Add Insulation to a Duct Line

With the Insulation function, you can add insulation according to the additional selections, either for the entire duct line, a specific section or an individual part of the duct line. You can also add partial insulation to the duct line starting from the point of the selected straight duct and ending at the indicated point of the other selected straight duct.

After specifying the target to be insulated, the function opens the Insulation Properties dialog box.

Individual parts of the duct line will have their own insulation part with item data. The insulations are shown as separate parts in the feature tree.

 

Add insulation.

1. On the Assembly tab, select Insulation > Add pipe line insulations. This same function also allows you to insulate a duct line.
2. The program opens an auxiliary function menu in the upper left corner of the model window.

   

   Options in the auxiliary function menu, starting from the top:
   1. This will target the entire duct line.
   2. This will target the section between clicked parts. Click the part from which the section starts and the last part of the section. With the additional option Add insulation of pipe only partially, you can display the start and end point between the end points of the duct (partial insulation).
   3. Click the individual part to be insulated. With the additional option Add insulation of pipe only partially, you can display the start and end point between the end points of the duct (partial insulation).
3. Enter the required values in the Insulation Properties dialog box. Any fields marked in red are mandatory. The program remembers the values while it is running and uses them by default. When the program is restarted, the dialog box fields are empty by default.
   1. Material. Select the insulation material with the magnifying glass button on the right side of the field.
   2. Product type and class. These are automatically filled according to the selected material.
   3. Thickness (mm). Enter the desired insulation thickness for the duct line.
   4. Covering (optional) and the choice of whether to make the covering its own item for the part lists.
   5. The material and thickness of the possible covering
   6. Insulation or covering Color .

      You can choose a color separately for the insulation and covering. For more information, see Color of Insulation and Covering.

   7. The option Transparent in assembly drawing makes the insulation transparent in the drawings. Only the outer edge of the insulation will be drawn with a thin dotted line.
4. Select OK.