01b.Model Different Types of PIPING Components - AutoPIPE


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This help has been provided in order to give users ideas for modeling typical piping arrangements. The steps shown in each example should not be taken as the only method available to create models. In addition, the intent of the examples is to present ways to create adequate models of specific piping components for analytical purposes.

Anchor Bends                                                                      
Cuts: Cold Spring           Flexible Joints     
Frames  Hangers     
Nozzles   Pipes    
Reducers   Rotating Equipment    
Supports  Tees     
Valves  Vessels     

Additional modeling approaches, tips, and techniques for different types of piping components?

  1. Bends
  2. Flanges
  3. Flexible / Expansion Joints 
    (Pressure Balanced, Expansion, Hinged, Gimbal, Single Bellows, Tied Bellows, Tied Universal, Ball and Socket, Slip Joints, etc..)
  4. GrayLoc Connector
  5. Nozzle
  6. Pipe
  7. Orifice type components
  8. Reducers
  9. Tee, Cross, or Branch fittings 
    (i.e. weldolet, sockolet, Y-pipe, etc..)
  10. Valves
  11. Victaulic / Grinnell Grooved  Couplings
  12. Model PN-EN 10253-2 Type A & B Pipe Fittings
  13. Mule Ear Return or Plug Headers
  14. Strainer / Filter
  15. Flow Meter
  16. Threaded, Socket, welded type connections
  17. Offset Drip pipe
  18. Pipe End Cap
  19. Viking Johnson Coupling
  20. Expansion loops

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