Creo Spec-Driven Piping Powered By CADACTIVE James Sullivan – CadActive Technologies, LLC President & Founder

What Is Spec-Driven Piping? A Powerful Extension for Piping in Creo Parametric Standardization for Your Designs Utilize a ‘Master Catalog’ of standard pipes & fitting hardware No more manually typing/matching diameters, wall thicknesses, etc. Create ‘Projects’ of Piping Specifications Ensure the correct details are used in the right place Error Elimination Linestock definitions, fitting models, & compatibility automatically controlled Improved checking capabilities Enables Rapid Design Change Automatic Fitting Insertion, “Flange & Gasket” When you update the size/schedule of a pipe, associated fittings update to match

Streamline Design Communication Enables Schematic-Driven Routing Leverage data from a schematic tool (such as Creo Schematics) Ensure that systems or electrical data matches 1-to-1 Your systems engineers will love you! Create bend-machine tables and bend-code files instantaneously (Supravision) Your manufacturing team will love you! Generate piping drawings automatically (ISOGEN) Save time by eliminating manual drafting efforts Your managers will love you! Copyright: stylephotographs / 123RF Stock Photo Take-Away: Spec-Driven Piping Offers Dramatic Improvements to Design Time & Error Elimination

So, Why isn’t everyone using spec-driven piping?

Spec-Driven Piping Today Well, it’s complicated - There are three parts to spec-driven piping: Master Catalog of Pipes, Fittings, Insulations (Resource Files) Fitting Libraries (CAD models) Specs (More Resource Files) Managing Data & Adding to the Catalog Requires an Expert

Example update to a Master Catalog To create a new pipe family… in Creo 3 New “pipe family” file must be created Pipe File Pipe Diameter File Pipe Thickness File Then additionally, piping_manufacture_dir.ptd piping_material.ptd piping_mcat_dir.ptd piping_unit_system_dic_file.ptd New and improved in Creo 4 Files now use CSV instead of PTD format Some files improve with consolidation However, data translation is therefore not a 1-to-1 Upgrading from Creo 3 will be a manual process Large Number of Files Must Be Maintained Pipes, Fittings, Insulations, Bends, Miter, etc Values Must be Typed Exactly Requires Expertise to Create & Manage

EXAMPLE Creation OF a Fitting Model Fitting “Code” Part Parameter Coordinate Systems for Entry and Exit Ports Proper CSYS Alignment Feature Parameters for Size & End Type on CSYS

EXAMPLE CREATION of a Piping Spec To create a new ‘spec’ in a ‘project’ Desired pipes must be added from the Master Catalog Desired fitting families must also be added Models must all have correct data Data must match the Master Catalog Sizes, End Types, and Schedules Fitting Categories (groups) All items in the spec must point to the appropriate file in the master catalog Data Must Match the Master Catalog PTD, CSV, & INP File Formatting Multiple Projects Difficult to Maintain Difficult to Ensure Your Team Is Up-to-Date Take-Away: Spec-Driven Piping is very Powerful, but can be Time-Consuming to Set Up & Maintain.

RsysConfig Is the Solution! Powered By CADACTIVE

RsysConfig – user-friendly Web interface Implementation of Creo Spec-Driven Piping, Simplified Leverage Industry and Your Own Company Standards Verified Fitting Compatibility via an easy-to-use GUI Seamless Data Migration for Creo 4 Taking manually-generated text files… and providing a user-friendly interface!

RsysConfig – MAINTAIN YOUR Master Catalog Web-Based Platform User-Friendly with No Formatting Concerns Create & Modify Catalog Data Easily Direct Integration w/ Creo Parametric Visit cadactive.com for the full video demonstration.

RsysConfig – Sync Data GUI Create All PTD/CSV Resource Files on the Fly Deploy Config Data to Your Project or Team Upload Existing Libraries to Onboard Easily Seamless Upgrade from Creo 2-3 to Creo 4 Visit cadactive.com for the full video demonstration.

Creating Fitting Libraries – Automated Set Required Parameters Quickly & Easily Ensure Compatibility w/ Proper Sizes Auto-Validate Geometry Compliance Upload Fitting Families in an Instant Visit cadactive.com for the full video demonstration.

Our Products For More Information - Please Visit cadactive.com RsysConfig (as shown today) Spec-Driven Piping, simplified and scalable Coming Soon – Cabling Integrations ModelExtract Generate reports instantaneously Communicate your designs easily and quickly Copy-Geometry Automation Simplified sharing of critical model interfaces Auto-Routing Automation Accelerates piping design Auto-generating initial pipeline assembles, linestocks, and much more For More Information - Please Visit cadactive.com OR, Come Say ‘Hi’ at Booth 109!

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