Stub end turning in ISO and showing Socket welds

[arthur.vanhulleHNWW3]

Hi all

Some context: I have added a new endconnection (FO) to my Plant 3D project and am trying to get the ISO according to my wishes. I am trying to make a face seal connection using the Stub-end ISO block to visualize it in 2D.

To visualize this in 3D I want to make a Pipe connect to an Elbow with a Stub End. The stub end would be a SW at the pipe side and a PL at the side of the Elbow. 

I have added the FO endconnection to the endcode list in my Plant project. I have also set up the FaceSeal connection as a Simple joint that uses a stub-end to connect FO to PL.

The Skey's are as follows:

Elbow: ELSC

Stub-end: FLSE

I run into two problems:

1) The Stub-end block in the ISO rotates according to flow, I think. Which makes it so it doesn't orient with the flat part to the elbow at all times, can I fix this?

2) The connection to the elbow shows SW's in the ISO, I don't understand why it does this. Can anyone explain why this happens, and how to solve it?

Below some pictures for more clarity.

[h_eger]

Dear @arthur.vanhulleHNWW3 ,

Which Plant 3D version do you use?

[arthur.vanhulleHNWW3]

Hi @h_eger 

It's the 2022 version.

Kr

Arthur

[h_eger]

Dear @arthur.vanhulleHNWW3 ,

Can you please upload the PCF file of this iso for me to test?

[George.Endrulat]

Have you tried adding the TYPE=ELBOW,SKEY=ELSC for the content iso symbol?  I read that you added the ELSC, but maybe not the type = elbow?  Also what happens if you change it to ELSW, I know you don't want socketweld, but does it fix the flipping of the socket?

[arthur.vanhulleHNWW3]

Hi @George.Endrulat , @h_eger 

I have tried another approach by now. I introduced another new endconnection (FOPL). I added the stub-end as a Coupling to my spec with one end FOPL and one end SW. Then I made a simple joint FO to FOPL and a compound joint FO to PL using the coupling I added. This gives a good 3D visual. I also made an Skey for the FO endconnection and put in a new Block in the IsoSymbolStyles.dwg. There are still problems with the ISO however:

1)Whenever I make an ISO, they get split at the couplings.

2) The FO Skey only gets drawn when it's dashed lines

The Skey's are:

Coupling: COFO

Elbow: ELSC

Attached are two PCF files, one where I put everything in the ISO, and one where I only selected the bottom line.

Can you tell me why this happens?