OpenPlant Isometrics Manager Help

New and Changed in OpenPlant Isometrics Manager CONNECT Edition Update 9

The following items summarize the new features and enhancements in the current OpenPlant Isometrics Manager release.

Feature Description
Better representation of Flanges for sloped pipeline Flanges were not always aligned properly in flattened sloped pipelines. OpenPlant Isometrics Manager now properly represents Flanges for sloped pipeline.
Improvement in presentation of dummy leg support data
  1. Dummy leg dimension value (length) is now displayed correctly for OpenPlant Modeler
  2. Dummy leg nominal diameter is now displayed correctly for OpenPlant Modeler and AutoPLANT Modeler.
Slope depiction OpenPlant Isometrics Manager has now ability to show Slope depiction as Ratio.
Visualization of Eccentricity Improved functionality for displaying eccentricity for eccentrically tapped blind flange. Presentation of pipeline in generated iso is now according to the UP/DOWN offset value of tapped connection.
Option to set the coordinates precision in the PCF file.
More control on slope output The slope output can be presented as say 0.02 instead of 2%. A format specifier can now be inserted in the "Text" portion of the slope dialog.

The above example uses the % value as input, divides it by 100 and displays the value with exact 3 digits accuracy.

Improved speed of DWG/DXF format isometrics Non-essential data now gets removed before the DGN is converted to DWG which results in improved speed of DWG/DXF format isometrics.
Gasket dimension A config variable is added which defines option to include a Gasket dimension at pipeline of nozzle connection.

IE_UTH_DimensionUpToContinuation = true

With this variable defined in style.cfg, the dimension includes the Gasket as well when there is connection of flange with pipe or Equipment nozzle or loose gaskets on end of assembly.

Better tracability and better logging for solving problems with schema loading A module is added which verifies the availability and correct versions of primary schema along with all referenced schemas. Detailed log is generated at temp location which identifies the problem.
Better representation of detail sketches in output isometrics When a detail sketch cell contains non-horizontal text, it may be placed incorrectly in generated iso sheet. That is repaired now.
Better representation of Text in DWG output Dimension text in the isometric DGN is by default in an isometric plane, in ACAD the dimension text is flat in the isometric view. The standard 2D convertor does not necessarily convert all dimension texts to text with the same height and width. An option has been added to force a common height and width for the dimension texts.
Additional postprocessing for DWG/DXF output. An extra section [0400] has been added to hook.ini. This hook is only run in the 2D (DWG/DXF) environment. This allows the DWG/DXF to use the by layer settings or make the isometric appear as an imperial drawing.