Title | PDMS-Pipework Design User Guide |
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File Size | 9.7 MB |
Total Pages | 414 |
Pipework Design 1 Read this First 1.1 Scope of this Guide 1.1.1 Intended Audience 1.1.2 Assumptions 1.1.3 About the Tutorial Exercises 1.1.4 Further Reading 1.2 How the Guide is Organised 1.3 Further Training in Using PDMS 2 Introducing AVEVA PDMS 2.1 Introducing the Structure of PDMS 2.2 Strengths of PDMS 2.3 PDMS Piping Network Design Features 3 Setting Up the PDMS Database Hierarchy 3.1 How PDMS Stores Design Data 3.1.1 PDMS Design Data Definitions 3.2 Logging In 3.3 PDMS Startup Display 3.4 Creating some Administrative Elements 4 Creating Some Equipment Items 4.1 How Equipment Items are Represented 4.1.1 Basic Principles 4.1.2 Using Predefined Templates for Standard Equipment 4.2 Creating a Storage Tank to a Standard Design 4.3 Adding a Nozzle to the Storage Tank 4.4 Viewing the Design 4.4.1 Defining what Appears in the View 4.4.2 Manipulating the Displayed View 4.5 Creating Some More Equipment Items 4.5.1 Creating a Vertical Vessel 4.5.2 Naming the Nozzle in the Base of the New Vessel 4.5.3 Creating a Standard Design Pump 4.5.4 Changing the Orientation of an Equipment Item 4.5.5 Tidying Up Afterwards 5 Routing a Sequence of Piping Components 5.1 Design-to-Catalogue Cross-Referencing 5.2 How Piping Networks are Represented 5.2.1 Pipes and Branches 5.2.2 Piping Components 5.3 Starting the Pipework Application 5.4 Setting a Default Specification 5.5 Creating a Simple Pipework Sequence 5.5.1 Modifying Pipe Sequences 5.6 Creating a Second Pipework Sequence 5.7 Quick Pipe Routing 5.7.1 QPR Facilities 5.7.2 Cases of Ill-defined Routes 5.7.3 Entering and Leaving QPR 5.7.4 Pipe Routing Handle 5.7.5 Extend Route Handle 5.7.6 Nudging the Handle 5.7.7 Cardinal Direction Handles 5.7.8 Free Rotation Handles 5.7.9 Direction and Rotation Characteristics 5.7.10 Feedback 5.7.11 Popup Menus on the QPR Handle 5.7.12 Hotkeys 5.8 Deleting Pipe Routes 6 Pipework Modification 6.1 Pipework Component Bore and Specification Modification 6.1.1 Modify Components Window 6.1.2 Component Selection 6.1.3 Modifying Component Specification 6.1.4 Error Messages 6.1.5 Highlighting 6.1.6 Choosing a Component 6.1.7 Multiple Component Changes 6.1.8 Modifying Component Bore 6.1.9 Modifying Insulation and Tracing Specifications 6.2 Pipe Splitting 6.2.1 Multiple Mode Splitting 6.2.2 Splitting Pipes with a Plane 6.2.3 Single Mode Splitting 6.2.4 Component Picking 6.2.5 Feature Picking 7 Checking and Outputting Design Data 7.1 Checking for Design Data Inconsistencies 7.1.1 Design Tolerances 7.2 Checking for Clashes 7.2.1 Obstruction Levels 7.2.2 Extent of Clashing 7.2.3 Clash Detection Process 7.3 Generating a Data Output Report 7.4 Generating Isometric Plots 8 Automatic Pipe Routing 8.1 Automatic Pipe Routing using Pipe Router 8.1.1 Introduction 8.1.2 Basic Routing 8.1.3 Positioning and Locking Components 8.1.4 Creating and Using Routing Points 8.1.5 Using Routing Rules 8.1.6 Creating and Using Routing Planes 8.1.7 Creating and Using Pipe Racks 8.1.8 Pipe Packing 8.1.9 Importing a P&ID File 8.2 Automatic Pipe Routing Administration 8.2.1 Routing Rules 8.2.2 Creating and Editing Routing Rules 8.2.3 Placing Pipes on Racks and Planes 8.2.4 Command Syntax 8.2.5 Special Router Attributes 9 Pipework Spooling 9.1 Introduction 9.1.1 Database Usage 9.1.2 3D Graphics 9.1.3 Numbering 9.1.4 Naming 9.1.5 Spooling Volume Calculation 9.1.6 Drawing Output 9.2 Setting Up the Database Hierarchy 9.2.1 Database Structure 9.2.2 Logging In to Start a SPOOLER Session 9.2.3 Creating Some Administrative Elements 9.3 Controlling the 3D View 9.3.1 Setting up a 3D View Window 9.3.2 Manipulating the Displayed View 9.3.3 Saving and Restoring a View 9.4 Preparing the Site for Spooling 9.4.1 Checking the Design Data 9.4.2 Inspecting the Site 9.4.3 Measuring the Pipe Lengths 9.4.4 Inserting Welds 9.4.5 Splitting a Tube with a Weld 9.5 Spooling the Piping Network 9.5.1 Pipework Spooling 9.5.2 Creating Spool Drawings 9.5.3 Numbering the Spool Drawing 9.5.4 Selecting Adjacent Field Components 9.6 Advanced SPOOLER Features 9.6.1 Checking the Spool Size 9.6.2 Selecting the Numbering Update Options 9.6.3 Changing the Shop/Field Setting 9.6.4 Forcing a Spool Break at a Joint 9.7 Outputting Spool Data 9.7.1 Plotting the Spool Drawings 9.7.2 Isometric Drawing Contents 9.7.3 Drawing Annotations 10 Pipe Piece and Pipe Spool Production Checks 10.1 Definitions 10.1.1 Pipe Piece 10.1.2 Pipe Spool 10.2 Pipe Production Checks 10.2.1 Generating Spools 10.3 Options on the Pipe Production Checks 10.3.1 Setting Up Production Checks 10.3.2 Define Auto-Resolve Preferences 10.3.3 Define Auto-Naming Preferences 10.3.4 Running a Production Check 10.4 Renaming Spools 10.4.1 Individual Renaming 10.4.2 Group Renaming 10.5 Automatic Flange Alignment 11 Pipe Sketches 11.1 Creating Pipe Sketches 11.1.1 How to Use the Pipe Sketches 11.1.2 Created Sketches 11.2 Pipe Sketch Administration 11.2.1 Drawing Template 11.2.2 Backing Sheet 11.2.3 Tables 11.2.4 Styles 11.2.5 Common Object 11.2.6 Log Messages 11.2.7 How to Define Tables 11.2.8 Dimensions 11.2.9 Tags 11.2.10 Defaults 12 Piping Assemblies 12.1 Creating Assemblies 12.2 Assembly Hierarchy 12.3 Building and Maintaining Assemblies 12.3.1 Creating the Hierarchy 12.3.2 Building an Assembly 12.3.3 Non-Graphical Assemblies 12.3.4 Primary and Secondary Origins 12.3.5 Piping Assembly Component Rules 12.3.6 STYPE Rules 12.3.7 Position Rules 12.3.8 Orientation Rules 12.3.9 Bore Selection Rules 12.4 Key Elements 13 Fabrication Machine Manager 13.1 Fabrication Machine 13.1.1 Bending 13.1.2 Flange Welding 13.2 Report 13.2.1 Example Reports 14 Create Bend using Bending Machine 14.1 Reference a Bending Machine 14.2 Bending Machine Radius Calculation 14.3 SPEC Defined Bend Selection 14.4 Choose Command 14.5 Component Creation 14.6 Component Selection 15 Conclusion A Equipment and Piping DESIGN Database B SPOOLER Reference Information B.1 Spool Breaks B.2 Connection Types B.2.1 Weld and Joint Connections B.2.2 Types of Welds and Joints B.3 Special Cases B.3.1 Shop Flag Status B.3.2 Leave Tubes of Welds B.3.3 Welds for OLETs C Pipe Piece and Pipe Spool Data C.1 Pipe Piece Manager C.1.1 PML Methods C.1.2 Functionality C.2 Pipe Piece C.2.1 Pipe Piece Functionality C.2.2 Pipe Piece Attributes C.2.3 Pipe Piece Pseudo Attributes C.3 Pipe Spool Manager C.3.1 PML Methods C.3.2 Functionality C.4 Pipe Spool C.4.1 Pipe Spool Functionality C.4.2 Pipe Spool Members C.4.3 Pipe Spool Methods (not implemented) C.4.4 Pipe Spool Attributes C.4.5 Pipe Spool Pseudo Attributes C.5 Pipe Spool Reporting Data C.5.1 MTO C.5.2 Assembly Activities C.5.3 Bending Table C.5.4 Welding Table C.5.5 Spool Extents/End Point D Fabrication Machine Data D.1 Fabrication Machine Manager D.1.1 Methods D.1.2 BendingMachineResult D.1.3 WeldingMachineResult D.1.4 BendingTable D.1.5 BendActivity D.1.6 WeldingTable D.2 Database Support D.2.1 FMWL - Fabrication Machine World Top Level Element D.2.2 FMGRP - Fabrication Machine Group D.2.3 FMBEND - Fabrication Machine - Bending D.2.4 FMBPLN - Fabrication Machine - Bending - Plane D.2.5 FMBDIM - Fabrication Machine - Bending - Dimension D.2.6 FMBSST - Fabrication Machine - Bending - Springback/Stretch Factor D.2.7 FMWELD - Fabrication Machine - Welding D.2.8 FMWSK - Fabrication Machine Welding - SKEY D.3 Automatic Flange Alignment D.3.1 New Attribute for PTCA, PTAX, PTMI, PTPOS D.3.2 New Pseudo Attributes for Branch Members D.3.3 Connection Command D.3.4 New Datacon Warning Messages E Other Relevant Documentation E.1 PDMS Introductory Guides E.2 AVEVA PDMS Reference Manuals E.3 General Guides F Sample Plots