Automatic routing of cables and pipes

Creo Piping and Cabling Extension

Piping and Cabling Design

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Your design products containing electrical harnesses, hydraulic or pneumatic hoses, high and low pressure tubing, copper work, or even large bore pipes? Creo Piping and Cabling Extension is the perfect 3D solution to optimally route even the most complex cabling and piping routings automatically and without a physical prototype.

  • Automatic routing of cables and pipes 
  • Optimal routing without a prototype

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Overview

Fast and Reliable Development of Electrical, Hydraulic and Pneumatic Routings

Creo Piping and Cabling Extension enables designers to fully automate the routing process. Designers no longer have to build physical prototypes and struggle through the trial-and-error process; they can determine – virtually – the optimal paths of the pipes in the model. In addition, designers can create rules that are based on company best practices or corporate policies. By establishing rules, the software can then verify that this optimal path is compliant with established manufacturing rules. In working directly with a Creo Parametric model, the advantage of full associativity takes full effect. All changes to the model are automatically updated in the routing.

Benefits

  • Captures schematic information, manufacturing documentation and references to schematic diagrammes 
  • Reduce errors and time-consuming tasks by using 3D technology instead of manuall routing through physical prototypes by trial-and-error
  • Quickly determine the optimum path by automatic routing
  • Ensure design rules and schematic logic rules are enforced through pecification-driven design 
  • Easily move or replace components and connectors without having to route anew
  • Full associativity with model data to automatically adapt routing to design changes

Specifications

  • Accurate and efficient routing of pipelines and fittings while complying with design rules based on 2D schematic diagrammes 
  • Comprehensive suite of tools for fitting insertion 
  • Predefined rules and violation detection
  • Complete control over flow directions 
  • Verification of piping routes: missing fittings and other missteps 
  • Extract information from design: e.g. bill of materials, bend machine and fittings reports, isometric drawings, installation and piping spool drawing, schematic diagrames 
  • Automatic Creation of fully defined 3D harnesses including connectors and components
  • Automated flattening of 3D harnesses for manufacturing