EPLANT-Piping V2014.0

Documentation of changes with respect V2013.0

Listed below are the most important changes of this version with respect to the former 2013.0 one. Current version is compatible with AutoCADŽ from version 2004 up to 2015. Both 32 and 64 bits versions for AutoCAD 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 are compatible with EPLANT-Piping V2013.
Current version is also compatible with ZWCAD+ 2012 and ZWCAD+ 2014 SP1.

GENERAL UTILITIES

• EPLANT Client. The EPLANT Client (ep_client.exe in the main installation folder) has now a new option which allows to locally set the License Type. The License Type specified locally has precedence over the default type defined in the System Setup. This allows to mix different License Types in the same net installation.

EPLANT TRAINING PLATAFORM

A new trainig option is made available online without charge. It is based on high quality structured commented videos. It allows to attain a high quality autonomous training.
Tutorials and videos are also available directly from the Help dialog boxes in most of the commands.

• EPLANT- Piping - Basic Tutorial for Designers.
• EPLANT- Piping - Advance Tutorial for EPLANT Administrators.

GRAPHIC MODULE

It contains the following changes with respect to the 2013.0 version:

• ZWCAD+ 2014. This EPLANT-Piping version is compatible with the latest ZWCAD+ 2014.
• Error Corrections
  - Isometric Annotation Correction of a minor misaligment error that could arise when components were slightly rotated.
  - Piping Class Symbol When the Piping Class change did happen between the first two components, the isometric symbol for the class change was not placed with the correct orientation.
  - Welded Olets The impicit welding connecting an Olet component to the run pipe has now the branch diameter.

It contains the following changes with respect to the 2013.1 version:

• AutoCADŽ 2015. This EPLANT-Piping version is compatible with the latest 2015 version of AutoCADŽ both 32 and 64 bits.
• ZWCAD+ 2014 SP1. This EPLANT-Piping version is compatible with the latest ZWCAD+ 2014 SP1 vernum 21135 or greater. It is not compatible with the previous ZWCAD+ 2014 versions.
• Weight Tables Weight Table Format follows now the same rules as the Dimensional Tables and it can include the DIAM2 field also for reductions. This allows to discriminate the weight by both the main and the secondary diameter. An acceptable format is also with nominal diameter dependence only.
• Component Placement During Component Placement, the selections made to define the position of the previous component, are used as default options to place the following component of the same type.
• Piping Class Verification During Component Placement to Connection Point, there is a warning in case the connecting components have different piping classes. This verification is also carried out during automatic pipe and flange generation, identifying the components that has a different piping class and allowing to skip the generation.
• Snap to Flange Automatic selection of the connection point during component placement takes now into account all possible cases.
• 3D Model Export to Solids It is a new command that converts Piping Components and Equipment Elements to Solid Elements.
• Tag in Isometrics Now it is possible to manually place the Tag corresponding to Insulation Lining also.
• Minimum Pipe Length Verification is now with < instead of <=.
• Reduction Components It does not allows to set by mistake the secondary diameter equal to the main one.
• 2D Plan Notes Uptade It is now compatible with multiple notes on the same component.
• Drawing Files Cleaning A new option has been added to the Cleaning of Contaminated Drawing Files by other applications. It erases all elements not visible and not belonging to EPLANT-Piping.
• Error Corrections
  - Line Route Error correction when setting BOP or TOP.
  - Line Route Error correction when Snapping to a Connection Point inside an Xref.
  - Branch by Branch Table Error correction when the component is not a reduction one.
  - Iso Annotation Error correction when placing the Line Continuation Note in case the first component of the connected line was an existing one.
  - Insulation in MTO Iso It does not validate anymore the insulation thickness as it were a diameter.
  - Branch Table With a void table, the error message was wrong, refering to out of specifications.
  - Text Correction Confusing text when deleting a layer content was corrected.
  - Component Tag When the Tag was the composition of three different attributes it did not identify each parameters.
  - Iso Notes Manual note placement did not respect the note placement point if UCS was not View.
  - Support Structures An error was fixed that would prevent generating the corresponding 2D Plans in some cases.
  

DATA BASE MODULE

It contains the following changes with respect to the 2013.0 version:

• Error Corrections
  - Welded Olets The impicit welding connecting an Olet component to the run pipe has now the branch diameter.
  

It contains the following changes with respect to the 2013.1 version:

• Tag Format Default Tag Format, in case Tag is composed using three different attributes, is now consistent with the corresponding Default Format used in EPLANT-P&ID.
• Error Corrections
  - Insulation If the piping component that generates Insulation Material has a Tag value, avoid importing its value in the insulation.
  

July 05, 2014.