Where each pipe goes and how it is shown: layout, routing, 3D modelling, isometrics and the designer’s day-to-day deliverables.
To train to use any given 3D software, would take a piping designer no more than about 2 weeks to learn. To train a 3D CAD operator with minimal piping experience, to become a senior piper, however will take a LOT longer! The thoughts, ideas, concepts and opinions contained in this article are my rambling…
(The thoughts, ideas, concepts and opinions contained in this article are solely those of the author and are not necessarily endorsed by pipingdesigners.com/wp/ or website creator.) Before I get into this, I want to clarify a few things. First, I am not trying to tell you what your job description should be. Second, I…
There will come a time the life of almost every project when the question of checking of pipe fabrication shop spool drawings will come up. Any time drawings are created there will be the potential for errors.The shop is responsible for checking their own work, but it is prudent for the engineering company to…
What is involved when you are asked to go to the field? If you are truly a knowledgeable and experienced designer or engineer you are supposed to know the answer to that question. If you are a novice, new to the business or if you have never been to a job site you will not know. However,…
Checking Colour Code Table Colours to use, what they mean & their primary use. Color Sample Meaning Primary Use & Purpose Comments Yellow Good Yellow is to be used by Checkers and others on all types of drawings and other documents to indicate that the highlighted data is correct and does not need to be…
One of easiest piping plans to be generated, but also one of the trickiest! Basically you are documenting ALL piping that is to be buried in a given area. This “area” is normally the whole facility!
What is a Process Flow Diagram – PFD. A short definition. A Process Flow Diagram – PFD, is a schematic illustration of the system.
What is a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram – P&ID?
Piping, The Hidden Profession By James O. Pennock, Piper, Consultant (Retired), Bayonet Point, Florida USA You are at a family function, a Class Reunion or a party and you meet someone for the first time. You ask the other person about themselves; they tell you, their background, where they work and what they do. They…
MTO, BOM & BOQ – What’s the difference, and when are they used? What does this mean in terms of Piping Design, and what does it mean to the piping designer?
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