Isogen Isometric Drawings by Query - Intergraph Smart 3D - Reference Data

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12.1 (2019)

Isometric drawings communicate several important types of information to a fabrication workshop. In the case of a piping isometric drawing, this information includes pipe cut lengths, bend angles, and welds. You create an isometric drawing by associating an Isogen Isometric Drawing by Query component to a Query Manager. The Isogen Isometric Drawing by Query component specifies the what portion of the query, while the Query Manager specifies the where portion.

Each Isogen Isometric Drawing by Query component has an associated isometric style.

You use Isogen Configuration to set options for isometric drawing format and content. You can open Isogen Configuration from any of the isometric drawing styles by right-clicking the drawing style in the Management Console or Drawing Console and selecting Edit Options on the shortcut menu.

After creating an Isogen isometric drawing, you can open it for viewing, editing, printing, and publishing (if your model has been registered for use in an integrated environment). To troubleshoot a drawing, you can use the View Extraction Data command to access part and reports information and log files.

The software uses Isogen, a third-party engine made by Alias, to generate isometric drawings from the three-dimensional model. The following illustration shows the process of creating the drawings.

The application creates a piping component file (PCF), which is used along with the isometric style information to create an intermediate data file (IDF). The Isogen engine then reads the IDF and creates the isometric drawings.

Administrator Setup

Your administrator should set up appropriate isometric styles to use with the Isogen Isometric Drawings by Query component. The administrator is also responsible for creating filters that define what to look for and filters that specify where in the model to look for the objects. The template and the what filter information within the component are saved as a package.

Drawings by Query Manager

The Drawings by Query Manager uses the filter to specify where to look for the objects included in the drawing. See Drawings by Query Filters.