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Design Element Identity <gid>

AFTER
specifies that search is to start after given distance

in given direction (default is zero).
FROM
specifies reference position from which search is

initiated (default is CE).
/EQUIP10
Named design Element
SAME
Previous Element accessed
OWN
Owner of Current Element
GOTO SPRE
Specification of Current (piping) Element
NEXT 2
Second Next Element at same level
Fourth Member of Current Element
LAST 3 MEM
Third Last Member of Current Element
END
Next element up in hierarchy
SITE
Site above Current Element
ZONE 3
Third Zone
NEXT 2 PIPE
Second Next Pipe
PREV BOX
FIRST ZONE OF /SITE 5
PIPE OF /VALV101
FIRST MEM OF BRAN3 OF /PIPE10
HEAD OF FIRST BRAN
CLOSEST VALV EAST
Closest valve to current element in East direction in

design model
CLOS VALV DIR N FROM E100 N200 U300 Closest valve in North direction starting from given
position
(valves found before this position are ignored)
3D Design Points <marke>
P3
P-point 3 of Current Element
PL OF PREV
Leave P-point of previous element
PH
Branch Head P-point
HT OF /HANG5
Hanger Tail P-point of named Hanger
IDP @
Cursor pick
Axial Position <pos> <axes>

E1000
East 1000
Z10
Up 10
E30 D10 S20
East 30 Down 10 South 20
E0 IN SITE
East 0 in Site
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3D Position <bpos>
E300 N1000 U2500
Coordinate position
PIN6
Pin position
/VESSEL10
Origin of /VESSEL10
Working grid position closest to the crosshair

position and through the Current Element Origin
plane
Note: Cursor positioning (e.g. AXES AT @) can only be carried out in orthogonal views.
E
East
E45N
East 45 North
W-33D
West 33 Up
North
N45E33D
North 45 East 33 Down
N10E10
North 45 East
3D Direction <bdir>
N45E
Axis direction
PL
Design point direction
TOW E0 WRT SITE
From Current Element Origin to SITE origin
FROM PIN6 TO PIN7
From Pin 6 to Pin 7
Selection <selatt>
ALL
Selects all elements
ALL FRMW
Selects all framework elements
ALL BRANCH MEMBERS
Selects all piping components
ITEMS OF EQUI /VESS1
Selects all primitives below /VESS1
(/PIPE1 /PIPE2)
Selects just /PIPE1 and /PIPE2
ALL WITH (XLEN GT 1000)
Selects all elements where XLEN is greater than

1000mm
ALL WITHIN W8000N17000U1000 TO W1400N13500U1200

Selects all elements within the defined volume
ALL PIPE WITHIN VOLUME /PIPE1 1500
Selects all piping elements within a volumedefined

as a box drawn around /PIPE1, with a clearance of
1500mm between the edges of /PIPE1 and the
volume box.
Saving and Restoring the Display

RECREATE /DS1
Saves the display definition in file /DS1.
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RECREATE /DS1 OVER
Saves the display status in file / DS1.

Anyexisting file /DS1 is overwritten.
RECRE DISPLAY /DS1
Saves modal settings, e.g. working grid,

units,representation etc. Read back in using
$M/name
INSTALL SETUP /DS1
Restores the display definition stored in file /DS1
Saving the Alpha Log

ALP LOG /LF1 COMMANDS
Log information displayed in the COMMANDS

region in file /LF1
ALP LOG /LF1 OVER COMM
Log information displayed in the COMMANDS

region in file /LF1. Any existing file /LF1 will be
overwritten.
ALP LOG /LF2
Log information displayed in both alpha regions in

file /LF2
ALP FILE /LF2
Log information displayed in REQUESTS region

only
ALP LOG END
Finish logging
ALP FILE END

Clearing the Alpha Views
ALPHA COMMANDS CLEAR
Clears the text from the COMMANDS region only.
ALPHA REQUESTS CLEAR
Clears the text from the REQUESTS region only.

(These commands will also affect alpha views which
use the COMMANDS or REQUESTS channel - see
Section 5.1.2.)
Exit from DESIGN without Saving Changes

QUIT
Exit from DESIGN (and enter MONITOR)
QUIT ISODRAFT
Exit from DESIGN and enter ISODRAFT
FINISH
Exit from DESIGN to the operating system
Setting Working Units

MM BORE
All bores will be input and output in mm
FINCH DIS
All distances and coordinates will be input and

output in feet and inches
UNITS /PERCHES
All distances and coordinates will be input and

output in the units defined in the units definition
element /PERCHES in the Properties Database
UNITS DEF
Uses the default Catalogue database units
UNITS
Standard PDMS units
Note: 3 feet 6 inches must be input as 36 when using FINCH units.

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Setting Output Precision of Distance Units

Note: You must not change the precision if you are customising the Cadcentre Applicationware.
You should only use this command ifyou are writing a completely new application.
OUTput
For general dimensions
VARiables
For setting variables
DECimals
Decimal places
DPls
Decimal places
THs
As in 64ths
NDs
As in 32nds
PREC OUT DI DEF
Set default precision for output
PREC VAR DEF
Set default precision for variables
PREC DI DEF
Set default precision for output and variables
PREC DI 1 DP
Set output to 1 decimal place (MM or INCH units)
PREC OUT DI 4 DEC
Set output to 4 decimal places (MM or INCH units)
Audible Error Trace

ALARM ON
Sets the audible tone to be on.
ALARM OFF
Suppresses the audible tone until it is turned on

again.
Switching Text Output Off

TRACE OFF
Stops the automatic output of Current Element

name.
TRACE ON
Restarts automatic output of Current Element name.
Note: ON is the default setting.

MDB Mode
MDB UPDATE
Save design changes and enter MDB Mode.
MDB NOUPDATE
Enter MDB Mode without saving design changes.
EXCHANGE
Alter the databases in the current list of the current

MDB
DEFER
CURRENT
PROTECT
Temporarily alters your access rights to specified

databases.
USER
username Changes the current user
PROJECT
code Changes the current project
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LIST
Allows you to query:Users, including the number of

active users, Teams including the set (current)
Team, Databases, including copied Databases,
MDBs, Macros and Variables
/PIPING
Change to MDB /PIPING.
/PIPING READONLY
Change to MDB /PIPING in read-only mode.
EXIT
Return to Design Mode.
Checking the Current User Status

A typical response to the STATUS command could be:
Project: XYZ
User: CSI (758)
Teams: B
MDB: /DESIGN
Current DBS:
1 PIPING/SITE RW
2 MASTER/CATLOG R
Deferred DBS:
3 STRUCT/STEEL
This indicates that the designer has identified himself as being PDMS user CSI, that he is logged in
to the computer as user 758, that he is a member of team B, that he is accessing Project XYZ, and
that he has selected an MDB called /DESIGN.
Checking the Current System Status
A typical response to the SYSTAT command could be:
PROJECT XYZ
==============
USER SYSTEM (57b)
MODULE ADMIN
MDB ** UNSET **
USER HHJ (752)
MODULE DESIGN
MDB /STEEL
DB MODE
MASTER/AREA-A R
MASTER/AREA-B R
STRUC/AREA-C RW
This shows that two users are currently logged in and are using PDMS for work on Project XYZ.
The Project Coordinator is using ADMIN but is not accessing any databases. User 752 is using
DESIGN. He is accessing the MDB named /STEEL, whose constituent DBs are as listed. He has
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Read-only status for the DBs owned by the MASTER (System) team and Read/Write access to the
DB STRUC/AREA-C.
Listing Project Information
A typical response to the LIST MDB command could be:
List of MDBS for project XXX
==============================
MDB: /DESIGN
Current DBS:
1 PIPING/AREA-A DESI Exclusive
2 PIPING/AREA-C DESI Update
3 MASTER/AREA-D DESI Exclusive
Deferred DBS:
4 PIPING/AREA-B DESI Exclusive
5 MASTER/AREA-E DESI Update
MDB:/STEEL
Current DBS:
1 MASTER/AREA-A DESI Exclusive
2 MASTER/AREA-B DESI Exclusive
3 STRUCT/AREA-C DESI Exclusive
Deferred DBS:
**NONE**
MDB: /ANSI
Current DBS:
1 CATAL/AREA-E CATA Update
Deferred DBS:
**NONE**
A typical response to the LIST USERS command could be:
List of USERS for project ZZZ
===============================
SYSTEM (FREE)
TEAMS :MASTER STAB
Z (FREE)
TEAMS :***NONE**
GEN (GENERAL)
TEAMS :TEST
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The information generated by the LIST command can either be displayed on screen or sent to a
file.
Session Comments
SESSION COMMENT
Addition of upper platform
Querying Individual Database Information

Q DBNAME
Gives name of current DB; e.g. TEST/DESI
Q DBTYPE
Gives type of current DB; e.g. DESI
Q DBFNUMBER
Gives file number for current DB; e.g. 6
Q DBFILE
Gives pathname for current DB file; e.g.

\usr\pdms\projects\SAM\sam006(NT)
Querying the Last Modification to an Element

Q LASTMOD
Gives date for last modification to current element.
Q SESSMOD
Gives session number for last modification to

current element.
Q USERMOD
Gives name of user who last modified Current

element.
Q LASTMOD HIER
Gives dates for last modifications to current element

and its members.
Q LASTMOD XLEN
Gives date for last modification to XLEN attribute of

current element..
Querying the Session History for an Element or Attribute

Q HISTORY DIAM
Gives all sessions in which DIAM attribute was

modified.
Note: HISTORY is an array type pseudo-attribute, so that qualifying positions may be appended to
query specific occurrences in the modification history. For example: Q HISTORY[2] DIAM
Gives second most recent session in which DIAM attribute was modified. History records are
restricted to a maximum of 120 sessions.
Querying Details of a Specific Session
Q SESSCOMM 58
Gives comment text associated with session 58.
Q SESSUSER 58
Gives name of user responsible for session 58.
Q SESSDATE 58
Gives date and time at which session 58 was

created.
Note: All session queries are for the current DB.

Querying Session Number for a Given Time
Q SESSION ON 12:00 22 August 1995
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Q SESSION ON 9 / 9 /96
Time defaults to 23:59, so returns last session number on given date.
Comparing Database Changes
DIFFERENCE ALL BRANCH FOR /ATEST SINCE 21 JANUARY DIFF CE SINCE 10:00
Assumes current day.
DIFF /ZONE1
Compares current settings with those at your last

SAVEWORK command.
DIFF SITE SINCE SESSION 66
Compares current settings with those at the end of

session 66 of the current database.
Claiming an Element
The primary elements in DESIGN are:
WORLD
SUBS
HVAC
SITE
FRMW
PTRA
ZONE
SBFR
RPLG
EQUI
REST
SUBE
HANG
PIPE
SCTN
BRAN
GPWL
STRU
PANE
CLAIM /BRANCH1 /BRANCH2 /BRANCH3
Claims named Branches for modification
CLAIM /PIPE1 HIERARCHY
Claims named Pipe and all its Branches
CLAIM ALL BRAN WHERE (HBORE GT 200)Claims all Branches with bore > 200mm
CLAIM /NOZZ2
Claims Equipment which owns Nozzle (since NOZZ

is not a primary element)
UNCLAIM /BRANCH2 /BRANCH3
Unclaims named Branches
UNCLAIM ALL
Unclaims all claimed elements
Adding Elements to the Display

The Draw List can contain significant elements only. Significant elements in DESIGN are:
EQUI
PVOL*
PANE
SUBE
DATU
GRDM
PTRA
RPLA*
STRU
SUBS
FRMW
(* only if directly below a Site or Zone.)
BOUN
SBFR
BRAN
SCTN
HANG
PNOD
ADD /P100A /P100A
is added to the Draw List
ADD CE
The current element will be added to the DrawList
ADD /ZONE1 /ZONE2 COLOUR 5
/ZONE1 and /ZONE2 will be added in colour 5.

If you wish to add items in other colours, you must
use separate commands.
Querying
Q DRAW
Queries the contents of the Draw List
Q DRAW COUNT
Queries the number of items in the Draw List
Q DRAW FULL
Queries the contents of the Draw List and the colour

with which each Draw List member was added
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Selecting Graphics Colours Automatically

AUTOCOLOUR ALL EQUI COLOUR 4
All Equipment items to be added in colour 4
AUTOCOLOUR ALL BRAN WITH (HBORE GT 100) COLOUR 10

All Branches with head bores greater than 100 to be
added in colour 10.
AUTOCOLOUR ALL SCTN COLOUR (:COLOUR OF SPRE)
All Sections to be added as defined by the UDA
:COLOUR derived via their SpecRefs.
AUTOCOLOUR ALL COLOUR (:COLOUR) Uses the UDA :COLOUR to denote the colour for all
displayed elements. If you enter this as the final
rule, it will provide a default colour if all other rules
prove false.
AUTOCOLOUR ON
Colours will be chosen according to autocolour

rules. If Off (the default), colour specified in the
ADD command will be used.
AUTOCOLOUR RESET
Clears all current autocolour rules.
AUTOCOLOUR REMOVE 2
Removes the second rule from the current list.
AUTOCOLOUR REORDER 2 TO 4
Moves rule number 2 to position 4 in the list.
Removing Elements from the Display

REMOVE /BRANCH1
/BRANCH1 will be removed from the Draw List and

the display
REM SITE /PIPING
The site /PIPING will be removed
REM ALL
All items in the Draw List, and on the screen, will be

removed
Note: If an element below a significant element (i.e. a primitive) is removed, then the whole
significant element will be removed as well.
This is because the Draw List may only contain significant elements.
Significant elements are:
EQUI
SUBE
DATU
GRDM
PTRA
PVOL*
RPLA*
STRU
SUBS
FRMW
PANE (* only if directly below a Site or Zone.)
BOUN
SBFR
BRAN
SCTN
HANG
PNOD
The default colour assignments are: Colour No Colour

Active design
orange
Current element
yellow
Visible design
lightgrey
Clashing element
red
Obstructing element
tomato
Aids
blue
grey
red
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orange
yellow
green
cyan
blue
violet
brown
10
white
11
pink
12
mauve
13
turquoise
14
indigo
15
black
16
magenta
COL 5 DARKGREEN
Colour 5 will be changed to dark green
COL 3 MIX RED 50 GRE 50 BLU 5
Colour 3 will change to the specified mix of red,

green and blue
COL ACTIVE BRIGHTRED
Sets the colour for displaying active elements to

bright red
Note: When colours are mixed in their Red, Green and Blue constituents, the command line must
contain values for all three constituents in the correct order. The numbers entered for the relative
proportions of the basic colours must each be in the range 0-100, but they are not percentages of
the overall colour and so do not need to add up to 100.
Setting Tube Representation for Piping Components
REPR TUBE ON CL OFF
Sets tubing representation as solid tube.
REPR CL ON TUBE OFF
Sets tubing representation as centreline.
REPR TUBE ON CL ON
Sets both types of representation on (but centreline

will not be visible in colour shaded mode, as it will
be hidden by solid tube).
Setting Profile Representation for Steelwork

REPR PROF ON CL OFF
Sets profile representation as solid profile.
REPR PROF CL ON TUBE OFF
Sets profile representation as centreline.
REPR PROF ON CL ON
Sets both types of representation on.
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Setting Drawing Level Representation

REPR LEVEL PIPE 5
Sets piping level to 5. All pipes which are added

after this command will be drawn at level 5.
Those already in the view will remain unchanged.
REPR LEVEL NOZZ 1
Sets Nozzle level to 1
REPR LEVEL 2
Set level for all other Component types to 2
Setting Obstruction and Insulation Representation

REPR OBST ON INSU OFF
REPR INSU ON
Setting P-Point Representation
REPR PPOINTS ON
Sets the p-point representation to ON
REPR PPOINTS LENGTH 5
Sets size of p-point arrows
REPR PPOINTS NUMB ON
Shows p-point numbers
Setting Structural Node Representation

REPR PNOD ON
Only Primary Nodes will be shown in the display.
REPR SNOD OFF
The display of Secondary Nodes will be

suppressed.
REPR PNOD COL BRIGHTRED
Primary Nodes will be shown in bright red colour.
REPR SNOD COL 12
Secondary Nodes will be shown in the currently

defined mix for colour number 12.
REPR PNOD SIZE 15 REPR SNOD SIZE 6
Primary Nodes will be emphasized by being drawn

at 15mm diameter, while Secondary Nodes are
drawn at only 6mm diameter.
Setting P-Line Representation

REPR PLINES ON
Sets the p-line representation to ON
REPR PLINES LENGTH 6
Sets size of p-line arrows
REPR PLINES PKEY ON
Shows p-line identifiers (settings of PKEY attributes)
Setting Holes Representation

REPR HOLES ON
Sets the holes representation to ON
Setting Arc Tolerance Representation

REPR DARC 5
Sets the arc tolerance to 5 mm.
REP DARC DEF
Resets arc tolerance to 10 mm.
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Refreshing the Graphical View

REPR UPDATE
Specifying Axes
AXES AT @
Positions a set of axes at the graphics cursor
AXES HEIGHT 300 AT @
Positions a new set of axes at the graphics cursor,

with a height of 300mm (Default size is1000mm.)
AXES OFF
Removes axes from the screen (although they still

exist)
AXES ON
Redisplays axes as previously shown.
AXES DELETE
Deletes axes (i.e. AXES ON will have no effect)
Graphical Labelling of Design Elements

MARK /DATUM5
Element /DATUM5 will be labelled with its name.
UNMARK /DATUM5
The specified element will cease to be labelled.
MARK WITH
Outer Boundary ID @ Labels the picked element

with the given text.
MARK WITH NAME ALL BRAN
Labels all Branches with their PDMS names.
MARK WITH NAME OF SPREF ALL VALVE WHERE PBORE GT 100

Labels all valves larger than the specified bore with
their specification references in the catalogue.
UNMARK ALL
Removes all marking from the screen.
Using Design Aids

AID LINE E1200S3500U0 TO E760N1200U50 Draws a line between the two 3D positions.
AID LINE NUMBER 5 E1200S3500U0 TO E760N1200U50 LINESTYLE DOTTED
Groups the new line with other such lines with the
same number (5 this example) and draws it in the
dotted linestyle.
AID CLEAR LINE 5
Deletes line number 5
AID ARROW AT E760N1200U50 DIR E HEI 100 PROP 0.5

Positions 100mm arrow with given position and
direction; arrow head is 50mm long.
AID BOX POS PIN 6 ORI X IS UP Y TOWARDS /PUMP1 XLEN 200 YLEN 200 ZLEN 200 FILL OFF
Positions a wireline cubic box, with 200mm sides, at

Pin 6 with the specified orientation.
AID CLEAR SPHERE UNN
Deletes all unnumbered aid spheres.
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Highlighting Components in the Designs

ENHANCE SOLELY ALL REDU WITH (ABOR GT 10) COLOUR 13
Highlights all RED components that match the
selection criteria with colour 13 (turquoise)
ENHANCE /PIPE1 /PIPE2 COLOUR 5
Highlights PIPE1 and PIPE2 in green
ENHANCE LENGTH 20 OF LEAVE TUBE COLOUR 7

Highlights 20mm of LEAVE TUBE in blue
Checking theSpatial Maps
MAP CHECK MDB
Checks the spatial maps for all Design DBs within

the current MDB against the current design and
catalogue data. If there are any discrepancies,
appropriate messages are output; you should then
rebuild the map (see Section 14.3.2)
MAP CHECK PIPES/AREA1
Checks the up-to-date status of the spatial map for

the named Design DB only.
Creating or Updating Spatial Maps

MAP BUILD MDB
Updates the spatial maps for all Design DBs the

current MDB.
MAP BUILD STEEL/AREA2
Updates the spatial map for the DB STEEL/AREA2.
Setting Attribute Rules

RULE SET ZLEN (XLEN + YLEN)
Sets rule that ZLEN of the current element is the

sum of its XLEN and YLEN values. The ZLEN will
be updated to reflect changes to XLEN or YLEN
only when the rule is verified or executed (i.e. it is a
static rule).
RULE SET XLEN DYNAM (YLEN + 2)
XLEN will be updated automatically whenever YLEN

is changed.
RULE SET POS (N300 E400 U500) ON ALL BOX FOR /PUMP1
Sets rule for position attribute for all boxes in
/PUMP1
RULE SET POS DYNAM (N100 FROM /BOX2 )
If /BOX2 moves, the element with this attribute rule

will move with it automatically. (Note space between
last character of element name and closing
parenthesis.)
Verifying Attribute Rules

RULE VERIFY ALL
Verifies all rules for the current element.
RULE VER HEIG ON CYLI 1 FOR /PUMP1
Verifies rule for height attribute on first cylinder of

/PUMP1.
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Executing Attribute Rules

RULE EXECUTE :TEMP1
Executes rule for uda :TEMP1 for the current

element.
RULE EXE ALL ON ALL BOX FOR /PUMP1 Executes all rules for all boxes owned by /PUMP1.
Deleting Attribute Rules
RULE DELETE ALL
Deletes all rules for the current element.
RULE DEL ALL ON ALL FOR /PUMP1
Deletes all rules for all primitives owned by /PUMP1.
Identifying Displayed Elements using the Cursor

ID @
Pressed Enter (or Return), move the cursor over the

desired item and click the left-hand mouse button.
The name of the element under the cursor is
displayed on the command line. The picked element
becomes the current element and is displayed in a
different colour. (This is the general response to all
variations of the IDENTIFY command.)
ID EQUIP @
As above, but the search is restricted to EQUI

elements.
Identifying Tube using the Cursor

ID T @
The name of the component on the upstream side

of the Tube under the cursor is displayed on the
command line.
Identifying Displayed Points using the Cursor

Q IDP @
Press and hold down left-hand mouse button when

cursor is over element. Element will be highlighted
with p-points visible and cursor will change to a
square shape. With left-hand mouse button still held
down, move cursor over required p-point. When
over a p-point, cursor will change to a square shape
with crosshairs. Release the button to select the ppoint.
Identifying Items with a 2D Pick

TWODPLANE E 1000 N 2000 U 500
Defines 2D picking plane which passes through

given point and which is normal to view direction
AT TWODPICK @
Using the preceding 2D picking plane definition, a

cursor hit at E 1234 N 5678 in a plan view will return
the position E 1234 N 5678 U 500 in World
coordinates
Note: Cursor positions are always returned in World coordinates. In order to obtain the correct
result, the 2D picking plane must therefore be set to an absolute World position.
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Setting a Pins Position and Direction Explicitly

PIN 5 AT E1000
Pin 5 will be moved to the coordinate position East

1000 from the Site origin.
PIN5 DIR W WRT SITE
Pin 5 will be orientated in a direction West with

respect to the current SITE.
Making a Pin Visible

PIN 5
Pin 5 will be drawn into all volume views, and can

be hit by the cursor.
PIN 5 OFF
Pin 5 will be erased.
Locating a Pin by Copying or Connecting

PIN 5 C0PY IDP @
Pin 5 will be placed at the same position and

orientation as the p-point or pin hit by the cursor.
PIN 5 CONNECT TO PH
Pin 5 will be placed at the Branch Head, but pointing

in the opposite direction to HDIR (Head direction).
This command must be given at BRANCH level. Pin
5 can be an existing pin or a new one.
Moving a Pin
PIN 6 BY E3000 N2000
Pin 6 is moved by the given directions and

distances
PIN 6 DIST 600
Pin 6 is moved along its own direction by the given

amount
PIN 6 THR /NOZZ5
Pin 6 is moved along its own direction until it

intersects a plane through /NOZZ5
General Pin Moves

PIN 6 DISTANCE 600 INFRONT ID @
Pin 6 is moved along its direction until it is 600

distance units in front of the item picked with the
cursor.
Constructs
Note:Use t he Constructs options on the Utilities menu in prefeerence to these older facilities
CONS POS P2 OF FLAN 4 OF BRAN /PIPE1-1 TO PLANE PIN 7
The intersection between the specified point and the
plane perpendicular to pin 7 is shown.
VAR 5 CONS POS PL TO LINE PA OF NEXT
The closest point on the line from PLEAVE to the
intersection of the two lines is placed in Variable 5.
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CONS POS PIN5 TO PLA PIN6
The intersection between the direction of pin 5 and

the plane perpendicular to pin 6 is written out into
the request region.
CONS DIR PL
The direction of the line is output in World

coordinates into the request region.
CONS DIST PA TO PL
The dimension from the first to the second p-point of

the current element is written out into the Request
region.
VAR 5 CONS DIST PL TO LIN PA OF NEXT The minimum distance between PLEAVE of the
current element and the specified line will be be
placed in Variable 5
CONS ANG PIN1 TO PIN2 TO PIN3
The angle between the three specified points is

written out into the Request region.
CONS ANGL PL LIN PA OF NEXT
The angle between the lines from the two specified

p-points is written out into the request region.
CONS LINE JOIN P0 TO P1
Constructs a line joining the two p-points, displaying

the line description in the request region.
CONS PLANE P3 DIST 900
The plane perpendicular to the specified point and

900 from it is written out into the request region.
CONS PLANE PL THROUGH /NOZZ5
The plane perpendicular to the specified point and

intersecting /NOZZ5 is written out into the request
region.
CONS PLANE PA DIST 500 BEH /COL19
A plane perpendicular to the specified point will be

defined and written out into the request region. The
plane will be positioned 500 to the far side of
/COL19.
Creating Elements
NEW ZONE /Z1
The Zone element is created as a member of the

current Site. The Zone is now the current element.
Its NAME attribute is /Z1.
NEW TEE
If the current element is the fourth member in a

Branch member list, the Tee element is inserted as
the fifth member. The Tee is now the current
element.
NEW EQUIP /1301
If the current element is a Box owned by another

EQUIP which is Member 2 of Zone /Z1, the new
Equipment element is inserted as member 3 of the
Zone and named /1301. The new Equipment is now
the current element.
NEW GASKET
If this command is given when the current element

is the Branch Head, the Gasket is inserted as the
first member of the Branch and is now the current
element.
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Creating Elements at a Given Position in the Member List

NEW VALVE BEF
(At a Branch Component) The Valve will be inserted

before the current element in the current list.
NEW ZONE BEF 2
(At Side Level) The Zone will be inserted before

member 2 of the Site.
NEW BOX
(AT a CYLI which is a member of a STRU) A new

BOX will be inserted as the next member of the
STRU (after the CYLI in member list order).
NEW BOX
(AT a CYLI which is a member of a STRU ) A new

BOX will be inserted as a member of the SUBS (at
the top of the member list).
Deleting Elements
DELETE NOZZ
Deletes the current element - a Nozzle (see Figure

8-4). The EQUI owning the Nozzle becomes the
current element.
DELETE ZONE
Deletes the current element - a Zone and all its

offspring (see Figure 8-4).
The Site owning the Zone becomes the current
element.
DELETE SITE MEM
Deletes all the members of the current element

(SITE) and their offspring (see Figure 8-4).
Reorganising the Hierarchy

REORDER /B
/B, which must be in the member list of the current

element, is relocated after the current member list
position.
INCLUDE /EQUIP
The current element must be a Zone, which is the

only element which canown an Equipment. /EQUIP
is inserted into the Zones member list.
REORD /B AFTER 3
(Both elements must be in the member list of the

current element.) Element/B is located after the third
element in the member list.
INCL /EQUIP BEF 3
The element /EQUIP is brought from its location in

another Zone to before the third element in the
member list of the current Zone.
Copying
COPY PREV
For example, if both the current and previous

elements are Boxes, the attributes of the previous
element will be copied to the current element.
COPY /EQUIP10
For example, if the current element is an

Equipment, the attributes and offspring of /EQUIP10
are copied to the current element. (The NAME and
LOCK attributes of the current element do not
change.)
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Copying and Renaming

COPY MEM OF /EQUIP10
(At another EQUIP element) If the current element

is an Equipment, all the offspring of /EQUIP10 are
copied into the current element. The attributes of the
current element do not change.
COPY /P1/PIPE RENAME /P1 /P2
The attributes and offspring of /P1/PIPE are copied

into the current element. Where /P1 is found as the
name or part of the name, it is renamed as /P2 in
the current element and ist offspring.
COPY MEM 4 TO 10 OF PREV BRAN
The attributes and offspring of the fourth element in

the current elements member list are copied into
the tenth element in the memder list of the previous
BRAN element in the current member list.
The Standard Design Element Attributes

The range of information attributes carried by each Design element depends upon the element
type; for example, a Cylinder has DIAMETER and HEIGHT among ist attributes, whereas a PIPE
has a PRESSURE attribute. All elements, however, possess the following basic core of four
essential attributes (known as the standard attributes):
TYPE
This is given by the user as part of the element

creation command, e.g. NEW BOX (where the
TYPE is BOX).
NAME
This can either be provided by the user or, in the

case of minor items, is generated automatically (as
a reference number).
OWNER
This attribute indicates the elements owner and

isautomatically set when the element is created.
LOCK
This is allows you to prevent an element from being

altered or deleted. In addition, most Design
elements possess the two additional attributes:
POSITION
The position of the element relative to its owner.
ORIENTATION
The orientation of the element relative to its

owner.Both of these attributes are set automatically
during 3D element positioning and routing
operations.
The Type of Element and its Owner

NAME /ZONE5D
The current element is given the specified name

provided it has not been used elsewhere.
UNN
The current element loses its name (it is still

identifiable by ist automatically allocated reference
number).
Naming Design Elements

NAME /ZONE5D
The current element is given the specified name

provided it has not been used elsewhere.
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UNN
The current element loses its name (it is still

identifiable by ist automatically allocated reference
number).
Renaming Elements and their Offspring

REN ALL /Z1 /Z2
All occurrences of /Z1 in the names of the current

element and its offspring will be changed to /Z2.
Locking Elements Against Alteration and Deletion

LOCK ALL
The current element and all its offspring are locked.
UNLOCK
The current element is unlocked.
The Position and Orientation Attributes

Querying examples:
Q POS
Returns the current element position in its owner co

ordinates
Q ORI WRT SITE
Returns the current element orientation in Site

coordinates
Q POS IDP@ WRT WORLD
Returns the position of the Design point hit by the

cursor in World Coordinates
Going to the Previously Accessed Element

CHECK CE
Check the current element for data inconsistencies.
ADD CE
Add the current element to the display.
Going to an Implied Tube or Rod

IARRIVE TUBE OF /PIPE1
Go to arrive of implied tube of /PIPE1.
Other Navigation Commands

FIRST BRANCH OF ZONE /Z25A
LAST NOZZLE OF PREVIOUS 3 EQUIPMENTS
FIRST ZONE OF /SITE 5
PIPE 2 OF /Z100A
ELBOW 1 OF NEXT BRANCH
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Design Element Identity <gid>

specifies that search is to start after given distance

specifies reference position from which search is

Named design Element

Previous Element accessed

Owner of Current Element

Specification of Current (piping) Element

Second Next Element at same level

Fourth Member of Current Element

Third Last Member of Current Element

Next element up in hierarchy

Site above Current Element

Second Next Pipe

Closest valve to current element in East direction in

P-point 3 of Current Element

Leave P-point of previous element

Branch Head P-point

Hanger Tail P-point of named Hanger

Axial Position <pos> <axes>

E30 D10 S20

East 30 Down 10 South 20

Working grid position closest to the crosshair

North 45 East 33 Down

Design point direction

TOW E0 WRT SITE

From Current Element Origin to SITE origin

FROM PIN6 TO PIN7

From Pin 6 to Pin 7

Selects all elements

Selects all framework elements

ALL BRANCH MEMBERS

Selects all piping components

ITEMS OF EQUI /VESS1

Selects all primitives below /VESS1

Selects just /PIPE1 and /PIPE2

ALL WITH (XLEN GT 1000)

Selects all elements where XLEN is greater than

ALL WITHIN W8000N17000U1000 TO W1400N13500U1200

Selects all piping elements within a volumedefined

Saving and Restoring the Display

Saves the display definition in file /DS1.

RECREATE /DS1 OVER

Saves the display status in file / DS1.

RECRE DISPLAY /DS1

Saves modal settings, e.g. working grid,

INSTALL SETUP /DS1

Restores the display definition stored in file /DS1

Saving the Alpha Log

Log information displayed in the COMMANDS

ALP LOG /LF1 OVER COMM

Log information displayed in the COMMANDS

ALP LOG /LF2

Log information displayed in both alpha regions in

ALP FILE /LF2

Log information displayed in REQUESTS region

ALP LOG END

ALP FILE END

Clears the text from the COMMANDS region only.

ALPHA REQUESTS CLEAR

Clears the text from the REQUESTS region only.

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