Why adopt this Procedure?
Deploy SaaS Mechanical and MTOWorx because they inspect 3D piping models for compliance with corporate piping standards, precisely pipe class material specifications, and size ranges.
People must translate corporate pipe classes into AutoCAD® PLANT 3D or CADWorx® piping specifications and deploy them. That is very hard to accomplish and often included in piping work order scopes of work. People often rely on application example content for ASME pressure class piping systems. These and many other CAD piping specifications are used for production work. Too often, size ranges and material descriptions do not meet corporate pipe classes, so bulk inspection of materials throughout the engineering and design phases is essential to resolve deviations.
Trapping differences between corporate standards and 3D model piping content offers a hold point before continuing into purchasing, piping isometric drawing production, or producing any other deliverable from 3D piping models. The key is capturing deviations and resolving them before propagating. Users can set inspection intervals, knowing this procedure is quickly executed from CAD Workstations globally.
This article describes the default methods and procedures of SaaS Mechanical, its Parts Catalog, and the component inspector within MTOWorx. Once AutoCAD PLANT 3D and CADWorx Piping specifications are uploaded, MTOWorx can inspect any 3D piping model in a few minutes and quarantine discrepancies.
Inspection Procedure Overview
MTOWorx Quality Control Inspector provides visual indicators and assurances that piping components are equal to those facility or corporate piping classes. On command, It inspects 3D AutoCAD piping model material sizes and descriptions and compares them to your standards.
Inspection methods will be for sizes and long descriptions and can optionally include Part Numbers. Either way, deploying an inspection process ensures that every component is programmatically checked against corporate piping classes, maintaining the highest quality standards.
MTOWorx has built-in methods and processors, so there is minimal setup and training. It is a sustainable system tailored for the two most popular AutoCAD piping design packages, making it CAD-neutral.
The following are instructions and methods for deploying SaaS Mechanical and MTOWorx. They offer the default configurations that satisfy most use cases. Your final procedure will include time intervals or events to command material inspections that ensure material designations are checked and deemed flawless and fully compliant with corporate pipe classes before issuing deliverables from 3D piping models.
Standard Operating Procedure
SaaS Mechanical includes SPECWorx, a quality control and collaboration web application for piping specs. It helps ensure corporate pipe classes are translated accurately and precisely into AutoCAD PLANT 3D, and CADWorx pipe specifications so 3D piping models can be created from them.
This procedure transferred selected pipe classes to SaaS Mechanical, where they reside as the latest revision for stakeholders to access. Updates archive previous versions to track or recall them. Selected pipe spec parts are transferred to the built-in Parts Catalog. An administrator accomplishes this procedure manually. Afterward, it is MTOWorx-ready, so as many CAD Workstations as needed can perform inspections on command once logged into SOCKETWorx.
1. Upload CAD application pipe specifications.
2. Transfer pipe classes to the SaaS Parts Catalog
3. Add MTOWorx users as View Only SaaS Mechanical subscribers
4. Use Load Sheets to inspect 3D piping models
MTOWorx flags parts as 'QC Failed' to offer a hold point and explicit issue identification.
Uploading AutoCAD PLANT 3D and CADWorx Piping Specifications
Navigate to YourSite.socketworx.com/Specworx/Details
Select a SPECWorx Group, and click the Upload Spec button. Browse to your target files and complete the upload process.
They will be displayed once processed, and their status will indicate that.
Note. The Refresh header control button can be used to see newly added entries before they finish processing immediately. If they are incomplete, the status will be 'Refreshing' until finished.
Transferring Pipe Specifications to the Parts Catalog
After specifications are uploaded, SPECWorx will process one or more of them.
Important. There are two processing options, With or Without Part Numbers, so determine which is applicable.
Usually, corporations do not assign Part Numbers to pipes, fittings, or valves.
Use the 'Process with Part Numbers' option only if Part Numbers are being organized and maintained.
Regardless of the option selected, SPECWorx will transfer all piping components from their CAD specifications into the SaaS Mechanical Parts Catalog. It avoids adding duplicates where the size and long descriptions of inbound parts already exist.
When processing with Part Numbers, they become a primary key, and when inbound parts already exist, SPECWorx checks their sizes and long descriptions. If there is a difference, the inbound values will replace the existing values.
Important. SPECWorx will not find or delete orphaned SPECWorx Part Catalog entries, so maintain the Parts Catalog accordingly.
Adding MTOWorx users who will be Inspecting 3D Models
MTOWorx can inspect any AutoCAD Plant 3D and CADWorx PLANT 3D piping models.
The QC inspector is enabled by adding MTOWorx users to YourSite.SOCKETWorx.com View Only Role to set their CAD workstations to operate using their SOCKETWorx login credentials. These credentials will persist until the SOCKETWorx User is set to Inactive.
Here is how to add AutoCAD users to SOCKETWorx and enter their system-generated login credentials into the Worx Plugins settings on CAD workstations.
Adding MTOWorx users to SOCKETWorx.
SOCKETWorx Administrators have permission to add new users and set their SOCKETWorx Role.
SOCKETWorx has a system Role, View Only that supports all the Worx Plugins that integrate like MTOWorx.
Important. The View Only role does not consume SOCKETWorx subscriptions and permits Worx Plugin communications.
Setting users to any other role will consume purchased subscriptions.
Navigate to YourSite.SOCKETWorx.com/Users/Index
Click the Add User button to launch the User Form.
Complete the form by setting Active User, View Only User. Afterward, the Role field will automatically be set to 'ViewOnly' and become locked. Uncheck View Only User to unlock Roles so an Active Role can be set.
Enter the user's First and Last names and their email. Click the form submit check button.
Immediately, the user will be sent a system-generated email with SOCKETWorx login instructions and credentials.
Setting CAD Workstation SOCKETWorx Credentials.
To access the SOCKETWorx Settings for all the AutoCAD Worx Plugins, open any ECE palette, and click the Gear icon on the bottom row of controls. After the Worx Settings popup appears, use the lefthand nodal navigation to locate the General>User Interface page. Enter your Server Name, User Name, and password credentials obtained from SOCKETWorx email communications and instructions described above.
Important. Use the Test Connection button to confirm communications with YourSite.SOCKETWorx.com, and it will report results underneath it.
MTOWorx Settings
There are many MTOWorx settings, but to find the only one related to this procedure, navigate to the top-level MTOWorx node. On this page is the option to include Part Numbers. Most piping specs do not include part numbers, so activating the 'Use Long Description and Size Only....' option is the default.
Inspections on Demand
MTOWorx users can now inspect 3D piping models by Launching SOCKETWorx Load sheets. It reads the entire model and then communicates with SOCKETWorx to identify discrepancies between the piping models and corporate piping classes.
Use the options to export the results to Excel workbooks.
Important. There are six templates available to satisfy reporting requirements. Each will reference an Excel template file and be populated with column configurations, including CAD, Parts Catalog, Lists, or static values.
This procedure ensures that Load Sheets, or material take-offs, will be inspected against the active SOCKETWorx connection Parts Catalog, representing corporate pipe classes.
