Title :
A CAD system development for pipe and cable planning
Author :
Liu, Qiang ; Xu, Ruqin ; Liu, Xiaoqin
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. & Control Eng., Liaoning Shihua Univ., Fushun, China
Abstract :
This paper designs and develops a pipe planning CAD system based on MATLAB and UG software. The geometric information of planning space and terminals are extracted by using UG/Open GRIP. The pipe and cable path planning is conducted using some existing automatic routing algorithms in a MATLAB system, and then the final computation results are transferred back to the UG system for visualization of pipe layouts. The date transmission between MATLAB and UG systems are implemented by TXT text files. By using this system, academic researchers and practitioners in pipe engineering areas can efficiently implement and demonstrate various designed routing algorithms.
Keywords :
CAD; cables (mechanical); data visualisation; mechanical engineering computing; path planning; pipes; CAD system development; MATLAB system; UG software; UG/Open GRIP; automatic routing algorithm; cable path planning; geometric information; pipe engineering; pipe layout visualization; pipe planning CAD system; space planning; terminal planning; Algorithm design and analysis; Layout; MATLAB; Planning; Routing; Software algorithms; Visualization; CAD; cable; pipe; planning;
Conference_Titel :
System Science, Engineering Design and Manufacturing Informatization (ICSEM), 2012 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0914-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICSSEM.2012.6340826
