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Intergraph Smart Isometrics Help

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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10
I-Configure Version
6.0(2016)
Isogen Version
13.0(2016)
Smart Isometrics Version
7.2
Spoolgen Version
9.2

Detail sketches provide additional details for components. The sketches are typically used to show more information about branch connections, support lugs, and special welds. To include detail sketches on your isometric drawing, you must first create symbols in a graphics package such as SmartSketch or AutoCAD. Then, use the Detail Sketch Manager to view the detail sketch and specify options that control its various characteristics, such as the text formatting and placement. When you place the detail sketch in the drawing, the software prints a callout, or detail sketch identifier, next to the component. The detail sketch is then output on the isometric drawing. An example detail sketch is shown below:

Detail Sketch Sample

The Detail Sketch Browser lets you to view detail sketches as they are placed on the isometric drawing. When you click Place > Detail Sketch, and then select a pipeline component in the Smart Isometrics Detail Window, the browser opens automatically. You can also open the browser by editing the Identifier property of an existing detail sketch.

To display properties for a pipeline item, click the item in the Detail Window. Alternatively, right-click a pipeline item, and then select Properties in the shortcut menu.

The Detail Sketch Browser consists of a toolbar (A), a list of available detail sketches (B), and a viewing area (C).

1 - Detail Sketch Browser Toolbar

Search

Filters the list of available detail sketches based on user-defined criteria. As you type text into the Search box, the feature responds with an implied wild card at the beginning and at the end of the character string. For example, if you type B, the list of available sketches updates to display only those sketches with a B in the filename based on the defined criteria, *B*.

Add

Inserts a blank row at the bottom of the grid. You can also insert a row by clicking in the * row at the bottom of the grid. This option is not available in Smart Isometrics or Spoolgen.

Delete

Removes the currently selected row from the grid, as well as the detail sketch identifier or box, that the data defined. This option is not available in Smart Isometrics or Spoolgen.

SPIso ICON Zoom Tool Zoom

Increases or decreases the display size of detail sketch objects in the viewing area. You can zoom in to get a closer view of an object or zoom out to view more of the detail sketch at a reduced size. Click the left mouse button and drag the pointer upward in the window to increase the view of an object as though you were moving closer to it. Drag the pointer downward in the window to reduce the view as though you were moving further away from the object.

SPIso ICON Zoom Window Zoom Area

Increases the view magnification of an area in the detail sketch that you define with two points.

Zoom All Zoom All

Displays the entire detail sketch in the viewing area.

SPIso ICON Pan Pan

Repositions the detail sketch in the viewing area so that you can view another section of the sketch without changing the view magnification.

Style

In I-Configure, displays the active style. This option is read only.

In SmartPlant Isometrics and Spoolgen, this option displays a list of all the styles that have been defined in I-Configure. When you select a style in the list, the software reads the output drawing type set for the style, extracts the path to the detail sketch folder, and populates the detail sketch list view with the available sketches.

OK

In I-Configure, prompts you to save any unsaved data. Click Yes to save the data in the grid to the current style and close the Detail Sketch Manager. In Smart Isometrics and Spoolgen, this option places a detail sketch identifier for the currently selected sketch on the selected pipeline component, and exits the Detail Sketch Browser.

Cancel

In I-Configure, discards any unsaved data in the grid and closes the Detail Sketch Manager. In Smart Isometrics and Spoolgen, this option exits the Detail Sketch Browser without placing the detail sketch identifier.

Apply

Saves the data that has been defined in the grid for the current sketch but leaves the Detail Sketch Manager open so that you can define parameters for another sketch. This option is not available in Smart Isometrics or Spoolgen.

2 - Detail Sketch List

Displays the detail sketches that are available for the active style. When you select a detail sketch in the list, a graphical view of the sketch displays in the detail sketch viewing area, as shown below.

  • When you open the Detail Sketch Manager in I-Configure, the software looks in the folder location defined by the Drawing Area.Detail Sketches.Settings.Path setting and displays only those files types defined by the Drawing Area.Detail Sketches.Settings.Format setting.

  • When you open the Detail Sketch Browser in Smart Isometrics or in Spoolgen and select a style in the Style list, the software extracts the path to the detail sketch folder from the selected style, and populates the detail sketch list with detail sketches that match the defined files type. The folder location and file format are defined by the Drawing Area.Detail Sketches.Settings.Path and Drawing Area.Detail Sketches.Settings.Format settings in .

  • The current version of the software does not support .dgn V8 CELL libraries. All other file formats, .dwg, .dgn(CELL Library), and .sym (.igr/.sha), are fully supported.

  • You can use the Search box on the toolbar to limit the list of available sketches.

3 - Detail Sketch Viewing Area

Displays a graphical view of the selected detail sketch. As you define parameters in the grid area, the viewing area updates the detail sketch to display a box at the selected XPos and YPos location on the sketch.

In Smart Isometrics and Spoolgen, use the viewing commands on the toolbar to change the view or orientation of the detail sketch.