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How I Start A Vessel in Login

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Posted on January 22, 2009 4:24 pm
by Kyle Pope Password
Okay, so here’s the deal. When I first
got my copy of PV Elite from
COADE, and started learning, I had Remember Me
designers disease. I wanted
something ON SCREEN right away. Log In
Had to see what the picture looked
like, with no regard to setting Register
anything up. Well, that was fun, I had Lost Password
my picture, but then I had to set
things up, a little after the fact…
Series
So, I started to work on that, and
came up with a few things that I do AutoCAD Plant
either before I start the design, or 3D on SQL
maybe a little ways into the design Express (6)
that help things out. Autodesk
University (1)
Pick your Code Converting
Okay, so first off, before you get CADWorx
crazy clicking on components, make Specs (2)
sure that you have the right code Creating a
selected. This isn’t a HUGE deal, but Nozzle Report
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it’s nice to start out using Div 2 if you (2)

are doing a Div 2 vessel. Custom Piping
Components –
Select your Units Plant 3D (4)
This one get’s me every time, and I Custom PnID
don’t know why. PV Elite has several Lines (2)
pre-defined unit styles, USE THEM. Getting Started
I get people calling me that they can’t (1)
calculate a 2" straight flange on a Report Creator
vessel because it’s asking for length Scripts (2)
in feet, CHANGE YOUR UNITS! Sharing Projects
It’s not tricky, but people still miss it. with AutoCAD
Plant 3D (3)
Design Constraints Standard Data in
This is a tab at the bottom, and AutoCAD P&ID
should be one of your FIRST stops if and Plant 3D (2)
not your first. This is VITAL
information that needs to be reviewed
and setup. You can pre-select certain Recent Posts
values, for instance the Pressures and
Temp’s right here, so that as you are Plant 3d 2018.1
putting the right info in, more on this Update Project
in a minute. This is also where you Recycle Bin
are going to set your datum line, or in A360 – Sharing
Kyle’s vocab, the strike line. Vessels Plant Content
don’t get built by measuring off the Using Fasttrack
ground, quit designing them that way. Plant for
Standardizing
Data
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First Component Standardizing

There is some debate, at least with Data with
one of my clients about this. I’m AutoCAD P&ID
going to talk for just a second about How to
this being a vertical vessel. Nothing Import/Export
fancy, just a straight up, 2 heads, a Line Group Data
shell, and a skirt kind of vessel. He into my P&ID or
has always designed the vessel, then Plant 3D?
added the skirt, well, so be it. Your
first component is whatever you AutoCAD Plant 3D
want. PV Elite will let you insert 2014 Object Enablers
components after the fact, really. It’s Plant Exchange The
called the insert button. Great name Plant Exchange site
for it. Build your vessel, then come that hosts content and
back, and insert in what you need. updates for the
AutoCAD Plant
Fill In Some Data platform
Once you’ve put your first
component, take the time to fill out a Archives
few things. The first, and biggest Archives
being, THE NAME! Name your Select Month

components, this isn’t vital, but it ECAD

sure makes life easier when you are
reading over your reports. Next up, ECAD Plugins
fill in the sizes and materials. PV ECAD, Inc.
Elite populates up. Meaning that the MDO Team
information you provide in the first Plant 3d WishList
setup, will be directly pushed to the
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next component you place. Taking a ©2015 ECAD, Inc.

few seconds to set the information on CW Magazine
the first component will save you lots powered by
of time when you start having to WordPress
change them ALL! I tend to treat that
first component like I was running
CodeCalc. Take the time to set it up
right, and you will save yourself a
few minutes in the long run.

This is pretty much the start of my

vessel, from here, it get’s fun. You
actually start BUILDING the thing.

Hope this gives you a little food for

thought, and take a few extra minutes
to explore the software, and find the
ways for you to get faster and more
efficient.

KP

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