Exercise 3 - Pipework Design Pdms
Exercise 3 - Pipework Design Pdms
1. In the PDMS Login form give the name of the Project in which you want to work: enter
SAM.
2. Give your allocated Username: enter PIPE.
Design Database Isodraft Database
WORLD (/*)
SITE
ZONE
PIPE
BRANCH
Design data defining individual piping components
DEPARTMENT (ISODEP)
REGISTRY (ISOREG)
SPOOL DRAWING (SPLDRG)
Spool data defining individual spools and fields
WORLD (/*)
Select Iso>Two from the 3D View menu to set the required viewing direction.
13. Now add the structures to the Drawlist using a different colour, to help differentiate between
the types of element, and set a degree of transparency so that you can see other elements
under and behind the structures.
Navigate to ZONE SPOOLER-STRUC, and select it to make it the CE.
Select Display>Drawlist from the main menu bar, to display the Drawlist form.
Click on the Colour button to display a colour selection form and select a suitable colour (e.g.
Dark Grey; top row, fourth from right) by clicking on it.
Note: By default, SPOOLER uses Cyan and Green to represent Spools and fields, respectively.
So these colours should be avoided when adding
elements.
Set the transparency level by clicking on the
drop-down list beside the Colour button and
selecting 50%.
Click the Add CE button, to add the structures to
the display with the selected settings.
Close Drawlist form.
14. You can now add the equipment (ZONE
SPOOLER-STRUC) and pipes (ZONE SPOOLERPIPE) to the display in different colours.
The complete site is now displayed in isometric
view. The 3D View should now look something like
this, which has the main equipment annotated.
15. Zoom in so the model fills the display window.
16. Centre the outlet network in the view using the
Pan mode.
17. Using the Rotate mode, rotate the model, to
show it from a better angle:
18. Having obtained the required view, at this point
it is not possible to see the complete piping network
clearly, because the pipe rack is in the way. To
remove the pipe rack from the view:
Right click on ZONE SPOOLER-STRUC in the
Drawlist and select 3D
View>Remove from the shortcut menu.
The 3D View should now look something like:
19. To save the current 3D view as View 1:
Right click on the Restore view 1 button
to the left of the display.
Move the mouse over the Save 1 pop-up, so
that it is highlighted and then release the mouse
button.
The current view is now saved as View 1.
20. You will now change the view so that you can
see the Condensate pumps piping network from
the other direction. This makes it easier to see
the inlet to the pumps and the outlet from the heat
exchanger.
Select Iso>Four from the 3D View menu. This
shows the model from the opposite direction to
Iso 2.
Manipulate the view so that you can clearly see
the required parts of the piping network. The view
should now look something like:
Save this view of the model as View 2.
21. Restore the view to the previously saved settings by clicking (with the left mouse button) on
the Restore view 1 button.
22. To check the data:
Navigate to the ZONE SPOOLER-PIPE zone in the Design Explorer.
Select Utilities>Data Consistency, from the main menu bar. This displays the Data
Consistency Check form.
Select Zone from the Check: scrollable list box and click Apply.
The main window will show the progress of the check, including any errors or warnings.
SPOOLER will not run properly if there are errors in the consistency check. Warnings will not
affect the operation of SPOOLER.
23. To carry out a visual check of the site:
Restore the view so that you can see the
complete site, from the Iso 2 direction.
A quick visual inspection of the network,
see Figure 9:8.: Visual Check of Spooling
Site, shows that:
The heat exchanger outlet pipe (Pipe 2007)
appears to be to larger than our
maximum shipping size.
Also, the length of the bottom section of the
heat exchanger outlet pipe appears to
be too long to be constructed from a single
length of pipe (6 metres).
Note: The measurements of these pipes can be checked using the Measure facility,
explained in the next section. It is also known that the high pressure Outlet Pipes Header, see
Figure 9:6.: Condensate Pumps Piping Network, will require testing as a separate unit before
any other pipes are added to it.
24. Restore saved View 2, so that you have a clear view of the heat exchanger outlet pipe.
25. Click the Measure button , to activate the measure facility.
This displays the Measure and Positioning Control forms and an EDG prompt is
displayed instructing you to pick the
start point for the measurement.
You will start by checking the length
of the bottom length of pipe.
Manipulate the view so that the
lower pipe is clearly visible.
Set the Type field, in the
Positioning Control form, to p-point
and the Option field
to Snap. The cursor changes to a
small square.
Pick point P1 of Elbow 4, see Figure
9:9.: Picking the Start Measurement
Point.
A message showing the selected start point is displayed in the 3D View and the
EDG prompt changes, instructing you to pick the end point for the measurement.
Pick P2 of Elbow 3. The software calculates the distance and displays it in the 3D
View and in the Measure form.
This shows the length of the tube to be 7415.9 mm.
Confirming that it is too long to be fabricated from a
single length of tube.
26. To measure the complete outlet pipe (Pipe
2007):
Zoom out so that you can see the whole of the pipe.
Using the same settings as for the previous
measurement, pick point P2 of Elbow 1.
Change the Type setting in the Positioning
Control form to Graphics, allowing you to select any
graphical element The cursor in the 3D View
changes to a standard arrow.
Pick the very end of the outlet pipe, as shown in
Figure 9:10.: Selecting the End of
the Outlet Pipe.
The distance between the two points is shown in the view and on the Measure form, along
with the lengths in the X, Y and Z directions.
27. Comparing the two measurements you made shows that splitting the bottom tube, at the
end nearest the heat exchanger, will divide the pipe into two manageable spools.
28. The header pipe (part of Pipe 2006/B1 & B2) consists of 3 TEE components with two end
CAPs. The header, together with its outlet pipe, will be tested in the fabrication shop before
shipping. It will then be connected to its inlet pipes from the condensate pumps at the erection
site. Therefore you need to insert Field welds between the inlet pipes and the header.
To insert a Field weld between the header and one of its inlet pipes:
Zoom in so that the header pipe fills most of the viewing window, see Figure 9:11.:
Positioning a Field Weld on P3 of 2006/B2.
Select Create>Weld, from the main menu bar. This displays the Create Weld form.
Select Field from the Type drop-down list and check that the At drop-down list is set to
Design Point (p-point). Then click Apply.
The 3D View switches to the create weld mode and displays the EDG instruction Pick a Design Point for WELD. The cursor changes to a small square with a point in the
middle.
Position the cursor over one of the inlet TEE components (TEE 1 of 2006/B1 or
TEE 1 of 2006/B2) then press and hold the left mouse button.
The outline of the component is
highlighted and the p-points are shown
as dots, see Figure 9:11: Positioning a
Field Weld on P3 of 2006/B2.
Move the cursor over a p-point. When
you are exactly on top of it, a highlighted
message is appended to the instruction
at the top of the window telling you the
name of the Design Point you are over.
Move the cursor over Design Point P3,
see Figure 9:11.: Positioning a Field
Weld on P3 of 2006/B2, and release the
button. The CHOOSE form is displayed
allowing you to select the type of weld
you wish to insert.
Select a suitable type of weld and click
OK.
The weld is created at P3 and the 3D View window returns to navigation mode.
Note: The Create Weld form remains displayed allowing you to easily create further welds.
29. Now insert a Field weld on the P3 of the other inlet TEE.
30. To split the heat exchanger outlet pipe (Pipe 2007):
Select Field and In-tube on the Create Weld form. This activates the Position in
Tube frame, allowing you to set the position in the tube you want to insert the weld.
Select Behind Item in the drop-down list and enter the value 6000 into the distance text box
and then click Apply.
The 3D View switches to EDG mode and prompts you to pick the tube in which to insert the
weld.
Pick anywhere on that length of tube. You are then prompted to pick the element from which to
measure the distance.
Pick Elbow 3 in Pipe 2007. This inserts the weld 6000mm back from the elbow.
26. Go to the Fabrication database, by selecting Display>Fabrication Explorer from the main
menu bar and navigate to the Condensate_Pumps registry.
Now create three Spool Drawings, as follows:
Select Create>Spool Drawing from the main menu bar (or select Spool Drawing from the
drop-down list in the main toolbar and click the Create button) and name the Spool Drawing
Inlet_Pipe.
This becomes the Current Element (CE) in the Fabrication Explorer and is displayed as the
active Spool Drawing in the text box on the SPOOLER tool bar.
Now create two more Spool Drawings, named Outlet_Network and Heat_Exch_Outlet.
27. You will now start to spool the piping network between the Condensate pumps and the
Heat Exchanger:
Any spools you now add or remove from the Spool Drawing will automatically add/ remove any
adjacent field elements, such as the gasket on the end of the pipe.
Click on the Add to Spool Drawing button and pick anywhere on the pipe going up to the
heat exchanger, again. The spool is added and a FIELD is automatically created for the gasket.
Update the Spool Drawing numbering.
Navigate to the GASKet in the DESIGN database and check that it has been added to the
Spool Drawing.
31. Correct the omission of the gaskets on the other ends of this piping network (Pipes 2004/B1
and 2005/B1), adjacent to the Condensate Pumps.
32. Now spool the inlet pipe to the Condensate Pumps and the outlet from the Heat Exchanger
into the appropriate Spool Drawings.
33. To check the size of SPOOL 1 of the
Inlet_Pipe Spool Drawing:
Navigate to that spool in the Design
Explorer.
Select Query>Spool Shipping Volume
from the main menu bar.
This displays the Spool Shipping
Volume form showing the name of the
selected spool and its dimensions, see
Figure 9:13.: Shipping Volume of a
Spool.
This shows that the spool is too large to be transported according to the specifications (12 x 2.5
x 2.5 metres) and will need to be split into sections for shipping.
Split the pipe by inserting a Field weld on Elbow 1, but do not update the Spool Drawing at this
stage.
34. You must now return to and Update
the Spool Drawing.
The WELD element is not in the Spool
Drawing at this point, so to return to the
Spool Drawing, select
Display>Fabrication Explorer from the
menu bar.
When you update the numbering, the
Update Choice Handling options, on
the Update/Number Spool Drawing
form, now become important.
Click the Update/Number button
Select Manual data selection in the
Update Choice Handling section and
click
Apply.
The software starts to update the numbering, then when a choice has to be made the Select
Data for Spool Elements form is displayed allowing you to select the data to apply to which
spool.
To apply the displayed attribute data, select SPOOL 1 in the Spool numbers window and
select the data in the right hand window, then click the Use Selected Data button.
You will see that a new FIELD and second SPOOL have been created. The FIELD is the WELD
element.
Note: In this case, once you have applied the data to SPOOL 1, the software will automatically
generate new data for SPOOL 2.
Click OK on the Update Complete alert form.
35. To change the Shop Flag status of the welded valves:
Switch to Navigate mode and select one of the gate valves next to a Condensate
Pump, this becomes the CE.
Select Modify>Shop/Field from the main menu bar, this displays the Shop/Field form, which
allows you to check and change the Shop Flag setting for any element in the piping network.
The Piping component frame at the top of the form shows the identity of the currently selected
element and allows you to scroll through the elements in the BRANch using the Right and Left
Arrow buttons. The Right Arrow button takes you to the Next element in the list (downwards)
and the Left Arrow takes you to the previous element (upwards).
Change the status of the Shop Flag by selecting Fabrication Material from the drop-down list
box and then clicking Apply.
Use the Left Arrow button to move up the list and change the Shop Flag of the control valve.
Note: The Shop Flag can only be changed on one piping component at a time.
Repeat this procedure for the valves next to the other Condensate Pump.
Update the Spool Drawing and note the colour of the valves change to the spool colour and
the associated fields disappear from the Explorer hierarchy.
36. To switch to the PDMS ISODRAFT module:
Select Spooler>Modules>Isodraft>Macro files from the main menu bar and click
OK to any confirmation dialogues.
When loading finishes, the Application window and the
ISODRAFT Explorer for the
ISODRAFT application are displayed on the screen.
Note: There are no tool bars on the ISODRAFT Application
Window.
The menu bar gives you access to a wide range of facilities
for generating customised isometric plots. For the purposes
of this exercise, you will simply generate isometric plots of the
spool drawings using the supplied options files.
37. To generate isometric plots of the Spool Drawings:
Switch to the Fabrication Explorer and navigate to the
Outlet_Network Spool Drawing.
Select Isometrics>Standard from the ISODRAFT main
menu bar.
The Standard Isometric form is displayed allowing you to specify which plotting options to use.
Select Company from the Options drop-down list and then select
ADVANCED.MET (advanced metric) from the
Standard iso options list, see
Figure 9:16.: Standard Isometric Options Form. Click
Apply to start the isometric plotting process.
ISODRAFT: composes and annotates the PLOT files
and compiles the material
take-off lists. The time taken is related to the number
and complexity of the PLOT
files being created.
When processing is complete, the following
new ISODRAFT windows are
displayed:
Display List - Lists all the isometric plots
created in this session, that are available
for display, with the currently displayed plot
highlighted, see Figure 9:17.: Display
List Form.
Display Isometric - This form is shown
within the Application window. It shows the
PLOT file currently selected on the Display
List form, see Figure 9:18.: Display
Isometric Form.
Isodraft Messages - this shows a log
of the PLOT file process, including
details of
any problems encountered, see Figure
9:19.: Isodraft Messages Form.