[Request for Feedback] Pipe Naming Conventions

I wanted to solicit your participation in a survey we have developed involving Pipe Fittings, and how you as users think about them.

Pipe Fittings are a complex beast when it comes to describing them in a short concise manner. Many aspects about them, such as Material, Class, Type, Connection Type, etc., are factors for selection in a design.

We'd like to know more about what is important to you as users, so we can define a convention that best reflects that feedback.

With that in mind, I ask that you please fill out the following survey to provide us your perspective on this matter.  It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes.

For those of you who are CAD Managers, I would request that you ask your end-users to fill out the survey, as they will most likely be the folks most directly impacted by choices that we make.

Thanks in advance to all of you.

Comments

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[Steve Saltsman]

Kyle I have found your lesson some of the most useful on the web, thank you.

I do feel that there needs to be a better convention for pipe fitting even duct fitting - much like you would find in the steel industry that has been adopted by most Arch BIM products. However the MEP product has many more loose ends than just the naming convention of pipe fittings. I would rather see a Find and/or replace, even better handling of warngings, maybe even FLAT OVAL ducts.

[BIM is IN]

The industry has been around for basically a hundred years. With that in mind your convention should be that of the industry. Material:Type:Use or
Material:Use:Type

I don't think general CAD users (no offense meant)should be applying the naming convention but rather those who are certified engineers. The convention should somewhat match that of the industry catalogs. You can not change the industry you need to match it it.

Also for library purposes under ELBOWS you might have folders that say CAST-IRON, PVC, Stainless-Steel, etc. Then within those a use folder, SANITARY, WASTE, etc., so that it is clearly broken down.

This is only a guess at some order butall engineers clearly know what they want so have match the thinking.

Thank you