Piping Specialty Specification Data (203)

This database table contains data for a specific specialty item. It is used to define those specialty items which are used frequently by a particular company or installation. The specialty items are defined for the entire project, they are not partitioned by Piping Materials Class.

The Piping Specialty Specification Data table contains 26 attributes.

You can also place specialty items interactively in the model by defining the necessary parameters at the time of placement. No entries in the PJS database are required for these interactive definitions. Refer to the Piping Design Graphics Reference Guide for more information on placing specialty items.

1. system_unique_no , integer

2. piping_comp_no , character(20)

This attribute uniquely identifies the specialty component number. It is sometimes referred to as Item Number.

3. model_code , character(6)

This attribute identifies the piping specialty name. This can be a Piping Job Specification access name or a PDS commodity item name.

4. option_code , short , SN 400

This code-listed attribute identifies the option code which determines the search criteria. This parameter enables you to request that the system retrieve the primary item, a secondary item, or another special option from the Piping Job Specification. You can select the unique options (as defined in standard note 400) from a form. If no option is specified at placement, the primary item is used. Option 2 is reserved as the secondary item. This parameter is used as a component override in the Piping Designer.

5. gcp_from_nom_diam , short (NPD Units)

6. gcp_to_nom_diam , short (NPD Units)

These coded attributes identify the range of nominal piping diameters (lower bound to higher bound) for the green connect point.

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These attributes identify the end preparation for the green/red connect point. This value is an intelligent code list. The system determines the termination type based on the range of values

2 - 199 bolted terminations 300 - 399 male terminations 400 - 599 female terminations

8. gcp_rating , character(8)

These attributes identify the pressure rating for the green/red connect point. This parameter exists as alphanumeric data. The system interprets the first set of sequential numeric characters as being the pressure rating value. (Refer to the description of pressure rating under Piping Commodity Data for more information on standard formats.)

9. gcp_sch_thk , character(8)

These attributes identify the schedule or thickness value for the green/red connect point. This parameter exist as alphanumeric data. (Refer to the description of schedule and thickness for more information on standard formats.)

10. gcp_table_suffix , short , SN 576

These code-listed attributes identify the source of the generic dimensional data, such as flange data or piping outside diameter data.

For AMS standards, it represents the table suffix for the connect point.

For DIN standards, it represents the piping outside diameter selection flag (reihe number) for pipes and fittings.

11. rcp_from_nom_diam , short (NPD Units)

12. rcp_to_nom_diam , short (NPD Units)

These coded attributes identify the range of nominal piping diameters (lower bound to higher bound) for the red connect point. For a full size component, these values are set to zero.

13. rcp_end_prep , short , SN 330

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Piping Specialty Specification Data (203)

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This parameter can be used to identify the name of the physical dimension table in the Physical Data Library to be used for this engineered item.

18. PDS_sort_code , character(6)

This attribute can be used to define an arbitray index to a geometric data table for piping specialties. This is an optional input.

19. modifier , double

This attribute is used for pipe bends, elbows, and miters. It represents the bend radius in terms of the nominal piping diameter.

20. geometric_standard , short , SN 575

This attribute provides a reference to the source of the data (which is usually an industry standard, such as ANSI, ISO, or DIN, or a company standard) from which the specific geometry of the commodity item can be deduced.

21. weight_code , short , SN 578

This code-listed attribute defines the weight code for the component. It determines the table to be used in finding the dry weight of the component. It is required for those cases where material causes the dry weight data but not the dimensional data to differ for a specific geometric industry standard.

22. fabrication_cat , short , SN 180

This code-listed attribute identifies the shop/field fabrication and purchase status of a component. It defines how the component was supplied and how the component was fabricated (for example, Shop Supplied, Field Fabricated).

23. materials_grade , short , SN 145

This code-listed attribute identifies the material code, specification, grade-temper, and joint efficiency for the component. It can be used to access physical data in the Graphic Commodity Library.

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25. standard_note_no_b , short , SN 499

These attributes provide index numbers to standard notes in 499 that apply to this specialty item. The input to the Standard Note File is the note number. The output is the free-format text which forms the standard note.

In the delivered data, note numbers 600 through 799 are allocated for piping specialties.

26. input_form_type , short , SN 990

This code-listed attribute defines the type of input form to be used to define data with the Spec Writer command.

Neutral File Format

Sample Files

A sample neutral file is delivered in the file \win32app\ingr\pddata\sample\data\specialty.data.

A sample file containing various bio-pharmaceutical specialty items is delivered in the file \win32app\ingr\pddata\sample\data\pharms.data.

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Instrument Component Specification Data (204)

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