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Compatible with AutoCAD Versions: 13, 14, 2000, 2000i, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

RIGID INSULATION

Component of the Detailer command that draws both tapered and fixed thickness rigid insulation in section.

User configurable options: 

• Color and lineweight for insulation outline
• Scale factor above which no hatch or fills will be drawn
• Hatch pattern and scale
• Whether hatch pattern scale should adjust w/ drawing scale
• Color and lineweight for hatch pattern

See Rigid Insul in the Section/Detail Cmds section of the APS Configuration Utility. 

Layers:

• If you are using "No Layer Control" the insulation is drawn on whatever layer is current. See the Layer Control section of the APS Configuration Utility.

• The default layer type for the outline of the rigid insulation is "Insulation" and the default layer type for the hatching is "Insulation fills". 
  • If you are using "Direct Layer Assignment" the layer names are assigned to these layer types in the Layer assignments portion of the Layer Control section of the APS-CONFIG command.
  • If you are using "Layer Schemes" the layer names are assigned to these layer types in the Assigning Layer Names to Layer Types portion of the SCHEMEDIT command.

  The layer types for this command can be changed in the Assigning Layer Types to Commands portion of the Layer Control section of the APS-CONFIG command.  

Known limitations:

• None reported. If there is something this command will not do that you think it should please let us know.

Alternate uses:

• None reported. If you have an alternate use for this command submit it here.

SAMPLE RIGINS COMMAND SYNTAX:

Command:
Command: RIGINS

The following dialog appears:

The button will take you to the main selection screen of the detailer command.

The button brings you to this web page for help during the command (without canceling)

Select the type of insulation needed at the top. You may draw insulation with uniform thickness (shown selected above) or you may select tapered (where you select the beginning and ending thicknesses), or you may select tapered by slope (where you select a beginning thickness, a slope and which direction to slope). When you select the type of insulation the appropriate areas of the above dialog become active.

 

[Uniform thickness]

Enter the thickness you would like for the insulation in the "Starting Thickness" box (since we are drawing uniform thickness insulation this will also be our ending thickness). You may either type in a thickness or select one of the preset buttons.

 

Select start point for rigid insulation:

Select the corner point. The endpoint and intersection snaps are added to your running object snaps if not already being used.

 

Select end point or [D]ist/[L]ength/direction dialog:

Select the end point for the insulation or type "D" or "L" to enter the point relative to the first point with the Distance/Length & direction dialog. This time the endpoint, intersection and perpendicular object snaps are added to your running snaps if they are not being used already.

 

Select side for thickness:

Select the side.

 

--the insulation is drawn--

[end - Uniform thickness]

 

 

[Tapered]

Specify the starting thickness you would like for the insulation in the "Starting thickness" box then specify the ending thickness in the "Ending thickness" box. You may either type in a thickness or select one of the preset buttons.

 

Select start point for rigid insulation:

Select the starting corner point. This is the portion of the insulation that will have the thickness that was specified in the "Starting thickness" box.  The endpoint and intersection snaps are added to your running object snaps if not already being used.

 

Select end point or [D]ist/[L]ength/direction dialog:

Select the end point for the insulation or type "D" or "L" to enter the point relative to the first point with the Distance/Length & direction dialog. This is the portion of the insulation that will be the thickness specified in the "Ending thickness" box. The endpoint, intersection and perpendicular object snaps are added to your running snaps if they are not being used already.

 

Select side for thickness:

Select the side.

 

--the insulation is drawn--

[end - Tapered]

 

 

[Tapered by slope]

Specify the starting thickness you would like for the insulation in the "Starting thickness" box. You may either type in a thickness or select one of the preset buttons. Then select the direction to slope relative to the start point (up/thicker or down/thinner). Finally specify a slope in inches per foot. You may type in a value or press one of the preset buttons.

 

Select start point for rigid insulation:

Select the starting corner point. This is the portion of the insulation that will have the thickness that was specified in the "Starting thickness" box.  The endpoint and intersection snaps are added to your running object snaps if not already being used.

 

Select end point or [D]ist/[L]ength/direction dialog:

Select the end point for the insulation or type "D" or "L" to enter the point relative to the first point with the Distance/Length & direction dialog. This is the portion of the insulation that will be the thickness specified in the "Ending thickness" box. The endpoint, intersection and perpendicular object snaps are added to your running snaps if they are not being used already.

 

Select side for thickness:

Select the side.

 

--the insulation is drawn--

[end - Tapered by slope]

Solutions to common questions and problems with this command

Related Commands

DETAILER  A dialog for selecting one of the many materials that can be drawn.

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