It is currently only for solidworks 2005 2008 piping and tubing and does not cover any electrical so if you dont route pipe or tube save it for someone who does.

Solidworks routing manual pdf. Solidworks piping was developed to be able to design systems requiring a wide range of piping technologies including butt welded socket connected flanged and thread connected systems. Setting routing options and file locations. After you enable the routing application open an assembly file and start the route. In all cases the fundamental capabilities of solidworks are maintained including building on the 3d sketcher and the power of configurations to drive.

Solidworks window see fig 10 page 2. The first step is to define a spool. The define spools command is available from the solidworks command manager piping menu. Once defined the spool will.

Learn here how to create pipe assembly with the help of solidworks routing tools design library routing tools make it easier to create pipe line such easy ways we can automatically select the. You use a 3d sketch to define the centerline of the route path. Solidworks routing spool references are defined in a route assembly and can be referenced in the route assembly bom. I am new user for solid work routing piping tubing any one kindly refer the sw routing manual to learn.

Im revising the 2009 edition now to include the new features of sw 2009 and im also writing a 2009 electrical manual so look for those soon. Solidworks electrical also provides critical design automation for plcs reports and terminal strips along with 3d wire cable and harness routing so that your project documentation is complete without additional manual drafting required. If there is no icon visible the program can be started through start all programs solidworks 2006. Academiaedu is a platform for academics to share research papers.

Routing requires some setup to run and work properly. To begin using the left mouse button double click on the solidworks icon on the pc desktop screen to open the program.