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NEW USER-DEFINED ATTA IN MDS CATALOGUE

Add new ATTA to the MDS catalogue, e.g.: Shoe for CS Pipe

Each component of the MDS catalogue has its unique code that will be used as designation of the support.
For example, use code AT132*.

* It is recommended to choose that code from the list of existing values – see file
Mdsparatab.pmldat in PMLLIB. If non-standard code is used, pml files must be edited.

New catalogue component

- create new catalogue /MDS-RUS-Supports

- create new section - /MDS-RUS-AT
- create new category of components

Create a category with name /ATTA-AT132, AT132 – code for the created support. This code can be used
as a part of names for all related elements for easier navigation in the catalogue hierarchy.

Set the following values of UDAs for the created category:

:MDSActive true
:MDSGuidable true
:MDSRpad false
:MDSSchd unset
:MDSSetHei true
:MDSSummary true
:MDSSuppFunc unset
:MDSTrun false
:MDSType SHOE

Create components (SCOM) for different nominal bores.

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Type for the created components (Generic Type) is ATTA. Format of components names is the following:

/<code>-<nom.bore, inch>.< nom.bore, mm>

For example, for the component with bore 100 the name will be: /AT132-4.100.

Mandatory parameters for components:

PARAM 1 – nominal bore,

PARAM 2 – outside bore,
PARAM 3 – connection type (set ATT).

Set the following values of UDAs for the created components:

:MDSCp1 AT132-4
:MDSCp2 unset
:MDSCp3 Pipe shoe
:MDSMaxHeight 0
:MDSMinHeight 0
:MDSSprWei 0

Create PPoint Set (PTSE) and Geometry Set (GMSE) using Design-parameters in expressions.

Ppoints P3 and P9 must exist for the components. Values of their attributes:

PPoint Pskey Conn Type Bore Pvisi Axis

3 NULL NUL PARA1 all -Z
9 NULL NUL 0 all -Z

Design-parameters are stored in the Data Set – DTSE (/AT132-DATA in this example). This Data Set
includes DATA-elements for all support parameters (necessary for geometry and PPoints) and special
DATA-elements, which are standard for all supports:

<DTSE name>-DESC – code of the support

<DTSE name>-RNAM –Replacement code
<DTSE name>-WEIG – support weight
<DTSE name>-MATR – material
<DTSE name>-CODE – designation at drawings (see more details below)

<DTSE name>-PA1 – parameter 1 – nominal bore

<DTSE name>-PA2 – parameter 2 – outside bore
<DTSE name>-PA3 – parameter 3 – connection type

Standard DATA-elements can be copied from the existing DTSE, for example, from /AT01-DATA.

Create a Detail text (SDTE-element). Include the support code in the SDTE name: /SDTE-AT132.

Set values for attributes of the created Detail text:

Skey 01HG

Stext ( VTEXT ( !!DESCAT132 ) + ' ' + ATTRIB PROP CODE + ' ' + ATTRIB PROP MATR)
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!!DESCAT132 – variable with description of the support (the value from the 3rd column in the file
DES-SUPP-DEFS);

CODE – DATA-element with Dkey = CODE. That is complex expression, which is stored in the
attribute Pproperty and consists of the following parts:

TRIM ( DIST ( NOMBORE ( false , ATTRIB CPAR[1 ] ) , false , false , true , 4 , false ) ) -
the support nominal bore in inches,

VTEXT ( !!CODEAT132 ) - part of the expression; !!CODEAT132 – Replacement code

which user can see in Design, its value is set in the 2nd column in the file DES-SUPP-
DEFS;

TRIM ( DIST ( REAL ( STR ( NINT ( ATTRIB DESP[5 ] ) / VVAL ( !!MPU ) ) ) , false , false ,
true , 16 , false ) ) – the support nominal bore in mm;

TRIM ( DIST ( REAL ( STR ( NINT ( ATTRIB DESP[2 ] ) / VVAL ( !!MPU ) ) ) , false , false ,
true , 16 , false ) ) - value of Design-parameter 2;

MATR – DATA-element with Dkey = MATR and Pproperty ( ATTRIB DESC OF :MDSMatRef ), here
:MDSMatref is reference to the support material.

Add user defined support to the MDS specification

Navigate to the specification /MDS in spec world /MDS-Standard-Support-Specifications.

Specification components for supports are stored in the SELE-element called /MDS/SELE/ATTA. This SELE
includes separate SELEs for all values of nominal bores in mm. Find the necessary one (for example, SELE
/MDS/SELE/ATTA/150).

Create new specification component (SPCO) at the level of the chosen SELE, set references for the created
SPCO. The following commands can be used for that:

NEW SPCO /MDS/AT132-150

Tanswer AT132
Catref /AT132-6.150
Detref /SDTE-AT132

Create user defined material

Materials in the Propcon database are stored as SOLI-elements.

SOLI-elements used in MDS application have special UDAs set:

:MDSMatCode – material code, which value is stored in the file DES-SUPP-MATR – for more
details see below (e.g., :MDSMatCode CS);
:MDSMatGroup – material group (e.g., :MDSMatGroup CS)
:MDSMts – set value ANCILL for using the material in MDS application.

Reference to the necessary material is set in the attribute :MDSMatRef of the support in Design module.
For example, :MDSMatRef /CARBON/STEEL. This value is set when the ATTA-element is created – name of
the default material is stored in the file DES-SUPP-PARS:
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Description of the material that user can see is set in the file DES-SUPP-MATR:

Plot-file for supports

A plot-file can be set for the user defined support – this plot user can see in the support modification form
by clicking ‘View Standard’ button.

Plot-files have extension *.plt. These files are stored in the folder set in the variable MDSPLOTS in the
evars.bat in the format:

SET MDSPLOTS=<path to the folder with *.plt-files>

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For example:
SET MDSPLOTS=D:\Projects\MDR\PLOTS D:\AVEVA\MDS11.6.SP4\PDMSUI\DES\MDS\PLOT

Each plt-file is related to the separate type of supports. The name of plt-file has the following format:

MDS-Standards-<support code>-<sheet number>.plt

E.g.: MDS-Standards-AT132-1.plt

Edit of the MDS defaults

To let users create the new support in Design, this support should be described in the default setting files.

1. The support code and its description should be set in the file DES-SUPP-DEFS:

2. Defaults for the support are set in the file DES-SUPP-PARS: