The Hook-Ups (Installation Details) Module

The Hook-Ups (Installation Details) module provides you with the means of creating, editing, and viewing the physical installation detail drawings of instruments and the fittings that are required to connect them to the piping. You can also list the parts and generate a Bill of Material. Hook-Up drawings instruct the contractor how to install the instruments and what type of fittings and accessories should be used. The Hook-Ups module allows you to: Create the required Hook-Up types (categories) Create appropriate Hook-Ups within Hook-Up types Associate the actual CAD drawings to INtools Hook-Ups Build a fittings library Associate the fittings to the appropriate Hook-Ups Generate a Bill of Material

Before starting the module, make sure the required hook-up drawings are located in the path <INtools home folder>\Hook-up\Standard. To start the Hook-Ups module, do one of the following: On the main toolbar, click .

On the Module menu, click Hook-Ups.

Task 1: Creating Hook-Ups and Attaching Them to Tag Numbers

Create a Hook-Up Type and a Hook-Up
1. In the Hook-Up Manager, select New.

2. On the toolbar, click

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3. In the Hook-Up Type Properties dialog box, type data as follows.

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4. Click OK to display the new hook-up type in the Hook-Up Manager. 5. In the Hook-Up Manager, select the hook-up type you just created. 6. Click to open the Hook-Up Type Properties dialog box.

7. Type the hook-up name as shown and navigate to the drawing block file (the path on your system may be different from the one shown here).

8. Repeat steps 1 4 to complete the creation of another hook-up type with the following information: a) Hook-up type name: VALVES. b) Hook-up type description: ALL TYPES. 9. Repeat steps 5 7 to complete the creation of another hook-up with the following information: a) Hook-up name: CV. b) Hook-up description: CONTROL VALVE. c) Drawing file name: C:\Program Files\INtools\Cad\Blocks\H_642.sym.

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On completion, the hook-up types and hook-up should appear in the Hook-Up Manager as shown.

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SmartSketch hook-up drawing files have extension .sym, AutoCAD hook-up drawing files have extension .dwg, and MicroStation hook-up drawing files have extension .cel. If you are using AutoCAD or MicroStation 95, SE or J to generate your hookups, you can click to display the drawing associated with the hook-up.

Attach Hook-Up Types to Instrument Types

1. Click .

2. In the following dialog box, select instrument type FE D/P TYPE FLOW ELEMENT as shown.

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3. Click Assign. 4. In the Assign Hook-Up Type to an Instrument Type dialog box, select FLOW as the hook-up type. 5. Click OK. The selected hook-up type is now attached to the highlighted instrument type.

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In the same way, assign instrument type FT D/P TYPE FLOW TRANSMITTER to hookup type FLOW and instrument type FV CONTROL VALVE to hook-up type VALVES. 6. When done, click Close. Note

It is possible to assign more than one hook-up type to a particular instrument type, For example, FT will have an installation hook-up drawing and a typical cable installation drawing. One hook-up type can also have more than one instrument type assigned to it, as you did in the example.

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1. In the Hook-Up Manager, select hook-up FLOW INSTRUMENT BELOW RUN-LIQUID.

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2. Click

3. In the Assign Tags to Hook-Up dialog box, in the Instrument Type data window, first select instrument type FE D/P TYPE FLOW ELEMENT and then select tags 101-FE100 and 101-FE-102 to be installed as follows (use the Ctrl or Shift keys to select more than one tag number).

4. Click Assign to assign the tag numbers. When you do this, the tag names are no longer shown in the Tag data window. 5. Repeat steps 2 5 for FT D/P TYPE FLOW TRANSMITTER and choose Tags 101-FT100 and 101-FT-102.

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6. Click OK to close the dialog box. 7. View the assigned tags in the Hook-up Manager.

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Task 2: Creating Hook-Up Items

Create a Library
1. On the Tables menu, click Item Libraries 2. In the Item Libraries dialog box, click New to open the Item Library Properties dialog box. 3. In the Item library field, type DEMO HOOK-UP LIBRARY. 4. In the Description field, type DEMO HOOK-UP ITEMS LIBRARY and then click OK. 5. In the Item Libraries dialog box, select the library you just created, select the Set as current item library check box, and click OK.

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1. On the module toolbar, click .

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2. In the Item List for Current Item Library dialog box, click New . 3. In the Item Properties dialog box, enter data as shown.

4. Click Apply and then click Close. 5. In the Item List for Current Item Library dialog box, click New and then enter the next set of data as shown.

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6. Continue to add items with properties as displayed in the next two screen captures.

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The previous screen display is achieved by using the split box.:

Split box

Point to the left end of the horizontal scroll bar so that the pointer changes to a double-headed arrow, drag the split box to the required position, and scroll the horizontal scroll bar to view the required information.

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Task 3: Assigning Items to the Hook-Up Drawing

Assign Items from the Current Library to a Hook-Up
1. In the Hook-Up Manager, select hook-up type FLOW INSTRUMENT BELOW RUN LIQUID . 2. On the toolbar click .

3. In the Item List dialog box, click Assign. 4. In the Assign Sub-Library Items to Hook-Up dialog box, use Ctrl to the select the items as shown.

5. Click OK to display the selected items in the item list.

You can edit the quantity (number of items or length) of each item by typing the appropriate number in the Quantity column. 6. When done, click OK.

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Task 4: Generating a Bill of Material (BOM)

Generate a Bill of Material
1. In the Hook-Up Manager, select a hook-up type or hook-up. 2. Click .

3. When prompted to preview the report, click Yes. 4. Select the Edit mode check box to enable entering of figures in the Total Qty for Order column. 5. Select the Print tag list check box and then click .