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Design equipment systems and facilities pipingusing SolidWorks Piping. Image courtesy of Unifield Engineering.

SolidWorks Piping Product OverviewP I P I N G D E S I G N S O F T W A R E A N D F I T T I N G S L I B R A R Y , F U L L Y I N T E G R A T E D W I T H S O L I D W O R K S 3 D C A D S O F T W A R E

Speed the process of creating, editing, assembling, and routing pipes. Improve designquality and reduce errors. SolidWorks Piping software helps you achieve greater efficiency, lower costs, and get products to market sooner.

Faster design of piping systems. Designing piping systems and components with 3D modeling software was not easy in the past. That was then. Now you can automatethe entire process with SolidWorks Piping, a powerful piping add-on application andfittings library.

Time-saving tools. SolidWorks Piping streamlines the design of machinery andequipment used for industrial processes that involve the flow of gases or liquids.SolidWorks Piping lets you perform piping design tasks easily and automatically, taking full advantage of the unmatched power and flexibility provided by SolidWorks3D CAD software. SolidWorks Piping capabilities and benefits include:

• Improved design productivity through automation of piping design tasks

• Intuitive, single-click, drag-and-drop assembly and editing

• Time-saving library of ready-made, standard welded and threaded fittings

• Automatic filtering of fitting selections

• Parametric and associative relationships for pipe routes and fittings

• Generation of piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDS) in SolidWorks using fully integrated Microsoft® Visio®

Enhanced design productivity. SolidWorks Piping enables you to create pipingcomponents easily using the innovative 3D sketching capabilities of SolidWorks soft-ware. Simply sketch the pipe centerline using the 3D sketcher and SolidWorks Piping automatically generates accurate cut lengths and inserts elbows at each bend.Reduce errors with enhanced visualization, accurate interference detection, andmass property calculations. When your design calls for penetrating pipes and no fittings, SolidWorks Piping automatically makes the necessary changes so that thepipe components will fit together perfectly every time. SolidWorks Piping improvesproductivity by greatly simplifying or fully automating the following tasks:

• Generation of pipes to accurate cut lengths

• Automatic insertion of elbows at bends

• Creation of custom elbows when bend angles deviate from standard angles

• Fast drag-and-drop insertion of fittings using snap-to-fit SmartMates

• Creation of pipe-to-pipe penetration cuts

• Easy click-and-drag modification of existing pipe systems

SolidWorks® Piping software

saves time by automating

complex pipe design tasks.

The software includes a

fittings library that further

eases the design process.

SolidWorks Piping is fully

integrated with SolidWorks,

the standard in 3D modeling

software.

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Improve design quality with intuitive assembly and editing. Assembling and edit-ing standard or custom piping components with SolidWorks Piping is simple. Selectthe component from the SolidWorks Feature Palette™ folder and drag it into theassembly. Edit the design easily and intuitively using dynamic drag-and-drop func-tions. Improve piping design through the powerful assembly functions of SolidWorks.Capture design intent instantly using the snap-to-fit SmartMates capability. WithSolidWorks Piping, the placement of pipe fittings is parametric and associative, sofittings and pipes automatically adjust to changes in the design. You can also routepipes in the context of the assembly, so that relationships between piping and otherassembly components are captured, reducing errors and improving design quality.

Save time with a library of common fittings. SolidWorks Piping includes a libraryof common welded and threaded pipe fittings, including elbows, flanges, reducers,and other common parts. Expanded through the powerful configuration and designtable capabilities of SolidWorks software, the pipe fittings library offers you a total ofover 2,000 unique, ready-made parts to choose from. With the SolidWorks Pipingfittings library, you can simply drag these common piping parts into assemblies,rather than spending hours creating them from scratch. And you can easily expandthe library by creating other reusable fittings to meet any requirement.

Minimize errors with automatic fitting selection filter. SolidWorks Pipingincludes an automatic, adaptive selection filter that helps speed design and minimize errors. Just drag the desired fittings from the Feature Palette folder window. The adaptive filter automatically provides only correctly sized and specifiedpipe fittings for you to choose from. You can then select the desired fitting based onadditional design criteria, such as pressure requirements. SolidWorks Piping software simplifies the piping design process and minimizes errors so that youcan devote your attention to other design challenges.

SolidWorks EuropePhone: +33 4 42 15 03 85Fax: +33 4 42 75 31 94Email: info@solidworks-europe.com

SolidWorks Asia/PacificPhone: +65 6866 3885Fax: +65 6866 3838Email: info@solidworks-ap.com

SolidWorks Corporation300 Baker Avenue, Concord, MA 01742Phone: +1-800-693-9000Outside the U.S.: +1-978-371-5011Fax: +1-978-371-7303Email: info@solidworks.com

Connect pipes effortlessly with or without fittings. SolidWorks Piping creates pipe-to-pipe penetration cuts automatically.

Create P&IDs on SolidWorks drawings usingfully integrated Microsoft Visio.