Modifying Insulation Attributes

You can modify the attributes of an insulation part.

Insulation parts are predefined shapes of insulation that you store in a catalog and that you can retrieve and insert into your Piping & Tubing designs. Similar to other parts, insulation parts can contain ports.

Before you begin: Create a cylindrical part containing a point on either of its faces.
  1. From the Fluid Design section of the action bar, click Insulation .
    The Insulation Spec dialog box appears.
  2. Select an insulation specification and click OK.
    The Table Browser dialog box for Insulation Definition appears. For more information, see Table Browser.
  3. Select an insulation configuration and click OK.
    Insulation specification is applied to the part and the part discipline is defined as Piping_Insulation.
    Note: To verify the part discipline, select the part and use the Edit > Properties command. The part discipline is displayed in the Discipline box of the Properties dialog box.
  4. Add a port to the insulation part.
    For more information, see Creating Ports.

    The Insulation_Port1 subnode is created under the Publications node in the tree.

    Important: You can create only one port for an insulation part.
  5. Add the insulation part reference in a catalog.
    Important: The catalog must contain the following keywords:
    • InsulationThickness (of type length).
    • InsulationType (of type string).

    When placing an insulation part, depending on the specification option set and the nominal size of the piping/tubing part, the attribute values for InsulationType and InsulationThickness are retrieved from the resource table set for the respective specification. Insulation parts that match these two attribute values are then retrieved from the catalog.

After you have stored your insulation parts in a catalog, you can insert them into your piping/tubing designs.

For more information, see the Piping & Tubing 3D Design User's Guide.