SOLIDWORKS Routing Piping and Tubing Course Overview

The SOLIDWORKS Routing Piping and Tubing course offers comprehensive training on creating, editing, and managing piping and tubing routes within SOLIDWORKS. This course is designed to teach participants about the critical routing components, design requirements, and the subassemblies that contain the routes. It’s aimed at equipping learners with the skills to efficiently work with piping and tubing routes, including the creation of a library of routing components, creating orthogonal and user-defined routes, and generating detailed drawings for manufacturing.

Skills Learned:

Creating a library of routing components, including pipes, tubes, and fittings
Creating orthogonal and user-defined piping routes
Adding and replacing fittings, elbows, flanges, and tees along a route
Routing tubes using flexible and orthogonal methods
Generating piping, tubing, and spool drawings for manufacturing

Course Duration

2 Days (7 hours/day)

Prerequisites

SOLIDWORKS Essentials Course

Course Examples

SOLIDWORKS Routing Piping and Tubing Course Syllabus

Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Routing

What is Routing?

Review Lesson
Types of Routes
Routes
Routing FeatureManager
External vs. Virtual Files
Virtual Components
File Names in Routing

Routing Setup

Routing Add-in
Routing Training Files

Routing Library Manager

Routing File Locations and Settings

General Routing Settings

Lesson 2: Piping Routes

Piping Routes

Typical Piping Route
Route Sketch

Pipes and Piping Components

Pipes
End Components
In Line Components
Other Types

Routing Assembly Templates

Creating a Custom Routing Assembly Template
Selecting a Routing Assembly Template

Creating a Piping Route

Route Properties Dialog

Auto Route
Route Specification Templates

Creating Route Specification Templates
Using Route Specification Templates

Exercise 1: Creating Templates
Exercise 2: Multiple Piping Routes

Lesson 3: Advanced Piping Routes

Advanced Piping Routes

Adding Alternate Elbow

Editing a Route

Using the Route Along Relation
Isolate Options
Using Piping Hangers

Routing Along Existing Geometry
Exercise 3: Multiple Piping Routes

Lesson 4: Piping Fittings

Drag and Drop a Fitting

Using Planes in Routes
Split Route to Add Fittings
Orienting In Line Fittings
Adding Tees at Junctions
Remove Tube/Pipe

Creating Custom Fittings

Replacing Piping Fittings
Add Fitting
Coverings

Exercise 4: Piping Fittings
Exercise 5: Piping on a Frame

Lesson 5: Tubing Routes

Tubes and Tubing Components

Tubes
Terminal Components
In Line Components

Flexible Tubing with Auto Route
Orthogonal Tubing Routes with Auto Route

Orthogonal Tubing Solutions

Bend and Spline Errors

Bend Radius Too Small
Export Pipe/Tube Data
Using Envelopes to Represent Volumes
Start Route and Add to Route
Routings Tubes Through Clips
Repairing Bend Errors
Flip Direction
Repair Route
Re-route Spline
Select Using Envelope
Route Segment Properties

Tubing Drawings

Rename
Save to External File

Exercise 6: Orthogonal Tubing Routes
Exercise 7: Flexible Tubing Routes
Exercise 8: Orthogonal and Flexible Tubing Routes

Lesson 6: Piping and Tubing Changes

Piping and Tubing Changes

Procedures for Tubing and Piping
Change Route Diameter
A Note About Dimensioning Route Geometry
Custom Pipe/Tube Configurations

Pipe Penetrations
Flange to Flange Connections
Pipe Spools

Spools in Drawings
Using Gaskets

Copying Routes

Mating Routes

Adding Slope

Editing and Removing the Slope

Editing Piping Routes

Using Threaded Pipe and Fittings
Deleting and Editing Route Geometry

Editing for Obstructions

Moving Fittings With the Triad
Using Guidelines with Pipe Routes
Guideline Actions

Piping Drawings

Pipe Drawing
Drawing Tools

Exercise 9: Create and Edit Threaded Pipe Routes
Exercise 10: Using Pipe Spools

Lesson 7: Creating Routing Components

Routing Library Parts
Libraries

Piping
Threaded Piping
Tubing
Assembly Fittings
Cable Trays
Electrical Ducting
Miscellaneous Fittings
HVAC

Creating Routing Library Parts
Pipe and Tube Components

Pipe vs. Tube Components

Copying Routing Components

Creating a Pipe Using Copy and Edit

Routing Library Manager

Routing Component Wizard

Fitting Components

Using the Routing Component Wizard

Routing Functionality Points

Connection Points
Routing Points

Routing Geometry
Part Validity Check

Excel Design Table

Design Table Check
Component Attributes

Configuration Properties
Part Properties

Elbow Components
Valve Components

Assembly Routing Components
Equipment

Exercise 11: Creating and Using Equipment

Lesson 8: Electrical Ducting, Cable Tray, and HVAC Routes

Electrical Ducting, Cable Tray, and HVAC Routes

Electrical Ducting, Cable Tray and HVAC Components
Rectangular and Circular Components
Modifying a Routing Library Part

Electrical Ducting Routes
Cable Tray Routes

Routing Component Orientation

HVAC Routes

Components
Coverings
In Line Duct Components
Transition to Circular HVAC Routes
HVAC and Ducting Drawings

Exercise 12: Electrical Ducting Routes

Lesson 9: Using SOLIDWORKS Content

Using SOLIDWORKS Content

Adding Content
Content Files
Custom Library Naming
Virtual Clips
Components Used in the Routes

Exercise 13: Using SOLIDWORKS Content