Adding Insulation

You can add insulation to the pipe for full length or partial length.

1. Click Modify in the Compass Toolbar.

2. Select the rigid / flexible pipe to add insulation.

3. Click Edit > Insulate > Add Insulation in the balloon.

   The Table Browser dialog box opens.

4. Optional: Select one of the following options to add the insulation:

   
   

   • Non-spec Insulation displays the insulation definition without specifications.
   • In-spec Insulation filters the insulation definition according to the list of insulation specifications defined in the PRM.
   • Out-of-spec Insulation displays the list of all insulation specifications defined in PRM.
   • Use an existing insulation on reference part allows you to copy insulation from an existing one. For more information, see Add Insulation by Using an Existing Insulation.

5. Optional: Select Insulate Pipe Partially for partial insulation or Insulate Whole Pipe for full length insulation.

   Note: For partial insulation, you need to select two node points. Insulation is created between these two node points.
   
   

6. Select an insulation in the Table Browser dialog box and click OK.

   The 3D Part / Product DS dialog box opens.

7. Enter details and click Finish.

   The insulation is added to the rigid / flexible pipe and start and end insulation points are displayed at the insulation extremities.
   
   

8. Drag the green arrows to reduce or extend the insulation.

   You can also double-click the start or the end point and enter a value in the Parameter Definition dialog box.

Note: You can add multiple insulation to the rigid / flexible pipe. Figure below illustrates two insulations added on one pipe.

You can add an existing insulation on a pipe or a part.

1. Click Modify in the Compass Toolbar.

2. Click Edit > Insulate > Add Insulation in the balloon.

   The Table Browser dialog box opens.

3. Select Use an existing insulation on reference part.

4. Select the pipe to copy insulation from the existing one.

   The Insulation dialog box opens and displays the list of all insulations applied to the rigid / flexible pipe.

5. Select the desired one from the list and click OK.

   The 3D Part / Product DS dialog box opens.

6. Enter details and click Finish.

   The insulation is added to the pipe.

You can add insulation using the standard geometrical shapes like parallelepiped, cylinder and sphere.

1. Click Modify in the Compass Toolbar.

   
   
   

2. Select the part on which you want to add insulation.

3. In the balloon, select Edit > Insulate.

   The Table Browser dialog box opens and displays the insulation definitions available.

4. In the balloon, select Add Insulation > Non-spec Insulation > System Defined Shape > Parallelepiped .

5. Select the insulation in the Table Browser dialog box and click OK.

   The 3D Part / Product DS dialog box appears.

6. Enter the necessary details and click Finish.

Insulation is added to the part.

Note:

• You can similarly add insulation of the shape cylinder and sphere using the Cylinder and Sphere options respectively.
• You can match the orientation of the insulation object using the Flip Insulation option.

You can add the insulation from an insulation catalog using the Open Catalog Browser option.

The insulation catalog should have two attributes listed: InsulationType and InsulationThickness. Depending upon the specification option set and the nominal size of the piping part, the attribute value for InsulationType and InsulationThickness are retrieved from the resource table set for the respective specification. Part matching in the these two attribute value are searched in the catalog.

1. Select Modify in the Compass Toolbar.

2. Select the part on which you want to add insulation.

3. In the balloon, select Edit > Insulate > Add Insulation > Use an existing insulation on reference part > Open Catalog Browser .

   The Catalog Browser opens.

4. Optional: To select another catalog,

   1. Click More....

      The Object Selection dialog box appears.

   2. Select the already imported catalog.
   3. Click OK.

   The catalog is selected.

   The components of the selected catalog are displayed in the Catalog Browser dialog box.

   Note: The name of the Catalog Browser dialog box is updated with the name of the selected catalog.

5. Select the chapter of the catalog in the left-hand column of the Catalog Browser dialog box.

   All the parts belonging to the selected chapter are listed in the right-hand side of the Catalog Browser dialog box.
   
   

6. Select the part of your choice and click OK.

Insulation is added to the part.

You can add the already loaded insulation object in the session using the Open PLM Chooser option.

1. Select Modify in the Compass Toolbar.

   
   
   

2. Select the part on which you want to add insulation.

3. In the balloon, select Edit > Insulate > Add Insulation > Use an existing insulation on reference part > Open PLM Chooser .

   The Object Selection dialog box appears.

4. To add the insulation using the Search option:

   1. Enter the search criteria in the From Search tab and click Search.

      All the insulations matching the criteria are listed.

   2. Select the insulation of your choice and click OK.

   
   
   

5. To add the insulation loaded in the session:

   1. Click Retrieve Loaded Data in the From Session tab.

      All the parts loaded in the session are listed.

   2. Select the insulation of your choice and click OK.

   
   
   

Insulation is added to the part.

Note: You can match the orientation of the insulation object using the Flip Insulation option.

You can add insulation on a piping part from catalog browser based on values in PRM table.

1. Select Modify in the Compass Toolbar.

2. Select the part on which you want to add insulation.

3. In the balloon, select Edit > Insulate > Add Insulation > Non spec insulation > Search and Instantiate insulation from Catalog .

Note: Depending upon the specification option and the nominal size of the piping part, the values of the InsulationType and InsulationThickness attributes are selected from the PRM table set for the particular spec.

If only one insulation reference in the catalog matches the attribute value, the insulation reference is instantiated.

If more than one insulation reference have the same attributes, a catalog browser opens. You can select the reference of your choice from the catalog browser.