1. Creo Spec-Driven Piping
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James Sullivan – CadActive Technologies, LLC
President & Founder

2. 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

3. 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!
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Take-Away: Spec-Driven Piping Offers Dramatic Improvements to Design Time & Error Elimination

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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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.

9. RsysConfig Is the Solution!
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10. 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!

11. 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.

12. 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
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13. Creating Fitting Libraries – Automated
Set Required Parameters Quickly & Easily
Ensure Compatibility w/ Proper Sizes
Auto-Validate Geometry Compliance
Upload Fitting Families in an Instant
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14. 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
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