Component classes to add

[petermaginot]

Hello,
I'm an engineer who works in oil and gas and, up to now, have always been frustrated by the lack of a simple, low or no-cost program for designing small piping systems. I have resorted to hand drawing designs or outsourcing them rather than maintaining an AutoCAD subscription. I've been monkeying around with FreeCAD and Quetzal for about a month now and I think there's a only a few additional components that are necessary to turn it into a viable alternative to AutoCAD for small piping designs. I have a few component classes I am planning to add or expand:

1. Olets - Butt and Socket welded and threaded piping branch connectors like Bonney Forge brand Weldolets, Sockolets, and Thredolets are ubiquitous in most oil and gas piping systems.
2. Pipe supports - I cannot for the life of me figure out the process to insert beams to make pipe supports. Probably more of a me problem than a problem with the existing process but it would be nice to make that more user friendly.
3. Socket welded/threaded ells, tees, couplings, and unions - extremely common for small diameter (<DN50) piping systems.
4. Valves - Increase the size diversity and improve the model rendering of flanged ball, gate, and globe valves, and add accurately dimensioned socket welded/threaded valves.

I will have some time over the coming month to work on these items, but if anyone else out there is able to that would be great too! Are there any other components that you can think of that would be really useful to add?
Peter

[EdgarJRobles]

I will add a roadmap piping features on README.md file in order to define a tangible target like ISO, ANSI, ASME , DIN standarts.

I dont have any experiense on industrial pipes i just did basic research if you have any experience or information around existing standart it will helpful.