CADWorx User Blog and Webinar Series

Webinar, May 8th, 12:00pm CST: Drawing Annotation

with Rod Abbott, Mechanical Technologist, Wardrop Engineering
   

Learn how to add key information to your drawings such as valve tags, line numbers, and elevations.

Speaker bio:
Rod Abbott is an intermediate Mechanical Technologist with 8 years of engineering experience.  Rod has been with Wardrop Engineering for 5 years and is the Mechanical CAD Lead for the Thunder Bay office.  Since joining Wardrop, he has played a key role in implementing various 3D tools, including CADWorx and ISOGen.

Webinar, May 1st, 12:00pm CST: Keywords

with Greg Silva, CAD Coordinator, ENGlobal Engineering, Inc.
    Download Greg's Example Files Here 

Ever wanted to have a little more control of your fittings long description? Keywords are the answer. Keywords can give you a lot more control on your final bill of material description. It gives you the capabilities to add the different pipe schedules or even pipe thickness into your description without having to create multiple lines in your spec. you can also use the Keywords.dat file to create our own keywords per spec.

This presentation will take us through the steps on how to take full advantage of keywords and the keywords.dat file. And hopefully we will learn new ways in which this great feature can be utilized.

Speaker bio:
Greg Silva is the CAD Coordinator for ENGlobal Engineering Inc at the Tulsa, Oklahoma office. He has worked in the process piping field for 23 years but for the last seven years as a CAD Coordinator. He has been using CADWorx Plant software for almost eight years. He also teaches a Fundamentals of Process Piping and Design class at Tulsa Technology Center. He is also the president of TAUG "Tulsa Autodesk Users Group" the chairman for AUGI's Oklahoma AMUG "Autodesk Mechanical Users Group" also the manger for AUGI's AutoCAD Tips and Tricks.

Webinar, April 10th, 12:00pm CST: 2D Rep

with Lee Smith, Lead Project Designer, John Zink Company

A 3D model is a beautiful thing but all drawings are eventually 2D. Models can become extremely complex with multiple XREF associations and complex file/folder structures. Protecting the model integrity has also become a critical function. With the need to transmit drawings electronically and the need to secure the model, 2D Rep has become the tool to generate a 2D representation of any project. A 2D representation of the model can be transmitted easily without fear of compromising the associated data.

This presentation will show you how to use 2D Rep to generate your 2D drawings quickly and efficiently. Please join us as Lee Smith presents 2D Rep.

Speaker bio:
Lee Smith is a lead project designer for the John Zink Company. Lee's responsibilities include coordinating teams for designing skid mounted vapor recovery units for both domestic and foreign clients and assisting in project management roles. A graduate of Oklahoma State University Tech, Lee has 30 plus years experience in the gas processing and transmission, oil refining, and chemical plant industries. Lee has gone from the drafting board to 3D CAD design and from field construction to the corporate office working with many of the leading companies of the industry. Lee has been married for 32 years and has 2 daughters and 9 grandchildren.

John Zink Company, LLC is a leading provider of advanced combustion systems and breakthrough technologies worldwide. John Zink is a Koch Chemical Technology, LLC company.

Webinar, March 20th, 12:00pm CST: ISOGEN SKEYs

with Rod Abbott, Mechanical Technologist, Wardrop Engineering

Isometric drawings generated by ISOGEN use a symbol library to draw the various components. These symbols are assigned to each CADWorx component and represent it on the isometric. Sometimes you may want a different representation of the component on the final isometric. To do this you have to assign a new SKEY to that component. This takes a good knowledge of the SKEY library and the association between the CADWorx components and the SKEY assigned.

This presentation will show you how to change an SKEY for a component, the association between components and the SKEY library and how you can use your own SKEYs to assign special graphics to your final isometrics. Please join us as Rod Abbott presents ISOGEN SKEYs.

Speaker bio:
Rod Abbott is an intermediate Mechanical Technologist with 8 years of engineering experience.  Rod has been with Wardrop Engineering for 5 years and is the Mechanical CAD Lead for the Thunder Bay office.  Since joining Wardrop, he has played a key role in implementing various 3D tools, including CADWorx and ISOGen.

Webinar, March 13th, 12:00pm CST: ViewBox

with Brendan McMullin, Piping Designer, Capital Engineering
   

All projects use multiple model views to setup the drawings. Generating views in AutoCAD can be time consuming and somewhat frustrating. By using the ViewBox command inside CADWorx you can quickly setup multiple views of the model for use in all your drawing needs.

This presentation will take you through the process of setting up the needed views using the ViewBox command. Please join us as Brendan presents ViewBox.

Speaker bio:
Brendan McMullin is a Piping Designer at Capital Engineering in Edmonton, AB, Canada. He started working with Capital Engineering eleven months ago. In the last year Brendan has contributed to the as-built 3D model of eight Coker towers and a new 3D model of a Zinc Smelter. He is currently working on a 3D model for a Granulation Plant. Equipment for the three projects was created using CADWorx Equipment. The piping and structural steel were created using CADWorx Plant. He also has experience with CADWorx Isogen and Navisworks.

Webinar, March 6th, 12:00pm CST: ISOGEN Project Manager

with Matthew Breeden, Designer, ICM Inc.
and Josh Sampson, Designer, ICM Inc.
   

The final deliverable for any project is drawings and ISOGEN is the standard for producing isometric drawings. To get the most out of ISOGEN you need to understand the Project Manager. This is the beginning step to having truly great isometrics.

This presentation will take you through the Project Manager step by step and give you a good overview of how to harness the full power of ISOGEN. Setting up a new project, discussing the file structure and file types, and demonstrating the most important settings needed for complete isometrics.

Please join us as Matt and Josh present ISOGEN Project Manager.

Speaker bios:
Matthew Breeden has been a designer for three years of which the last two have been with ICM Inc. Josh Sampson has been a designer for seven years and has also been with ICM Inc. for the past two years. During their time with ICM Matt and Josh have implemented CADWorx and customized it to meet their company's needs. Most of this customization has been with ISOGEN.

ICM Inc. is based out of Colwich, Kansas and has been the leader in the ethanol market designing, building and supporting the majority of US plants. 

Webinar, February 21st, 12:00pm CST: CADWorx PIDView

with David Wolfe, Mechanical Engineer, Fagen Engineering
        Download David's Example Files Here

With the introduction of PIDView in CADWorx Plant Professional 2008 designers now have a direct link to P&ID data to use in developing their piping models. The link between the P&ID data and the model data is now available and viewable inside Plant Pro. With easy to use drag and drop, any valve in the P&ID can now be inserted into the model and all links are made automatically. View the P&ID file directly inside Plant to confirm the proper item before insertion.

This presentation will cover modifying your database to be "PIDVIEW" capable, using spec types, and another new command "COMBINEPROCESS." David will also demonstrate using the PIDView palette inside of CADWorx Plant. Join us as David Wolfe presents this powerful tool.

Speaker bio:
David Wolfe is a Mechanical Engineer at Fagen Engineering in Greenville, SC. He is responsible for training and implementation of new software. He has experience in CADWorx P&ID, CADWorx IP, CADWorx Equipment, CADWorx Plant and Navisworks. Fegan Engineering LLC is a national full-service engineering firm working in the biofuels industry.