Isometric Detailing Commands
- Last UpdatedAug 19, 2025
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The DETAIL or CHECK commands, followed by the pipes to be detailed, start the data processing.
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DETAIL causes Isodraft to process the pipeline elements and to send the resulting isometric drawings and material lists to a file.
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CHECK causes Isodraft to process the pipeline elements without producing a plot file. This can be useful as a check that a complex pipeline will be successfully drawn before batch mode plotting.
Note: The explanations which follow, which refer to the DETAIL command, also apply to the corresponding CHECK commands.
The lowest level elements that can be processed are Branches in the DESIGN database or Spools and Fields in the Fabrication database. An attempt to process a lower level element will produce an error message. Higher level elements, such as Pipe, Site or Zone, and group elements, such as Group or GPWLD, can be specified, in which case Isodraft will detail all Pipes owned by them (unless Pipes have been removed from the list using the REMOVE command).
The elements to be detailed can be specified in 3 ways:
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By giving their AVEVA E3D Design identifiers (that means, the names or reference numbers of the elements)
For example, the commands:
DETAIL /PIPE2
DETAIL /ZONE3 /ZONE4 /ZONE5
DETAIL /GROUP1
will detail the pipe /PIPE2 only, all pipes in Zones /ZONE3, /ZONE4 and /ZONE5, and all pipes in the group element /GROUP1, respectively.
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By adding them to the Detail List (refer to Assembling a Detail List), then using the command:
DEtail ALL
which causes all elements in the Add List (and their members) to be detailed, except those specified in the Remove List.
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By selecting them as the current element and then detailing the CE.
The command
DEtail CE
will detail all pipes owned by the current element.
See the DETAIL command for how to plot a complete system isometric and equipment trims.
Note: Isodraft will ignore all Equipment and Structural elements included in the selected elements and any elements owned by them.