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Revision History
Date Version Notes
October 2003 11.5 Updated to incorporate the Design Explorer and the new
view manipulation facilities introduced at this version of
PDMS.
1.1.2 Assumptions
For you to use this guide, the sample PDMS project, Project SAM, must
be correctly installed on your system, and you must have read/write
access to the project databases.
It is assumed that you know:
• where to find PDMS on your computer system
• you know how to use the Windows operating system installed on
your site.
Contact your systems adminstrator if you need further help in either of
these areas.
Sans-serif bold
for menu names and options, and for the names of forms.
Typewriter
for text within a form, including text that you enter
yourself using the keyboard.
1.3 Terminology
You can switch rapidly between the different parts of the program, so
that the distinctions between them become almost imperceptible, but you
need to recognise what is happening when you select from the different
functions available to you from the various menus.
The following terms are used throughout this guide to describe what
action to carry out:
Enter Type text into the specified dialogue box, then press the Enter
(or Return) key to confirm the entry.
Click Place the mouse pointer over a specified point, then quickly
press and release the designated mouse button. If no button
is specified, use the left-hand mouse button.
Drag Place the mouse pointer over a specified point, then press and
hold down the required mouse button while moving the
pointer to a second specified point. Release the button over
the second point.
Double-click
Place the mouse pointer over a specified point, then click the
left-hand mouse button twice in quick succession.
Chapter 4 explains how PDMS stores its design data and shows you
how to organise your data.
The guide concludes with an Index, allowing you to refer back to any
specific topics about whose details you need to be reminded.
This guide teaches you to about the key features of using PDMS for
piping designs only.
If you wish to learn more about the wide-ranging facilities of PDMS,
AVEVA provides a wide range of training courses, covering all levels of
expertise and all design disciplines. For details of courses, and to arrange
course attendance, contact your nearest AVEVA support office (see the
copyright page at the front of this guide for our web address).
3.1 Logging in
This is the first step of the tutorial exercise. If you do not know where the
PDMS program is stored on your system, you will have to contact your
system administrator at this point.
Exercise begins:
Ignore any entries currently shown in this form. The next section
describes how to complete the boxes, and the exercise continues
afterwards.
You use the mouse to steer the graphics pointer around the screen and to
select or pick items by using the mouse buttons. The buttons perform
different tasks depending on the type of window, and the position within
the window, where the pointer is positioned. The appearance of the
pointer changes according to the type of display item that is underneath
it.
The left-hand mouse button has three functions:
• On a graphical view, clicking the left-hand button with the pointer
over a design element results in that element becoming the current
element (that is, the design item on which you want to carry out the
next operation).
• In a sequence of menus, dragging with the left-hand button
activates the command represented by the highlighted menu option
when the button is released.
• On a form, the effect varies according to what you select.
The middle mouse button is used primarily to manipulate a graphical
view; the right-hand button (which gives a shortcut menu) is used to
access the menu options specific to the graphical view window.
To change the setting, click on the down arrow or button face to reveal
the full list of available options, then pick the required option.
Exercise continues:
3D Graphical View
Design Explorer
Status Bar
Design Explorer
This shows your current position in the PDMS database
hierarchy. To move to a different point in the database, you click
on the appropriate item in the list.
3D Graphical View
This is the window in which you display the design model
graphically as you build it. The shortcut menu (which you access
with the right-hand mouse button) enables you to control how the
model is represented. This window also has its own tool bar.
Status Bar
This displays information about the current status of your
operations.
The tool bar is displayed immediately below the main menu bar in the
application window. It contains a number of icon buttons which let you
carry out common tasks without searching for the options in the menus.
The actions of the buttons are explained in the on-line help. If you pause
the pointer over a button, a tool-tip pop-up box will remind you of the
function of the button. To activate a button, you click on it.
Note: The tool bar can be switched off, or displayed with larger icons.
To do so, select Settings>System from the main menu bar and
then set the required options on the resulting System Settings
form.
The status bar displays messages telling you what actions the
application is carrying out. You should look at it frequently, especially if
the system appears to be waiting for you to do something, since it will
always prompt you for any input or action which is required to carry out
the next step of your current activity.
If the prompt lets you repeat a task an unspecified number of times, such
as picking a selection of items using the pointer, you must press the
Escape key when you have finished to indicate that you are ready to
move to the next operation.
Forms are used both to display information and to let you enter new
data. Forms typically comprise an arrangement of buttons of various
types, text-boxes, and scrollable lists. Input to a form is usually via a
combination of mouse and keyboard.
While you have access to a form, you can change a setting, return to the
initial values, accept and act on the current data, or cancel the form
without applying any changes, according to the nature of the form.
You were introduced to text boxers and drop-down lists in Section 3.3;
this section describes the remaining boxes, buttons and lists:
• option buttons
• check boxes
• scrollable lists
• action buttons.
Unset
Cancels any changes you have made to the form, and closes
the form.
Cancels any changes you have made to the form, and leaves
the form displayed for further use.
Some forms contain more specific types of control button which carry out
particular command options. The action is indicated by the name of the
button (such Add or Remove).
Most bar menus end with a Help option. Where available, on-line help
gives detailed instructions on the use of the forms and menus via which
you control each application.
The Help option gives you the following choices from its submenu:
Help>on Context
This gives you help on any window currently visible in the display. When
you select this option, the pointer changes to a question mark (?). Move
the question mark into the window on which you want help and click the
left-hand mouse button.
Help>Contents
This displays the Help window with the Contents tab at the front so that
you can find the required topic from the hierarchical contents list.
Help>Index
This displays the Help window with the Index tab at the front so that you
can find all topics relevant to a selected keyword.
Help>About
This displays information about the current operating system on your
computer and about the versions of PDMS and its applications to which
you have access.
Pressing the F1 key at any time will display the help topic for the
currently active window (equivalant to Help>on Context for the current
window).
Exercise continues:
Experiment with each of the Help options until you understand the
search and navigation facilities for finding specific items of information.
Use the Help>on Context option to read the help texts for any forms which
you can currently see on your screen.
9. When you are ready to continue, close any forms which you have
been experimenting with as follows:
• If a form has a Dismiss button, click this button.
• If a form has its own menu bar, select Control>Close from that
menu.
• Close any Help windows which are displayed by double-
clicking in the control box in the top left-hand corner of each
window. Alternatively, select File>Exit from the Help window
menu bar.
Do not close the Design Explorer or the 3D View windows, because
you will use these in the next parts of the exercise.
You are advised to make full use of the on-line help facilities whenever
you want clarification of any operations during the later steps of the
exercise.
The data which defines the physical design of each equipment item is
represented by a set of basic 3D shapes known as Primitives (Box,
Cylinder, etc.) held below Equipment level. Connection points are
represented by Nozzles (NOZZ).
Together, these hierarchic levels give the following overall format:
WORLD (/*)
SITE SITE
ZONE ZONE
PIPE EQUIPMENT
You are now ready to create some administrative elements at the top of
the PDMS Design database hierarchy, as explained above.
Exercise continues:
10. Make sure that you are at World level in the Design Explorer, then
select Create>Site. On the displayed Create Site form, type
PIPESITE in the Name text box, and press the Enter key to confirm
the name.
The system automatically adds a / prefix to this name so that it
conforms with the internal PDMS file naming conventions:
/PIPESITE.
11. Click OK to create the Site element. Your first new element appears
in the Design Explorer as the current element.
12. You will now create two Zones named PIPEZONE (to hold piping
data) and EQUIZONE (to hold equipment data). Both are to be
owned by PIPESITE.
13. Now choose Create>Zone. On the displayed Create Zone form, enter
PIPEZONE.
14. Click OK to create the Zone element. Again, the new element
appears in the Design Explorer as the current element, and you can
see that that it is owned by PIPESITE.
15. To create another Zone owned by PIPESITE (and not PIPEZONE),
click on PIPESITE in the Design Explorer to make it the current
element. Now create a a second Zone, EQUIZONE, in the same way
as before.
Your top part of the Design Explorer will now look like this:
Note: If you or other users have accessed this database before, the list
may also contain other elements.
In the next chapter you will create some standard equipment items, to
give some reference points between which you can subsequently route
your sample piping sequences.
X
Y Equipment
Origin
Z
WORLD (/*)
SITE
ZONE
EQUIPMENT
Note: For the purposes of the current exercise, you do not need to fully
understand the implications of this alternative method of storing
design data. The concepts have been introduced to enable you to
recognise some of the new elements that will be added into your
Design Explorer as you progress through the steps of the exercise.
In this section you will create a storage tank using one of the standard
designs supplied with PDMS.
Exercise continues:
17. Make sure that EQUIZONE (the zone which you created for storing
equipment items) is your current element.
19. In the Name text box of the Create Standard Equipment enter
Tank-1.
The Specification Data area of the form enables you to narrow
down your choice of standard equipment by a progressive question-
and-answer sequence. At each stage of the search, you select from
the options in the lower list (whose title changes to reflect its
content) and the progress of the search is summarised in the
Current Selection list.
20. From the Specification drop-down list, select CADC Advanced
Equip.
21. From the CADCENTRE Advanced list, select Vessels.
This selection is copied to the Current Selection list, while the
lower list now shows three Vessel Type options.
22. Select Vertical Vessels.
23. Select Storage Vessel with Dished Top & Bottom.
24. Select VESS 001 - Dished both Ends.
The lower list title now says Selection complete and the list itself
is now empty. The Current Selection list shows the fully-specified
equipment:
25. At this stage, the equipment has the default dimensions defined by
the template designer. To specify your own dimensions, click the
Properties… button to display a Modify Properties form listing all
parameterised dimensions assigned to the equipment definition.
26. Enter the following details:
• Height: 3000
• Diameter: 2800
• Dish Height: 300
• Knuckle Radius: 100
• Support type: NONE
release the button. To zoom out, position the pointer over the centre
of interest of the plot and click the middle mouse button.
27. Click OK on the Modify Properties form.
28. Click Apply on the Create Standard Equipment form.
The Positioning Control form now appears automatically:
The standard vessel design does not incorporate any nozzles. In this
section, you will add a nozzle that you will later use to connect your
pipework to the storage tank.
Exercise continues:
1. Click Apply and then, if you have not already done so, Dismiss any
remaining forms involved in nozzle creation.
In order to see what your design looks like as you build it up, and to
enable you to identify design items by simply pointing to them rather
than by navigating to them in the Design Explorer, you will now display
your current design in a 3D View window, and learn how to manipulate
this display.
Exercise continues:
40. Remove the elements currently in the Draw List (the bottom half of
the Design Explorer) by clilcking each one in turn and selecting
Remove From Draw List from the shortcut menu.2. To set the Draw
List so that you can see each equipment item as you create it, you
need to select your equipment Zone. Do this by clicking on
EQUIZONE in the Design Explorer.
41. Now click on EQUIZONE and select Add To Draw List>Element
from the shortcut menu.
42. Now, in the 3D View tool bar, click on the Limits CE button, .
This adjusts the scale of the view automatically such that it
corresponds to a volume just large enough to hold the chosen
element(s); in this case, the Zone.
To change the view manipulation mode, use the 3D View tool bar buttons,
or the function keys, as follows:
You can also choose these view manipulation options, from the shortcut
menu with the mouse pointer within the graphical view.
Exercise continues:
53. Repeat the pan operations while holding down first the Ctrl key (to
increase the panning speed) and then the key (to decrease the
panning speed).
54. Select .
55. Position the pointer in the view area and hold down the middle
mouse button, then move the mouse slowly up and down.
Moving the mouse away from you (up) zooms in, effectively
magnifying the view; moving the mouse towards you (down) zooms
out, effectively reducing the view. Note that these operations work
by changing the viewing angle (like changing the focal length of a
camera lens); they do not change the observer’s eye-point or the
view direction.
56. Repeat the zoom operations while holding down first the Ctrl key
and then the key.
57. Position the pointer at the top of the tank and click (do not hold
down) the middle mouse button. Notice how the view changes so
that the picked point is now at the centre of the view. Whenever you
click the middle button, whatever the current manipulation mode,
you reset the centre of interest. Set the centre of interest to the face
of the nozzle, then zoom in for a close-up view. You will find this a
very useful technique when making small adjustments to the
design.
58. To restore the original view when you have finished, make sure that
your current element is EQUIZONE and click on the Limits CE
button, and reselect Isometric>Iso 3 from the shortcut menu.
You need to have several equipment items between which to route piping
components, so, in this section, you will now create a different design of
vertical storage vessel and a pump, using similar procedures to those you
used to create the first vessel.
Exercise continues:
60. In the Name text box of the Create Standard Equipment enter
Tank-2.
61. From the Specification drop-down list, select CADC Advanced
Equip.
62. From the CADCENTRE Advanced list, select Vessels.
This selection is copied to the Current Selection list, while the
lower list now shows three Vessel Type options.
63. Select Vertical Vessels.
64. Select Storage Hoppers
65. Select VESS 002 - Dished Top and Coned Bottom.
This design includes provision for one nozzle at the bottom of the
conical base.
66. Click the Properties button, and enter the following details:
Height: 2500
Diameter: 1500
Dish Height: 250
Knuckle Radius: 75
Cone Height: 750
Nozzle Height: 250
Nozzle Type: #300.R.F. 150mm NS
Support type: NONE
67. Click OK on the Modify Properties form.
68. Click Apply on the Create Standard Equipment form.
69. Click the button on the Positioning Control form, enter the
coordinates:
• East 2600
• North 7000
• Up 2600
70. Click Apply, and observe the relative positions and orientations of
the two vessels in the graphical view. EQUIZONE is now larger
than when you last set the viewing scale, so navigate to
/EQUIZONE and click to reset the limits.
71. Dismiss the Create Standard Equipment form.
72. Dismiss the Explicit Position form.
78. Click on the button on the main tool bar to display the Define
Axes form. On this form, select Cardinal Directions:
Rotation Handle
81. With the pointer over the horizontal rotation handle (see above),
press and hold down the left-hand mouse button and move the
pointer (which changes shape) in an anticlockwise direction until
the following pump orientation is achieved:
82. (The pump now points West.) Click anywhere in the graphics area
to remove the drag handles.. See the online help for a full
explanation of all of the element position manupulation facilities
available in Model Editor mode.
83. Other methods of changing orientation are explained below. (Move
the pump back its original orientation first by clicking on the Undo
button ( ) on the main toolbar. Click again to leave Model
Editor mode. )
84. To change the orientation of the pump so that it points West, either
click on the button, or select Orientate>Rotate. The Rotate form
enables you to rotate the equipment through a specified angle about
a defined axis. The default axis is up, through the origin, and is
correct, so just set Angle to 90:
85. Click Apply, Dismiss the Rotate form, and select Close>Retain axes
on the Define Axes form. This leaves the axes symbol in the 3D
View: you will find this useful for reference in the rest of the
exercise.
Exercise continues:
88. Update the database to store changes to the design model so far by
clicking on , or selecting Design>Save Work, and click YES.
89. You should also save your current screen layout and display
settings, so that next time you use the application you can easily
In the next chapter, you will add to the design model by creating some
piping components.
To Branch 2 To Branch 1
Tail Tail
P1 P1 P1
(usually also p-arrive) (usually also p-leave)
P1
where the two cylinder primitives form the component geometry set and
the four p-points form its point set (the fourth p-point, P3, lets you specify
the orientation of the side arm when you incorporate the tee into your
design). The dimensions of the tee are represented in the catalogue by
parameters whose values are determined by the nominal bore required to
suit the design.
Exercise continues:
Note: It is assumed from now on that you know how to use the OK,
Apply, Cancel and Dismiss buttons on forms, so they will not
always be mentioned in the rest of the exercise.
92. Restart PDMS and enter the Design module as you did at the start
of the exercise, but this time set the Load from option on the PDMS
Login form to User’s Binary.
When loading is complete, your screen should look the same as it
did when you saved the layout in the previous chapter.
If you intend to continue your design when you finish a PDMS
Design session, it is always advisable to use the Display>Save>Forms
& Display option (as you did previously) so that you can reload the
binary files in this way. The alternative is to to reload the
applications from their source macros, but this takes more time.
You can revert to the most recently saved layout at any time by
selecting Display>Restore>Forms & Display.
93. Change from the Equipment application to the Pipework
application, by selecting Design>Pipework.
The menu bar for the Equipment application is replaced by that for
the Pipework application. The menu bars for both applications are
superficially similar, but the latter gives you access to options with
specific relavance to creating and manipulating piping components.
The Default Specifications form, which is shown automatically is
described in the next section.
Exercise continues:
In the next part of the exercise you will create a sequence of piping
components connected between the nozzles /Tank-1-N1 and
/Pump-1-SUCTION. The initial sequence will include a tee to which
another pipework sequence will be connected later.
The configuration which you will create (with all components in a
horizontal plane) is as follows:
Nozzle (Tank)
(Pump) /Tank-1-N1
Nozzle Gasket 1
/Pump-1-SUCTION
Flange 1
Gasket 4
Flange 4
Valve 1
flow ( with flow
h wheel)
d
From
second L Elbow 1
Branch Tee
1 E
Flange 3 Flange 2 N S
Gasket 3 Gasket 2 W
You will represent both this and the next sequence by a single Pipe
element in the design database, but you must subdivide this into two
Branch elements to allow the flows into the pump to combine at the tee.
You will define the branches as follows:
• Branch 1 will have its Head at nozzle /Tank1-1-N1 and its Tail at
nozzle /Pump-1-SUCTION. It will consist of the following
components, listed in head-to-tail order:
• Gasket 1
• Flange 1
• Elbow 1
• Flange 2
• Gasket 2
• Valve 1 (which includes flanges in its catalogue definition)
• Gasket 3
• Flange 3
• Tee 1
• Flange 4
• Gasket 4.
Note that the flow through the tee will enter at P1 and leave at P3 (that
is, p-arrive will be P1 and p-leave will be P3).
• Branch 2, which you will create in a later part of the exercise, will
have its Head positioned at Nozzle /Tank-2/N1 and its Tail at the
third arm of the tee (P2), (remember that flow direction is always
from head to tail).
Note: The tubing which runs between the piping items (shown by the
dotted lines in the diagram), is added and adjusted automatically
by PDMS to suit the positions and specifications of the
components. You do not have to create it explicity; it is referred
to as implied tube.
Exercise continues:
96. Navigate to the zone which you created for storing piping items
(/PIPEZONE) and select Create>Pipe. Note that the Create Pipe
form automatically shows the default specification A3B and any
insulation/tracing settings in force:
97. For interest, click the Attributes button to see the types of optional
information that you can associate with a pipe definition in the
database. (Most of these are self-explanatory.) You will see that you
can specify most of the data needed to fully define a piping network
ready for construction and erection; this data will then be cascaded
down to all lower levels as you create the piping components. You
will leave all detailing attributes at their default settings, so Cancel
the form when you have looked at it.
98. Name the pipe Pipe-1 and OK its creation.
99. As you have just created an empty pipe, a Create Branch form will
be shown automatically (otherwise you would need to select
Create>Branch to see the form). Note how the new branch is named
automatically from its owning pipe as Pipe-1/B1:
102. When you click Apply you are prompted to identify a nozzle (the
status bar will say Identify NOZZ). Pick /Tank-1-N1 (the nozzle on
the larger tank) in the graphical view.
103. Now set the Connect Branch form to show that you want to connect
the branch tail to to a Nozzle, Apply, and pick
/Pump-1-SUCTION (the horizontal nozzle on the pump).
Notice how the route of the branch is shown in the graphical view
by a broken line. As you have not yet introduced any components,
this runs directly from the head to the tail.
You will now build up the component sequence by creating
individual piping items.
Dismiss the Connect Branch form.
104. Make the Branch the current element by clicking on Pipe-1/B1 in
the Design Explorer. Select Create>Components.
The Piping Components form allows you to control all operations for
specifying a pipe run. As well as letting you select the type of
component required, this form includes facilities which let you
access some of the menu options for positioning and orientating the
current component:
Orientate
Rotate
Position
You will first set up those parts of the form which will remain the
same for all components in the current branch.
105. The top section of the form, Specifications: Piping, Insulation and
Tracing (the same as the Defaults Specifications form which you
used earlier), lets you change the specification for individual
components if required. Leave the settings as they are.
106. The order in which the individual components occur in the branch
members list is very significant, since it determines how implied
tubes are routed between them. This order is determined initially
by the order in which the components are created. You are going to
create the branch members in head-to-tail order; referred to as pipe
routing in Forwards mode. It is sometimes necessary to work in
Backwards mode (in tail-to-head order), as you will see later, but
this needs more care if you are to avoid mistakes. Always work in
Forwards mode (click the Forwards button) where possible.
107. Make sure the Default check box is not selected. This means that
you will fully specify each component as you create it, rather than
relying on default selections predefined in the catalogue
specifications.
108. Select the Auto Conn check box. This will connect each new
component to its predecessor automatically as it is created
(assuming that such a connection is valid).
You are now ready to start creating the individual piping
components.
109. Select Gasket from the list of component types and then click the
Create button. An appropriate gasket will be selected from the
current specification, and will be positioned at, and connected to,
the branch head. (You will not see this in the graphical view
because the gasket is too thin to have a geometric representation,
but you will see it in the Design Explorer.)
110. Now select Flange and click Create again. Because the A3B
specification includes more than one type of flange, you will see a
Choose form showing the choices, like this:
111. The default information given on the Choose form is rather terse. To
see more detail, Cancel the Choose form, select Settings>Choose
Options and, on the Choose Options form, select All from the
Selection Criteria list, then Dismiss the Choose Options form. Click
the Create button on the Piping Components form again to
redisplay the Choose form with the extended data, which now
includes component descriptions.
The available types are F (plain slip-on flange), WN (weld-neck
flange) and ORI (orifice flange).
112. Select WN and then click OK to complete the creation process.
The new flange (Flange 1 in the schematic diagram) will appear in
the graphical view as well as in the Design Explorer. (You may find
it easier to see your piping layout if you ROTATE the view.
113. The next item you want to create is an Elbow, so select this from the
list and click the Create button. From those listed on the Choose
form, select type E. When the elbow has been created, the graphical
view will show it positioned like this:
E Nozzle (Tank)
(Pump) /Tank-1-N1
N S Gasket 1
W
Flange 1
Nozzle
/Pump-1-SUCTION
Elbow 1
Elbow 1
P-leave aligned with nozzle /Tank-2/N1
Nozzle
/Pump-1-
Elbow 1
E Nozzle (Tank)
(Pump) /Tank-1-N1
N S
W Gasket 1
Flange 1
Nozzle
/Pump-1-
P3 points Up
P-leave=P2 Elbow 1
Tee 1
Valve 1
Flange 3 Flange 2
Gasket 3 Gasket 2
119. You want the tee outlet (p-leave) to be P3 rather than P2. To change
this, with the tee as the current element, select
Modify>Component>Route from the main menu bar. You will see a
Modify Route form giving the following options:
P3 P3 P3
P1 P2 P1 P2 P1 P2
120. Select Branch Off and notice how the branch route leaving the tee
moves from P2 to P3 when you apply the change. Dismiss the
Modify Route form
121. Orientate the tee, using either the Orientate or Rotate option on the
Piping Components form, so that its P3 direction is East.
122. To align the tee with the pump nozzle, you can use the Position
options in several ways. Use any one of the following (but read them
all so that you understand the principles):
• Select Thro’ Tail or Thro’ Next (these are the same, since
the tail is effectively the next item in the branch list).
• Select Thro’ ID Pointer and, when prompted, pick the nozzle
in the graphical view.
• Select Thro’ Point and, when prompted, pick the p-point at
the centre of the nozzle flange.
Alternatively, use the positioning drag handles to reposition the
tee. (See step 119 for an example of this operation.)
The resulting pipework layout now looks like this:
E Nozzle (Tank)
(Pump) /Tank-1-N1
N S
W Gasket 1
Flange 1
Nozzle
/Pump-1-SUCTION
P-leave=P3
Elbow 1
Tee 1
Valve 1
Flange 3 Flange 2
Gasket 3 Gasket 2
(Note that a length of implied tube is now shown between the tee
outlet and the branch tail, even though the final components have
not yet been inserted. This confirms that the alignment and bore
sizes of the tee outlet and branch tail are compatible.)
123. Complete the branch by adding a weld-neck flange and gasket,
connected to the branch tail, by selecting Flange Gasket to Tail
from the Assemblies options and selecting a WN Flange. The result
is:
E Nozzle (Tank)
( Pump) /Tank-1-N1
N S
W Branch Head
Branch Tail
Nozzle
/Pump-1-SUCTION
flow flow
N S N S
D W
flow
Branch 2 Tail existing
branch
• components to the right are shown looking Down (they lie in the
same horizontal plane as your existing Branch 1).
Exercise continues:
Axial misalignment
Angular misalignment
Inconsistent bores
Flanged Screwed
connection connection
connecting
tube
x = OFFSET
ANGLE
p-leave
y
Exercise continues:
131. View the default values for piping design tolerance settings by
clicking the Parameters: Piping… button to display the Piping
Consistency Check Options form. You will use the default values for
all piping design tolerance settings, so have a look at them then
Cancel the form.
132. You can send the error report either to your screen or to a file. You
will view it on screen, so select the Output: Terminal button.
133. The Check: list lets you specify how much of the design model you
want to check in a single operation. You will check each branch
separately, so select Branch from the list.
134. Navigate to the branch /Pipe-1/B1 and click Apply to initiate the
data checking process.
The resulting diagnosis is shown in the scrollable text area at the
bottom of the form. There may be messages about unknown SKEYs,
but ignor these.
less than a specified distance. This may simply mean that one item
is resting upon another as intended, or it may indicate a problem.
• A clearance: the primitives are separated at their closest point by
more than the amount necessary to constitute a touch but less than
a specified clearance distance. This represents a near miss, which
you may want to investigate.
These three classes are illustrated below for the clash specifications:
Touch limits: 5mm overlap to 2mm gap
Clearance limit: 8mm
so that the following criteria apply:
• If the items overlap by more than 5mm, a clash is reported
• If the items overlap by less than 5mm, a touch is reported
• If the items do not overlap but are separated by less than 2mm, a
touch is reported
• If the items are separated by more than 2mm but less than 8mm, a
clearance is reported
• If the items are separated by more than 8mm, no interference is
found
overlap > 5mm overlap < 5mm gap < 2mm 2mm < gap < 8mm
Exercise continues:
136. You will use the default values for all clash checking settings. To
see what these are, select Settings>Clasher>Defaults to display the
Clash Defaults form. Think about the meaning of each setting
shown (refer to the preceding introduction); then Cancel the form.
137. You will check all of your piping components (that is, the whole of
/PIPEZONE) for clashes against the three equipment items (in
/EQUIZONE). The default obstruction list (all elements in the
current design database) will include both piping and equipment
items (/PIPESITE). To edit this, select Settings>Clasher>
Obstruction>List. You will see an Add/Remove Obstruction Items
form. Remove all current entries and then Add the equipment zone.
• Select All in the Obstruction List and click Remove
• Select EQUIZONE in the hierarchy and click Add
• To close the form select Control>Close
138. Navigate to the piping zone which you want to check and select
Utilities>Clashes. You will see a Clash Display form. The left-hand
side of this form controls the clash checking process; the right-hand
side consists of a 3D view in which you can look in detail at any
clashes diagnosed. Select Control>Check CE from the form menu
bar to run the clash checking process and, when completed, study
the Clash List which shows any clashes found.
In your case this should simply say None.
Note: If the Auto Clash button on the main toolbar is set to On, each
new element that you create is checked immediately for clashes
as the design is built up. This can slow down progress when you
are adding many new elements, but is very useful when you want
to add a few new items to an existing design which has already
been checked for clashes.
The reporting utility lets you read selected information from the
database and present the output in a tabulated format. Each report can
be customised by specifying some or all of the following:
• Where the output is to appear (on the screen or in a file ready for
printing).
• Any introductory header which is to appear at the beginning of the
report.
Exercise continues:
This report shows the number of each type of component used in the
design and the total length of tube needed to interconnect them. (Do
not worry if part of the heading seems inappropriate for your
project; this wording is written into the template simply as an
example of the type of heading which you might want to use.)
Exercise continues:
• Display List shows all isometric plots which have been created so far
and which are available for display. In your case there is only one, so it
is selected for display automatically, thus:
7.5 Conclusion
This concludes both the tutorial exercise and this introduction to some of
the ways in which PDMS and AVEVA applications can help you in your
piping design work. You should now have an insight into the potential
power of PDMS and sufficient confidence to explore some of the more
advanced options on your own.
ZONE
PIPE EQUIPMENT *
(PIPE) (EQUI)
ROUTING PLANE GROUP
(RPLG)
BRANCH optional SUBEQUIPMENT ROUTING PLANE
(BRAN) (SUBE) (RPLA)
piping
components
NOZZLE design LOAD POINT
ATTACHMENT POINT (ATTA) (NOZZ) primitives (LOAP)
BEND (BEND)
BLIND FLANGE (FBLI) BOX
CAP (CAP) CIRCULAR TORUS
CLOSURE (CLOS) CONE
COUPLING (COUP) CYLINDER
CROSS (CROS) DISH
DUCTING (DUCT) POLYHEDRON
ELBOW (ELBO) PYRAMID
FILTER (FILT) RECTANGULAR TORUS
FIXED LENGTH TUBE (FTUB) SLOPE-BOTTOMED CYLINDER
FLANGE (FLAN) SNOUT
FOUR-WAY VALVE (VFWA)
GASKET (GASK) (All primitive shapes have a
GENERAL PIPE COMPONENT (PCOM) negative equivalent that
INSTRUMENT (INST) may be owned by a positive
LAP-JOINT STUB END (LJSE) element.
OLET (OLET)
REDUCER (REDU)
STANDARD HOOK-UP (SHU)
TEE (TEE)
THREE-WAY VALVE (VTWA)
TRAP (TRAP)
UNION (UNIO)
VALVE (VALV)
VENT (VENT)
WELD (WELD)