Insert Pipe Tap Controls - Intergraph Smart 3D - Help - Hexagon

Displays when you click the Insert Pipe Tap command on the Piping Tab.

Piping Commands

Select a part, straight feature, or turn feature to insert the tap.

Pipe Command

Creates, models, and extends pipe runs quickly and precisely.

Quick Pipe Command

Joins two existing pipe segments in the model. You can connect the pipe segments by selecting an end feature, a nozzle, a straight feature, an olet, a tee, or a surface mounted component. Also, you can bypass a pipe run by selecting a straight feature, an olet, or a tee. The software displays all possible route paths along the active coordinate system between the selected from and to points.

Pipe Component Command

Places components such as valves, steam traps, strainers, tees, turns, and fire protection items.

Pipe Tap Command

Places a tap on components in the model. A tap is used to drain, vent, or attach an instrument to a piping component.

Select

Select the piping parts, straight feature, or turn feature on which you want to place a tap.

• You can reset the selection using the button.

• After selection, the software displays the name of the selected pipe part and the tooltip shows the workspace explorer hierarchy of the selected pipe part.

General

Option

Displays a list of available tap sizes that you can place into the selected pipe part. The software generates this list based on the pipe specification of the component on which you are inserting the tap.

Offset

Specifies the tap depth. Type a depth value or select one of the following values:

• <Calculated Offset> - The minimum offset, based on the tap outer diameter and the surface geometry of the tapped feature.

• 1D

• 1.5D

• 2D

The available values are multipliers of the tap outer diameter, D.

Position and Orientation

Reference Position

Select a port on the piping part on which you are placing the tap. The reference position is used to define the placement location. If you change the reference position, the tap is placed at the same distance from the newly selected reference position.

If you select an end feature (such as cap, blind flange, and so forth) or a turn feature (such as an elbow or pipe bend) as the pipe component, you can modify the orientation of the tap. The tap direction can be perpendicular () (Radial) or parallel () (Axial) to the vector of the pipe port selected as the reference position.

Distance

Specifies the distance of the component from the selected reference port.

If orientation is set to perpendicular () (Radial), the Distance is the length along the port vector measured from the port position into the part.

If orientation is set to parallel () (Axial), the Distance is the radius measured from the port position.

Rotation Angle

Specifies the rotation angle about the pipe or axis for the component.

Rotate

Select to rotate the component.

Step Rotation

Rotates the object corresponding to the defined angle one step about the active axis. This control is not available if Angle Step is undefined or is set to zero.

Select a blank space in the control panel to remove the input focus, and then press G to set the focus to the active graphic view.

Press SHIFT to rotate the object counter-clockwise.

Completion

Cancel (ESC)

Cancels all changes and exits the command.

Finish (CTRL + ENTER)

Saves all changes and exits the command.

Finish and Modify (CTRL + SHIFT + ENTER)

Saves all changes, and then selects the objects for modification.

Finish and Repeat (SHIFT + ENTER)

Saves all changes, and then restarts the command.