Lesson Three Running an Isometric Using Isogen

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C DWorx ® Video Training Series

Lesson Three Running an Isometric Using Isogen

Written by Anthony W. Horn © 2011CAD Training Technologies, LLC Houston, TX USA 56

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• Opening the drawing

• Telling the system togenerate an IsogenIsometric drawing ofthe line modeled

• Note: If Isogen isgrayed out when youtry to select it, seeyour systemadministrator or thevideos on setting upIsogen

Lesson ThreeRunning an Isometric using Isogen

Some topics covered in this lesson:

You will…

• See how to run an isometric using Isogen• Run the iso on various borders• Look at some of the Isogen options

Note: There is a separate lesson on how to set up andcustomize Isogen (see page 238).

1. Open the Lesson Two drawing in CADWorx Plant Pro.

2. Click Plant3. Click Accessory4. Click ISOGEN5. Click Isogen Out






• Use an A2 Borderfor this first example

• The system willgenerate twodrawings

You should see the following Isogen Configuration dialog box. If not, see your System Administrator, or go throughthe Isogen Setup Video. This video is a later video in this

training sequence.

6. In this first example, you will use the Metric_Inch_A2Style (drawing border). So select it from the list, if it is notshown.

7. Click OK.8. Press <Enter> (to select components).9. Window all the items in the drawing and press <Enter>.

You will get a CADWorx Isogen Results dialog box.

In this instance, the system shows it has generated twoisometric drawings. It did this because if it put everything

on a single isometric, the drawing would be too crowded.By making two isos, it is able to produce two drawingswith a nice appearance.






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• You can generate theisometrics usingdifferent size

borders

• There’s even a border that showswelding informationon the isometric

Note: If you get more than two isos generated, please seethe video for possible causes.

10. Click the Open Plot Files button, and take a look at the

isos.11. Now run the isos on the A3 border, and also the A1 border.12. Notice how the A1 border shows all the information on a

single sheet.

Note: Some clients generate their isos on a A1 border, andthen plot them half-sized.

Welding Information

Isogen also has the ability to generate welding informationon an iso.

To see how this works:

13. Click Plant14. Click Accessory15. Click Isogen16. Click Isogen Out






Welded Iso – partially shown for clarity

• Reviewing thewelding informationresults shown on theisometric

17. Click the down arrow to list the Styles and18. Click Sample-Final-Weld-Box19. Click OK20. Press <Enter>

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Window everything and press <Enter>.22. Click Open Plot Files to review the isometrics generated.

Note: The sample welding border is only available in Imperial Units at this time.

At this point you have been able to produce some IsogenIsometrics, providing everything has been set up for you.

If you were doing production work at this time, you would probably have an administrator set up the job’s borders for

you. If not, you could always erase the current border andinsert your client’s border, then save the drawing in thedirectory needed for your job.

In a later lesson, I will show you how to set up an Isogen project, so you can see how all of this is done andcustomize it for your particular job.

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