Keep the red ink away from your drawings and break pipes correctly the first time!
You're a Piping Designer, and it's expected that you know this, but don't stress. We've all done it, it happens. Sometimes you just don't know the correct way, or it's been awhile, or you were rushed and didn't have time to look it up. If you are ever unsure of what the proper way is to break pipes on GA's or ISO's or even single line diagrams (flow sheets), well here's your answer!
The quick explanation is that the pipe break symbols should look as though the pipe is opening up, and the two breaks should look like they fit together. If you were to grab a pair of scissors and cut out each pipe with it's break symbol, the two pipes should fit together and look like a single pipe. That's the vision, that's what you want. If yours doesn't look like it's doing that, you need to fix it.
Check out the images below for examples. Save the link to your desktop so it's always handy, or print them off for reference, whatever works for you.
You're a Piping Designer, and it's expected that you know this, but don't stress. We've all done it, it happens. Sometimes you just don't know the correct way, or it's been awhile, or you were rushed and didn't have time to look it up. If you are ever unsure of what the proper way is to break pipes on GA's or ISO's or even single line diagrams (flow sheets), well here's your answer!
The quick explanation is that the pipe break symbols should look as though the pipe is opening up, and the two breaks should look like they fit together. If you were to grab a pair of scissors and cut out each pipe with it's break symbol, the two pipes should fit together and look like a single pipe. That's the vision, that's what you want. If yours doesn't look like it's doing that, you need to fix it.
Check out the images below for examples. Save the link to your desktop so it's always handy, or print them off for reference, whatever works for you.
So what does it look like when done wrong? Here are a couple of examples:
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