Custom Saddle Tapping Valve Component

[david.williamsUVTLL]

Hi,

I'm looking to create a custom component that is a saddle tapping valve such as in this link:

https://ntgplastik.com/en/products/product/ef-tapping-valve

Other similar saddles/tapping components, i've created as block based 'olets' and this seems to work successfully. However, for this to be a valve, it seems to force it to be an inline component.

Is there a way I can make this component to be both a valve and a branching (tapping) component?

[h_eger]

@david.williamsUVTLL ,

Short answer: No.
There is currently no such variant in Plant 3D content.
I also don't know of any way to integrate these components into Plant 3D so that they also behave as valves.

[david.williamsUVTLL]

Thanks for your reply.

Unfortunately this is what I was expecting.

I've created a suggestion requesting for this be added:

https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-plant-3d-p-id-ideas/saddle-tapping-valve/idi-p/13842547 

[Michiel.Valcke]

A workaround would be to view it as two components, one is an olet, the other is a valve sitting directly on top of the olet. You can give the olet a different isotype to exclude it from the isometric BoM. You can even give it custom endcodes so that the only component fitting on the olet would be your valve.

[david.williamsUVTLL]

Hi,

Yeah that would be a functional workaround. Thanks.

Could even create a compound joint that uses the olet as the connector.