SpoolFab Documentation

See a chart showing the main functions of SpoolFab, followed by a guide for new users.

Get up and running by installing SpoolFab on your Windows machine.

Create a new Client, Job, and Spec which is necessary when beginning a project.

Learn how to edit a SpoolFab specification (spec) inside of a job.

Get started by drawing some fundamentals: pipes, elbows, tees, and dimensions.

Draw 3D offset boxes around fittings and pipes with rolling offsets.

Brand images and print-outs of your drawings by setting up a custom title block.

Use keyboard shortcuts to reduce the time it takes to draw and operate SpoolFab.

Calculate diameter inch in a customizable fashion to suit your company's requirements.

Order more drawings via our online ordering system or by sending in an email.

Track fabrication stages by using a CS3000 Barcode Scanner alongside SpoolFab.

Display a summary of shop welds on a drawing using a note.

Generate material reports, weld reports, and more, on multiple imported IDF & PCF files at once.

Sort status tables by custom parameters like "Paint" or "Insulation"

Add custom branch dimensions to be able to draw outside of the default sizes and reduction limits of SpoolFab.

Add heat numbers before or after fabrication. Enter one by one or assign automatically based on inventory.

Store and display up to 21 custom parameters in your drawing.

Choose a starting layout and adjust it to suit your needs.

Add text to drawings by adding Notes of various sizes and orientations.

Add new or missing materials to the list of materials available when drawing.

Determine which spools can be fabricated when materials are currently scarce and prioritize which spools to fabricate.

Hexagonal callouts highlight boltups. A table lists Size, Rating, Torque, etc. Generate a Torque Report for several drawings or the whole job.

Assign welding lots and select welds for RT (X-Ray) testing.

Learn to draw unusual items not defined in the Master Files with specific examples for API Flanges and Vesselets.

Manage the pipe and fittings you have on your drawings and generate reports based on those items using the inventory view.

Populate consecutive weld labels for any number of drawings or the entire job.

Send files to automatic profilers via Rotary Tube Pro

Use flexible shapes (lines, shapes, arrows, etc.) to draw your own details and save them for future use.

Calculate the surface area of items on a drawing, most commonly to estimate painting costs for the outside of items.

Understand the key considerations when working from home to avoid file conflicts and other possible issues.

Use barcode scanning to track the progress of spools through your shop.

Select items you have drawn to delete or move one or more at a time.

Display data from the status table on drawings, including barcodes.

How to add an elbolet in a regular direction or an odd direction.

Show the progress of inspection for each spool in the Status Table.

Takes a list of drawings you want to fabricate and compares it to your current stock. Tells you what you are short of for each of the drawings on your list.

Sort and select from the list of drawings or use the entire list. Generate a material summary, material search, item report, cut sheets, or a consolidated report in excel.

How to manage weldolets of the same branch size but different weights and/or fitting on different header sizes.

For PCF or IDF files received in batches, CTO utility helps you keep them separate but still within the same job.

Entering received material with heat numbers allows SpoolFab to suggest which spools you should fabricate first. It also lets you assign heat numbers automatically.

Draw a Standard Detail and convert it to an item if desired. Show dimensions in your detail.

Draw a variety of 3 and 4-way Bio-Pharmaceutical Valves such as Ball, Box, Diaphragm valves, and more.