Automatic Assembly of Hangers and Supports

Piping and Tubing Design Overview

Use the wide range of tools in SOLIDWORKS Premium to simplify design and documentation of piping and tubing for a wide range of systems and applications, including machinery, skid systems, and process plant piping.

With SOLIDWORKS Premium, designers can:

Create piping system designs with butt welded, socket welded, threaded, and other connections
Create flexible or rigid tubing lines
Automate placement of supports and hangers for all lines
Generate bend tables for tube routes to support manufacturing
Calculate cut lengths for all pipe and tube runs
Auto-route pipe/tube paths through the design that can be easily edited according to assembly and service needs
Ensure minimum bend radii in flexible tube systems
Output PCF files for use with ISOGEN® piping software
Export tubing/piping bend tables to CNC benders
Automatically generate piping/tubing manufacturing drawings from your 3D models
Import logical connection information design from SOLIDWORKS Solution Partner products
Automatically create bill of material (BOM), cut lists, bend tables, and other manufacturing documentation
Access a CAD library of piping and tubing components
Use the Routing Library Manager (RLM) wizard to guide creation of custom piping/tubing components