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Table of Contents 1.INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... 1 Training Setup Checklist..................................................................................................................2 System Requirements........................................................................................................2 Software Requirements......................................................................................................2 Training Room Instructional Aids........................................................................................2 First Day of Training...........................................................................................................3 Copyrights..........................................................................................................................3 Training Course Overview...............................................................................................................4 Class Configuration............................................................................................................4 Course Goals.....................................................................................................................4 Course Prerequisites..........................................................................................................4 Course Format...................................................................................................................4 About This Manual..........................................................................................................................5 Documentation Conventions............................................................................................................6
2.MODEL SETUP................................................................................................................... 1 Lesson 1 Drawing Creation and Model Configuration......................................................................2 Objectives..........................................................................................................................2 Exercise 1 Starting Vision..................................................................................................2 Exercise 2 Creating an EQUIPMENT Model......................................................................4 Exercise 3 Loading the Equipment Application...................................................................6 Lesson 2 Setting Up a Work Area....................................................................................................9 Objectives..........................................................................................................................9 What is a Work Area?.........................................................................................................9 Exercise 1 Creating a New Work Area..............................................................................10 Exercise 2 Assigning the Drawing Member Status...........................................................11 Exercise 3 Adding Drawings to a Work Area....................................................................11 Exercise 4 Moving Around the 3D Model..........................................................................13
3.AUTOPLANT EQUIPMENT............................................................................................ 1 Lesson 1 Equipment Start and Initial Configuration.........................................................................2 Objectives..........................................................................................................................2 Exercise 1 Starting the EQUIPMENT Application...............................................................2 Exercise 2 Displaying Toolbars..........................................................................................2 Menus................................................................................................................................4 Exercise 3 Setting Drawing Preferences............................................................................5 Exercise 4 Setting Project Preferences..............................................................................6 Adding a Line Number........................................................................................................7 Grid....................................................................................................................................8 Navigation Tree..................................................................................................................8 Display Modes....................................................................................................................8 Full Mode Options..............................................................................................................8 Lesson 2 Location Points..............................................................................................................11 Objectives.........................................................................................................................11 Exercise 1 Defining Location Points.................................................................................11 Lesson 3 Equipment Placement...................................................................................................14 Overview..........................................................................................................................14 Objectives.........................................................................................................................14 Exercise 1 Placing a Horizontal Pump at a Location Point...............................................14
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Lesson 4 Nozzle Placement.........................................................................................................17 Objectives.........................................................................................................................17 Exercise 1 Attaching Nozzles to the Pump.......................................................................17 Lesson 5 More Equipment and Nozzle Placement........................................................................21 Objectives.........................................................................................................................21 Exercise 1 Placing a Horizontal Vessel............................................................................21 Exercise 2 Adding a Boot to a Horizontal Vessel..............................................................23 Exercise 3 Adding Nozzles to the Horizontal Vessel Boot................................................24 Exercise 4 Adding Nozzles to the Horizontal Vessel........................................................27 Exercise 5 Placing a Vertical Vessel................................................................................31 Exercise 6 Editing Vertical Vessel T-135..........................................................................32 33 Lesson 6 Primitives and Structures...............................................................................................34 Objectives.........................................................................................................................34 Exercise 1 Adding a Head to the Bottom of the Vertical Vessel.........................................35 Exercise 2 Adding Legs to the Vertical Vessel.................................................................35 Exercise 3 Adding Nozzles to Tower T-135......................................................................37 Exercise 4 Adding a Ladder to a Vertical Vessel..............................................................40 Exercise 5 Adding a Platform to a Vertical Vessel............................................................41 42 Lesson 7 Horizontal Heat Exchanger and Associative Nozzles.....................................................43 Objectives.........................................................................................................................43 Exercise 1 Placing a Horizontal Exchanger......................................................................43 Exercise 2 Adding Nozzles to Exchanger E-106..............................................................44 47 Lesson 8 Equipment Tools............................................................................................................48 Objectives.........................................................................................................................48 Exercise 1 Copying the Pump to Create a Spare.............................................................48 Exercise 2 Copying Exchanger E-10 to Create Another...................................................49 Lesson 9 Database Tools.............................................................................................................51 Overview..........................................................................................................................51 Standalone Mode.............................................................................................................51 Distributed Mode..............................................................................................................51 Central Mode....................................................................................................................51 Adding Components.........................................................................................................51 Deleting Components.......................................................................................................52 Objectives.........................................................................................................................52 Exercise 1 Editing a Components External Database Record..........................................52 Exercise 2 Modifying the Value of a Specific Field in a Component’s Drawing Database Record..............................................................................................................................53 Exercise 3 Cleaning the External Drawing Database.......................................................54 Exercise 4 Repairing the External Drawing Database......................................................54 Lesson 10 Reports.......................................................................................................................56 Overview..........................................................................................................................56 How Does it Work?...........................................................................................................56 Report Files......................................................................................................................56 Report Types....................................................................................................................56 Objectives.........................................................................................................................56 Exercise 1 Generating an Equipment List Report.............................................................57 To Generate a Nozzle Schedule Report............................................................................58 Lesson 11 Completing the Equipment Model................................................................................62 62 Lesson 12 Creating Work Area Views...........................................................................................63 What Are Work Area Views?.............................................................................................63 Exercise 1 Creating Work Area Views..............................................................................63
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Exercise 2 Applying Work Views to the Model.................................................................68 Lesson 13 Display Modes and Representations...........................................................................71 Representations...............................................................................................................71
4.AUTOPLANT PIPING......................................................................................................1 Overview.........................................................................................................................................1 1 Lesson 1 Set Up a New PIPING Model...........................................................................................2 Objectives..........................................................................................................................2 Exercise 1 Create a New Piping Model Using PlantLIFE Vision.........................................2 Exercise 2 Adding the PIPING Model to the TRAIN Work Area..........................................3 Exercise 3 Setting up Initial Drawing Preferences..............................................................5 Drawing Mode/Representations..........................................................................................6 Additional Options:.............................................................................................................6 Docking the Project Preferences Control............................................................................9 Exercise 4 Setting up Component Modules......................................................................10 Exercise 5 Setting Component Copy Preferences............................................................13 Exercise 6 Setting Component Update Preferences........................................................15 Lesson 2 Component Placement Options.....................................................................................17 Objectives.........................................................................................................................17 Component Placement Overview......................................................................................17 Placement Point Ports......................................................................................................18 Command Line Options....................................................................................................19 Fitting to Fitting Techniques..............................................................................................19 AutoRouter Mode.............................................................................................................19 Attach to Previous............................................................................................................19 Orientation Methods.........................................................................................................19 Exercise 1 Placing a PSV on Vessel T-135s Nozzle TN-..................................................20 Exercise 2 Connecting a Slip-On Flange Using the Fitting to Fitting Method....................21 Exercise 3 Placing a Component Relative to the Last Component Placed.......................22 .........................................................................................................................................23 Exercise 4 Placing Connecting Pipe................................................................................23 To Connect a Section of Pipe to the Outlet of the Elbow...................................................23 .........................................................................................................................................23 Exercise 5 Routing a Piping Line from Exchanger E-106.................................................23 Exercise 6 Using AutoPipe to Place Connecting Pipe in Lines L1010 and L1008.............31 Exercise 7 Placing a Piping Line from T-135 to E107.......................................................32 40 Lesson 3 Branch Connections.......................................................................................................41 Objectives.........................................................................................................................41 Exercise 1 Defining a Tap Port to Route a Bypass Line...................................................41 Exercise 2 Place Elbolet for Base Support.......................................................................43 43 Lesson 4 Pipe Routing Options.....................................................................................................44 Objectives.........................................................................................................................44 Overview..........................................................................................................................44 From Dialog Router..........................................................................................................44 From Points Router...........................................................................................................45 From Polyline...................................................................................................................46 Edit Centerline Preferences..............................................................................................46 From File Router...............................................................................................................47 Exercise 1 Routing Pipe L100 Using the Box Route.........................................................48 Exercise 2 Add a Drain to the Pump Suction Line............................................................50 Lesson 5 Adding Topworks/Operators to Valves............................................................................54 Exercise 1 Placing Valve Topworks.................................................................................54
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Lesson 6 Editing Existing Piping Components..............................................................................55 Update Component Data..................................................................................................55 Edit Component Data.......................................................................................................56 Cleaning the Database.....................................................................................................56 Copy a Component...........................................................................................................56 Move a Component..........................................................................................................57 Stretch a Component........................................................................................................57 Lesson 7 Supports........................................................................................................................57 Objectives.........................................................................................................................57 Exercise 1 Placing An Adjustable Support.......................................................................57 Exercise 2 Placing a Hanger.............................................................................................59 Lesson 8 Connectivity Checking...................................................................................................60 Overview..........................................................................................................................60 Why is this Important?......................................................................................................60 Objectives.........................................................................................................................61 Exercise 1 Checking an Entire Run Connectivity..............................................................61 Exercise 2 Checking Selected Components Connectivity.................................................61 Lesson 9 Isometric Stops.............................................................................................................64 Exercise 1 Placing an Isometric Stop...............................................................................64
5.DRAWING PRODUCTION...................................................................................................... 65 Lesson 1 Paper Space Setup.......................................................................................................66 Overview..........................................................................................................................66 Objectives.........................................................................................................................66 Exercise 1 Starting a New Drawing and Loading the Work Area......................................66 Exercise 2 Setting up Paper space and Placing a Border.................................................67 Exercise 3 Inserting Work Area Views in Paper Space....................................................69 Lesson 2 Dimensions....................................................................................................................70 Objectives.........................................................................................................................71 Exercise 1 Preparing the Model for Dimensioning............................................................71 Exercise 2 Placing Dimensions in Paper Space...............................................................73 Lesson 3 Annotation.....................................................................................................................74 Overview..........................................................................................................................74 Database Fields................................................................................................................75 Line Number.....................................................................................................................75 Notes................................................................................................................................75 Elevations.........................................................................................................................75 Coordinates......................................................................................................................75 Tags.................................................................................................................................76 Instrument Balloons..........................................................................................................76 User Annotation................................................................................................................76 Annotation Preferences....................................................................................................76 Objectives.........................................................................................................................78 Exercise 1 Placing Line Number Annotation in Paper Space...........................................78 Exercise 2 Placing Elevation Annotation..........................................................................79 Exercise 3 Placing Drawing Database Extracted Annotation............................................80
6.IMPORT/EXPORT AND AUTO-ISO.............................................................................................1 Overview.........................................................................................................................................2 Lesson 1 Plant Exchange Format (PXF Export)..............................................................................3 Overview............................................................................................................................3 Customizing Scripts............................................................................................................3 PXF Limitations..................................................................................................................3 JSM (J Space Model Format).............................................................................................3 Objectives..........................................................................................................................3
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Exercise 1 Starting Import/Export......................................................................................4 Exercise 2 Extracting to a PXF File....................................................................................5 Lesson 2 ISOGEN (PCF Export).....................................................................................................7 Objectives..........................................................................................................................7 Exercise 1 Creating an AutoISOGEN Isometric.................................................................7 Lesson 3 AUTO-ISO.....................................................................................................................12 Objectives.........................................................................................................................12 Exercise 1 Starting AUTO-ISO.........................................................................................12 Exercise 2 Setting AUTO-ISO Preferences......................................................................13 Control Settings................................................................................................................13 Bill of Materials Configuration...........................................................................................17 Exercise 3 Generate an Iso For Line L1001 in PIPING.DWG...........................................18
7.AUTOPLANT ISOMETRICS........................................................................................... 1 Lesson 1 Getting Started................................................................................................................2 Exercise 1 Starting ISOMETRICS and Creating a Drawing................................................2 Exercise 2 Setting Up the Drawing.....................................................................................3 Exercise 3 Drawing Preferences........................................................................................4 Exercise 4 Creating New line Numbers..............................................................................7 Exercise 5 Docking the Project Preferences Control..........................................................8 Exercise 6 Basic Placement Procedure.............................................................................8 Exercise 7 Component Selection.......................................................................................9 ISOMETRICS Menu...........................................................................................................9 Isometrics Components Toolbar.........................................................................................9 Exercise 8 Specify a Reference and Placement Point......................................................10 Exercise 9 Orient the Component....................................................................................11 Lesson 2 Component Placement..................................................................................................12 Component Parameters....................................................................................................12 Connectors and Fasteners................................................................................................12 Isoplanes..........................................................................................................................13 Exercise 1 Nozzle Placement..........................................................................................13 Exercise 2 Connecting Components................................................................................16 Exercise 3 Placing Relative to Known Points...................................................................18 Exercise 4 Connecting Pipe..............................................................................................19 Exercise 5 Routing Line L10............................................................................................20 Exercise 6 Connecting the Two Lines..............................................................................22 Exercise 7 Auto Router....................................................................................................25 Lesson 3 Pipe Line Routine..........................................................................................................27 Exercise 1 Centerline Router...........................................................................................27 Exercise 2 Defining the Offsets........................................................................................29 Exercise 3 Placing Elbows on the Intelligent Centerline...................................................30 Exercise 4 Placing Connecting Pipe Between the Elbows................................................32 Lesson 4 Dimensions and Annotation...........................................................................................33 Dimensions.......................................................................................................................33 Annotations......................................................................................................................33 Exercise 1 Dimensions....................................................................................................34 Manual Dimensions..........................................................................................................34 Automatic Dimensions......................................................................................................34 Exercise 2 Annotation......................................................................................................41 Pipe Cutlength Annotation................................................................................................42 Main Size Annotation........................................................................................................43 45 Lesson 5 Database and Bill of Materials Operations.....................................................................46 Project Modes..................................................................................................................46 Standalone Mode.............................................................................................................46
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Distributed Mode..............................................................................................................46 Central Mode....................................................................................................................46 Exercise 1 Editing a Component Record..........................................................................46 Viewing Component Information.......................................................................................47 Editing Component Information.........................................................................................49 Exercise 2 Viewing the Drawing Database.......................................................................50 Exercise 3 Updating Components....................................................................................51 Exercise 4 Cleaning the Database...................................................................................55 Exercise 5 Running a Bill of Materials..............................................................................56 Moving the Isometric.........................................................................................................56 Generating the BOM.........................................................................................................56
8.AUTOPLANT EXPLORER/ID............................................................................................... 1 Lesson 1 Using Explorer with AutoPLANT 3D................................................................................2 Objectives..........................................................................................................................2 Exercise 1 Loading the Application....................................................................................2 Exercise 2 Using Explorer for Model Review......................................................................2 Lesson 2 Using Explorer for Interference Detection........................................................................3 Objectives..........................................................................................................................3 Overview............................................................................................................................3 Batch Tab...........................................................................................................................4 Options Tab........................................................................................................................4 Clash Type.........................................................................................................................4 Intersection Method............................................................................................................4 Ignore Interactions Between...............................................................................................5 Touch Tolerance.................................................................................................................5 Select Tab..........................................................................................................................5 Results Tab........................................................................................................................6 Clash Display Options........................................................................................................7 Report Tab.........................................................................................................................7 Exercise 1 Running the Interference Detection Application.............................................................8 Exercise 2 Context Menu Options....................................................................................11 Exercise 3 Holding and Releasing Objects.......................................................................13 Exercise 4 Editing Viewpoints..........................................................................................14 Saved View Attributes.......................................................................................................15 Exercise 5 Setting Measure Options................................................................................15 Exercise 6 Linking Alternate Data....................................................................................16 Exercise 7 Viewing Options for Links...............................................................................17 Exercise 8 Adding New Viewpoints..................................................................................17 Exercise 9 Saving a File..................................................................................................19 Exercise 10 Search for Tags or Other Database Information...........................................20
9.ADVANCED MODELING EXERCISES.......................................................................................... 1 Overview.........................................................................................................................................2 General Rules....................................................................................................................2 Exercise 1 Using 2D3D...................................................................................................................2 Exercise 2 Route Line L100............................................................................................................4 Exercise 3 Correct Interference Clashes from Chapter...................................................................4 Exercise 4 Run the Interference Detection......................................................................................4
Exercise 2 Building Rotating Equipment Using Primitives..................................................3 Goal of this Exercise...........................................................................................................3 Create Horizontal Midsection..............................................................................................6 Exercise 3 Building a Pump with Dual Casing Nozzles....................................................11 Exercise 4 Creating and Defining User Equipment...........................................................13 Exercise 5 Creating Customized Equipment Components............................................................15 Exercise 6 Creating a Work Area View at a user Angle....................................................16 Advanced Modeling Exercise.........................................................................................................20 Exercise 1 Using the Dialog Router.................................................................................20 Prerequisites....................................................................................................................20 Exercise 2 Using the Change Size/Change Spec Function..............................................24 General Rules:..................................................................................................................24 Exercise 3 Change Reference Point Option.....................................................................27 Misleading Elevation Drawing Depiction...........................................................................29 Exercise 4 Exporting Isometrics Back to the Model..........................................................30 Exercise 5 Placing a 4 Degree Stub-In.............................................................................31 Update From Spec How the Options Can Affect a Drawing File.....................................................32 Managing the Database Information..............................................................................................33 Spec Errors...................................................................................................................................34 35 SQL Errors....................................................................................................................................36 Orthographic Creation...................................................................................................................37 Managing Plans and Sections...........................................................................................37
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INTRODUCTION
This chapter provides standard AutoPLANT course setup instructions and an overview of the course material. TRAINING SETUP CHECKLIST
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TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW
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ABOUT THIS MANUAL
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DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS
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TRAINING SETUP CHECKLIST This checklist will assist you in setting up and organizing your facility’s training room for an AutoPLANT training session. It describes system requirements, software requirements and installation, as well as training room instructional aids and “First Day of Training” recommendations. Adherence to these guidelines will help provide students with appositive learning environment and an opportunity to utilize this certified training to its fullest.
System Requirements Bentley requires a personal computer for each student in order to realize the maximum benefit of the training courses. Maximum class size is 8 students. The following are system requirements for optimal software performance. •
Operating system: Windows NT 4.0 SP6A, 2000 SP3, or XP 5.1
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Processor: P3-650 Mega Hz (P4 – 1.4 GHz recommended)
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Video Card: 8 MB graphics card (64 MB recommended)
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Hard drive: 7200 speed with 6GB disk space (30 GB recommended)
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Memory: 96 MB RAM (512 MB recommended)
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Drives: hard Disk and CD ROM
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CAD Engine: AutoCAD 2000, 2000i, or 2002
Software Requirements All systems must have AutoCAD software fully installed. AutoCAD does not need to be authorized beyond evaluation mode. The AutoCAD application should be launched at least once before AutoPLANT is installed. All required modules from the AutoPLANT P&IW and/or AutoPLANT PDW produce suites should be installed and executed or order to set the operation of the software into evaluation mode. This will authorize the software for a 10-day period. It is preferred that the evaluation mode NOT be set prior to 12 days before the training session is scheduled to begin. If systems are unable to be set to evaluation mode, you must contact the consultant prior to arrival so the required temporary licenses can be obtained and brought to your facility. Installation must include as a minimum all catalogs and piping specifications, the Specification Generator, Import/Export utilities, and AutoDesk Voloview Express. In many instances, a working AutoPLANT project that includes the drawing files used in this training session will also be provided. Microsoft Office Suite is recommended, but not required for AutoPLANT Plant Design Workgroup (PDW) training. However, it is required for AutoPLANT Process and Instrumentation Workgroup (P&IW) training. This requirement includes Microsoft Access.
Training Room Instructional Aids • An LCD projector that can be connected to a laptop computer. Projector should deliver a screen resolution of 1204 x 768 or better. •
A white board with dry erase markets, or large easel-mounted notepad for the instructor.
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All training materials received from Bentley.
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Power strip/extension cord for instructor’s laptop computer.
First Day of Training • Please arrange early access to the facility for the Bentley consultant to ensure proper application installation and setup of the training room. Time may be needed to verify the installation of software and modules, licensing of the training systems, and installation of all necessary training files by the Bentley consultant. • Promptly assemble all students to ensure time for introductions and training course overview. Ensure that the training materials are available for the students. •
Provide a contact with phone number in case of system/network problems.
• If special security measures are in place, please work with the Bentley consultant to arrange for entry and exit from building, as well as access to and from restroom facilities.
Copyrights It is a violation under the copyright laws of the United States and other countries to copy, distribute, or use for other purposes than intended manuals and materials registered by Bentley Systems.
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TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW Class Configuration To provide optimum trainer to student ratio and to ensure hands-on learning experiences for each student, Bentley recommends the following class configuration: •
Eight (8) students maximum
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One (1) workstation per student
Course Goals This course is intended for new and existing users. Our goal is to train students to begin using AutoPLANT successfully on a project. A user experienced with previous versions of AutoPLANT software will learn the modeling concepts introduced with the new product as quickly as possible. This course teaches new users the fundamentals of Bentley AutoPLANT 3D Piping, Equipment, Isometrics, and EXPLORER/ID programs in a 3D environment. You will execute a simulated 3D design project by building equipment and routing the piping systems. Orthographic plans, sections and bills-ofmaterial will be generated from the models. You will learn how to extract piping isometrics and stress analysis models using AutoPLANT translation utilities, Auto-Iso, and Alias’ ISOGEN program. You will also learn to draw 2D isometrics using the AutoPLANT 3D Isometrics application. You will be shown how to navigate through the model, perform interference detection, generate reports, and produce 3D orthographic and isometric drawings.
Course Prerequisites This course assumes the following experience: •
AutoCAD 2D and 3D
• Students should have a minimum of six months experience with AutoCAD 2D and some familiarity with 3D commands and concepts.
Course Format Lecture: The instructor will introduce and explain a concept or procedure. Students should listen carefully and take notes of key points. This is not an appropriate time to use the workstation in any way! Example: The instructor will demonstrate an example of the feature or procedure just described. Students should watch the steps carefully during this section. Exercise(s): Students will perform the exercise on their individual workstations. During this session the instructor will circle the classroom and resolve problems encountered by the students. Summary: Be sure all your questions are answered before the instructor moves on to the next topic. Ask Questions!
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ABOUT THIS MANUAL Sample training projects will be provided in both Imperial and Metric units. Throughout this course Imperial and Metric dialogs are shown where they are different. In addition, data entry instructions are provided in Imperial units with their Metric couterpart immediately after and enclosed in brackets (). Note
For example: Set the North direction is set to 90, the World Length to 100’ (30000mm), and the World Width to 60’ (18000mm).
This section provides a brief description of the content in each chapter in this manual. • Chapter 1: Introduction: This chapter contains an overview of the course description and format. • Chapter 2: Project Setup: This chapter teaches the student how to use Vision to create a new drawing, start AutoPLANT 3D, and load the PIPING application. The project Work Area concept is introduced. You will learn how to set up a work Area that consists of a number of drawings. • Chapter 3: AutoPLANT EQUIPMENT: This chapter introduces the EQUIPMENT module, teaching the student how to parametrically define and place equipment, nozzles, and structures. The primary features in this application will be covered. When equipment modeling is complete you will define Views that will be associated with the work Area created in Chapter 2. These views will be recalled later in this training for modeling and generation of section drawings. • Chapter 4: AutoPLANT PIPING: This chapter introduces the PIPING module, teaching the student component placement and manipulation techniques. All of the primary features of this application will be covered. • Chapter 5: Drawing Production: This chapter teaches the student how the Drawing Production utilities may be used to simplify the process of generating production drawings from a 3D model in Paper Space. Annotation and dimension placement in Paper Space are also covered. • Chapter 6: Import/Export and AUTO-ISO: This chapter introduces the Import/Export modules, which provides options to generate ASCII text export files from your PIPING modules that may then be imported into Bentley AutoPIPE software to perform stress analysis, or Alias Limited’s ISOGEN software to generate isometric drawings. The AUTO-ISO module is also introduced, which enables you to generate intelligent isometric drawings from your PIPING models, which may then be modified using the ISOMETRICS module. • Chapter 7: AutoPLANT ISOMETRICS: This chapter introduces the ISOMETRICS module, teaching the student the basic details behind the functionality of almost every feature and function. • Chapter 8: AutoPLANT EXPLORER/ID: The exercises I this chapter introduce the EXPLORER/ID application used for real time animation and visualization of 3D plant design models with automated Interference detection, reporting and management. • Chapter 9: Advanced Modeling Exercises: This chapter provides more advanced modeling exercises using the 2D to 3D control. Clash correction is also covered. • Chapter 10: Advanced Features: This chapter teaches the student how to create custom userdefined equipment using equipment and associative primitives. You will also learn some of the more advanced AutoPLANT 3D features, such as how to manage data, troubleshoot errors and provides different techniques available for creating orthographic drawings.
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DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS A number of conventions are maintained throughout AutoPLANT documentation to improve the identification and understanding of the information presented. CONVENTION
DESCRIPTION
NOTE: HINT: WARNING:
Precedes information of general importance. Precedes optional time saving information. Precedes information about actions that should not be performed under normal operating conditions. Directory paths and file names are italicized. Example: \AUTOPLANT 3D directory, AUTOEXEC.BAT file Excerpts from text or basic script files and script variables and statements appear in the font shown. Commands or information that must be manually entered is bolded in the font shown. Example: Select Setup > Drawing Preferences. Menu commands and dialog buttons appear in a Sans Serif fond that stands out from normal body text. Example: After selecting Setup > Drawing Preferences from the Piping menu, press the OK button in the dialog. Dialog and database table names are italicized. Examples: The Preference dialog. Indicates that the command must be executed from a menu or dialog. Indicates an item (component or point) that may be picked on a drawing. Throughout this manual, the menu command sequence required to execute a command will be explicitly defined in the text, while the associated toolbar button is presented in the margin.
FILENAMES
Program Code
INPUT
Menu & Buttons
Dialogs Field_Names
Select Pick
Note: The various dialogs, toolbars etc. illustrated throughout this tutorial were captured running ACAD 20002 in the Windows 2000 environment.
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MODEL SETUP
The Lessons provided in this chapter walk students through the process of creating and setting up a new model. Each Lesson begins with a list of objectives that define the information that you will learn in that Lesson. A number of Exercises are provide din each Lesson that are designed to teach the student the topics listed in the Objectives sections at the start of each Lesson. The following Lessons are presented in this chapter. LESSON 1: DRAWING CREATION AND MODEL CONFIGURATION
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LESSON 1 DRAWING CREATION AND MODEL CONFIGURATION Objectives The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: •
Learn how to start PlantLIFE Vision and login to a project.
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Learn how to create an AutoPLANT EQUIPMENT drawing using PlantLIFE Vision.
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Learn how to start AutoPLANT EQUIPMENT.
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Learn how to set up a model by selecting a project and defining the initial drawing parameters.
Exercise 1 Starting Vision PlantLIFE Vision provides an easy-to-use interface to manage critical plant data and documents on a project-wide basis. The navigation tree view enables you to quickly navigate to a specific component and view operating data and associated documents. Vision and the AutoPLANT Plant Design Workgroup (PDW) applications share a common relational database model for plant data storage, including process equipment, lines, valves and instrumentation. Changes made to a model are immediately reflected in the Vision interface. By sharing a common relational database, errors and data maintenance costs associated with duplicate data are virtually eliminated.
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1. From the Windows Start menus, select Programs>Bentley PlantLIFE>Vision. The Open Project dialog displays as shown below. This dialog enables you to specify the project that you would like to open in Vision.
Note: When a Vision session is closed, the project you were working in will be the default project the next time Vision is opened. The Open Project dialog will not display prompting you to choose a project. Note: Throughout this tutorial imperial input is provided with its metric equivalent enclosed in brackets { }. Please be sure to enter the appropriate input based on the project type you selected above.
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2. A training project has been provided for this course. In order to access this project, you must first specify the project root folder where it was defined. Press the Browse button next to the Current Project Root Folder. The Browse For Folder dialog displays as shown in the following figure.
Navigate to and select the C:\Bentley Plant Projects project root folder as shown above, then press OK. 3. All projects that have been defined under this root will now appear in the Open Project dialog. In the Open Project dialog, select the Training {Training_met} project and then press OK. 4. The Login dialog displays as shown below.
To login to the project, type Supervisor in the User Name and Password fields then press OK to continue. Note
Enabling the Save Password checkbox will instruct the system not to prompt you with the Login dialog when you attempt to access this project in the future. 5. The following dialog displays asking whether or not you would wish to enable the Vision Archiving option for the selected project. The Archiving option will allow you to create a directory that will serve as a repository for archiving project documents.
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Press Yes to enable the archiving option. 6. Vision opens with the project active as shown in the title bar of the following figure.
Exercise 2 Creating an EQUIPMENT Model In this exercise, you will learn how to create a new EQUIPMENT model from the Vision interface.
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1. New documents may be added or existing documents modified, via the Document tab in the left pane. Click on the Document tab to make it active as shown below.
Primary level navigation tree nodes are provided for all major Bentley Plant applications. You can view the documents that exist in the project for a particular application type by expanding that application’s
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node in the navigation tree. For example, press the + button to the left of the AutoPLANT Piping node and you will see the list of PIPING models provided with the Training project. Note
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By default, only the Area and Document navigation tree view tables are displayed in Vision’s left pane. You can control the display of these tables as well as the Unit and User tabs via the toggle options in the Display menu.
Before you can create a new drawing, you must assign the project document archive directory. Select Documents>Configure Archive to display the dialog shown below.
This dialog enables you to create a directory that will serve as a repository for archiving project documents. This dialog also enables you t set default settings used by the check in / check out functions. Type C: \ Bentley Plant Projects \ Training \ Archive {C: \ Bentlet Plant Projects \ Training_met\Archive} in the Archive Directory field, and then press OK. Press Yes when prompted to create this directory. 3.
To create a new equipment model, right-click your mouse on the AutoPLANT Equipment node in the navigation tree. A context menu displays as shown below.
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Select New from the context menu. The New Document dialog displays as shown below. This dialog enables you to create a new document in the current project for the selected application. As you can see, several different document types can be created for the AutoPLANT EQUIPMENT application.
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To create the new document, type Equipment in the File Name and Name field, and Equipment Training Drawing in the Description field as shown above.
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Notice that the Create, Record Only, and Reserve buttons at the bottom of the dialog are not active. To activate these options, you must select a document type from the list. To create a new EQUIPMENT drawing and open the document in AutoPLANT, select AutoPLANT Equipment from the list and then press Create. Note: The Record Only button adds a record for a new document to the project without launching the associated application, while the Reserve option reserves a document name for future use.
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Press Yes when prompted to create the document directory as shown below.
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AutoPLANT Plant Design will be launched and the EQUIPMENT.DWG model file will open as indicated by the file name in the AutoCAD title bar.
Exercise 3 Loading the Equipment Application When you create and open a new AutoPLANT drawing in Vision, AutoPLANT is located into AutoCAD and the drawing is opened. In this exercise, you will learn how to load the EQUIPMENT module and configure the model layout.
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To Load EQUIPMENT
AutoCAD has created your new drawing and loaded the AutoPLANT 3D menu and toolbar into AutoCAD, which provide access to an integrated set of AutoPLANT Plant Design applications and supplemental utilities as shown below.
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You can also directly launch most of the supplemental applications from within the AutoPLANT 3D folder in your Windows Start menu.
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To load the EQUIPMENT application, select AutoPLANT 3D>Equipment from the menu.
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Login using Supervisor as the password when prompted.
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The Model Setup dialog displays as shown in the following figure. This dialog indicates the project and displays the default units and settings from the project that will apply to the drawing.
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A brief description of the parameters in this dialog is provided below. North direction World Length/Width Origin X/Y/Z Insert North Arrow Draw Limits Box
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Angular direction of “north” measured counter clockwise; 0 is positive x-axis Size of model “limits”; Length is x-axis, Width is y-axis Lower left corner of model limits Prompts you to pick a point to insert a north arrow symbol on your drawing Places a box to illustrate the drawing limits defined by the World Length/Width fields
Set the North direction to 90, the World Length to 100’ {300000mm}, and the World Width to 60’ {18000mm}.
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Disable the Insert North Arrow and Draw Limits Box check boxes.
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Press Done to define the layout and close the dialog.
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The EQUIPMENT module will finish loading as indicated by the addition of the Equipment menu in the main AutoCAD menu bar.
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Select File>Save to save the drawing.
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LESSON 2 SETTING UP A WORK AREA Objectives This Lesson introduces AutoPLANT’s Drawing Production utilities. These functions provide an extensive set of options to enable you to set up a Work Area environment in which a group of PIPING, EQUIPMENT, and STRUCTURAL models may actively share information. The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: •
Learn how to create a Work Area
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Learn how to assign a drawing’s membership status within a Work Area.
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Learn how to add drawings to the Work Area.
What is a Work Area? During the generation of a plant model, it is frequently necessary to externally reference (xref) drawings from a variety of disciplines. The capability to reference drawings enables you to visualize how elements from various models will appear when they are overlayed, and ensure proper connectivity among these elements. For example, before placing piping components, you might xref structural and equipment drawings in order to ensure placement at the proper coordinates (i.e., connecting a flange directly to an xref drawing’s equipment nozzle). Similarly, designers from other disciplines might need to xref the piping drawing. The Drawing Production utilities drastically simplify this process by enabling you to define a common Work Area. Drawings can be added to a Work Area to create a set of saved xref drawings that overlay each other in a Work Area file. A work Area file contains a list of the drawings included in the Work Area, their insertion point within the Work Area, and their membership status. Work Area files have an .RWA extension and may be accessed by any user during the design phase to quickly determine the current status of all models in the Work Area. This enables a user to get an updated view of all models in the Work Area at any time. The user may then better visualize changes that may have occurred to other models in the Work Area during the design phase. Work Area participants could be comprised of structural, civil, piping, and equipment departments, with each department creating models for the Work Area.
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Exercise 1 Creating a New Work Area In this exercise, you will create a new Work Area using the EQUIPMENT.DWG saved in the previous Lesson.
1.1.1.14 1.
To Create a New Work Area
Select Equipment>Drawing Production>Work Area Setup to display the Work Area Setup dialog shown below.
2. Press New to create a new Work Area file. A standard Windows file selection dialog displays. Type TRAIN.RWA in the File name field. Navigate to your project’s …\PROJECTS\TRAINING {..\PROJECTS\TRAINING_MET} directory to specify the location where the file will be stored, and then press Save. 3. The filename specified in the previous step now appears in the dialog’s title bar. 4.
In the Title field, type AutoPLANT Training.
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Press Save to save the Work Area.
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Exercise 2 Assigning the Drawing Member Status The Membership Status area in the Work Area Setup dialog defines the relationship between the current drawing and xref drawings. It enables you to specify if your current drawing will be current drawing will be permanently added to the Work Area, so that it is available to other users who access the Work Area. The following membership status modes area available: STATUS
DESCRIPTION
Guest
The current drawing is not added to the list of Reference Drawings in the Work Area. Joining as a Guest enables you to view how the current drawing is positioned in relation to the xref drawings; however, the drawing will not be visible when this Work Area is opened. The current drawing is added to the list of Reference Drawings in the work Area, and will be visible when the Work Area is opened. The current drawing is not added to the list of Reference Drawings in the Work Area, and the drawings in the Work Area are not visible inside the current drawing. This option is provided to enable you to access the views saved with the Work Area for placement in Paper Space (without including reference drawing information or graphics).
Member Non-Member
You only have full read/write access to the current drawing open in AutoCAD. All other drawings in the Work Area are xref/overlayed in the current drawing. Because xref/overlayed drawings are READONLY by AutoCAD design, you do not have WRITE privileges to these drawings. You can connect components in the current drawing to those that exist in xref drawings, and access their data, but may not insert or edit anything in these drawings.
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To Assign the Current Drawing’s member Status
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To define the EQUIPMENT.DWG drawing as a permanent member of the Work Area, enable the Member radio button from the Membership Status area of the dialog. Notice that the drawing is added to the list of Referenced Drawings in the Work Area.
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Adding a drawing to a Work Area highlights the drawing in the Reference Drawings list and activates the parameters in the Insertion Point area of the dialog. These parameters enable you to define the insertion coordinates for the reference drawing in the Work Area. You can specify the coordinates of the insertion point manually, use the Pick option to graphically designate the point, or accept the default origin point (0,0,0). You will accept the default for this exercise.
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Press Save to update the Work Area definition.
Exercise 3 Adding Drawings to a Work Area In this exercise, you will learn how to add drawings to a Work Area and then display the Work Area. The Training project used in this course contains several drawings that will be added to the Work Area.
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To Add Drawings to a Work Area
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From the Reference Drawings area of the dialog, press Add to display the Select Drawing dialog.
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Navigate to the ..\ PROJECT / TRAINING / AT_STRUCT {..\ PROJECTS \ TRAINING_MET \ AT_STRUCT} directory, then select the AT_STEEL.DWG drawing and press Open. The AT_STEEL.DWG drawing will be added to the Reference Drawings list.
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Repeat this process to add the AT_FOUND.DWG to the Work Area from this same directory, then repeat again to add the AT_PIPE1.DWG drawing from the ..\PROJECTS \ TRAINING\AT_PIPE {..\PROJECTS/TRAINING_MET\AT_PIPE} directory. Note
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Drawings referenced in this manner are linked to the current drawing using AutoCAD’s XREF/Overlay command (as opposed to XREF/Attach). Refer to your AutoCAD documentation for more information on these commands.
Notice that when a drawing in the Reference Drawings list is highlighted, the Insertion Point field are enabled. This enables you to insert a drawing in the Work Area at specific coordinates. You can specify the coordinates manually, press Pick to graphically designate the point, or accept the default origin (0,0,0). In this exercise, you will accept the default for each reference drawing. Note: Remember, the Membership Status only reflects the status of your current drawing within the Work Area, regardless of which drawing is highlighted in the Reference Drawings list.
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When you are finished adding the models, press Save to update the Work Area.
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Press Done to close the dialog.
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The drawing production utility automatically opens the Work Area and displays the xref drawings within the current drawing. Zoom Extents to display the Work Area as shown below.
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Note: The other members of our fictitious project team are building this model North-East of the coordinate 1000’, 1000’, 100’ {300000,300000,30000}. Just because you initialized the EQUIPMENT drawing’s border at the 0,0,0 location does not mean that you can’t work at those actual Plant Coordinates. Had you know the location of the corner of the building, you could have entered those coordinates as the lower left corner of your border when setting up the drawing limits in the Model Setup dialog.
Exercise 4 Moving Around the 3D Model AutoPLANT provides a bonus utility that will automatically define a series of viewports in your model. These viewports are defined through the execution of the LISP utility VPGEN.LSP. The procedure to load this utility and set up the viewports is covered below.
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To Load the Viewport Utili
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At the AutoCAD Command line, type APPLOAD and then press Enter.
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The file selection dialog displays. Navigate to the ..\BENTLEY\AUTOPLANT 3D\SUPPORT directory and select VPGEN.LSP and then press Load. A prompt will display near the bottom of that dialog to indicate that the file was loaded successfully. Press Close to exit the dialog.
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VPGEN.SLP will create a set of AutoCAD viewports the first time you attempt to display one of these views. Type TOP and press Enter. Wait a moment as the utility creates and saves the predefined views. All views will be initialized to the model extents. Note: To reset the scale of these saved viewports: 1. Type SETVP at the command prompt 2. Select the two corners of the desired zoom window in the top view
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3. Enter the elevation of the center of the screen for isometric or side views. The program will default this mid elevation to the midpoint between the highest and lowest entities in the windows. The following viewports were created. SINGLE ORTHOGONAL VIEWS Top Front Back Right Left
Plan view View from 0,-1,0 View from 0,1,0 View from 1,0,0 View from –1,0,0
ISOMETRIC
VIEWS
FL or Iso1 FR, or Iso2 BL or Iso3 BR or Iso4 MULTIPLE ALL MODTD PID
(ISO,
FOLLOWED BY ISO VIEW NAME OR JUST TYPE ISO1 THRU ISO4)
View from –1,-1,1 View from 1,-1,1 View from –1,1,1 View from 1,1,1
To save the model and exit AutoPLANT, select File>Exit, press Yes when prompted to save.
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You should notice that the Equipment drawing node has been added under the AutoPLANT Equipment node in Vision’s navigation tree.
The next chapter introduces the AutoPLANT EQUIPMENT application. You will learn how to parametrically define and place equipment and nozzles, then attach structures such as ladders and platforms to your equipment.
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This chapter covers equipment modeling with AutoPLANT EQUIPMENT. The Lessons provided in this chapter will walk you through the process of placing equipment components. You will learn how to attach nozzles to equipment and to add details such as platforms and ladders. You will also learn how to copy and update equipment properties and to verify that AutoPLANT maintains accurate data and dimensions. Once the equipment model is complete, you will learn how to set up work area views to simplify the process of adding piping to specific areas of the model. There are thirteen (13) lessons in this chapter. Each Lesson begins with a list of objectives that define the information that you will learn in that Lesson. Exercises are provided in each Lesson, which are designed to teach the topics listed in the Objectives section at the start of each Lesson. LESSON 1: EQUIPMENT START AND INITIAL CONFIGURATION
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LESSON 2: LOCATION POINTS
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LESSON 3: EQUIPMENT PLACEMENT
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LESSON 4: NOZZLE PLACEMENT
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LESSON 5: MORE EQUIPMENT AND NOZZLE PLACEMENT
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LESSON 6: PRIMITIVES AND STRUCTURES
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LESSON 7: HORIZONTAL HEAT EXCHANGER AND ASSOCIATIVE NOZZLES
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LESSON 8: EQUIPMENT TOOLS
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LESSON 9: DATABASE TOOLS
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LESSON 10: REPORTS
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LESSON 11: COMPLETING THE EQUIPMENT MODEL
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LESSON 12: CREATING WORK AREA VIEWS
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LESSON 13: DISPLAY MODES AND REPRESENTATIONS
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LESSON 1 EQUIPMENT START AND INITIAL CONFIGURATION Objectives This Lesson introduces the AutoPLANT EQUIPMENT application. The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: •
Learn how to open an EQUIPMENT drawing using Vision.
• Learn how EQUIPMENT commands are organized in the Equipment menu, and learn how to display and dock EQUIPMENT toolbars. •
Learn how to set initial Drawing Preferences.
•
Learn how to set initial Project Preferences.
Exercise 1 Starting the EQUIPMENT Application In this exercise, you will use Vision to open the Equipment drawing then load the EQUIPMENT application. Note: If you had closed Vision at the end of Chapter 2, open it now and load the Training {Training_met} project.
1.1.1.18 To Open the Equipment Drawing from Vision and Load the EQUIPMENT Application 1.
Click on the Document tab in the Vision interface to make it active.
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Click on the + button next to AutoPLANT Equipment node in the Document tab’s navigation tree to expand the view and show all of the EQUIPMENT documents in this project.
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Right-click on the Equipment document in the navigation tree, then select Edit from the context menu. The Edit command starts AutoCAD, loads the AutoPLANT Plant Design application, and opens the Equipment model. The AutoPLANT 3D menu is added to the AutoCAD menu structure.
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Select AutoPLANT 3D>Equipment to load the EQUIPMENT application. EQUIPMENT will finish loading as indicated by the addition of the Equipment menu in the main AutoCAD menu bar.
Exercise 2 Displaying Toolbars EQUIPMENT’s toolbars provide an expedient means to execute commands and functions. The main toolbars are described below. These toolbars may contain flyouts that display additional command options. A toolbar will remember the last command executed from a flyout and display it as the default. After initial startup, you need to load at least five of the EQUIPMENT toolbars. These provide the fastest access to component placement and application commands.
Provides access to Preferences, Equipment Tools, Database Tools, Report, and Drawing Production Commands and functions
Provides
access to Equipment placement options
Provides access to Nozzle placement options
Provides access to Structure placement options.
Provides access to Equipment Primitives
Provides access to Associative Primitive placement options
Hint:
To view the command executed by a toolbar button, simply position the cursor over a button and pause. A “tool tip” will display describing that item.
Individual EQUIPMENT toolbars may be displayed by selecting the desired toolbar option from the Equipment>Toolbars menu. Toolbars may be docked along the top, bottom, left, or right side of the AutoCAD command area by simply dragging the toolbar to the desired location. You should display and dock the Equipment Main Functions, Equipment Main, Nozzle Main, Equipment Primitives, and Associative Primitives toolbars for this training session.
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Menus The Equipment menu is a cascading system menu, which contains commands and functions used in equipment model design. A brief description of each of the main menu options is provided in the table below: MENU
DESCRIPTION
Setup
Provides options to define Drawing Preferences, and Project Preferences that will be used during the component placement process. Provides options to place vessels. Provides options to place exchangers. Provides options to place pumps. Provides options to place spec pumps. Provides options to place heaters. Provides options to place storage tanks. Provides options to place material handling equipment. Provides options to place spec reactors. Provides a dialog to convert one or more existing AutoCAD or Equipment entities in a drawing into an EQUIPMENT type component. Provides options to place nozzles. Provide options to place structures. Provides options to place equipment primitives. Provides options to attach associative primitives to existing equipment components or to other primitives. Provides options to place transition pieces when building a custom piece of equipment. Provides options to edit, copy, and delete EQUIPMENT components, and define location points. 3D Display options are also located here. Provides options to edit equipment/nozzle database records, set a specific value of a drawing database field, and to clean or repair the drawing database. Provides options to generate Equipment List and Nozzle Schedule reports from your EQUIPMENT model. Provides options to setup a work area containing any number of models, then define and save 3D views of these drawings that may be placed in Paper Space. Provides an option to automate the process of crating 3D piping models using AutoPLANT P&ID drawing data. Provides access to applications and functions to develop/modify EQUIPMENT component drawing scripts and INI file settings. Controls the display of EQUIPMENT toolbars. Provides access to the EQUIPMENT on-line Help.
Vessels Exchangers Pumps Spec Pumps Heaters Storage Tanks Material Handling Spec Reactors User Defined Nozzles Structures Equipment Primitives Associative Primitives Transition Components Equipment Tools Database Tools
Reports Drawing Production
2D to 3D Script Tools Toolbars Help
Note: Throughout this course, the menu command sequence required to execute a command is explicitly defined in the text, while the associated toolbar button is presented in the margin. Once you become familiar with the toolbar buttons, you will
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find using the toolbar is the most expedient method of accessing and executing EQUIPMENT commands and functions.
Exercise 3 Setting Drawing Preferences In this exercise, you will learn how to set initial EQUIPMENT drawing preferences. These settings are used during the component placement process and in many instances affect the operation of these commands.
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To Set Initial Drawing Preferences
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Select Equipment>Setup>Drawing Preferences to display the dialog shown below.
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The following table provides brief descriptions of the Drawing Preferences dialog parameters.
OPTION
DESCRIPTION
Surface Resolution
Sets the AutoCAD system variables SURFTAB1 and SURFTAB2 to control the mesh density of component graphics in the M and N directions when the Mesh Display Mode is displayed. You must set the desired surface tabulation before placing components. If you place a component, then change this setting and activate the Mesh display mode, the component will display using the mesh surface tabulation set when it was placed. Note: Component graphics are constructed from a set of Bentley Custom Objects. The inherent design of these objects enables you to quickly change between the available display modes (Wireframe, CenterWireframe, Mesh, and Centerline) without actually converting the component graphics. Display Modes are covered in detail later in this Tutorial. This setting determines how the layer name on which a component is placed is defined. • By Type (default): If the LAYER keyword for the component type you are placing is not assigned in CLASS.INI, then the component will be placed on the current AutoCAD layer. If the LAYER keyword for the component type you are placing is assigned in CLASS.INI, then the component will be placed on the layer name formed by concatenating the LAYER value with the Suffix defined in this same dialog for the specific component type as described below. • By Tag: This setting overrides the LAYER keyword definition in
Equipment Mode
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Layer
Nozzle Layer Suffix
Structure Suffix
Layer
Use Location Point
Debug Mode
Show Exclusion Zone
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CLASS.INI. If set to this option, the component will be drawn on the layer name formed by concatenating the component’s Tag or its parent’s tag (if it exists) with the equipment, nozzle, or structure layer Suffix as described in the fields below. If any equipment component is inserted and the Equipment Layer Mode is set to By Tag, then the suffix defined in this field is appended to the Tag Number entered in the equipment placement dialog to define the layer. The default is “_EQP”. (e.g., if By Tag is set and the Tag Number entered is HV100 and the default equipment layer suffix is used; this equipment would be drawn on layer HV100_EQP) If a nozzle is inserted, and the Equipment Layer Mode is set to By Tag, then the suffix defined in this field is appended to its parent tag to define the nozzle’s layer. The default is “_NOZ”. (e.g., if By Tag is set and the default nozzle layer suffix is used, then a nozzle is connected to horizontal vessel HV100; this nozzle would be drawn on layer HV100_NOZ) If a structure is inserted, and the Equipment Layer Mode is set to By Tag, then the suffix defined in this field is appended to its parent tag to define the structure’s layer. The default is “_STR”. (e.g., if By Tag is set and the default structure layer suffix is used, then a circular platform is connected to horizontal vessel HV100; this platform would be drawn on layer HV100_STR) EQUIPMENT enables you to define location points, which may then be selected as reference points to place equipment. This check box controls the display of the ‘Location Point’ selection list when you place equipment. You will learn how to define and use location points in Chapter 3, Equipment Placement. Warning: This option should only be used by experienced programmers. This option is generally enabled during the development of custom equipment component Basic drawing scripts. It places script execution in debug mode, which will enable you to step through the drawing script code to locate possible coding errors. Enable this box to show the exclusion zone for soft clashes. This setting will enable you to show soft clashes with reserved spaces. For example, most heat exchanges require empty space in front of the exchanger to pull out the tubes for maintenance. Therefore, we added a cylinder to equipment that could be optionally turned ON or OFF. When you run the clash detection, you need to turn the layer ON to detect clashes with other items infringing on this space.
Make sure the settings appear as shown above then press OK to save the changes.
Exercise 4 Setting Project Preferences With support for projects added in version 3.0, AutoPLANT now provides the concept of project objects. These objects inherently create relationships between all components placed, based on the values assigned for these objects. These relationships are used by functions (e.g., Reports, BOM, etc.), which work on a selection set of components. For example, LineNumber is a project object. All EQUIPMENT nozzles placed with the same LineNumber value will therefore be related.
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The shipping version of the application provides four (4) project objects (LineNumber, Area, Unit, and Service). Only LineNumber is available to AutoPLANT EQUIPMENT by default. You may only define values that establish relationships for these objects using the Project Preferences control, or the Project Object Maintenance Tool. You can only set the active value that will be assigned to a component when placed with the Project Preferences control. Note: The Project Object Maintenance Tool may be launched from the AutoPLANT 3D>Project Tools folder in your Windows Start menu. Select Equipment>Setup>Project Preferences in the Equipment menu to display the Project Preferences control shown below.
This dialog is provided with the EQUIPMENT application primarily to enable you to add new line number project object values that can be assigned to nozzles as they are inserted. Selecting Piping from the application list will display a list of project and drawing preferences that apply to the PIPING application. If you have both PIPING and EQUIPMENT loaded, you should set this value to Piping, as PIPING’s LineNumber settings will still apply when placing nozzles in EQUIPMENT. The preferences available in this control are defined on an application basis. For example, when working in the EQUIPMENT application, the control will only display project preferences that have been configured for EQUIPMENT.
Adding a Line Number The following procedure will walk you through adding a line number to a project using the Project Preferences control. You will add a line number named TRIM, which will be used for certain nozzles you will place in this chapter that will not be needed for the remainder of this training session.
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To Add a Line Number
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In the Relationships navigation tree at the bottom of the control, right-click on the LineNumber node and select Add.
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When the Create New Line Number dialog displays, type TRIM in the Create new Line Number filed and press OK to close the dialog.
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The TRIM line number will be added to the project database and will now be set as the current project line number.
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Grid The grid area at the top of the control may be configured to display two primary preference types. Project object preferences are organized at the top, while component preferences are at the bottom, separated by a solid black line. Equipment currently only provides the LineNumber project preference. A brief description of these types is provided below. • Project Preferences: are organized in the upper part of the control grid. These are project relationship preferences (e.g., LineNumber, Area, Unit, and Service). Only LineNumber is available in EQUIPMENT by default. These preferences are used throughout the application to provide quick component selection, reporting, etc., based on these relationships. • Component Preferences: are organized in the lower section of the control grid. These are the most common component preferences that may in general also be set via the Drawing Preferences dialog. You may also add new component preferences through this interface. These were included to provide quick access to these settings without having to continuously open and re-open the Drawing Preferences dialog to change these settings.
Navigation Tree The control also enables you to view relationship values in a navigation tree view. You can show this tree view in the control by pressing the Relationships button at the bottom of the dialog. Suppress the tree view by pressing the X button to the right of the tree view.
Display Modes The Project Preferences control is a dockable container that can be docked at left, top or bottom of the AutoCAD application window. Docking at left will essentially provide the same full view and options as the undocked “floating” container. Docking at the top or bottom will display the control in MiniBar mode as shown in the following figure.
As you can see, this mode does not provide options for adding, editing, or deleting preference values. It displays the control as a toolbar, which enables you to simply select the desired values for each setting. The recommended workflow method would have your Project Administrator first create the available project relationship values in full mode. Next, since designers may not require access to the full set of Project Preferences control features, they would simply dock the container along the top of the AutoCAD application window to show the control as a minibar. From the minibar mode, they would only be concerned with selecting the appropriate value for each preference from the respective drop-down lists. You can control the preferences that will appear in this minibar by right-clicking on any of the minibar column headers and selecting Show>Hide Preferences. This will display a dialog that enables you to toggle the display of preferences in this minibar.
Full Mode Options When the control is displayed in full mode, the grid area will provide three columns. A description of each of these columns is provided below: Preference Current Setting
The name of the preference. The current setting for this preference. Clicking within this field will display a drop-down list of options defined for this preference. Select
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the desired option to make it active. The Filter can be set to any value. This is used to filter the preference list to display only values that contain the specified prefix (e.g. L1* will display only those values in which that begin with “L1”)>
The navigation tree view near the bottom of the dialog displays all of the project objects in the current project at the primary node level. Expand a project object node by pressing the + button beside it. This will show all of the values defined for that object in the current project. Toolbars are provided for the grid and navigation tree areas of the dialog. The operations that may be performed using these toolbar commands may also be selected from context menus that will display when you right-click on a particular preference type. For example, if you right-click on a project object preference in the grid area of the control, a context menu will display. The Add option in this context menu executes the same operations as the Add button on the grid’s toolbar, and the Add button on the navigation tree’s toolbar and context menus. If you right-click on a component preference in the grid area a context menu will display with a set of options that may be performed on component preferences. Please note that these work differently. Selecting the Add operation for a project object will enable you to add a value for that object to the project. Selecting the Add operation for a component preference will enable you to add an entirely new preference type to the project. Note: Through this interface you can ONLY manage project object values. The addition of a project object (not a value) is considered a Project Administrator function. Therefore, this operation may only be executed via a project’s Database>Objects properties page in the Project Administrator application. The following table describes the project preferences functions in the toolbars and context menus. PROJECT OBJECT PREFERENCE OPERATIONS Add
Rename
Delete
Properties
Synchronize
To add a new project object value, right-click on the project object in the grid or navigation tree, then select the Add option from the context menu displayed. For most of these objects, an editable node will be created under the selected parent project object node. Type the new value, then press Enter. For the LineNumber project object, the Create New LineNumber dialog will display to enable you to add a new line number value. If executed from the grid, a separate dialog will display to enable you to enter the new value for each object type. To edit the value of an existing project object value, select it in the navigation tree or grid list, then right-click and select the Rename option from the context menu displayed. To delete a project object value, select it in the navigation tree or grid list, then right-click and select Delete from the context menu displayed. Currently properties are only available for LineNumber project object values. If you select a LineNumber value, then right-click and select Properties from the context menu, the Properties Editor dialog will display to enable you to modify the properties for that LineNumber value. This option is only available from the upper toolbar or context menu when working in the upper grid area of the control. It enables you to select a project object value from the grid area, then execute this operation to highlight the corresponding project object value in the navigation tree.
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You can also select the desired value from the navigation tree by double-clicking the value. This will make that value the selected value in the Current Settings column of the upper grid. The following table describes the operations available for component preferences in the toolbar or context menu. COMPONENT PREFERENCE OPERATIONS Add
Edit
Delete
To add a new component preference, right-click on the component preference in the grid and then select the Add Component Preference option from the context menu displayed. A separate dialog will display to enable you to define the new component preference. To edit a component preference definition, right-click on it in the grid, select Edit Component Preference from the context menu displayed. A separate dialog will display to enable you to modify the preference definition. To delete a component preference from the project, right-click on it in the grid, then select Delete Component Preference from the context menu displayed.
Close the control.
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LESSON 2 LOCATION POINTS The Equipment Tools>Location Points command is used to define and save reference point locations, which may then be selected for equipment placement. A location point is always defined with respect to a reference point. The default reference point configured in the shipping version of the software is named WP. This point is defined as the origin point (0,0,0). Equipment placed using location points is associated with that point. If you modify a location point, or a point referenced by another location point, AutoPLANT will relocate the equipment accordingly.
Objectives This Lesson is intended to teach you have to use the Equipment Tools>Location Point command. The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: •
Learn how to define location points
•
Learn how to set the location point mode
Exercise 1 Defining Location Points In this exercise, you will learn how to create a new location point that will represent the location of the corner of the building. Additional location points will then be defined using that point as a reference. In the next Lessons, you will learn how to place equipment at these location points.
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To Define Location Points
Select Equipment>Equipment Tools>Location Points to display the dialog shown below.
This dialog shows that only the default location, point, WP, is defined. This is the default system working point, which is initially defined at the coordinates (0,0,0).
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Press Add to display the Add Location Point dialog shown below.
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Refer to the figure above. Type PROJECT in the Name field to name the location point. This value must be a string and cannot contain spaces.
4.
Type Corner of bldg. in the Desc.field. This is the name that will appear for selection in the Location Point list dialog when you attempt to place equipment at a location point. This point is primarily being defined so it can be used as a plant reference point for defining equipment location points within the plant.
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New location points are defined in reference to an existing location point by specifying the North/South and East/West distances from the selected point. You can also specify the elevation of the point. Since this is the first location point that you are defining, you will use the default working point, WP, as the reference point. Enter the values as shown in the dialog above.
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Press OK to add the new point to the Location Point List.
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Repeat this process to add the location points defined in the following table. Before saving each new location point, make sure that you set the Reference for each distance by pressing the Reference button and selecting the reference point from the list as defined in the table. IMPERIAL LOCATION POINT DEFINITIONS
NAME
DESCRIPTION
E-106
Feed Effluent Exchanger Main Pump Vertical Vessel Horizontal Vessel
P-104 T-135 VH-45
NORTH/SOUTH
REFERENCE
EAST/WEST
REFERENCE
ELEVATION
1025’-10”
WP
1071’-5”
WP
107’
30’-6” 1040’-0” 0”
PROJECT WP T-135
1019’-0” 58’-0” 3’-10”
WP PROJECT PROJECT
103’ 106’-0” 109’-6”
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METRIC LOCATION POINT DEFINITIONS NAME
DESCRIPTION
E-106
Feed Effluent Exchanger Main Pump Vertical Vessel Horizontal Vessel
P-104 T-135 VH-45
NORTH/SOUTH
REFERENCE
EAST/WEST
REFERENCE
ELEVATION
307925
WP
321875
WP
32100
9144 312700 0”
PROJECT WP T-135
305790 17675 1220
WP PROJECT PROJECT
30900 32000 32850
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When you have defined all of the location points shown in the dialog below, press Close. These points will be used later in this training session to place Equipment.
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Select Equipment>Setup>Drawing Preferences from the Equipment menu to display the Drawing Preferences dialog. Enable the Use Location Point check box, and then press OK. The Location Point List will now display when you place equipment. Note: You can still manually override the Location Point List dialog by pressing Esc when it displays during a component placement operation.
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LESSON 3 EQUIPMENT PLACEMENT Overview Components are classified in EQUIPMENT as either EQUIP (equipment) type components, or ASSOC (associative) type components as described below. • EQUIP type components may exist independently of other components. These include all of the equipment placement options in the individual Equipment placement menus and the Equipment Primitives menus. When you place an EQUIP type component, a dialog displays to enable you to define the component’s dimension and position parameters. After closing the dialog, you are prompted to specify the location point and orientation. • ASSOC type components must be attached to other components. These include the commands in the Nozzles, Structures, and Associative Primitives menus. ASSOC type components must be attached to an existing component to form the association. When you place an ASSOC type component, you will be prompted to select an existing component, then a dialog will display to enable you to specify the dimension and position parameters required to place the component with respect to the selected component’s reference point. EQUIPMENT uses the class definition information specified in the equipment file CLASS.INI to determine a component’s type, default layer, color, Tag prefix, and other important information required to draw the component and write the drawing database information. The Equipment>Script Tools>Equipment Class Editor option is provided to enable you to modify this information. This file resides in your ..%NETWORK_ROOT%.\EQUIP directory. Note: %NETWORK_ROOT% is used throughout this document to indicate the root directory selected when you installed AutoPLANT. All EQUIPMENT component placement commands display a dialog. Each dialog consists of a parameter field list and bitmap that illustrates each parameter. In addition, a descriptive Prompt displays at the bottom of the dialog as you move the cursor into a field.
Objectives This Lesson introduces the equipment component placement options. The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: • Learn how to parametrically define an equipment component, then place it using a location point defined in the previous Lesson.
Exercise 1 Placing a Horizontal Pump at a Location Point In this exercise, you will learn how to place a Horizontal Pump at the P-104 location point defined in the previous Lesson.
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To Place a Horizontal Pump
1.
Select Equipment>Pumps>Horizontal Pump
2.
The Create new Equipment tag dialog displays as shown below. This dialog enables you to create a tag number. Type P-104 in the Create new Equipment tag field and then press OK. Note: This dialog allows you to manually enter a new tag or browse the project database for an existing tag to use for the new equipment component.
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Since flow sheets were developed for this training project, the tag already exists in the project database and the following dialog displays.
Note: This dialog allows a unique tag to be displayed graphically in several places. The database has a single record for the pump, but several links may exist allowing you to access the database of the single record for use in multiple representations. (e.g. datasheet, equipment drawing, flow sheet) 4.
Press Yes to create an additional tag link and close the dialog.
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The Horizontal Pump dialog displays as shown below.
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Note: As with all AutoPLANT dialogs, to move to the next parameter field press the Tab button; to move to the previous parameter field press Shift+Tab. You can also use the mouse to position the cursor in a specific field. 6.
Enter the pump parameters as shown then press OK. Since you previously enabled the Use Location Point check box in the Drawing Preferences dialog, the Location Point List displays to enable you to select the desired location point for placement. Select location point P-104 from the list.
Note: If the Use Location Point check box is enabled, you are not required to pick a location point to place equipment. You can still specify the insertion point manually by first pressing Esc to close the Location Point List dialog, then manually specifying the insertion point by responding to the prompts. 7.
Respond to the prompts as follows: Elevation to equipment reference / pick elevation point <0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000>: Press Enter to specify a zero change in elevation from the elevation defined in location point P-104. Elevation entered: 0.000000 Enter or pick XY location (Polar/North-east) <0.000000,0.000000>: Press Enter to accept the default insertion point defined in location point P-104. Enter direction angle or pick point <0.0>: Type 180 and press Enter.
8.
The pump is inserted as shown in the following figure.
9.
Select File>Save to save your model.
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LESSON 4 NOZZLE PLACEMENT EQUIPMENT provides several nozzle type and placement options. The following Figure illustrates some of these options. Note: EQUIPMENT components are classified as either EQUIP or ASSOC type components. A nozzle is classified as ASSOC type, which means it can only be placed by associating it to an existing component. The only exception is the Battery Limit nozzle, which is classified as EQUIP type, and may be placed in space.
Objectives This Lesson introduces EQUIPMENT’s nozzle placement options. The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: •
Learn how to place a suction nozzle on the pump
•
Learn how to place a discharge nozzle on the pump
Exercise 1 Attaching Nozzles to the Pump In this exercise, you will learn how to attach suction and discharge nozzles to pump P-104.
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To Attach a Suction Nozzle to Pump P-104
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Select Nozzles>On Pumps>Suction Nozzle from the Equipment menu.
2.
Nozzles must be connected to an existing equipment or nozzle component. Therefore, you are prompted to select the reference component that you want to use to form the association. Pick pump P-104 on your drawing. Note: If the pump is not selected, the command will cancel.
3.
The Create new Nozzle tag dialog displays as shown. The default tag number includes the pump equipment tag (P-104) with a N1 suffix representing the value in the Code field. With every new nozzle placed on a piece of equipment, the numeric value of the nozzle Code will increase to the next available number. Accept the default tag number and press OK.
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The Pump Suction Nozzle dialog displays. Enter the nozzle placement parameters as shown below.
5.
To change the line number to L1004, press the Browse button next to the field. The following Change Line Number dialog displays listing the existing line numbers in the project database.
6.
Select the L1004 line number from the list then press OK. The L1004 value will now display in the Line No. field.
7.
Notice that the nozzle Rating, Facing and End Condition display below the placement parameters in the dialog. If these are not set in your dialog as shown above, you can select the correct nozzle from the spec by re-selecting the Nom. Size parameter. The Specification Selection dialog displays as shown below. Select the 150LB RAISED FACE NOZZLE as shown below, then press OK. The Rating, Facing, and End Condition of the nozzle are updated as shown in the placement dialog.
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When all of the dialog information is correct, press OK to place the nozzle.
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To Attach a Discharge Nozzle to Pump P-104
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Select Nozzles>On Pumps>Discharge Nozzle from the Equipment menu.
2.
To connect a discharge nozzle to a pump, you must pick the pump to form the association. Pick pump P-104.
3.
When the Create new Nozzle tag dialog displays, the default tag number in the Create new Nozzle tag field should read P104-N2, the N2 suffix representing the code for the nozzle to be associated with the P104 pump. If this isn’t the tag number displayed, type in that value now then press OK to display the Pump Discharge Nozzle placement dialog.
4.
Enter the nozzle parameters as shown below.
5.
Press the Browse button next to the Line No. field and select L1005 as the new line number as shown. Press OK to return to the nozzle placement dialog.
6.
Notice that the nozzle Rating, Facing and End Condition display below the placement parameters in the dialog. If these are not set in your dialog as shown above, you can select the correct nozzle from the spec by re-selecting the Nom. Size parameter. The Specification Selection dialog displays as shown below. Select the 150LB RAISED FACE NOZZLE as shown then press OK. The Rating, Facing, and End Condition of the nozzle appear in the placement dialog. When all of the dialog information is correct, press OK to place the nozzle and complete the pump as shown in the following figure.
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LESSON 5 MORE EQUIPMENT AND NOZZLE PLACEMENT Objectives This Lesson repeats the procedures you learned in the previous Lesson to place additional equipment and nozzles. The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: •
Learn how to place a horizontal vessel at an equipment location point
•
Learn how to add a boot to a horizontal vessel
•
Learn how to place a vertical vessel
•
Learn how to add legs to a vertical vessel
•
Learn how to place nozzles on equipment
Exercise 1 Placing a Horizontal Vessel In this exercise, you will learn how to place a horizontal vessel at a location point defined earlier in this training session.
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To Place a Horizontal Vessel
1.
Select Vessels>Horizontal Vessel from the Equipment menu.
2.
The Create new Equipment tag dialog displays as shown below.
3.
Enter VH-45 into the Create new Equipment tag field then press OK to display the Horizontal Vessel dialog.
4.
If the message box displays prompting you to create an additional link for the VH-45 tag number, press Yes to confirm the creation of the new link.
5.
The Horizontal Vessel placement dialog displays. Enter the vessel parameters as shown below.
6.
Press OK, then select equipment location point VH-45 from the list.
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Respond to the prompts as follows:
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Elevation to equipment reference / pick elevation point <0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000>: Press Enter to specify a zero change in elevation from the elevation defined in location point VH-45. Enter or pick XY location (Polar/north-east) <0.0,0.0>: Press Enter to accept the default insertion point defined in location point VH-45. Enter direction angle or pick point <0.0>: Press Enter.
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The horizontal vessel is inserted at the location point as shown below.
Note: You may want to set up different layers for different pieces of equipment. This will enable you to turn off individual layers to display an unobstructed view.
Exercise 2 Adding a Boot to a Horizontal Vessel In this exercise, you will learn how to attach a boot to the horizontal vessel. A boot is classified as an associative (ASSOC) type component, which means it can only be placed by associating it to an existing component.
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To Add a Boot to Horizontal Vessel VH-45
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Select Vessels>Add Boot from the Equipment menu.
2.
To connect a boot to the horizontal vessel, you must pick the vessel to form the association. Pick vessel VH-45 to display the Boot on Horizontal Vessel dialog.
3.
Enter the boot parameters as shown below.
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Press OK to attach the boot to the horizontal vessel as shown from the BACK view below.
Exercise 3 Adding Nozzles to the Horizontal Vessel Boot In this exercise, you will move into a FRONT view and place nozzles on the horizontal vessel boot.
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To Place an Outlet Nozzle on the Boot
1.
Type FRONT and press Enter to move to a front view of the model. ZOOM Window around the horizontal vessel and boot.
2.
Select Nozzles>On Boots>Radial from the Equipment menu.
3.
To connect a radial nozzle to the boot, you must pick the boot to form the association. Pick the VB-45 boot just placed. The Create new Nozzle tag displays as shown. Enter VH-45-B1 as the tag number then press OK. The B1 suffix will help to distinguish that the nozzle is being placed on the boot instead of the vessel itself.
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When the Radial Straight Nozzle on Boot dialog displays, enter the nozzle parameters as shown below.
5.
Change the line No. by pressing the Browse button then selecting TRIM from the Change Line Number dialog.
6.
When you select 2” {50mm} for the Nom. Size parameter, the Specification Selection dialog displays as shown below.
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Select the 150LB RAISED FACE NOZZLE a shown above, then press OK. The Rating, Facing, and End Condition of the nozzle appear in the placement dialog. When all of the dialog information is correct, press OK to place the nozzle on the boot then press Enter to cancel the command.
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To Place a Drain Nozzle on the Boot
1.
Select Nozzles>On Boots>Axial from the Equipment menu.
2.
To connect an axial nozzle to the boot, you must pick the axial end of the boot to form the association. Pick the bottom of the boot VB-45 near its head.
3.
When the Create new Nozzle tag dialog displays, enter VH-45-B2 in to the tag field then press OK to continue.
4.
When the Axial Straight Nozzle on Boot dialog displays, enter the nozzle parameters as shown below.
5.
Change the Line No. by pressing the Browse button and selecting TRIM from the Change Line Number dialog.
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When you select the Nom. Size parameter, the Specification Selection dialog displays as shown below. Select the 150LB RAISED FACE NOZZLE a shown then press OK. When all of the dialog information is correct, press OK to place the nozzle on the boot.
The complete boot is shown below from the FRONT view without hidden lines.
Exercise 4 Adding Nozzles to the Horizontal Vessel In this exercise, you will learn how to connect inlet and outlet nozzles to horizontal vessel VH-45. Note: To be able to quickly change from view to view, load the Viewport Utility using the steps described at the end of Chapter 2.
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Place the Inlet Nozzle
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Type TOP and press Enter, then ZOOM Window around the horizontal vessel.
2.
Select Nozzles>On Equipment>Radial from the Equipment menu.
3.
Pick a point on the vessel VH-45.
4.
When the Create new Nozzle tag dialog displays, enter VH-45-N1 in the tag field then press OK to display the Radial Straight Nozzle on Equipment dialog.
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Enter the nozzle parameters as shown below.
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Change the Line No. by pressing the Browse button and selecting L1003 from the Change Line Number dialog.
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Notice that the nozzle Rating, Facing and End Condition display below the placement parameters in the dialog. When you select the Nom. Size parameter, the Specification Selection dialog displays as shown below. Select the 150LB RAISED FACE NOZZLE as shown above, then press OK. The Rating, Facing, and End Condition of the nozzle appear in the placement dialog.
8.
When all of the dialog information is correct, press OK to place the nozzle then press Enter to cancel the command.
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Place the Outlet Nozzle
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Select Nozzles>On Equipment>Radial from the Equipment menu.
2.
Select the vessel to add another radial nozzle for the piping.
3.
When the Create new Nozzle tag dialog displays, enter VH-45-N2 as the tag number and press OK to display the placement dialog.
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Enter the nozzle parameters as shown in the following dialog.
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5.
Change the Line No. by pressing the Browse button and selecting L1004 from the Change Line Number dialog.
6.
Notice that the nozzle Rating, Facing and End Condition display below the placement parameters in the dialog. When you select the Nom. Size parameter, the Specification Selection dialog displays as shown below. Select the 150LB RAISED FACE NOZZLE as shown above, then press OK. The Rating, Facing, and End Condition of the nozzle appear in the placement dialog.
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When all of the dialog information is correct, press OK to place the nozzle then press Enter to cancel the command.
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Place the remaining horizontal vessel radial and axial nozzles as defined in the tables below. Refer to the Figure at the bottom of this page to determine the correct end to pick for axial nozzle placement. Set the Line Number for all of these nozzles to TRIM. IMPERIAL RADIAL NOZZLE PLACEMENT PARAMETERS NOZZLE
TAG
SPEC
SIZE/RATING
A LOCATION
B PROJECTION
C ORIENT
D OFFSE T
Relief
VH-45-N3
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2” – 150LB RF
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training
2” – 150LB RF
15’
1’-2”
270
2’
VH-45-N5
training
2” – 150LB RF
15’
1’-2”
270
-2’
IMPERIAL AXIAL NOZZLE PLACEMENT PARAMETERS NOZZLE Steam Out Manway
TAG
SPEC
SIZE/RATING
A PROJECTION
B 1 OFFSET
C 2 OFFSET
ST
ND
VH-45-N6
training
2” – 150LB RF
2’-2”
-2”—6”
0
VH-45MW1
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24” – 150LB RF
2’-2”
-2’
0
METRIC RADIAL NOZZLE PLACEMENT PARAMETERS NOZZLE
TAG
SPEC
SIZE/RATING
A LOCATION
B PROJECTION
C ORIENT
D OFFSE T
Relief
VH-45-N3
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Instrume nt Instrume nt
VH-45-N4
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300
225
0
0
4500
350
270
750
4500
350
270
-750
METRIC AXIAL NOZZLE PLACEMENT PARAMETERS NOZZLE
TAG
SPEC
SIZE/RATING
A PROJECTIO
B 1 OFFSET ST
VH-45-N6
training
VH-45MW1
training
50mm – 150LB RF 500mm – 150LB RF
650
-750
0
650
-600
0
The following Figure shows completed horizontal vessel VH-45 from a FRONT view.
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Exercise 5 Placing a Vertical Vessel In this exercise, you will learn how to place a vertical vessel. The vertical vessel placement script enables you to define a multi-stage vertical vessel. You will place a single-stage vessel in this exercise.
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To Place a Vertical Vessel
1.
Type Front to move to a front view.
2.
Select Vessels>Vertical Vessel from the Equipment menu.
3.
The Create new Equipment tag dialog displays as shown. Type T-135 into the new tag filed then, press OK to continue.
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If the message box displays prompting you to create an additional link for the T-135 tag number, press Yes to confirm the creation of the new link.
5.
When the Vertical Vessel dialog displays, enter the vessel parameters as shown below. Note: Make sure the vessel is placed without a lower head. You will be placing a lower head using equipment primitives in a future exercise.
6.
Press OK, then select equipment location point T-135 from the Location Point list.
7.
Respond to the prompts as follows: Elevation to equipment reference / pick elevation point <0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000>: Press Enter to specify a zero change in elevation from the elevation defined in location point T-135. Enter or pick XY location (Polar/North-east) <0.0,0.0>: Press Enter to accept the default insertion point defined in location point T-135.
8.
The vertical vessel is placed on the drawing.
Exercise 6 Editing Vertical Vessel T-135 The Equipment Tools>Edit Component command enables you to select an existing EQUIPMENT component to display its placement dialog with the parameters initially entered for placement. These parameters may be modified to redraw the component and update its external drawing database record using the new values.
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This exercise introduces the Equipment Tools>Edit Component command. You will learn more about the other Equipment Tools options later in this training session.
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To Edit the Placement Parameters for an Existing
1.
Select Equipment Tools>Edit Component from the Equipment menu.
2.
Pick vertical vessel T-135. The Vertical Vessel placement dialog displays with the same parameters you entered when you placed the vessel.
3.
Change the value of parameters C and D to 0.
4.
Press OK. The following message dialog displays indicating that since you defined the vessel skirt parameters C and D as 0, the vessel will be re-drawn without a skirt.
5.
Press OK to redraw the vessel without the skirt using the modified parameter values.
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LESSON 6 PRIMITIVES AND STRUCTURES EQUIPMENT provides an expansive array of custom object primitives to enable you to create your own equipment components. The primitive placement options are divided in the menu and toolbars into three types, Equipment Primitives, Associative Primitives and Transition Components. When you construct equipment from primitives, the first primitive placed becomes the parent component. This primitive must be placed from the Equipment Primitives menu. You may then associate as many associative primitives or transition components as needed to the parent equipment primitive to build your equipment. The options in the Associative Primitives menu will prompt you to select an existing equipment item or primitive to associate the new primitive. Associative primitives may be attached to any existing EQUIPMENT component or primitive. The Transition Components menu provides commands to place transition pieces when building a custom piece of equipment. For example if you have a square piece and a round piece and you want to “join” them together, then the transition component should be used. Transition components are also considered associate components, which indicates that they must be attached to an existing component. Constructing equipment assemblies in this manner is best described as a process similar to attaching nozzles to equipment. In this example, if you modify the vessel dimensional parameters, the nozzles will move accordingly. In this same context, if you modify the parent primitive of an equipment assembly, the child primitives will be moved or sized accordingly. For example, if you construct an equipment assembly by placing a rectangular solid base, then attach an axial cylinder to the base, then attach a second axial cylinder, then modify the height of the base, the attached cylinder shell primitives will be moved in the vertical the distance of the modified solid base height. In addition, if you change the width of the first cylinder, then second cylinder width will automatically adjust to the modified width of the first cylinder because it is its child. Each primitive will have a drawing database record, which can be modified. Each primitive will have a reference point for associating nozzles or other primitives. If you want to connect nozzles or other primitives to an equipment assembly, you must select the correct assembly primitive to associate the nozzle. For example, if a vertical vessel assembly is constructed from primitives using a 4’ associative axial cylinder primitive for the first shell section, a 2’ associative axial cylinder primitive for the section shell section, and an associative head primitive for the vessel head, if you want to attach a nozzle to the first shell section, 2’ from the bottom of the first shell section, you must pick the first cylinder primitive when prompted to Select Equipment. If you pick the second cylinder primitive, the nozzle will be placed 2’ up from its reference point, which will actually place the nozzle 6’ up from the bottom of the first shell section. As mentioned previously, when you connect a primitive to another primitive or equipment item, it becomes associated to the first parent primitive as a child or slave primitive. If you modify the dimensional parameters of the parent, the child will be moved or sized accordingly. The nozzle placement routines also handle the vessel assembly as individual objects. Therefore, when you place a radial or axial nozzle on equipment created from primitives, you must be sure to select the correct primitive to place the nozzle form that primitive’s reference point.
Objectives This Lesson introduces EQUIPMENT’s associative primitive and structure placement options. The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: •
Learn how to add an elliptical head associative primitive to the bottom of the vertical vessel
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Learn how to attach an axial elbow nozzle to the bottom of the vertical vessel
•
Learn how to attach ladder and circular platform structures to the vertical vessel
Exercise 1 Adding a Head to the Bottom of the Vertical Vessel In this exercise, you will learn how to attach an elliptical head associative primitive to the bottom of vertical vessel T-135. Move to the FRONT view before performing this exercise. 1.
Select Associative Primitives>Heads>Elliptical from the Equipment menu.
2..
Pick a point on vertical vessel T-135, nearest the location for the elliptical head, to display the Associate Elliptical Vessel Head dialog.
3.
Enter the head parameters as shown below.
4.
Make sure that you enable the Link Diameter check box. This option associates the diameter of the head to the diameter of the vessel. Therefore, if the diameter of the vessel is modified, the diameter of the head will also be modified automatically.
5.
Press OK to attach the head to the vertical vessel.
Exercise 2 Adding Legs to the Vertical Vessel In this exercise, you will learn how to attach legs to vertical vessel T-135. The legs, lugs, and heads are classified as associative (ASSOC) type components, which means that they can only be placed by associating them to an existing component. 1.
Select Vessels>Add Legs from the Equipment menu.
2.
Pick vertical vessel T-135 to display the Legs on Vertical Vessel dialog. Do not pick the point on the head.
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Enter the leg parameters as shown below.
Note: As referenced in the prompt description for parameter C, when inserting legs the vessel reference point is based on the vessel’s original insertion point. 4.
Press OK to attach the legs to the vessel.
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Exercise 3 Adding Nozzles to Tower T-135 In this exercise, you will learn how to place an axial elbow nozzle on vertical tower T-135. As mentioned previously, nozzles are associative components. Therefore, you must pick an existing component to form the association. In the case of axial nozzles, when you pick the existing component, you must make sure to pick the desired end. The placement routine will place the axial nozzle on the end closest to the point that you picked to form the association.
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Place a Liquid Outlet Nozzle With an Integrated
1.
Select Nozzles>On Equipment>Elbow>Axial from the Equipment menu.
2.
Pick a point on vertical tower T-135 near the bottom vessel head to form the association.
3.
When the Create new Nozzle tag dialog displays, change the tag number to T-135-N4 as shown in the dialog below. Press OK when done to display the placement dialog.
4.
Enter the nozzle parameters in the Axial Elbow Nozzle on Equipment dialog as shown below.
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Change the Line No. by pressing the Browse button and selecting L1006 from the Change Line Number dialog.
6.
Notice that the nozzle Rating, Facing and End Condition display below the placement parameters in the dialog. When you select the Nom. Size parameter, the Specification Selection dialog displays as shown below. Select the 150LB RAISED FACE NOZZLE as shown above, then press OK. The Rating, Facing, and End Condition of the nozzle appear in the placement dialog.
7.
When all of the dialog information is correct, press OK to place the nozzle. Click anywhere in the drawing to cancel the command.
8.
Move the drawing to a LEFT view and place the remaining vertical vessel radial and axial nozzles as defined in the tables below. Refer to the Figure on the following page to determine the correct end to pick for axial nozzle placement. Note: When placing axial nozzles, always pick a point nearest the end of the equipment where you want the nozzle placed. IMPERIAL RADIAL NOZZLE PLACEMENT PARAMETERS
The Figure below shows a LEFT view of vertical vessel T-135 with the nozzles attached.
Note: For an unobstructed view of the vessel, you could turn off the layers for the other components or create a view with the clipping plane surrounding the vessel.
Exercise 4 Adding a Ladder to a Vertical Vessel EQUIPMENT provides a wide range of standard structure placement options. Structures are associative type components, which mean they must be attached to an existing EQUIPMENT component or primitive. In this exercise, you will learn how to attach a ladder to vertical vessel T-135. 1.
Select Structures>Ladders>On Vertical Vessels from the Equipment menu.
2.
Pick vertical vessel T-135 to form the association and display the Ladder on Vertical Vessel dialog.
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Enter the ladder parameters as shown below.
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Press OK to place the ladder.
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Exercise 5 Adding a Platform to a Vertical Vessel In this exercise, you will learn how to place a circular platform on the vertical vessel. EQUIPMENT’s structure placement options require you to select an existing equipment type component to form the association. 1.
Select Structures>Circular Platform from the Equipment menu.
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Pick vertical vessel T-135 to form the association and display the dialog.
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Enter the platform parameters as shown below.
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Press OK to place the platform.
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Move to the SE Isometric view to view the drawing as shown below.
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LESSON 7 HORIZONTAL HEAT EXCHANGER AND ASSOCIATIVE NOZZLES Objectives This Lesson repeats the procedures you learned in the previous Lesson to place additional equipment and nozzles. The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: •
Learn how to place a horizontal heat exchanger
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Learn how to attach nozzles to the heat exchanger
Exercise 1 Placing a Horizontal Exchanger In this exercise, you will learn how to place a horizontal exchanger at the equipment location point E-106 defined earlier in this training session.
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Move to a TOP view then select Exchangers>Horizontal from the Equipment menu.
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When the Create new Equipment tag dialog displays, enter E-106 in the tag field as shown then press OK.
3.
If the message box displays prompting you to create an additional link for the E-106 tag number, press Yes to confirm the creation of the new link.
4.
The Horizontal Heat Exchanger placement dialog will display. Enter the horizontal exchanger parameters as shown in the following figure.
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Press OK, and then select equipment location point E-106 from the list.
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Respond to the prompts as follows: Elevation to equipment reference / pick elevation point <0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000>: Press Enter to specify a zero change in elevation from the elevation defined in location point E106. Enter or pick XY location (Polar/North-east) <0.0,0.0>: Press Enter to accept the default insertion point present by the location points function. Enter direction angle or pick point <0.0>: Type 180 and press Enter to place the horizontal exchanger on the drawing.
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The exchanger should be placed as shown in the following figure.
Exercise 2 Adding Nozzles to Exchanger E-106 In this exercise, you will learn how to attach nozzles to the horizontal exchanger.
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To Add the Channel Inlet Nozzle to Exchanger E-
1.
Zoom in around the E-106 exchanger.
2.
Select Nozzles>On Equipment>Radial from the Equipment menu.
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Pick a point on the E-106 exchanger.
4.
When the Create new Equipment tag dialog displays, enter E-106-N1 in the new tag number field then press OK to display the Radial Straight Nozzle on Equipment dialog.
5.
Enter the nozzle parameters as shown in the following dialog.
6.
Press the Browse button next to the Line No. field and select L1006 as the new line number as shown. Press OK to return to the nozzle placement dialog.
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Notice that the nozzle Rating, Facing and End Condition display below the placement parameters in the dialog. When you select the Nom. Size parameter, the Specification Selection dialog displays as shown below. Select the 150LB RAISED FACE NOZZLE as shown above, then press OK. The Rating, Facing, and End Condition of the nozzle appear in the placement dialog.
8.
When all of the dialog information is correct, press OK to place the nozzle.
9.
Continue placing radial nozzles on the exchanger using the parameters in the following table: Refer to the figure below. IMPERIAL RADIAL NOZZLE PLACEMENT PARAMETERS NOZZLE
The completed horizontal exchanger appears as shown below form a FRONT view.
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LESSON 8 EQUIPMENT TOOLS Objectives This Lesson introduces the options in the Equipment Tools menu and toolbar. Earlier in this training session, you learned how to use the Equipment Tools>Edit Component command to modify the placement parameters for an existing component. Additional options are provided to enable you to copy and delete EQUIPMENT components. The objectives of this Lesson are as follows: •
Learn how to copy equipment
Exercise 1 Copying the Pump to Create a Spare The Copy Component command may only be used to copy equipment and any associated nozzles, etc. The parameters of the copied component may be modified to redraw the component and update its external drawing database record using the new values. In this exercise, you will learn how to use the Copy Component command to create a spare pump. You will then modify the copied pump’s Tag using the Edit Component command.
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To Copy the Pump and Its Associated Nozzles
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Type ISO2, and then press Enter at the command line to change to a southeast view of the model.
2.
Select Equipment Tools>Copy Component from the Equipment menu.
3.
Respond to the prompts as follows: Select objects: Pick any point on Pump P-104 and then press Enter. Specify Base point or displacement, or {Multiple}: Pick any point on the pump. Specify second point of displacement or