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Pipework Modelling
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Contents
1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 9
1.1 Aim..................................................................................................................................................... 9
1.2 Objectives ......................................................................................................................................... 9
1.3 Prerequisites .................................................................................................................................... 9
1.4 Course Structure .............................................................................................................................. 9
1.5 Using this guide ............................................................................................................................... 9
1.6 Setting up the Training Course .................................................................................................... 10
2 Pipework Modelling ............................................................................................................................... 11
2.1 Entering a Design Session ............................................................................................................ 12
2.2 Piping Specifications ..................................................................................................................... 13
2.3 Setting the Appropriate Specification.......................................................................................... 13
2.4 Pipework Toolbar ........................................................................................................................... 14
2.5 Pipe Creation Form ........................................................................................................................ 15
2.6 Pipe Branches ................................................................................................................................ 15
2.7 Pipe Branch Heads and Tails ........................................................................................................ 15
2.7.1 Branch Head Attributes ............................................................................................................ 16
2.7.2 Branch Tail Attributes ............................................................................................................... 16
2.8 Pipe Branch Head / Tail Positioned Explicitly ............................................................................. 17
2.9 Pipe Branch Head / Tail Connected ............................................................................................. 17
2.10 Pipe Branch Components (Pipe Fittings) .................................................................................... 18
2.11 Creating Branch Components (Pipe Fittings) ............................................................................. 18
2.12 Component Creation Form ........................................................................................................... 19
2.13 Component Selection Form .......................................................................................................... 20
2.13.1 The components Tab ............................................................................................................... 20
2.13.2 The Specs. Tab ........................................................................................................................ 20
2.13.3 The Errors Tab ......................................................................................................................... 21
2.13.4 The Options tab ........................................................................................................................ 21
2.14 Branch Components List Order ................................................................................................... 23
2.15 Typical Design Explorer showing Tube ....................................................................................... 24
2.16 Arrive and Leave Points ................................................................................................................ 25
2.17 Quick Pipe Routing ........................................................................................................................ 26
2.18 Extended Handle Pop-ups ............................................................................................................ 26
2.19 Rotational Handle Pop-ups ........................................................................................................... 28
2.20 Quick Pipe Routing (Example) ...................................................................................................... 29
3 Pipe Routing a worked example ........................................................................................................... 31
3.1 Entering AVEVA Plant ................................................................................................................... 32
3.2 Entering the Piping Application ................................................................................................... 32
3.3 Piping Hierarchy............................................................................................................................. 32
3.4 Pipe Creation form ......................................................................................................................... 33
3.5 Creating Piping Components ....................................................................................................... 35
Exercise 1 Pipe Branch Worked Example ................................................................................................ 44
Exercise 2 - Creating a Second Branch ....................................................................................................... 44
Exercise 3 - Building the Pipework .............................................................................................................. 45
Exercise 3a - Pipe 80-B-7 .............................................................................................................................. 46
Exercise 3b - Pipe 150-B-6 ............................................................................................................................ 47
Exercise 3c - Pipe 250-B-5 ............................................................................................................................ 48
Exercise 3d - Pipe 200-B-4 ............................................................................................................................ 49
Exercise 3e - Pipe 100-C-13 .......................................................................................................................... 50
3.6 Copying Branches ......................................................................................................................... 56
Worked Example - Pipe 150-A-57 ................................................................................................................. 56
3.7 Selecting components from an Alternative Specification ......................................................... 57
Exercise 4 - Completing the Pipework ........................................................................................................ 60
Exercise 4a - Pipe 80-B-14 ............................................................................................................................ 60
Exercise 4b - Pipe 80-A-11 ............................................................................................................................ 62
Exercise 4c - Pipe 100-C-12 .......................................................................................................................... 63
Exercise 4d - Pipe 100-B-2 ............................................................................................................................ 64
Exercise 4e - Pipe 150-A-3 ............................................................................................................................
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Exercise 4f - Pipe 100-B-1 ............................................................................................................................. 66
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CHAPTER 1
1 Introduction
Pipe routing is probably the activity that consumes most time on any large project and it is also one, which
causes the most problems. Pipe routing in PDMS has always been one of the major strengths of the system,
as you will discover in this module.
1.1 Aim
The aim of the course is to provide the skills required to use the PDMS Piping Design application in the most
productive way, to introduce some of the techniques that are used in the other Design applications and have
an understanding of Piping components, routing, checking isometrics and simple Clash detection.
1.2 Objectives
At the end of this Piping Design training course, the participants will able to:
1.3 Prerequisites
The participants must have completed TM-1011 - AVEVA PDMS Foundations course.
Training will consist of oral and visual presentations, demonstrations and set exercises. Each workstation
will have a training project, populated with model objects. This will be used by the trainees to practice their
methods, and complete the set exercises.
Certain text styles are used to indicate special situations throughout this document, here is a summary;
Menu pull downs and button press actions are indicated by bold dark turquoise text.
Information the user has to Key-in will be red and Bold
Annotation for trainees benefit:
Additional information
Refer to other documentation
System prompts should be bold and italic in inverted commas i.e. 'Choose function'
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Login to PDMS as a TRAINER using the details provided by the Trainer, for example:
Username: TRAINER
Password: T
MDB: A-PIPING
Module: Design
In Design select Utilities>Training Setup from the main menu to display the Training Setup form.
Click the DELETE Stabilizer radio button and click the Apply button. This deletes any existing Stabilizer
model elements.
Select the Piping Tab Click the Add Stabilizer Equipment button and click the Apply button.
Select the General Tab Click the Add Sample Systems button and click the Apply button
These options create the Stabilizer Equipment and default Piping Systems ready for the training course
Select Design>Exit from the main menu and click the Yes on the Save Changes message form.
Access to PDMS is controlled using the AVEVA Training Setup Forms and Menus: Utilities > Training
Setup in ADMIN. For the Piping Training Course a PDMS project with empty sites in the appropriate
databases is required.
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CHAPTER 2
2 Pipework Modelling
The following Chapter describes how PDMS is used for modelling Pipework. There is a separate design
hierarchy for pipe routing, as shown below. In principle, each pipe element may own a number of branches.
In turn, branches may own a number of piping components, e.g.: valves, reducers, tees, flanges, etc.
The difference between pipes and branches is that a branch is only considered to have two ends, while a
pipe may have any number of ends, depending on the number of branches it owns.
Below shows a pipe with three ends and two branches. The second branch is
connected to the first at the tee.
This brings in another rule that says that although a branch only has two ends,
it may own components (in this case a tee), which connects to other branches.
Alternatively the branch could leave the tee through the offline leg as
shown.
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To start the PDMS application, Select All Programs > AVEVA > PDMS 12.0 > Run PDMS
The trainer will provide PDMS User Names and Passwords. Typically, these will be as follows:
A default screen layout will be displayed comprising the general menu bar for the application and a Design
Explorer window showing all the objects from the current project database. Design windows can be
repositioned and, in some cases, resized.
Once the Design application has been started, if necessary, switch from the General application to the
Pipework application. Select Design > Pipework from the main menu to change application.
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These specifications contain all the fittings required for the course exercises.
The first task when building a pipe is to decide which specification to use. For the Training Project, the first
letter in the pipe name represents the specification to be used. For example, the pipe /150-B-5 has the letter
B to represent the specification.
A = /A1A
B = /A3B
C = /F1C
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The Pipework Toolbar is used to Manipulate Pipes, Branches and Branch Components.
Default Pipe
Specification
Modifying Pipes
Display Piping
Components Creation
Form
A range of Piping
Components can be
deleted using this
icon.
Used to Align
components.
Used to Orientate
Components.
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To Display the Pipe Creation form, select the Show pipe creation form icon from the Pipework Toolbar
The Bore field indicated on the form is the nominal bore for
this pipe and does not affect the pipe route.
They define the start and finish points of a pipe route (known as the Head and Tail in PDMS).
They own the piping components, which define the route.
The position and order of the piping components below branch level determine the physical route. In PDMS
it is only necessary to consider the fittings, because the pipe that appears between fittings is automatically
set (or implied) by PDMS according to the specifications of the fittings.
2.7 Pipe Branch Heads and Tails
All branches need to have a start and end point. These can be a position in space (3D co-ordinates), the
flange face of a nozzle, a tee or various other points in your design. Heads and tails are set up via a series
of attributes that belong to the branch element.
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The Branch head is at the face of Nozzle 1 and the Branch Tail is at the face of Nozzle 2.
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It is not necessary to specify each of these attributes every time a branch is created. On most
occasions when a branch head or tail is defined, it will be connected to another pipe or to a nozzle. The
act of connecting to another item sets the branch head/tail attributes automatically.
A Pipe is just an administration element. The Branch element holds the geometric data .On selection of
Apply on the Pipe Form the Modify Pipe form is automatically displayed so that the branch head and tails
can be specified.
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After clicking the Change button on the Head/Tail Detail pane above, the following form appears:
Use the Change button on the Head/Tail Connection pane to connect the head to another database item,
e.g.: Nozzle, Branch Head/Tail, etc
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When a branch head and tail is initially defined, the branch will consist of a single piece of pipe running in a
straight line between the head and tail positions. This will appear as a dotted line between the two points
unless the head and tail are aligned along a common axis and have the same bore. (The dotted line
indicates that the branch route is geometrically incorrect.)
The next step in designing a pipe is to create and position a series of fittings, which define the pipe route
required. Just as on a drawing board, it is necessary to decide which piping components are needed in order
to satisfy the requirements of the process. The components must be arranged so that the pipe meets the
design requirements. However, unlike on the drawing board, it is not necessary to know any fitting
dimensions; PDMS derives these automatically from the catalogue.
To create components, first select an item from the list of fittings available from the associated piping
specification. Typical fitting types are Elbows, Tees, Reducers, Flanges, Gaskets and Valves etc. There is
some intelligence built into the PDMS forms so that by placing for example a valve the associated Gaskets
and Flanges will also be created.
Select the component from the piping specification, position the component and set the orientation.
Tube does not have to be created explicitly; it is created automatically and implied between adjacent fittings.
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From the Pipework Toolbar, select the Show pipe component selection
form icon, the component Selection form will be displayed.
From the available Sub-Types list select the SLIP ON FLANGE. The Component is changed and this can be
seen in the graphical view.
If the component has a different fitting-to-fitting length this can be reconnected using the Reconnection
Button.
The Specs. tab allows the user to select an alternative specification and set Insulation or Tracing.
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The Errors tab displays any errors which may result if an unsuccessful Reconnection operation is
attempted.
Descriptions This option allows the user to select the nature of the information shown for
selected Components in the lists in the Components panel
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Tag component can be used to turn the Component marker on and off (on by default).
Tag constraints can be used to turn on and off the highlighting of Components which could
give bad connectivity if an adjacent Component is changed.
Auto reconnect if selected, automates the function of the Reconnection button on the
Components tab. Errors which may result if an unsuccessful Reconnection
operation is attempted will automatically appear on the Errors panel
Reconn. free ends if selected, re-establishes connectivity if the Pipe Head (or Tail) becomes
disconnected as a result of Component reselection
Ignore positioned if selected, ignores elements which have their RLOCK attribute set to 0.
(RLOCK is the attribute for the branch members creation status code used
by Router.) Selecting this option does not stop the model editor moving the
Component, but by default the Component with RLOCK= 0 will not be
moved when it is reconnected to the Component being changed
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With equipment and structures, the order in which you create items is of no importance to the final outcome.
With piping components, the order in which they are laid out, as well as their individual positions and
orientations, determines the final pipe route.
Below is an example Design Explorer list showing the components of a branch /100-B-8/B1
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The example below shows the Explorer Window with the Tube Shown.
When using PDMS the list order becomes second nature after the creation of a number of branches. In the
interim, pay attention to the list order. Consider carefully where the next item is going to be inserted by
watching the Component pointer and the Design Explorer.
When creating a component at the pipe branch head or pipe branch tail, it is necessary to be positioned
at Branch level.
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Piping components have Ppoints (similar to those for equipment primitives).The significance of Ppoints is
twofold. Firstly, they define the connection points, and secondly, they determine the branch flow through
the component by means of Arrive and Leave attributes.
For the reducer shown below, the large end is at P1 and the small end is at P2. If this component is used to
increase the bore of the branch, the flow in the direction of the branch will be from P2 to P1. In order to tell
PDMS the necessary flow direction , there are two numeric attributes, Arrive and Leave, which must be set
to the ppoint numbers required. In this case, Arrive would be set to 2 and Leave would be set to 1. (The
default is Arrive 1 Leave 2). This is included for information, as the forms and menus will handle all
connections. Z
Y
Z P2 Y
P2
P3
P0 P0 X
P1 X
P1
Reducer Couplings / Nipples
Z
Z Y
X Y
P2
P0
P0
P1 X
P1 P2
Bends / Elbows
Nozzles
Z
Z P2
Y
Y
P0 P2
P0
P1 X P1 X
P3
Caps / Plugs / Blinds / Flanges Tees / Branch fittings / Olet fittings
Z Y P2
P2 Z Y
P0
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P1
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Extend Route Handle This is used to extend the route in the direction indicated by
the handle.
Cardinal Direction Handles - These are used to change the direction of the routing to
one of the cardinal directions from the current frame of
reference.
Rotational Handles These allow the extended route handle to be interactively
directed by the user.
Cardinal
Direction
Handles
Rotational
Handles
Extend Route
Handle
The quick pipe routing handle is used to define a routing vector within the constraints of the currently
selected badly defined route. A badly defined route is defined in general terms as where either, there is a
bad alignment between two components, the head or tail of a branch is incomplete, i.e. where the head/tail
attributes are left in their default state, the head/tail is positioned but not connected and the head/tail
connection type is unset.
This usually equates to the dotted line representation of implied tube, where implied tube cannot be drawn.
An exception to the above could be where a Pipe Branch does not have specification reference set.
The handle can be dragged by using either primary or secondary mouse buttons. By default the handle will
move in multiples of the currently defined linear increments.
If the secondary mouse button is clicked as the cursor is over the pipe routing handle, the user will be
presented with a context sensitive menu. The menu will display the available options which relate to the
drag.
The following options are available on the Extend Handle before a drag.
Enter Offset This gives the Constrained Move form which allows you to enter an offset from the
current handles position in the current routing direction.
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Enter Leg Length This gives the Leg Length form which lets you enter an absolute distance of
the handle from the last previous change in the directions position.
Distance From Origin This displays the Explicit Distance form which allows you to enter an
absolute distance of the handle from the previous components origin
position.
Extend Through Feature This allows you to identify features with which to align, along the current
route direction.
Orient to Point This directs the handle either directly to a point feature or rotates about the
vertical axis, maintaining horizontal offset, when a linear feature is
identified.
Align with Direction This allows you to identify features with which the handle is to be aligned.
Explicit Direction This gives the Enter Direction for <direction> Axis form which lets you enter
an explicit direction for the handle.
Component Choice This allows you to select the type of Component that is created by the
Routing Handle when a change in direction occurs. The Component can be
set to either Elbows or Bends.
Distance Feedback This allows you to select how the Routing Handle displays distance
feedback. This can be set to either Offset (offset from the previous handles
position), Leg Length (distance of the handle from the last previous change
in directions position), or From Origin (distance of the handle from the
previous Components origin position). Use the D 'hotkey' to cycle through
the options.
Show Rotation Handles This toggles the display of the Rotation Handles (selected by default).
Cancel This returns the handle and selection to its original state before the drag
The following option is only available when the end being routed to is ill-defined, i.e. there is no End Route
Handle displayed:
Connect To This enables you to select an element which the route end can be
connected to, eg unconnected Nozzles, Tees etc.
The following options are available on the Extend Handle on completion of a drag, i.e. when the secondary
mouse button has been used to drag the handle and no special actions are active:
The following options are available when in snap to feature mode and the end being routed to is ill-defined
or unconnected and the identified feature is a connectable p-point of an item to which an end can be
connected, e.g. a Nozzle with no connection reference set:
The following options are available when in snap to feature mode and the end being routed to is well
defined and the identified feature is the End Route Handle.
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The following options are available on the Rotation Handle before a drag
Enter Value This gives the Rotate Selection About form, enabling you to enter a value to rotate
the graphical selection about the selected rotational axis
Orient to Point This allows you to pick a p-line through a point with which to orient the Rotation
Handle.
Align with Direction This allows you to identify features with which the handle is to be aligned. Planes
will be displayed to indicate a p-point direction (pointer symbol) or a p-line direction
(symbol). Clicking and releasing the SHIFT key will reverse the direction of the
handle.
Align With This displays the Enter Direction For <direction> Axis form which allows you to align
the handle with a specified direction, or as close as possible to the given direction,
about the axis of the Branch.
Rotate Handle Allows you to rotate the Locator Handle, using the same movement options as the
main Rotation Handle menu. These options move the Locator Handle only, they do
not move the Graphical Selection. Alternatively a 'freehand' movement of the Rotate
Handle can be accomplished by clicking the H key with the handle selected and
the left mouse button held down.
The Locator Handle may be rotated independently of the Graphical Selection in
order to change the frame of reference for the next operation on the Graphical
Selection.
Rotate Handle>To World This option aligns the Locator Handle with the World co-ordinate system,
without rotating the Graphical Selection.
The Locator Handle Y axis points North, and the Z axis points Up.
Cancel This removes the shortcut menu and deselects the selected Locator Handle
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The tasks of setting up pipes, branches and components are simplified by the use of forms and menus. The
main thing to remember when using the application is which specification you are currently using as a
default.
The course exercises and examples will illustrate different means of pipe routing by giving examples of
many of the situations you will encounter.
The quick pipe routing functionality will allow the user to correct the path of a pipe wherever there is an ill
defined route within a branch, i.e. where the dotted line is displayed instead of implied tube.
Highlight the dotted line, and select the Model Editor icon from the Model Editor Toolbar. The Pipe
Component Modification handle will now appear at the component leave end.
Enter the feature highlighting mode by clicking the F key on the keyboard or by selecting Selection >
Feature Highlighting from the pull down menu
Select the pipe component modification handle and press the right mouse button. From the pop-up select
Component Choice > Use Bends. Holding down the left mouse button, drag the pipe modification handle
across to the other end and still holding down the left mouse button, click the right mouse button. A second
pop-up appears, select complete
The bend and the implied tube are added to complete the route
The bend that has been added by the system can later be
changed to a smaller radius bend or an elbow.
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CHAPTER 3
The following worked example demonstrates how to build Pipe /100-B-8 and Branch /100-B-8/B1 and the
piping component build sequence.
The Trainer will provide the Stabiliser Equipment using the Piping Tab on the Training Setup Form.
Utilities > Training Setup
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Start > All Programs > AVEVA > PDMS 12 > Run PDMS or use the Icon provided by your Trainer, your
Trainer will advice you of your user names and password a typical example is shown below.
Select OK
Create the hierarchy in which branch is to be routed, the piping zone /ZONE-PIPING-AREA01 may have
been created on an earlier course.
Create>Zone
Name ZONE-PIPING-AREA01
Select the Show pipe creation form Icon on the Pipework Toolbar
The Branch Head and Branch Tail will be connected to Equipment Nozzles.
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The new pipe will be connected to equipment /D1201 and /P1501A. Add these equipments to the graphical
display they are located in zone /ZONE-EQUIPMENT-AREA01 which is is site /SITE-EQUIPMENT-AREA01.
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In PDMS pipe (or tube) is not routed explicitly. Components are positioned and the tube is implied between
them.
Display the Pipe Component Creation Form from the Show pipe component creation form Icon on the
Pipework Toolbar
Where possible the main pipe route is created; valves and other in-line fittings are added later.
Select Flange
Select Connect
Using the same form select a Weld Neck Flange for the Pipe Tail.
Select Connect
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There will now be a Gasket and Flange at the Branch Head and the Branch Tail.
Using the model editor, create the first Elbow after the Flange that is connected to the Branch Head.
Using the LH Mouse Button drag the Pipe Route Handle Down 500mm and release the mouse button.
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The Blob (or Sphere) on the branch will be deleted automatically later in the tutorial. It will appear in the
Design Explorer as an Elbow.
An elbow is created at each Change in direction. This could be changed to a Bend (if there are bends
available in the spec)
Bends and Elbows can be selected using the Component Choice option shown on the right click menu
below.
The pull down is displayed by clicking the RH Mouse Button whilst hovering over the Model Editor Axis
Other options are also available from this pull down and some will be used later.
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Navigate to the flange on the Branch Tail using the LH Mouse Button.
The Component Pointer moves to the Flange to indicate where the next component will be created.
The Display shows the component creation is against flow from the last time the Component Creation form
was used. The component Creation Form will still be displaying Flanges.
Select Connect
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Position the elbow through a North Position of N 302600 by dragging the Elbow along the North/South axis
using Model Editor Mode. Rotate the elbow through 180 Deg
The World Co-ordinates are displayed at the bottom of the main graphics window. Fine adjustment can
be obtained using the up and down arrows on the keyboard
Model Editor Increments are adjusted using: Selection > Set Increments
Alternatively the elbow could be positioned explicitly using Position > Explicitly (AT) from the Main Menu
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On falling pipes components could be positioned using Position > Component > Plane Through
SType TEE
Select Connect
Flow Through Tee The Designer can select the appropriate selection
method depending on the pipe route.
Leave by Connection
Arrive by Connection
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First Select the Dotted Part of the Pipe and enter Model Editor.
Select Selection > Feature Highlighting or by Pressing F Whilst in the Model Editor
Note Feature Highlighting status represented by tick in selection menu. Tick indicates feature is active.
Drag one Arrow over the other Arrow using the Right Hand Mouse Button. Release the Mouse Button
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Place 2 Gate valves in the branch. The valves will be placed in the correct position later in the exercise.
Select a Valve Sub Type GATE Valve on the Components Creation Form
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Position the valve and its connected components Fitting to Fitting with the second Elbow using the Model
Editor. Turn off Feature Highlighting Mode, highlight the flange with the left hand mouse button and drag the
assembly towards the second elbow as shown below. Connect the flange to the elbow.
It is possible to move the valve assembly to other legs in the branch, these are indicated in blue.
The Valve can also be rotated around its axes using the Model Editor.
To complete the pipe create a second Branch that connects the tee to pump /P1501B. Build up the Branch
components as before.
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When creating components, ensure that the correct branch has been set by using the <Set Branch>
button on the Create Components form.
Create the pipes 80-B-7, 150-B-6, 250-B-5 AND 200-B-4 as detailed on the following pages::
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The Nozzles N2 on Equipment /E1302A and N1 on Equipment /D1201 are both the same size and are
aligned vertically, therefore the implied tube will be displayed as shown below. It is only necessary to create
a gasket and a flange at the Head and at the Tail of the Branch. Ensure the gaskets/flanges are created at
branch level.
The direction of flow is indicated by the black arrow. Hence the HEAD of the Branch is connected to Nozzle
E1302A/N2 and the TAIL of the Branch is connected to Nozzle D1201/N1.
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The Flanges and elbows at both the Head and Tail of this pipe should be created fitting to fitting. The elbows
are rotated as required using Model Editor. This is quite a simple pipe so it could be routed using quick route
mode.
The HEAD of the Branch is connected to Nozzle C1101/N5 and the TAIL of the Branch is connected to
Nozzle E1302B/N1.
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In this example, it is necessary to create two Branches. Flow directions are indicated by the black arrows.
The HEAD of the first Branch is connected to Nozzle E1301/N3 and the TAIL of the first Branch is connected
to Nozzle C1101/N2. The HEAD of the second Branch is connected to Nozzle E1301/N2 and the Tail is
connected to the TEE.
Use the Align selection/component Icon on the Pipework Toolbar to position the first elbow at the correct
elevation. This button is used to align components with the next item in list order. In this example, the Elbow
is aligned with the Flange connected to the Branch Tail.
After creating the first two elbows, create a Concentric Reducer to increase the bore size from 200mm to
250mm. Use the Config icon on the RHS to indicate an increase in bore size is required. Define the leave
bore required by using the pull down menu.
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The direction of flow is indicated by the black arrow. Hence the HEAD of the Branch is connected to Nozzle
C1101/N3 and the TAIL of the Branch is connected to Nozzle E1301/N1.
The bottom section of this pipe has a small offset of approx 15 Deg. To build this pipe, firstly create the
Head flange/gasket and the first Elbow with Flow (forwards mode). Next, create the Tail flange/gasket and
the connected Elbow against Flow (backwards mode) Create Elbow 2 with flow and align it to Elbow 3 using
Align selection/component button as described earlier.
Elbow 2 can be then be directed to face towards the next elbow using the Direct selection/component Icon
on the Pipework Toolbar. This button orientates the PL of the Current Element towards the next component.
Navigate to the Elbow 3, select against flow and use Direct selection/component to align the two elbows..
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This pipe should be routed onto the Pipe Bridge, as the Pipe Bridge would normally be created by a Steelwork
Designer it is necessary to exit PDMS and re-enter PDMS as the Steelwork Designer Create the Pipe Bridge
Steelwork and then re-enter as a Piping Designer. The Pipe Bridge Steelwork is created by using the Training
Set-up Form.
Exit PDMS, using the Design > Exit menu option and re-enter as a Steelwork Designer.
OK
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This pipe must be routed to piping spec F1C as it is stainless steel. For the purposes of the training the pipe
branch head will be connected using Event Driven Graphics (EDG) by using the Pick Position option on the
Modify Pipe Form. The pipe tail however should be created explicitly as described.
Navigate to the Piping Zone and create Pipe 100-C-13 as described in the previous examples.
On the Modify Pipe Form Pick Change from the Head Detail
Select Yes
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To set the Branch Tail, select the Tail Detail Change button on the Create Pipe Branch form.
West 303000
North 308280
Up 104937
Select Apply
The Branch head is connected to Nozzle /E1301/NS1. Create the Head Gasket, Flange and the first elbow
as described before. Set the direction of the elbow to be W 45 N. Create the second elbow and position it
through W319760. Set the PL direction to be UP.
The third elbow is created and positioned with the Bottom of Pipe (BOP) onto the top of the steelwork (TOS)
using the Quick Pipe Router
Enter Model Editor with feature highlighting enabled (F). Select the dotted part of the pipe in Model Editor
mode.
Slide the mouse over the steelwork, when the cursor is positioned over Top of Steel (TOS) pline, the
extended route handle will be displayed.
Select 1/2 OD behind Pline Feature, this will place the BLOB with BOP on TOS.
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Continue routing the pipe in Quick Router Mode, the pipe can be finished using Auto Complete.
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If there are branches that contain similar components, it is useful to copy a complete branch then move the
new branch into position. To create a copy, select the branch to be copied then choose Create > Copy >
Offset
This will display the Copy form. The branch head and tail will have to be reconnected and the new branch
renamed.
The Branch Tails of this pipe will be connected to the suction of pumps P1502A and P1502B, which has
300# Flanges. As there are no 300# flanges in our piping spec, they will need to be selected from spec /A3B
this is done by setting the Alternative Spec.
Create the new pipe as described previously. Define the Branch Head using Modify branch head and specify
the position explicitly.
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Bore 150
Connection Open
Direction W
West 303000
North 308530
Up 104965
Select A3B
Select Done
Once an alternative spec is selected the user can toggle between the Branch Spec and Alternative Spec
using the tick box on the Component Creation form displayed below..
Create the Gasket and Flange at the Pipe Tail from the alternative spec A3B.
Tick the Use Alternative Spec box on the component creation form.
Uncheck the Use Alternative Spec tick box once the selection is complete.
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As the distance between the nozzles on Pumps /1520A and /1520B is unknown, it is necessary to copy
Element to Element. Select Offset from Element to Element
Identify the two nozzles in the 3D view using the cursor. The Offset in the X direction is -2390
Set the number of copies to be 1 and Apply. Retain the created copies
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Orientate the Elbow through 180 deg, The pipe is as shown below:
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The Head of Branch 80-B-14/B1 is connected to the nozzle D1201/N2. The Tail Bore should be set to
80NB. Other branch tail details can be left as default. The pipe spec is /A3B.
The pipe is routed from the branch head and completed by connecting the branch tail to the last member
using the pipe modification form once the last gate valve is positioned.
Valve /FCV-113 is an Instrument Control Valve and is selected as an Instrument from the specification.
Name the Instrument Valve using Modify > Name
There is a second Branch 80-B-14/B2 which consists of a Globe Valve assembly only. The Tee required for
this bypass is an 80 x 50 unequal Tee.
The Globe Valve, Flange and Gasket on the By-pass should be selected from the A300 Spec. On a
project there may be a HOLD or Valve / Instrument spec for selecting in-line equipment that is not
available in the current specification during initial pipe routing. On the Training Course spec A300 is
being used for this purpose.
There are several Tee Types in the specification available for selection, e.g.:, Set-on, Sockolet and Butt
Weld.
In this case, select 50 bore and STYPE TEE which is an 80 x 50 Butt Weld Tee.
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Selection Types can be filtered using the Filter By pull down menu as shown below:
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This pipe is spec /A1A ANSI CLASS 150 CARBON STEEL. The head of the first Branch 80-A-11/B1
connects to the tail of Branch 80-B-14/B1 which was created in the previous exercise. The tail is set
explicitly and is positioned at W303000, N309280, U104925.
The head of the second branch 80-A-11/B2 connects to the tail of Branch 80-B-14/B2.
The Gaskets and Flanges at the Branch Heads should be selected from spec /A3B as they are
connecting onto 300# valves.
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This pipe should be routed using specification /F1C ANSI CLASS 150 STAINLESS STEEL The main
Branch Tail is connected to Nozzle E1301/NS2, The Branch Head is created explicitly at W303000,
N308830, U104937.
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This pipe uses specification /A3B. The head of the main branch is connected to Nozzle C1101/N1. Connect
each of the two branch tails to the last member.
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This pipe uses specification /A1A. The head of Branch 150-A-3/B1 is connected to the tail of Branch
100-B-2/B1. The tail is set at explicit coordinates W303000, N308080, U104964.
The second Branch 150-A-3/B2 is connected at the head to the tail of Branch 100-B-2/B2.
The gasket and flange at the two branch heads will need to be selected from spec /A3B as they are
connecting onto 300# valves.
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This pipe uses specification /A3B. The head of the main Branch 100-B-1/B1 is connected to Nozzle
/P1520B/N2. The head connection should utilise a 50NB slip-on (SO) flange connected to a 100x50 reducer
(SType: NSN, Nipple Swaged Bevel X Plain).
The tail is connected to Nozzle C1101/N6 on the column.
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This pipe uses specification /A3B. The head of the main Branch 50-B-9 /B1 is connected to Nozzle
P1501A/N2 on the pump. The tail is connected to Nozzle /C1101/N4 on the column.
The flanged Valves should be selected from spec /A300
During initial pipe routing, a HOLD or Valve / Instrument spec can be used to select in-line equipment
not available within the current spec. Spec A300 is used within the Training course to demonstrate this
functionality.
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4 Replacing Components
It may become necessary to replace existing components. This is done using the Component Selection
Form.
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Change this Elbow to a bend using the Pipe Component Selection Form from the Pipework Toolbar.
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Select VAR ANGLE VAR RADIUS, VAR CUT Mitred Bend from the Component Selection form
The Ncuts Attribute is only used if the bend catalogue parameter number 4 is set to -1, this is
described later.
Using the example above replace a Gate Valve with a Globe Valve and modify a pipe to include a Mitred
Bend. Change the numbers of cuts on the Mitred Bend.
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Data consistency checks are normally carried out before running clash detection facilities. It is more
convenient to do a data check on individual pipes than to do the whole Plant in one go due to the number of
errors that may be present.
PA is W30N
N
PL is E
offset axes N
Flange Screwed
connection connection
By using this form, the user can generate a diagnostic report on the data consistency of any part of the
design.
The report may be listed on screen (in the area in the lower half of the form), or may be sent to file from
which a hard copy version can be generated. Select Screen or File and, in the latter case, specify the
directory and filename. Choose the hierarchic level at which you want to check the design using the Check
list near top left of the form. The default is the current element.
The above example shows the default settings for Angle, Offset, Ratio and Max. Angle.
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For example:
A minimum length of 150mm for bores between 25 and 50.
A minimum length of 300mm for bores between 50 and 100.
To change any of the consistency check tolerances, use the appropriate Parameters button on the form
(Piping for our current examples). And then select Tube Range.
You will see a subsidiary form on which the current tolerances can be changed before carrying out the data
checks.
As an example, consider the design feature shown below, namely a Pipe to Pipe connection, look at some
of the possible diagnostic messages.
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A230
FLOW
PArrive PLeave
D430 E730
(On GASK) B230 (On FLAN)
PIPE A PIPE B
The connection as shown is a valid one. If any of the connection types were changed, the following
messages may appear:
E730 LEAVE CONNECTION TYPE (of the Flange) NOT COMPATIBLE WITH TCONN
The connection types FBD-GBD in this example must be listed as compatible in the COCO tables.
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D400 ARRIVE TUBE LESS THAN TUBE MINIMUM. ACTUAL TUBE LENGTH IS ...
The distance between the arrive ppoint of this component and the leave ppoint of the previous
component (or Head) is greater than zero and less than the specified minimum tube length (default:
100mm).
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D610 LEAVE CONNECTION TYPE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH CONNECTION TYPE OF LSTUBE
The connection type of the leave ppoint of this Component is not compatible with the tube following
the component.
E700 LEAVE TUBE LESS THAN TUBE MINIMUM. ACTUAL TUBE LENGTH IS ...
The distance between the leave ppoint of the current component and the tail position, TPOS, is greater
than zero and less than the specified minimum tube length (default: 100mm).
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Continue building the rest of the Pipework, checking each one as you build it.
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This chapter provides an overview of the clash detection facilities available within PDMSDESIGN.
For a full description of PDMS Clash Detection please refer to TM-1003 Design Utilities.
The clash form is displayed as it was the last time it was used; in this case a clash run has not been
done and so the Clash List shows None.
Before attempting any Clash Checking the Design Model should be updated to include extra steelwork and
foundation information, the Training Setup Form is used to add this extra information.
As Steelwork and Civil items are created my different discipline the Designer should switch user to the
Trainer User so that the new elements will be created in the correct database.
OK
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Apply
Exit PDMS Design > Exit and re-enter as the Piping Designer.
OK
Select Settings > Graphics Select the Representation Tab and set the Obstruction to 25%
The obstruction area around equipments, Piping Components and Walkways will now be displayed.
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Pipe 100-B-8
The above shows a typical reroute of pipe 100-B-8 to avoid clashes, a hole is still required in the floor plate
and this is discussed in the next chapter.
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Clash Check each of your pipes you have created so far and correct any Clashes you detect.
Continue building the rest of the Pipework. Perform a Data Consistency Check and Clash Check on each
Pipe.
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7 Hole Management
On a typical AVEVA Plant project it is necessary for designers to create holes in panel elements, i.e. deck
plates, grating, walls, floors, etc. Due to the implications on design integrity and cost, the hole creation
process needs to be controlled and managed.
The Piping Designer would not be able to create holes in floor plates or wall panels as these items would
have been created by another design discipline for example the Structural Department. These design items
would be held in another database for which the Piping Designer would only have read access.
A method of requesting, approving or rejecting a hole between disciplines is required; this is known as Hole
Management.
The Piping Designer locates and sizes the hole and then makes a request for the hole to be created by the
other discipline.
For the purposes of the training we will assume that we are both the Piping Designer and the Structural
Approver so that the full workflow can be discussed.
PDMS controls and manages holes using the Hole Management application which facilitates:
Communication of hole data between disciplines including Request and Approval processes.
Ensuring holes are only created by users with appropriate write access permissions.
Performing validation checks on managed holes and providing feedback to users on the hole status.
Generation of reports for managed holes.
Generally in AVEVA Plant projects discipline Designers do not have write access to items created by other
disciplines, i.e. a Piping Designer does not have write access to Structural elements and Structural
Designers do not have write access to Piping elements, etc.
With Hole Management penetration holes are specified and requested by the penetrating discipline,
normally piping, HVAC or equipment designers and approved by the penetrated discipline, normally
structural Designers. For cases where a penetration is required, say, for a steel section through a deck/floor
plate, the hole would be specified, requested and approved by the structural discipline.
The specification of a penetration hole by the relevant discipline in the appropriate Design application
creates a virtual hole in the panel element, consisting of a FRMW and two FIXING elements. Each fixing
element has a Specification Reference (Spref) attribute that points to the hole definition in the catalogue. An
Association (ASSOC) element that references all of the hole elements is also created.
Once the virtual hole has been created the penetrating discipline enters the Hole Management application
and requests the hole. The owner of the panel, normally the Structural discipline, then reviews and approves
(or rejects) the hole request using the mechanism provided by the Hole Management application.
The act of approving the request creates the actual hole as a PFIT owned by the PANE element. The Hole
Management application checks and validates the hole using the association restrictions and stores data on
the hole history and status. Only valid holes may be approved. For a structural penetration the Structural
Designer may be both the requester and approver, although specific company procedures, controlled by
DAC, may be required if the Originator and Reviewer need to be different.
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Once the penetration hole has been specified and the virtual hole created, the Hole Management
application provides a series of tasks for the Originator (Penetrating discipline) and Reviewer (Structural
discipline). These tasks are:
There are three main workflow scenarios for the request/approval cycle that are detailed in the following
sections.
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In this workflow the Originator creates the virtual hole and then either requests it or deletes the entry.
Once requested, the Originator may cancel the request and delete the entry prior to it being reviewed.
If rejected by the Originator
If requested and not cancelled or deleted, the Reviewer checks the hole details and, if OK, approves the
hole, thereby creating the actual hole.
If the Reviewer rejects the hole then the Originator can either modify the virtual hole and re-request the
hole or cancel the request and delete the entry.
In this workflow the actual hole has been created. The Originator decides that the hole is now redundant
and sets its status to Redundant.
Before the Originator can delete the entry the Reviewer must agree that the hole is redundant.
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In this workflow the actual hole has been created. The Reviewer, possibly due to changed conditions,
decides to reject the hole. The Originator has the option to:
Modify the hole and re-request it, whereby it will go through the normal review and approval cycle.
Cancel the request, in which case the virtual hole details remain
Delete the entry, in which case the entire hole is deleted and the virtual hole and association deleted.
The actual hole is deleted and the panel restored to its original state.
In addition to penetration holes, the Hole Management application enables creation of non-penetration holes
in structural panels. These holes fall into two general categories:
Holes that are required, say, for access to a piece of equipment, a valve or other design item.
Holes that are created by a panel fitting, e.g. a hatch, door, window, etc.
For non-penetration managed holes that are not created by a fitting, with the exception of a User Defined
hole type, the virtual hole is created as a single FIXING in a new FRMW, as described for penetration
holes. This fixing has a Specification Reference (Spref) attribute that points to the hole definition in the
catalogue. An Association (ASSOC) element that references all of the hole elements is also created.
Approving the hole creates a PFIT owned by the PANE.
User Defined hole shapes are created using a template and negative extrusion in a similar way as described
below for Fitting holes.
For non-penetration holes that are created by a panel fitting, the virtual hole is created as a single FIXING
in a new FRMW. The fixing owns a Template (TMPL) element that owns a negative extrusion (NXTR) whose
vertices describe the required hole shape. The fitting is created as a FIXING element owned by the PANE
whose Spref attribute points into the catalogue to the selected fitting. An Association (ASSOC) element that
references all of the hole elements is also created. Approving the hole creates an NXTR owned by the
PANE that is a copy of the virtual hole NXTR.
Non-penetration managed holes, of either type, may be associated with any other element in Design. The
holes have the same request/approval process as penetration holes, however, as they are created solely by
the structural discipline the Structural Designer may be both the requester and approver.
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The Hole Management application, as with other applications that use associations, is passive, i.e. the user
is not alerted if a hole association is broken or invalidated. The user must enter the Hole Management
application and actively verify if the association is still valid.
The use of the application will vary from company to company. In some it may be down to the individual
Designers to request and approve holes, whilst in others it may be the discipline lead Designer or a
designated user who performs the tasks.
The information about the hole size and position is held in a FIXIng which is held in a STRU with the purp of
the STRU set to HOLE, on a project this design area would be created by the project administrator.
For the purposes of the training the fixing area will need to be created.
Select Utilities>Training Setup from the main menu to display the Training Setup form.
Select the Upgrade tab, check the Create Association Worlds checkbox and click the Apply button.
This adds the Association Worlds (ASSOWL) and Association Group (ASSOGP) elements required for
Equipment Associations and Hole Management.
In addition the Site SITE-ASSOC/ASSOC is renamed to VM-Virtual-Holes and the required Zone and Stru
elements for Hole Management are added.
There are three ways that the Pipe penetration can be selected, shown on the pipe branch and subsequent
isometric.
This first method is very useful as the current piping spec does not need a special penetration
attachment.
This method would allow the use of a different attachment representation on the Isometric.
This method is very useful if penetration material is needed on the piping isometrics. Typical uses of
this are penetration sleeves or water tight seals.
In this first example a single penetration where pipe 100-B-8 goes through the floor plate will be created with
the piping attachment (ATTA) selected from the current piping spec.
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Select
Utilities > Pipe Penetrations > Create Penetration
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Select ATTA
Select OK
Select OK
Clearance 50
Diameter 215
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The Hole Shape selection area of the form contains Class options lists that enables the user to select the
class of hole, i.e. Standard Types, Piping penetration piece tables and Pipe Duct. The Type options list
changes depending on the Class selected. For this example Standard Types will be used.
A description of the different types of hole shapes is outside the scope of this training guide.
The Hole shape parameters area of the form displays different parameter textboxes for the different hole
types. For a circular hole the only parameter is Diameter.
The Diameter value is defaulted to the Outside Diameter of the selected pipe, i.e. 115mm.
If multiple pipes of differing outside diameters are selected, the diameter value defaults to 100. The
user must then enter a suitable diameter for all pipes or re-select the pipes individually.
The Penetrating item clearance area of the form contains the Clearance
textbox that enables a clearance around the penetrating item to be
specified. Note that the Diameter value has increased from 115 to 215 i.e.
the pipe OD + 2 x the clearance.
The virtual hole fixing is displayed at the specified diameter (the outer of
the two fixing extrusions shown).
The Set to Minimum button resets the hole shape parameters to the minimum value(s) required to create a
valid hole. In this example clicking the button would set the Diameter back to 115.
The number and description of parameters in the Hole shape parameters area of the form varies
depending on the Hole type selected.
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The Positioning area of the form enables an offset in the X and Y directions for the penetration hole to be
specified by entering appropriate values in the X Offset and Y Offset textboxes. This enables the
penetrating item to be eccentric to the penetration hole, which may be required in some circumstances.
The Rotation gadget enables the hole shape be rotated to align the hole in a different direction. This is only
relevant on non-circular hole shapes. The rotation value may be set by using the up or down arrow or by
entering a value in the textbox.
The Single or Merged hole penetrations area at the top of the form enables individual single holes or a
merged hole to be specified for multiple penetrating items by selecting the appropriate radio button. As there
is only one penetrating item in this example the options are disabled.
Clicking the OK button on the Hole Management Definition form creates the FRMW and two virtual hole
FIXING elements, one for the clearance diameter and one for the penetration hole, in the STRU whose
Purpose attribute is set to HOLE; STRU VH-Stru in the SITE HM-Virtual-Holes for this example.
The top level fixing is auto-numbered using the format HM-VH-nnnn, where nnnn is a four digit sequential
number starting at 0001. The secondary level fixing is auto-numbered using the format HM-VH-nnnn-SUB-
nn, where HM-VH-nnnn is the name of the top level fixing and nn is a two digit sequential number starting
at 01.
The association is created in the ASSOGP whose Purpose attribute is set to HOLE and is automatically
named using the format HM-ASSOC-nnnn, where nnnn is a four digit sequential number starting at 0001.
A penetration Atta will be created in the pipe branch. This will be displayed as a grating on the piping
isometric.
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As discussed earlier it is possible to select Pipe Couplings instead of an attachment, pipe spec /SP/DR07C
has examples of typical penetration sleeves.
The following example shows a penetration coupling placed in a branch modelled using /SP/DR07C
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To demonstrate the Multiple Pipe Penetrations it will be necessary to copy an existing pipe and then create
one hole that both pipes use.
Add equipment /E1302A, Sub Frame /EL(+)107820_TOS_PLATE and Pipe /80-B-7 to the Graphics display
as shown.
Copy Pipe
Y = -550
Apply
Yes
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Specification Penetrations
Select OK
Clearance 10
Width 750
Height 200
Rotation 90
OK
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Now the holes have been defined a request must be made for the holes to be created in the appropriate
panel.
STRU /EQUIP_SUPPORT
Select Utilities > Hole Management from the main menu to display the Hole Association Management
Form
This form is used to display the Hole Associations in the model and is controlled by the Hole Association
Filters.
The Hole Association Filter area of the form enables the user to limit the display of the hole associations in
the Hole Associations grid below by using the various radio buttons and options lists.
List of elements applies the filters to the elements in the Elements to manage list at the bottom right
of the form.
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The Reset link label clears the list and adds the current element to it.
The Refresh link label starts the filtered search for all managed holes that reference any item in the list.
All Managed Holes applies the filters to all the managed holes in the project.
Discipline enables the user to select only holes belonging to a specific discipline.
Status enables the user to select only holes with a specific approval status.
Claimed enables the user to select holes with a specific Claim status.
Valid enables the user to select only holes that have passed/failed the validation test.
Setting any option other than Not Checked may significantly slow down the list generation. This is
because all validation tests will be run for every hole that passed the previous three filter options.
The Invalid checkbox, if checked, will include all hole associations that have any bad references or invalid
data. The checkbox is enabled if the List of elements or All Managed Holes radio buttons are selected.
The Apply filter link label refreshes the Hole Associations list according to the element and filtering
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Discipline Piping
Status All
Claimed All
Apply Filter
Yes
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The Piping Designer would not normally be able to approve the holes; Hole Approval is the
responsibility of the discipline that owns the Panel or Floor.
Select Utilities > Hole Management from the main menu to display the Hole Association Management
Form
Discipline Piping
Status All
Claimed All
Valid Passed
Apply Filter
Open the Hole History fold-up panel and note the new Status column entry.
Click the Return to Hole Associations link label at the bottom of the Hole Management form to return to
the Hole Association Manager form.
The Reviewer may make reject a hole on initial review or after it has been approved. In either case the
Originator has the option to modify the hole and re-request, cancel the request or delete the entry.
Highlight the new hole in the grid (HM-ASSOC-0002) and select Manage Selected Hole
Enter Hole must be Square in the Hole comment textbox, press the Return key and click the Save button.
Click the Reject link label under the Reviewer Tasks and click the Yes button on the confirmation message.
The hole has been rejected by the Reviewer; however, the comment indicates that if the hole is square then
it will be approved. Therefore, the Originator must decide if the circular hole is definitely required or a
square hole will be OK.
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Select the first penetration hole created (HM-ASSOC-0001) in the grid to make it the current association and
click the Manage Selected Holes link label to display the Hole Management form. This hole has previously
been approved so the only Reviewer task available is Reject.
Click the Reject link label under the Reviewer Tasks and then click the Yes button on the confirmation
message. The hole status has now changed to Rejected.
Note none of the Originator or Approval Tasks will be active at this point. The Designer must Logout of
PDMS and Login again as the Originator.
The Steelwork Designer would not normally be able to Request Piping hole. Hole Requests are the
responsibility of the discipline that owns the Pipe.
The Originator now has the option to modify the hole definition, as described above, Cancel Request or
Delete Entry, which have the following affects:
Cancelling the request removes the actual hole and resets the Hole History Status to blank, i.e. it has
been reset to its original status after the virtual hole was created but before it was requested. The
virtual hole fixings and hole management associations are retained so that the hole may be modified
and re-requested later.
Deleting the entry deletes the actual hole, the virtual hole fixings and the hole management
associations, restoring the panel to its original state before the penetration was created. All references to
the virtual hole are deleted.
For this example the request will be cancelled and then the entry deleted.
Click the Cancel Request link label under the Originator Tasks to
display the cancel confirmation message.
Open the Hole History fold-up panel and note that the hole status is blank, i.e. Note also that the virtual
hole fixings are still present.
Click the Delete Entry link label under the Originator Tasks to
display the remove confirmation message.
All references to the hole have been deleted from the Hole Management form and the virtual hole
fixings have also been deleted, restoring the panel to its original state before the penetration was
created.
Click the Return to Hole Associations to display the Hole Association Manager form.
Select the second penetration hole created (HM-ASSOC-0002) in the grid to make it the current association
and click the Manage Selected Holes link label to display the Hole Management form. This hole has
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Before the Originator can delete the entry the Reviewer has to agree it is redundant.
Click the Agree Redundant link label under the Originator Tasks
to display the redundant confirmation message.
Open the Hole History fold-up panel and note that the hole status has been set to Withdrawn.
The only Originator task now available is Delete Entry. Click this link label to delete the hole entry and
restore the panel at the penetration.
Save Work.
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Sometimes access is required through structural panels, i.e. walls, cladding, decks, floors, etc., in order to
maintain and operate items of plant. As these access holes have no non-structural discipline penetrating
item, the holes are normally created by a Structural Designer. To facilitate this process the Hole
Management application allows the creation and management of Non- Penetration Managed Holes.
Non-penetration managed holes can only be created from the Panels & Plates application and fall into two
categories:
Free Holes these are standard hole shapes, some of which include sleeves or kicker plates. A User
defined shape is also available.
Fitting Holes these are managed holes created by a catalogue fitting, e.g. a window, door, hatch,
access cover, etc.
Note Fitting Holes are covered in TM-1201 AVEVA Plant (12 Series) Structural Modelling (Advanced)
The Hole Type list shows the available holes. The first six entries
are the same hole types available for penetration holes. The
remaining hole types are circular or rectangular with additional
components, i.e. kicker plates or sleeves.
After selecting a hole type from the list, clicking the OK button on
the form displays the Hole Management Free Hole Definition
form.
The selected hole shape is displayed graphically, using default
sizes, on the penetrated item with aid graphics that indicate the
Hole X and Hole Y directions and the default X and Y offsets
from the panel origin.
The default hole location is the pick position from the penetration
item selection. This default position may be subsequently
changed on the Hole Management Free Hole Definition form.
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The Hole Management Free Hole Definition form has two tabs:
Hole Definition to define the shape, size, position and rotation of the hole.
Associated elements to define the element(s) the hole is to be associated with, e.g. piece(s) of
equipment.
Selecting the User Defined hole type displays the Loop Vertex Editor
form, i.e. the same form used for modifying panels and negative
extrusions.
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Clicking the Pick Items button prompts the user to Pick associated
item. Any item(s) may be picked to associate the hole with, however,
this would normally be a piece of equipment, a valve, an actuator, etc.
The selection process is terminated by pressing the Esc key. The
selected item(s) appear in the Current associated items grid.
Selecting an associated item from the grid and clicking the Remove
selected item button removes it from the grid and all references to it
from the association.
Having specified all of the requirements for the hole, clicking the OK button on the Hole Management
Free Hole Definition form will create the virtual hole.
The hole must be requested and approved using the procedure previously described. The Project
Administrator should give consideration to the unique situation that may occur where the team responsible
for originating the hole is also responsible for approving the hole. Company or Project specific procedures
may be required to ensure the hole creation process is correctly managed.
Ensure the you are in PDMS as user A.PIPER Password A MDB A-PIPING
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Select OK
Width 500
Height 300
Radius 25
X Offset 2000
Y Offset 7000
Rotation -180
Select OK
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Using the above examples create holes to accommodate the pipes that pass through the floor plates.
Using the above as a guide Create, Request and Approve a Non-penetration Managed Hole.
On completion exit PDMS and re-enter as the Piping Designer user A.PIPER Password A MDB A-PIPING.
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8 Isometric Production
Isometric Production is explained in full in PDMS Isometric Production System. Please refer to this manual.
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In the example below a tee has been added to the falling line to demonstrate how an offset error would be
introduced. This error is corrected in PDMS using variable angle zero radius bends.
Bends are normally made from tube so adding a bend would only affect tube length and as the bend used
has no radius the effect is negligible; bends made from tube do not appear on the isometric material list.
The following example shows how bends are used to correct falling lines.
The diagram shows the tee still falling with the main branch; a bend is used at the start of the new branch to
reduce the offset error.
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In this next example the tee is horizontal and two bends are used one at each side to correct the fall.
The user should always check contract procedure to establish how to design sloping pipes.
The Auto Slope form allows the user to set the leave direction. This can be set to either up or down for each
elbow in a branch. The slope can be specified either as a rate of fall or as an angle.
Navigate to branch 1 of pipe /100-C-13. In the piping application select Modify > Slope
Select OK
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PDMS will now step through each elbow in the branch. The slope must be set for each elbow.
As the pipe is open ended finishing at the battery limit the following form is displayed.
As the pipe tail is to remain in the same place, select NO. The pipe tail
will remain in the same position but the orientation will adjust to suit the
sloping pipe. Should Yes be selected the Pipe Tail will be repositioned
at the leave of the last component.
The pipe will now be sloping and can be checked using Query > General as done earlier. The elbow
direction will be of the form N 0.5729 U.
Create a new branch and connect the pipe head to the tee, as in
previous exercises the bore of the Pipe Branch Tail should be set
100mm but it can be left at the world origin for connection later.
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Orientate>Component>Slope
The PL of the elbow will now be sloping. The PL Direction of the Elbow is N 0.5729 U.
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The following are some examples of positioning piping components in space and relative to other
components.
The Plane Through form positions the current element using a specific co-ordinate, as in this example, or by
using the cursor, or with respect to any other previously positioned item.
You often need to position a piping component so that it, or its attached tube, is either just touching, or is a
fixed distance from, another element in the design (another piping item, a structural beam or column, etc.).
Until now we have always identified the position of a piping item by reference to its centreline (more strictly,
its origin or P0). For relative positioning, it is often more convenient to use one of the extremities of the item
as the reference, such as the topofpipe (ToP) or bottomofpipe (BoP), as we shall see in the following
examples.
BoP/ToP in this context refer to the same point, namely the furthest side of the component. Thus, the
form settings Top of Pipe Clearance 50 Infront ID Cursor would achieve the same result. This applies in
both forwards and backwards modes which are explained later.
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As in the preceding example, BoP/ToP here refer to the same point. Thus, the form settings Top of Pipe
Clearance 50 Behind - D Cursor would achieve the same result.
10.5 Position>Component>Clearance
The form settings Clearance 50 Onto ID Cursor would achieve the same result in this example.
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The form settings Clearance 50 Under ID would achieve the same result in this example.
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When using the above examples the designer is required to work with the flow in Forwards Mode or
against the Flow in Backwards Mode. This can be changed on the command line using the command
FOR or BAC.
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When you use the Forwards and Backwards Radio Buttons the Members window is inverted
Select Forwards
Select Backwards
Continuing from the elbow created in the previous exercise we are going to create two more elbows but this
time we are going to position the elbows relative to the steelwork.
Set-up the design display to include pipe /100-C-13 and the pipe bridge steelwork /PIPERACK
Direct the Elbow leave to point up using Orientate Component > Leave.
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Another elbow is created and positioned so that the bottom of pipe is resting on the steelwork.
Select Bottom of Pipe, Clearance 0, Behind, ID Cursor, Apply and Identify beam on the top of the Pipe
Bridge.(Note this Beam may not be named)
Bore 100
Direction E
Position W322000
N305354
U106457
Create and Position the Elbows relative to the steelwork as described above.
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11 Pipe Assemblies
Designers can use Pipe Assemblies that can be inserted into pipes both in the normal design process and
during Pipe Splitting Operations.
Select - Assemblies
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The Assemblies are selected using the Sub-Type Pull down and
selecting the required assembly
Select OK
Select WN and OK
Select OK
Select WN and OK
If a piping component cannot automatically be selected via the selection type (STYPE) a warning
message followed by a choose form is displayed to allow the Designer to pick the correct component.
The Flanges in spec /A3B do not have the same selection types (STYPE) as the spec that the
assembly was built from so a message and a choose form would normally be displayed.
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12 Pipe Splitting
It is often necessary to split Pipes into more than one Branch or Pipe. Splitting Pipes is used to make the
Isometric clearer or perhaps as a process requirement. Pipes can be split on components, on planes or into
segments (or spools). Pipe assemblies are used to aid in the splitting of pipes.
Select Split
Identify Elbow 3
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Select Include CE
A Data Consistency Check should always run if a pipe has been edited.
To aid with the following example Pipes /100-C-13, /100-C-12 ( /100-C-12-Split(1) ) and the pipe Bridge
Steel /PIPEWAY have been added to the screen.
In the following example we will split both pipes using a pair of flanges 1500mm from the southern most pipe
bridge column.
The Pipe Splitting form is displayed using Utilities > Pipe Splitting
The Split Pipe has been divided into sections for ease on explanation.
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There are various ways that the pipe split can be identified, in the example we will split the pipe on a plane.
Existing - Will just insert Pipe Assembly into the existing Branch
New Pipe - The pipe will be split into new pipes
New Branch - The pipe Branch will be split into extra branches.
Select Existing
The plane is used to describe the position of the split, set the
following:
Pick any Pipe leg to place the cutting plane orthogonally Identify any of the pipes.
To position the cutting plane Pick the NA of the South West Pipe Bridge Column
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You will now be prompted to select the start and end of the leg to be split.
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In the example we will change the Branch and Insulation Spec and resize some components.
Using the Right Hand Mouse Button on the display window displays the
Modification Pull Down
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In this case we do not wish to change the pipe spec on the Flanges and Gaskets as they are connected to
300# Nozzles
Identify all Gaskets and Flanges using the L.H. Mouse Button with the <Ctrl> Key held down this will de-
select the Flanges and Gaskets leaving the rest selected.
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The current Piping Spec will be displayed, Select Spec A1A using the pull down Select Pipe and Branches
as changing the Pipe spec on the Pipe and all Branches is also required.
Ticking Change out of spec components? Will change all out of spec components to the new spec in
this case it should be left unchecked.
Select Apply
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The right hand end of the form displays details of the component specification reference and description
changes. These should be reviewed prior to using the Apply button.
In theis case there is one error, any errors should be reviewed using the Error Message Tab as you can see
in the above example the Tee shows a comment No selection available
The spec that the Branch has been changed to does not contain a 250NB Butt Weld Tee, this will need to be
resolved manually and could involve selecting a different component type.
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The Branch Temperature will also need to be set to 150 Deg using Modify > Attributes at Branch and Pipe
Level. In order to see the insulation you will need to show the insulation using Settings > Graphics
Representation and setting the Insulation to 25%
Select the two elbows and the reducer using the Cursor
Use the Select from graphics button to select the components for change.
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You can see that there is no available reducer so it will not be changed
Select Apply
As you can see from the above example the Elbows have changed size the connecting pipework should be
changed manually.
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Each Pipe Fabrication Machine has a series of Pipe Fabrication Machine dimension elements with attributes
of OD and Bend radius. When an attempt is made to get a bend radius from the Pipe Fabrication Machine,
all bending dimensions are searched to find an appropriate tube OD
The actual bend radius is calculated by multiplying the OD by the BRAD If no matching dimensions are
found the radius cannot be calculated and the radius must be set by the user.
New pseudo attribute DFBRAD at bend returns a machine derived radius if available.
Select Apply
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The OD of the Tube being used must exist in the Pipe Fabrication Machine
Bends with their CompType set to VAR created in this zone with get their radius set from the Pipe
Fabrication Machine.
Using the example described above create a new Fabrication Machine and reference the Piping Zone to the
Fabrication Machine World.
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Pipe /150-B-6 is currently routed using elbows. The pipe will be rerouted using Bends and the Radius will be
selected automatically from an appropriate Pipe Fabrication Machine.
Navigate to branch /150-B-6/B1 and delete all the members leaving the head and tail connected.
The head should remain connected to /C1101/N5 and the tail connected to /E1302B/N1
Create Slip-on Flanges together with their gaskets at the Pipe Head and the Pipe Tail
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After the first Flange create a pair of bends using the Component Creation Form
Exercise 18 Creating a Pipe using Bends selected via a Pipe Fabrication Machine.
Using the above as a guide modify pipe /150-B-6 and re-routed the pipe using Bends.
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16 Production Checks
The Pipe 150-B-6 modified in the previous chapter can now be submitted for production checks. This
involved validating the pipe against the Pipe Fabrication Machines for both the ability of the machines to
bend and weld the pipe and to check that the pipe does not exceed the stock length.
The Pipe will need welds added so that pipe lengths are within the allowable stock lengths.
Feed excess should be avoided so the pipe will need rerouting to remove and feed excess created by the
bends being too close together and by the minimum requirements of the Pipe Fabrication Machine.
Select Apply
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As predicted the pipe failed as the initial feed is greater than the Pipe Fabrication machine can handle welds
or break flanges must be added to reduce the maximum spool length to 6000mm.
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Split the pipe into 4 spools by using welds selected from the Pipe
Components Creation Form, typically Stype WB.
Select Yes
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Spool PS01 is badly designed for a Pipe Fabrication machine because it needs extra material between the
bends and on the ends so that the Pipe Fabrication Machine can Grip the tube.
End Excess extra material on the ends which needs to be cut off
Feed Excess extra material between bends which needs to be cut out and welded back together.
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When a spool failed validation it was often difficult to find out exactly why. A log file is available to help track
down errors. There is a link label under Pipe Tasks called View Log.
The view log has tabs for looking at validation and spool generation and output can be printed or sent to file.
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Pipe Spool Information can be obtained by right clicking on the Pipe Spool on the Production Checks Form.
Using the above as an example check that the Pipe /150-B-6 will validate successfully by adding welds and
repositioning the bends to remove feed excess.
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17 Flange Enhancements
Flange Offset is the distance between P1 and P2, the following shows the Flange Offset on a Slip-on
Flange.
(PWALLTH(1) + 2mm)
Taking into account Wall Thickness will give a more accurate MTO.
In the Command Window Check the Pipe Wall Thickness and the distance between P1 and P2 on the Slip-
On Flange.
Q PWALLTH(1) and Q P1 P2
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The following example illustrates the placement of a Loose Flange with extra tube being supplied for the
creation of a flared end. The example is based on using Pipe Wall thickness to calculate the extra tube.
PDTAB Expression
Pflallowance ( 10 * ATTRIB PWALLT(1) )
If a Flange has a CompType of ALLO when selected PDMS will automatically set the Flange Attributes
Loose and Allowance which can be manually overwritten.
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Q LOOSE
Loose false
Q ALLOWANCE
Allowance 31mm
Using the above as an example, place a pair of Slip-On and a Pair of Loose Flanges.
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