Pipes crossing in 1-Line representation

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I've spent quite a bit of time looking for this answer, so I figured I'd
ask...
Mechanical piping drawn in 3D in the model at different elevations does not
show up properly in the 1-Line display. Example; crossing pipes do not
automatically break the lower pipe. What am I missing?

Thanks,
Rick

[Anonymous]

Hi Rick -

Because of a defect, this is actually possible right now, but really
shouldn't be. I'm adding a wishlist item for a "supported" way to do this in
future versions, but here is a way to do it in R3 (no promises that this
will work in future versions)...

OK, this is a bit confusing, so please bare with me (and this may create
some other "issues" with display that you don't like)...

I'm assuming that you want to see you piping in "single line" display, so
you want to do the opposite of what you would think and switch to a two line
display. Actually we are going to use the haloed (hidden) line setting
provided by the 2 line display, but make it look like the single line
display. In testing this I used the simple 2 line display. For each of your
piping system definitions go into the display properties and turn off all of
the following:
Contour
Contour Haloed
Connector
Connector Haloed
Annotation
Annotation Haloed
Center Line Haloed
Insulation
Insulation Haloed

Turn On the following
Center Line
Rise Drop

Now, what's really happening is that the haloed line feature is "hiding" the
piping underneath based on the width of the piping above, so it appears that
there is a break (the break width depends on the pipe size). You may want to
turn Annotation and Annotation Haloed on depending on what you want to see.

Like I said, there is no promise of this working in the future, because it
"shouldn't" happen now.

jason martin
Autodesk


"Rick Grady" wrote in message
news:351AA401E4E6ADAF6F4F86992577601F@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hello,
>
> I've spent quite a bit of time looking for this answer, so I figured I'd
> ask...
> Mechanical piping drawn in 3D in the model at different elevations does
not
> show up properly in the 1-Line display. Example; crossing pipes do not
> automatically break the lower pipe. What am I missing?
>
> Thanks,
> Rick
>
>

[Anonymous]

Jason -

Nice workaround! How did you ever figure this out?

"jason martin [Autodesk]" wrote in message
news:494102AA3D07FAEC913F83A40B7C12A7@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> Hi Rick -
>
> Because of a defect, this is actually possible right now, but really
> shouldn't be. I'm adding a wishlist item for a "supported" way to do this
in
> future versions, but here is a way to do it in R3 (no promises that this
> will work in future versions)...
>
> OK, this is a bit confusing, so please bare with me (and this may create
> some other "issues" with display that you don't like)...
>
> I'm assuming that you want to see you piping in "single line" display, so
> you want to do the opposite of what you would think and switch to a two
line
> display. Actually we are going to use the haloed (hidden) line setting
> provided by the 2 line display, but make it look like the single line
> display. In testing this I used the simple 2 line display. For each of
your
> piping system definitions go into the display properties and turn off all
of
> the following:
> Contour
> Contour Haloed
> Connector
> Connector Haloed
> Annotation
> Annotation Haloed
> Center Line Haloed
> Insulation
> Insulation Haloed
>
> Turn On the following
> Center Line
> Rise Drop
>
> Now, what's really happening is that the haloed line feature is "hiding"
the
> piping underneath based on the width of the piping above, so it appears
that
> there is a break (the break width depends on the pipe size). You may want
to
> turn Annotation and Annotation Haloed on depending on what you want to
see.
>
> Like I said, there is no promise of this working in the future, because it
> "shouldn't" happen now.
>
> jason martin
> Autodesk
>
>
> "Rick Grady" wrote in message
> news:351AA401E4E6ADAF6F4F86992577601F@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've spent quite a bit of time looking for this answer, so I figured I'd
> > ask...
> > Mechanical piping drawn in 3D in the model at different elevations does
> not
> > show up properly in the 1-Line display. Example; crossing pipes do not
> > automatically break the lower pipe. What am I missing?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rick
> >
> >
>
>

[scatrell]

I've now tried this and yes, it does "break" the lines below. However, the fitting symbols are gone except for the circle with an X indicating a rise/drop. Am I stuck with this now due to the hiding nature of this arrangement of settings?

Also, if it is supposed to work now, rather than wait for a future release, can it be fixed and a patch provided?

Thanks,
Steve

[asperks]

And the 64 million dollar question. We now have ABS 2006 and has this been fixed? I still can't find out how to do this.

Anthony