My everyday work routine!

[mrburnett]

Hi, Im just away to start a job as a piping draughtsman. Can you give me any advice on useful resources etc? Ive been a draughtsman for a year, but never with piping. Any help is much appreciated!!

[woodpecker0329]

what's this??? stone age isometric production...gosh!!! we're in the 3d age now!!! huh!

[HenrydeBeli]

hey my man I work as a commercial autocad drafter and i get paid 13/hr i was wondering how much do you make and am I underpaid? would I make more money if I studied 4 more years and became a draftsman?

[leparditas]

solidworks better for 3d

[jthrilla84]

u guys make a lot of money!!!

[1987cws]

you should try the Cadpipe add od to AutoCAD, for both the modeling of 3D piping systems as well as drafting of pipe spools.

[deezynar]

It looks like you enjoy your job, that's really awesome. Do you work in a shop that fabricates piping for industrial applications?

[higg457]

Nice drawing. Looks like the same add on program I created for my company. :-)

[thehnah]

Oh Mr. Higg. I'm sure you're not the only one who created them! Don't take ALL the credit! :-P

[kingkong113]

nice drawing man, i am in my third year of college and i a want to work in the petro chemical drafting bussines, i also plan on graduating with an electrical,machine and topographic degree. I might also choose a class that theaches the Pro-E program. Also i agree with tturit PDMS is the best program to design piping drawings in.

[thehnah]

The company I work for drew all the fittings/forgings anything pipe for autocad, so I just pop those right in! They're fairly simple to draw, as long as you know what you're drawing! ;)

[tturit]

hehe :D ceasar2? caepipe? pdms? pds.... why autocad? this is usless

[thehnah]

I find it pretty useful actually! I love drawing pipe on AutoCad! It works just fine where I work... we all use it! I'm sure those other programs are great too though! :)

[tturit]

I am sorry :) I like the autocad. but the autocad is not capable of a dynamic and static analysis. where these drawings are made?

[demirdinc]

You said Autocad is useless but you didn't mention which is the best for you?

[tturit]

sorry my friend :)

you have truth

I like the Cadworx with Coade-Ceasar2 and Tekla Structure, but I have to be useful the following program: AVEVA-PDMS with CAEPIPE and TEKLA-Xsteel

i hope this answer for your quastion

good aftermoon

[tturit]

sorry!

Xsteel=structure

[pipedesigner]

DATS SOCKET-WELD FITTINGS RIGTH?

[thehnah]

Yep. SW elbows in specific.

[pipedesigner]

I CAN DO DAT BUT CANT FIND A JOB! IT SUCKS

[thehnah]

Hmmm... that does suck :-/

[spyxe]

can this be done in some lower version of AutoCad?like 2004?

[thehnah]

Yes, I'm pretty sure it can be done with ANY version of autocad. We use '04, '07, and some '08 where I work. It's basically just drawing lines to represent a spool of pipe for a customer! Simple stuff!

[jthrilla84]

I plan on going into drafting. what program is that?

[thehnah]

'Tis AutoCad 2007!!

You should definitely go for drafting! It's awesome! :-D I've never gone to school for it and I learned pretty quickly! Been doing it a little over a year now where I work!

[jthrilla84]

thanks! i was thinking about doing specifically architectural drafting in school but i think im going to take up a general drafting degree so i can do all sorts of drafting. I dont want to limit myself on one specifically. I love it though. and thanks for answering!

[thehnah]

No problem! Good luck in your career! :)

[pipedesigner]

FOR WHAT COMPANY DO U WORK FOR?

[pipedesigner]

WHERE YOU FROM?

[thehnah]

Texas

[thehnah]

Ahh that sucks! :(

Send the "Bengal Root Patrol" out to get them! And tell them to make some Root Beer while they're at it! ;)

[thehnah]

Thanks lol I love my job!