Set Slope
Piping Design
You can use a slope in pipe line routing if you are adding the pipe line in the direction of the X or Y axis or in the XY plane.
The slope is used in laying the pipe line until you disable it.
- Add the Pipe Line
- Select either of the following:
- On the tab, in the Tools group, click Set Slope. (G4)
- On the tab, in the Pipes group, click Set Slope. (G4 Plant).
- Define the slope in the Set Slope dialog box. Set Slope Data
- Click the start point of the pipe's centerline.
- Define the sweep direction in one of the following ways:
- Lock the cursor as a ruler in the direction of the X or Y axis.
- Select the sweep direction with a context-sensitive function, for example X Axis Direction.
- Select the sweep plane with the context-sensitive function Horizontal(XY) Plane.
For example, define the slope as a degree value or ratio in the dialog box. The standard slope is visualized as degrees and a ratio on the status bar.
- Continue by clicking a pipe line point in the direction of the X axis, the Y axis or the Horizontal(XY) plane.
Disabling the Slope
You can disable the slope while modeling a pipe line as follows:
- Select Set Slope from the contextual toolbar and enter 0 as its value.
- Select a grip point of a pipe component in the direction of the X, Y or Z axis as the starting point. The sweep direction is inherited from the grip point.
Note:
- Edit slope. Edit Slope
- Angle tolerance affects slope editing. Set Connection Tolerance for Pipe Parts
- If you continue routing a pipe line from a pipe component that was positioned with a slope, the same slope value will be used for the new pipe.
- If you wish to remove a slope from a pipe, you must delete the pipe and add it again with no slope.