, data translation is therefore not a 1-to-1 Upgrading from Creo 3 will be a manual process Requires Expertise to Create & Manage # L I V E W O R X 6

EXAMPLE CREATION OF A FITTING MODEL Fitting Code Part Parameter Coordinate Systems for Entry and Exit Ports Proper CSYS Alignment Feature Parameters for Size & End Type on CSYS # L I V E W O R X 7

EXAMPLE CREATION OF A PIPING SPEC To create a new spec in a project Desired pipes must be added from the Master Catalog Desired fitting families must also be added Models must all have correct data Data Must Match the Master Catalog PTD, CSV, & INP File Formatting Data must match the Master Catalog Sizes, End Types, and Schedules Fitting Categories (groups) Multiple Projects Difficult to Maintain All items in the spec must point to the appropriate file in the master catalog Difficult to Ensure Your Team Is Up-to-Date Take-Away: Spec-Driven Piping is very Powerful, but can be Time-Consuming to Set Up & Maintain. # L I V E W O R X 8

RSYSCONFIG IS THE SOLUTION! Powered By CADACTIVE # L I V E W O R X 9

RSYSCONFIG USER-FRIENDLY WEB INTERFACE Implementation of Creo Spec-Driven Piping, Simplified Leverage Industry and Your Own Company Standards Verified Fitting Compatibility via an easy-to-use GUI Seamless Data Migration for Creo 4 Taking manually-generated text files and providing a user-friendly interface! # L I V E W O R X 10

RSYSCONFIG MAINTAIN YOUR MASTER CATALOG Web-Based Platform User-Friendly with No Formatting Concerns Create & Modify Catalog Data Easily Direct Integration w/ Creo Parametric Visit cadactive.com for the full video demonstration. # L I V E W O R X 11

RSYSCONFIG SYNC DATA GUI Create All PTD/CSV Resource Files on the Fly Deploy Config Data to Your Project or Team Upload Existing Libraries to Onboard Easily Seamless Upgrade from Creo 2-3 to Creo 4 Visit cadactive.com for the full video demonstration. # L I V E W O R X 12

CREATING FITTING LIBRARIES AUTOMATED Set Required Parameters Quickly & Easily Ensure Compatibility w/ Proper Sizes Auto-Validate Geometry Compliance Upload Fitting Families in an Instant Visit cadactive.com for the full video demonstration. # L I V E W O R X 13

OUR PRODUCTS RsysConfig (as shown today) Spec-Driven Piping, simplified and scalable Coming Soon Cabling Integrations ModelExtract Generate reports instantaneously Communicate your designs easily and quickly Copy-Geometry Automation Simplified sharing of critical model interfaces Auto-Routing Automation Accelerates piping design Auto-generating initial pipeline assembles, linestocks, and much more For More Information - Please Visit cadactive.com OR, Come Say Hi at Booth 109! # L I V E W O R X 14