JP2001188809A - Piping cad system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a piping drawings generation system by which processes up to assembly work are linked with each other by the piping drawings. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a means for adding piping connection diameter, a connection height and the arrangement attributes of members required for construction to sanitary equipment. Also, just by selecting the sanitary equipment with the attributes and specifying an arranging position on a building plan on CAD, construction components around the sanitary equipment are simultaneously arranged as well. When arranging a header on a CAD drawing, the direction and the number of header branching pipes are set and piping is automatically drawn between the header and the sanitary equipment. When the header and the sanitary equipment are connected by the piping, the attributes as one piping system are provided. After drawing, the names of arranging members, the number of the arranging members, a piping length and a piping kind are outputted as data for each piping system by a sum-up command and the time of estimation work and member ordering work is shortened. Also, by a drawing command, a development for production instruction is automatically prepared.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pipe CAD for making a piping diagram in the field of building piping for piping to a water supply device, a faucet, a sink, a sanitary device and the like at a terminal in a hot water supply pipe in a building. About the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the field of construction, there has been used a system for automatically summing and integrating members from CAD or automatic drawings using CAD for piping, wiring, and floor plans of buildings. For example, a plumbing wiring symbol is written in a building design CAD system (Japanese Patent Application No. 05-92573) that automatically arranges water supply sanitation equipment, etc., and connects pipes based on a predetermined rule, and a plan view. A CAD system for disaster prevention equipment (Japanese Patent Application No. 09-166934), which automatically creates a list of the symbols, and a method of collecting and collecting construction materials in electrical equipment construction that counts the required quantity of construction materials in electrical equipment construction (Japanese Patent Application 07-2489
1) and so on. By using CAD, the automation of drawing and the counting of parts can be automated.

[0003]

From the creation of a piping diagram to the shipment of piping members, the processes from drawing, summarizing members, estimating, and requesting a factory for production are independent of each other. It takes time because the subsequent process starts after the previous process is completed. In addition, it is necessary to prepare a work instruction for the next process between each process, which is inefficient. In the above-mentioned conventional technology, it is possible to draw a drawing of each process and create a work instruction between specific processes by using an automatic function of CAD. However, there is no connection between all processes such as drawing and estimation, and it is a system in individual processes,
Poor work efficiency. In the present invention, at the stage of creating a piping diagram corresponding to the upstream of the process, attributes such as a pipe length, a piping member, a piping type, a connection relationship, a connection between a hydrant device and a header, and the number of members are added to the drawing itself, The present invention provides a piping diagram creation system in which the information required for each process, that is, the information of each process, such as the used part name, the quantity, the work instruction sheet, the development drawing for assembling instructions, etc. can be arbitrarily extracted to improve the work efficiency.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a system according to the present invention relates to a water supply faucet device which is selected and set in advance, with respect to a pipe diameter, a connection height, a pipe diameter to be connected to the water faucet device. A means for creating a fit diagram by adding information such as piping members necessary for pipe construction, positional relationship, a means for registering the fit diagram in a database, and the registered fit diagram in a preset building floor plan. Means for automatically arranging a set diagram having the set information on the building floor plan when set. Further, for the drawing of the header having a plurality of branch pipes in the main pipe, means for setting the number of branch pipes, the diameter of the branch pipes, the direction of rotation of the branch pipes, and the like, and the diameters set for the respective branch pipes Means for holding information such as rotation direction, means for registering the set header in the database, means for automatically setting the header having the set information when the registered header is set on the building floor plan, It is a piping CAD system characterized by having:

[0005] In the above, by designating the passage points of the header, hydrant equipment and piping on the floor plan of the building,
A piping CAD system comprising means for automatically drawing a piping diagram in which piping positions are arranged according to a predetermined rule. In the above, the piping CA provided with means for adding information relating to construction such as water supply and hot water supply to the piping of the piping diagram arranged on the building floor plan.
D system. In the above, the piping diagram arranged on the architectural floor plan includes means that is automatically created as a piping system in which information such as piping members from the branch pipe of the header to the hydrant device is integrated into one. The piping CAD system according to claim 1, wherein:

[0006] In the above, a piping diagram to the branch pipe of the header and the hydrant device is created on the building floor plan, and height information of a pipe connection port of the hydrant device is added on the building floor plan, A piping CAD system comprising means for automatically creating a vertical rising portion on a piping diagram. In the above, means for adding necessary construction information to a piping member used in the piping diagram, means for registering the piping member with the information added to a database of a system, and a piping system of the piping diagram Means for automatically registering the registered piping member on the piping system when an upper position is indicated, thereby providing a piping CAD system. In the above, there is provided a piping CAD system comprising: means for adding information added to the piping member to information on the piping system by arranging the piping member on a piping system.

In the above-mentioned piping CAD system, there is provided means for switching between displaying and not displaying a piping member on the piping system on a piping diagram. In the above, there is provided a piping CAD system including a display means for displaying a three-dimensional isometric view that can be displayed from an arbitrary direction when a viewpoint direction of the drawing is set in the piping diagram. In the above, by executing the aggregation command on the piping diagram, data on which estimation work such as the piping member name, the number of piping members, the piping length, the piping type, etc. can be aggregated based on all information added to the piping diagram. It is a piping CAD system characterized by comprising means. In the above-mentioned piping CAD system, there is provided a means for automatically creating a development view in which piping members of the piping system are arranged and displayed in the assembling order by executing a development view creation command on the piping diagram.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an entire configuration of a piping CAD system showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a set-up drawing A in which piping members necessary for construction are arranged in addition to a front view and a side view of a sanitary device, which is a terminal hydrant device. Hereinafter, the procedure for creating a piping diagram will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2 showing the fit-in drawing A, a front view and a side view 2
It arrange | positions based on the floor surface 11 of the figure of a direction. Next, fittings, fixing fittings, pipes, and other optimum piping members 3 necessary for the construction to be connected to the sanitary device 1 are arranged in the sanitary device front view and side view. After the position of the pipe member 3 is determined, whether the attribute of the pipe connection port 5 of the sanitary device 1 is for hot water supply or water supply, detailed positional information of the pipe connection port 5 and the like are added by a predetermined command. Then, the arrangement reference point P of the sanitary device 1 on which the piping member is arranged is determined. After all the information is added to the fit drawing A, the fit diagram shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the shape of the header 6 used in the embodiment of the present invention. The header 6 has one supply port 18 flowing to the header main pipe 17 and a plurality of header branch pipes 7 flowing from the main pipe 17 in the direction of the plumbing equipment. The header branch pipes 7 can be oriented in arbitrary directions independently around the axis of the main pipe 17. In the header attribute setting command 31 of the present embodiment, the number of header branch pipes 7 is determined, each header branch pipe 7 is set to be directed independently and in an arbitrary direction, and a header arrangement reference point Q is set. . When the number, direction, and arrangement reference point Q of the header branch pipes 7 are determined, the numbers are automatically assigned in the order in which the header branch pipes 7 are arranged, and are automatically registered in the header database 30 shown in FIG.

A method of arranging the fit drawing A and the header 6 registered by the above means in the floor plan B will be described with reference to FIG. When the header placement command 32 is used to specify the header placement reference point Q, direction, and height from the floor 11 on the building floor plan B, the header 6 is placed on the building floor plan B in FIG. Automatically placed in After arranging the header 6 on the architectural floor plan B, the command 22 for arranging the layout is next.
Sanitary equipment 1 required from the database 20 of FIG.
Is selected, and a drawing A in which the combination of the sanitary equipment 1 and the piping member 3 that fits the arrangement conditions is accommodated is selected from the list, and the sanitary equipment 1 is indicated on the building floor plan B at the arrangement reference point P according to the command. I do. When the arrangement reference point P is designated, the sanitary ware 1 is arranged on the architectural floor plan B, and together with the sanitary equipment 1, the piping members 3 and the like registered by the creation command 21 of the drawing A are automatically arranged on the architectural floor plan B at the same time. Is done.

The automatic operation of the piping 4 connecting the header 6 and the sanitary equipment 1 will be described with reference to a piping diagram C in FIG. After all the necessary headers 6 and sanitary equipment 1 are arranged on the building floor plan B, a command 40 for creating an automatic piping diagram is executed. According to the instruction of the command, the sanitary device 1 to be connected to one of the header branch pipes 7 is designated. Next, when one or more passing points S of a pipe (flexible pipe in the embodiment) connecting the header branch pipe 7 and the sanitary equipment 1 are sequentially specified from the header side, the pipe 4 is automatically connected according to the specified passing point S. Figure C is plotted. At this time, at a place where the direction changes at right angles or diagonally on the path of the pipe, the drawing is automatically made with a curve according to the drawing rule by the flexible pipe. Further, when the pipe connection diameter of the header branch pipe 7 and the pipe connection port 5 of the sanitary device 1 are different, a pipe joint member 3 of an appropriate different diameter is automatically inserted into the connection portion and arranged.

After the piping diagram C is automatically drawn by the above means, three pieces of attribute information of the header 6, the piping 4, and the sanitary equipment 1 are aggregated, and the piping system 10 to which the attribute is added 41 is created as one piping system 10. . When the header branch pipe 7 and the sanitary device 1 are connected by the pipe 4 for each header branch pipe 7, separate piping systems 10 are created. All information necessary for construction and the like is added to the piping member 3 used for piping in advance by the attribute command 51 and registered in the member database 50. Height information from the floor 11 is added to the header 6 and the pipe connection port 5 of the sanitary device 1, and an isometric drawing D of the rising portion 14 in the height direction is automatically drawn. Although the shape is not visible in the architectural floor plan B and the piping diagram C,
Isometric diagram D shown in FIG. 6 by execution of viewpoint change command 60
, The rising portion 14 can be seen, and the entire piping system can be confirmed in a three-dimensional view as necessary. Piping diagram C
After all the piping systems 10 are created, the command 52 of piping member arrangement is executed, and all necessary piping members 3 are arranged on each piping system 10. The placed piping member 3 can be switched as required by a command 60 for displaying and hiding the shape on the piping diagram C in FIG. Piping system 10
The attribute information on the piping member 3 arranged above is added to the attribute information 52 of the piping system 10.

After the piping diagram C shown in FIG. 5 is created, when a member totaling command 71 is executed, the piping system 10 of the entire piping diagram C is obtained.
Is read, the attribute information existing in the piping system 10 is read, the information is consolidated and organized, a member totaling table E shown in FIG. 7 is automatically created, and the totaling data is stored in the totaling database 70. In the tallying procedure of the piping members 3, the piping system 10 connected to each header branch pipe 7 is recognized for each sanitary device 1, the shape and model number of the header 6 for each piping system 10, and the header branch pipe 7 Some numbers,
All the information of what is the attribute of the water supply and hot water supply of the pipe 4 is recognized, and then all the information such as the pipe member 3 attached to the sanitary device 1 and its position and type are recognized. Then, the piping members 3 such as joints additionally arranged on the piping system between the header 6 and the sanitary equipment 1 and the drawn piping length are recognized, and the aggregation data is arranged in the member aggregation table E in the arrangement order from the header 6. Is done. If the member summary table is confirmed based on the member summary table E shown in FIG. 7, it is possible to perform the member processing, component aggregation, and on-site assembly work for each piping system 10.

When the command 80 for creating the development drawing F is executed after the creation of the piping drawing C, the development drawing F shown in FIG. 8 is created, and the same data processing as the creation of the member totaling table E is performed. Here, all the piping members 3 on the piping diagram C are recognized,
The two-dimensional shape data of the piping member 3 is called from the piping member database 50, and the shape data up to the piping member 3 connected to the sanitary device 1 is automatically arranged and drawn in the order of the piping system. The overall length of the piping of each piping system 10 is also recognized, the positional relationship of the piping members 3 on the sanitary equipment 1 side is determined, and the long piping 4 is located away from the header 6 and the short piping 4 is close to the header 6 in the two-dimensional manner. The shape data is arranged, and a developed drawing F shown in FIG. 8 is automatically created.

[0015]

The system according to the present invention comprises means for adding to the hydrant equipment the attributes of the pipe connection diameter, connection height, and members required for the construction, and selecting the hydrant equipment with the attribute. By simply specifying the layout position on the CAD floor plan, the piping members required for the piping work are also placed at the same time. In addition, when arranging the header on the floor plan of the building, the direction and the number of the header branch pipes can be arbitrarily set, and the attributes thereof can be added to the header. Piping between the placed header and sanitary equipment is drawn using the automatic drawing function, and when the header connection pipe of each header branch pipe and hydrant equipment is specified, the header,
Piping and hydrant equipment add attributes as a single piping system, and necessary information can be extracted as needed. Also,
By arranging all necessary piping members on the piping system, member information attributes can be added to the piping system, and if the members become complicated on the piping diagram, they can be hidden, making the drawing easy to see Become. By executing the aggregation command on the piping diagram for the many piping systems created above, the piping member name, piping member and number of members, piping length, piping type, etc. can be output as data for each piping system, estimation work, member ordering Work time can be reduced. In addition, a development plan creation command is used to automatically create a development plan for production site instruction, thereby shortening the piping unit creation time. This system greatly reduces the work time of the on-site piping assembly process by creating a piping system that integrates all information in a piping diagram that draws hydrant equipment, headers, and piping on the CAD floor plan. it can.

As described above, by using the piping CAD system of the present invention, piping drawings can be easily drawn, and information necessary for work instructions of all processes such as estimation work, parts ordering work, and assembly work for each piping system. Can be taken out of the piping diagram,
Not only can all processes from design to production be coordinated,
This has the effects of significantly shortening the manufacturing period, simplifying the work, and saving labor.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a piping CAD system showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a set-up diagram A including a front view and a side view of a device in which a pipe member is connected to a required sanitary device according to the present embodiment.
Is shown.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a header 6 having a plurality of header branch pipes used for the pipe of the present embodiment, and each branch pipe can be individually directed around the axis.

FIG. 4 is a building floor plan B for creating a piping diagram of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a piping diagram C drawn by the piping CAD system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an isometric view D of the piping diagram C of the present embodiment viewed from an oblique viewpoint.

FIG. 7 is a member count table E created by executing a member count command according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an exploded view F for production instructions for a production site, which is created by executing the exploded view creation command of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Sanitary equipment 3 Piping member 4 Piping 5 Fitting diagram Piping connection port 6 Header 7 Header branch pipe 10 Piping system 11 Floor surface 14 Rising section 17 Header main pipe A Fitting drawing B Building floor plan C Piping drawing D Isometric drawing E Member summary table F Exploded view P Placement reference point for fit diagram Q Placement reference point for header S Passing point

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Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A drawing of a hydrant device selected and set in advance, by adding information such as a pipe diameter and a connection height to be connected to the hydrant device, a piping member necessary for piping construction, and a positional relationship. Means for creating a fit diagram, means for registering the fit diagram in a database, and setting the registered fit diagram on a preset building floor plan automatically sets the fit diagram having the set information on the building floor plan. Piping CA, comprising:
D system. 2. A drawing of a header having a plurality of branch pipes in a main pipe, means for setting the number of branch pipes, the diameter of the branch pipes, the direction of rotation of the branch pipes, and the like, and for each branch pipe, Means for providing information such as the set diameter, rotation direction, etc., means for registering the set header in a database, and when the registered header is set on a building floor plan, the header having the set information is automatically arranged. And a piping CAD system. 3. A means for automatically drawing a piping diagram in which piping positions are arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule by designating a header, a hydrant device and a passage point of piping on the floor plan of the building. The piping CAD system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 4. A piping CAD system according to claim 1, further comprising means for adding information relating to water supply, hot water supply, or the like to the piping in the piping diagram arranged on the floor plan of the building. . 5. A means for automatically creating a piping system in which information such as piping members from a branch pipe of a header to a water tap device is integrated into a piping diagram arranged on the floor plan of the building. The piping CAD system according to claim 1, wherein: 6. A piping diagram is created by drawing a piping diagram from a header branch pipe to a water faucet device on the building floor plan and adding height information of a pipe connection port of the water faucet device on the building floor plan. 6. A device according to claim 1, further comprising means for automatically creating a vertical rising portion on the drawing.
Pipe CAD system as described. 7. A means for adding necessary information on construction to a piping member used for the piping diagram, a means for registering the piping member added with the information in a database of the system, When indicating the position on the piping system,
7. The piping CAD system according to claim 1, further comprising: means for automatically registering the registered piping members on a piping system. 8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for arranging the piping member on a piping system so that information added to the piping member is added to information on the piping system. Plumbing CAD system. 9. The piping CAD system according to claim 1, further comprising a unit capable of switching display and non-display of a piping member on the piping system on a piping diagram. 10. The piping CAD system according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying a three-dimensional isometric view that can be displayed from an arbitrary direction when a viewpoint direction of the drawing is set in the piping diagram. 11. By executing a tallying command on the piping diagram, data on which estimation work such as a piping member name, the number of piping members, a piping length, a piping type, etc. can be performed based on all information added to the piping diagram. The piping CAD system according to claim 1, further comprising a counting unit. 12. A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for executing a development view creation command on said piping view to automatically create a development view in which piping members of a piping system are arranged and displayed in an assembling order. Pipe CAD system as described.