Pipecheck features several minor functionalities that are not well-known yet, but end up being very useful. Let’s have a look at 3 of them.
Standard Views
The user can automatically display the pipe in 6 different standard views in the 3D scene, which is helpful. This helps proceeding further operations or analysis:
- Makes it easier to select some areas (welds) with the rectangle selection tool.
- Makes it easier to see which circumferential position the user is looking at for a complete pipe
To get there:
- Right click and select Standard Views;
- Left click to select the desired standard view.
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Zoom out and lose the part
If you zoomed out too much and moved your part in the 3D scene, you might end up not being able to recover a good display position. Even if you use the 6 standard views, the software will only center the pipe without zooming in. Tip: to recover a better view of the pipe, select a feature in the treeview. Pipecheck will automatically center and fit the pipe in the 3D scene.
To use this functionality:
- expand the Feature tab in the treeview (after an analysis);
- left click on any feature.
Create Shoulders
In the Mechanical Damage module, you can now ask Pipecheck to automatically create 2 circumferential cross-sections, named Shoulders, at a defined distance from the deepest point of the feature. One cross-section will be created on each side of the deepest point along the axial axis.
To use this feature:
- Left click on Parameters in the toolbar
- Left click on Mechanical Damage tab on the left
- In the Analysis tab, check Create Shoulders and enter a desired distance from deepest points.