User-Defined Tables

Isodraft allows you to create tables of detailed information to appear on your isometric. You can select which types of data you wish to appear (within the areas described below) and then automatically lay out the table. Lines are generated automatically between columns of data and under the tables, allowing you to concentrate on the data you wish to include.

You use the POSITION command to define the type of table you require, what data will be included and where it will appear on the isometric. The types of table you can define are:

• Weld Tables include all welds on the isometric (by weld number or by full identifier of weld prefix and number), and information chosen by you to appear in the columns you define. For each column on the table you can specify title, which weld attribute/UDA should be used to fill the column, column width and the order the columns appear on the table. You can select a single attribute, used to sort the table either forward or backward, by using the POSITION WELDTABLE command. The default choice is the weld number. If you choose another attribute, Isodraft sorts the information first by your chosen attribute, and then by weld number. If set, Additional Weld (AWELD) attributes can appear in the weld table.

• Bending Tables show bend data on the isometric. This is made up of a schematic drawing of the bend (dimensioned and annotated), followed by the table showing relevant lengths, radii and angles. You can output such bending tables as an ASCII file which can then be used to transfer data to a bending machine. You control this using the POSITION BENDTABLE command.

• Revision Tables show the history of the drawing, and can be defined to include the originators of the drawing, the checking procedures and so on. The UDAs shown in the table could be at a pipe, branch or drawing level. For this you use the POSITION REVISIONTABLE command.

• System Tables include the pipe attributes for a for a drawing or system isometric. You can show pipe attributes (including the name) and UDAs in the table. This table is defined using the POSITION SYSTEMTABLE command.