ESApro Piping 2D (2D parametric drawing of piping lay-outs) For those not used to 3D environment, ESApro Piping 2D is an effective tool for the drawing of plant lay-outs. Even the user not so skilled in AutoCAD soon will become proficient with the aid of Piping 2D powerful functions. Piping 2D is very helpful, in particular, for modifying pre-existing bidimensional drawings available in standard DWG format. Piping Spec driven Operations The applications of the ESApro Plant Design family share the centralized data base which the various programs get the dimensional and descriptive data from. The database supplied with the program contains thousands of piping component tables compliant with the most popular standards (ASME, DIN, ISO, UNI, BS, BPE etc.) and is fully user customizable in order to face whichever particular need. The Spec Manager, shared among the various programs, allows the system supervisor to create the Piping Classes choosing, among all the typologies and dimensions available in the data base, the subset fitting the design criteria. The piping specs defined in such way drive and control the user throughout the whole project development. Parametric Drawing of Piping Components ESApro Piping 2D is made of a series of parametric programs capable of automatically creating the 2D drawings of the piping components, in all sizes and views by picking up the dimensional data from the database. A large variety of components is provided: pipes, bent pipes, elbows, tees, couplings, reducers, caps, flanges, valves strainers etc.. Once Class and ND have been set the user simply draws the pipeline which is automatically dressed with pipes and elbows. In-line components namely valves, flanges and strainers are easily picked up from the screen icons and automatically insert on the line and cut the pipe. Graphic routines for Quick and Precise drawing A set of graphic routines accelerate the lay-out drawing up, contemporarily guaranteeing great accuracy and precision. Even the user not so skilled in AutoCAD will be immediately proficient. Parametric Library of Beams In order to make easier the drawing up of steel structures and supports the program is equipped with a parametric library of the most popular types of beams: I, C, H, T beams, angles etc.. Maximum Operating Versatility Suitable switches are provided for selecting the preferred representation of valves with or without handle and coupling flanges. Even the gasket thickness is considered. The pipeline representation is available both in single and double line. The resulting drawing is made of polylines instead of blocks thus making possible to freely perform all the editing operations required in a bidimensional drawing, namely the trim of two crossing pipes.