CADWorx Video Training Series

Lesson Three
Running an Isometric Using Isogen

Lesson Three
Running an Isometric using Isogen

Some topics covered in this lesson:

You will

See how to run an isometric using Isogen

Run the iso on various borders
Look at some of the Isogen options

Note: There is a separate lesson on how to set up and

customize Isogen (see page 238).
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Open the Lesson Two drawing in CADWorx Plant Pro.

Click Plant
Click Accessory
Click ISOGEN
Click Isogen Out

Opening the drawing

Telling the system to

generate an Isogen
Isometric drawing of
the line modeled

Note: If Isogen is
grayed out when you
try to select it, see
your system
administrator or the
videos on setting up
Isogen

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Running an Isometric Using Isogen

You should see the following Isogen Configuration dialog

box. If not, see your System Administrator, or go through
the Isogen Setup Video. This video is a later video in this
training sequence.

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Use an A2 Border
for this first example

The system will

generate two
drawings

In this first example, you will use the Metric_Inch_A2

Style (drawing border). So select it from the list, if it is not
shown.
Click OK.
Press <Enter> (to select components).
Window all the items in the drawing and press <Enter>.
You will get a CADWorx Isogen Results dialog box.

In this instance, the system shows it has generated two

isometric drawings. It did this because if it put everything
on a single isometric, the drawing would be too crowded.
By making two isos, it is able to produce two drawings
with a nice appearance.

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Note: If you get more than two isos generated, please see
the video for possible causes.
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Click the Open Plot Files button, and take a look at the
isos.
Now run the isos on the A3 border, and also the A1 border.
Notice how the A1 border shows all the information on a
single sheet.
Note: Some clients generate their isos on a A1 border, and
then plot them half-sized.

Welding Information
Isogen also has the ability to generate welding information
on an iso.
To see how this works:
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Click Plant
Click Accessory
Click Isogen
Click Isogen Out

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You can generate the

isometrics using
different size
borders

Theres even a
border that shows
welding information
on the isometric

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Running an Isometric Using Isogen

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Click the down arrow to list the Styles and

Click Sample-Final-Weld-Box
Click OK
Press <Enter>
Window everything and press <Enter>.
Click Open Plot Files to review the isometrics generated.
Note: The sample welding border is only available in
Imperial Units at this time.
At this point you have been able to produce some Isogen
Isometrics, providing everything has been set up for you.
If you were doing production work at this time, you would
probably have an administrator set up the jobs borders for
you. If not, you could always erase the current border and
insert your clients border, then save the drawing in the
directory needed for your job.
In a later lesson, I will show you how to set up an Isogen
project, so you can see how all of this is done and
customize it for your particular job.

Welded Iso partially shown for clarity

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Reviewing the
welding information
results shown on the
isometric