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200 | Chapter 14 Designing Pipe Runs
Drafting Finished Pipe Runs in Profile View
After you configure= final details of a pipe run with the Pipes Run Editor, you
can draft a finished profile pipe run in the current profile. Illustrative struc-
ture blocks and labels for nodes are inserted, and then pipes are drawn and
labeled between nodes.
To draft a finished profile pipe run
Steps Use to locate
1 If you do not have a profile currently drafted in a drawing
for the pipe run alignment (or the alignment that you
associated with the pipe run), then from the Profile menu,
choose Create Profile
➤ Full Profile to draw the profile.
Creating a Complete Profile
2 From the Pipes menu, choose Settings
➤ Edit to display
the Pipes Settings Editor dialog box.
3 Under Pipes Drafting Labels, click Profile to establish the
finished profile pipe settings.
Changing the Label
Settings for Finished Draft
Pipes in Profile View
4 Under Node Drafting Labels, click Profile to establish the
finished profile node settings.
5 From the Pipes menu, choose Finish Draft Profile
➤ Draw
Pipe Run. Select the pipe run or press
ENTER to display the
Defined Runs dialog box, then select the run.
Creating Finished Draft
Runs in Profile View