Bentley Pipe

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PIPING

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3D Piping Modeling

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WHATISPIPING? ... 1-2 SYSTEMREQUIREMENTS... 1-2 HELPANDDOCUMENTATION... 1-3 HTMLHELPANDPDFTUTORIALFILES... 1-3 HELP/DOCUMENTUPDATES ... 1-3 PIPINGHELPORGANIZATION... 1-3 PRINTINGHELP/TUTORIALFILES ... 1-4 ABOUTTHISTUTORIAL ... 1-5 COMPONENTPLACEMENTBASICS ... 1-6 MODELCONSTRUCTION... 1-6 PRE-STARTCHECKLIST ... 1-6 FEATURES... 1-7 NEWFEATURES ... 1-8 OTHERFEATURES... 1-9 SUPPLEMENTALAPPLICATIONS... 1-18 TECHNICALSUPPORTANDSERVICES ... 1-20 TECHNICALSUPPORT... 1-20 SELECTSERVICESONLINE ... 1-20 SELECTPRIVILEGES ... 1-21 BENTLEYCONSULTING... 1-22 BENTLEYINSTITUTE... 1-22 THEBENTLEYINTEGRATIONNETWORK... 1-22 DOCUMENTATIONCONVENTIONS ... 1-23 PROCEDURECONVENTIONS ... 1-23

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PROJECTADMINISTRATOR ...2-3 CREATINGANEWPROJECT ...2-3 IMPORTINGDRAWINGSFROMANOTHERPROJECT...2-9 STARTINGPIPING ...2-13 CHAPTERREVIEW ...2-16 WHAT’SNEXT...2-16

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OVERVIEW ...4-2 BASICPLACEMENTPROCEDURE ...4-2 COMPONENTSELECTION...4-4 PIPINGMENU ...4-4 PIPINGCOMPONENTSMAINTOOLBAR ...4-5 DIRECTIONAIDS...4-5 BASICPLACEMENTEXERCISES...4-6 GETTINGSTARTED ...4-6 SETTINGINITIALDRAWINGANDPROJECTPREFERENCES...4-7 PLACEMENTINSPACE ...4-9 CONNECTINGCOMPONENTS ...4-13 PLACINGFROMAREFERENCEPOINT...4-15 PLACINGCOMPONENTSINASKEWEDVIEW...4-18 ALIGNINGCOMPONENTS ...4-21 ATTACHINGTOACENTERLINE ...4-23

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OVERVIEW... 5-2 OPENINGTHEDRAWING ... 5-2 DRAWINGSETTINGS... 5-4 PROJECTPREFERENCES... 5-5 LINEL1000 ... 5-8 LINEL2000 ... 5-12 COPYINGCOMPONENTS ... 5-14 WORKINGWITHREFERENCEPOINTS... 5-16 THEALIGNTOOPTION ... 5-19 CONNECTINGPIPE ... 5-21 ROUTINGACENTERLINE ... 5-23 ADDINGELBOWSATTHEINTERSECTIONS ... 5-27 COMPLETINGTHEMODEL ... 5-29 SAVINGTHEDRAWING ... 5-30 CHAPTERREVIEW... 5-30 WHAT’SNEXT? ... 5-30

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OVERVIEW... 6-2 PROJECTMODE... 6-2 STANDALONEMODE ... 6-2 DISTRIBUTEDMODE... 6-2 CENTRALMODE... 6-3 VIEWINGCOMPONENTINFORMATION ... 6-4 EDITINGCOMPONENTINFORMATION ... 6-7 VIEWINGTHEDRAWINGDATABASE... 6-8 UPDATINGCOMPONENTS... 6-9 CLEANINGTHEDATABASE... 6-14 CHAPTERREVIEW... 6-15 WHAT’SNEXT? ... 6-15

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OVERVIEW ...7-2 BEFOREYOUSTART...7-2 SETTINGUPPAPERSPACE ...7-3 WORKAREA...7-5 WHATISAWORKAREA? ...7-5 CREATINGAWORKAREA...7-8 DEFININGWORKAREAVIEWS...7-10 PLACINGWORKAREAVIEWSINPAPERSPACE ...7-14 DIMENSIONS...7-16 ANNOTATION...7-22 ESTABLISHINGANNOTATIONPREFERENCES...7-22 VALVEANNOTATION...7-23 LINENUMBERANNOTATION ...7-25 CREATINGANDANNOTATINGASECTION ...7-29 CHAPTERREVIEW ...7-31 WHAT’SNEXT?...7-31

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OVERVIEW ...9-2 AUTOPLANTIMPORT/EXPORT ...9-3 PROJECTTOOLS...9-4 PROJECTADMINISTRATOR ...9-4 HOWAREPROJECTSCREATED?...9-5 PROJECTOBJECTMAINTENANCETOOL...9-6 AUTOPLANTCLASSEDITOR...9-8 PROGRAMSTART...9-9 GETTINGSTARTED ...9-9 UPDATINGTHECONFIGURATIONFILES...9-10 SPECIFICATIONGENERATOR ...9-11

WHATISASPECIFICATION? ... 9-12 HOWDOESITWORK?... 9-12 2DTO3DCONSISTENCYCHECKER ... 9-13 2DTO3DCONSISTENCYREPORTER ... 9-13 AUTOPLANT2DBROWSERACTIVEXCONTROL... 9-14 SCRIPTEDITOR ... 9-15 PROGRAMSTART ... 9-15 DEBUGMODE... 9-16 DIALOGEDITOR ... 9-17 PROGRAMSTART ... 9-17 AUTOPLANTDRAWINGFLATTENER... 9-18 EXPLORER/ID... 9-20 EXPLORERPROGRAMSTART ... 9-20 VIEWINGAUTOPLANTCOMPONENTINFORMATION ... 9-21 INTERFERENCEDETECTIONMODULE... 9-21 EXPLORER/IDPROGRAMSTART ... 9-21

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NTRODUCTION

Welcome to Bentley AutoPLANT® _{PIPING, a 3D integrated piping}

application which makes it easier than ever to produce and maintain intelligent, three-dimensional piping models. PIPING combines speed and power into an intuitive, graphical interface that makes the process of creating models easier than ever. PIPING has been designed to make your job easier by reducing drawing time and automating traditionally time-intensive tasks. Project Managers will also appreciate the efficiency with which project data is handled, and how easy it is to share data between the entire suite of Bentley AutoPLANT products. This tutorial introduces some of the main features of PIPING, and walks you through the creation of a simple piping model. For information related to the use of a specific command or function refer to the on-line help.

WHAT IS PIPING? 1-2

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1-2

HELP AND DOCUMENTATION 1-3

ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL 1-5

FEATURES 1-7

TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND SERVICES 1-20

DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS 1-23

WHAT IS PIPING?

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PIPING?

PIPING is a powerful addition to Autodesk’s popular AutoCAD drafting package. The program architecture takes advantage of the latest AutoCAD technology to enable you to produce

intelligent, three-dimensional production models under demanding deadline constraints. If you are a new user of Bentley AutoPLANT PIPING, you will soon discover that PIPING provides a true three-dimensional work environment. Objects can be viewed from any perspective, and users can toggle between various display modes almost instantaneously, without creating duplicate objects in the drawing or experiencing a “lag” in redraw time. What’s more, the underlying data is more powerful than ever. Component and drawing control data is dynamically linked to an external project database. The database information can be used to generate reports, or to globally manipulate and revise the descriptive component data.

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You must have a CD drive or Internet access for product installation. The following prerequisites are required to run Bentley Plant Design 2004 Edition applications.

Operating System Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, SP6a or later, OR Microsoft Windows 2000, SP4 or later, OR Microsoft Windows XP Professional, SP 1a or later

Microsoft Office Microsoft Office Professional Edition (Access and Excel 2000 or XP)

Internet Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 SP1a or greater

Memory 512 MB (More memory typically results in better performance.)

Hard Disk 1.5 GB minimum free hard disk space

Input Device Any industry-standard input device supported by Windows

Output Device Any industry-standard output device supported by Windows

Video Graphics Card

Any industry-standard video card/monitor

CAD Engines AutoCAD: 2000 (plus SP2), 2000i (plus SP2), 2002 (plus SP1), 2004, 2005 AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop: 6.0, 2004 (plus SP1), 2005

Architectural Desktop: 3.3, 2004 (plus SP1), 2005 Building Systems: 3.0, 2004, 2005

AutoCAD Mechanical 2004, 2005

Databases (using OLEDB/ODBC): Microsoft Access 2000 (Access 97 will be supported for Specgen) MSDE / SQL Server 2000

Oracle 8.1.3 and 8.1.4, Oracle 9i

Before you install the Bentley Plant Design software, you should confirm that you have adequate hardware and software capabilities to install and use the product.

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In an effort to provide you with the best application support in the industry, Bentley documentation is provided electronically. This important decision was made to provide a method of quickly updating users with the latest program additions or modifications. Since this information is provided electronically, users can simply download the latest help files from our web site, without the delay to update and reprint hard copy documentation.

Note The latest documentatin downloads are available at http://docs.bentley.com.

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All Bentley Plant help is provided in the latest HTML help format, while tutorials are provided electronically in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. The capability to view HTML help is automatically built into the Windows 2000, and Windows XP operating systems. Users with Windows NT 4.0 must have Internet Explorer 5.x or later installed and functioning. To view the PDF files you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader v.4.x or later installed and functioning.

All applications provide a Help > Contents menu selection, which will display the help for that application. In most instances, primary application help may also be directly launched via the Bentley > Plant > Help Files folder in your Windows Start menu.

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The Contents page of Bentley Plant help files contains an Update Now button. If you have a connection established with an Internet provider, press this button to access the

http://docs.bentley.com web page. Bentley Plant Help and Tutorials are tracked by the build date that displays in the Title bar of each help/tutorial window. Compare the build date on your existing file with the build date of this file in the download area of the Bentley web site to determine if a newer version is available.

Downloads will be provided in the form of self-extracting zip files. When you download an update, simply save the file to the directory where the old files resides, then run the downloaded

executable. For example, if you download an update for the Bentley AutoPLANT PIPING 2004 Edition help file ATPIPE.CHM, the downloaded file will be named PIPE2004.EXE. Save the file to your..\PLANT\HELP directory where the existing ATPIPE.CHM help file resides, then run the PIPE2004.EXE to overwrite your existing help file.

PIPING

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PIPING’s Help is the source for answers to any questions you might have about program features and functionality. All PIPING command dialogs provide a help button to quickly display context-sensitive help on that option. PIPING Help includes the following main topic areas:

HELP AND DOCUMENTATION

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New Features: Provides links to new and modified features by version number.

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Getting Started: Provides an introduction to the interface, covers general placement techniques

and tools, explains the recommended method of annotating drawings, and provides a description on how to get the most use out of the help system.

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Command Reference: This folder is organized to closely match the structure of the Piping main

menu. This should enable you to quickly locate help on a specific menu option. In general, the help for each command resides in a separate folder under the menu name folder where it exists in the menu. Most command folders also contain a How To sub folder, which includes a set of procedure topics that describe how to use that command.

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2D Piping Application Notes: The 2D PIPING application options are automatically included if

you have purchased the full 3D PIPING application. If you have only purchased a 2D PIPING authorization, please read the topics in this area for important information.

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Technical Support: Contains information on how and when to contact our Technical Support

and Services staff. This section includes telephone and fax numbers, as well as a live web link to the Bentley web site for the latest support information.

Help for supplemental applications is also linked into primary application help files.

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The HTML format of Bentley AutoPLANT help systems makes printing easier than ever. To print a topic, simply select it from the Table of Contents, then press the Print button. Enable the Print the

selected topic radio button in the dialog displayed then press OK. If you want to print all of the

topics that reside in a particular folder and all of its sub-folders, simply select the folder and press

Print, then enable the Print the selected heading and all subtopics radio button, then press OK. All

topics in and below the selected folder will be printed in the order that they are defined in the folder.

PDF files may be output to a printer by selecting File > Print, and then selecting the range of pages you would like to print.

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The model constructed in this tutorial is not intended to be a working piping arrangement. Instead, the focus is on building a model that demonstrates the major features of the PIPING application. As the model is constructed, you will learn various techniques that can be used to place and connect components. The finished tutorial model is shown below.

This tutorial also emphasizes the use of PIPING’s Drawing Production utilities to place annotation, dimensions, Bill of Materials, and Sections in Paper Space as shown below.

ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL

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Chapter 3 of this tutorial introduces the PIPING interface, while Chapter 4 introduces the basic placement procedures. These exercises are provided to help you get comfortable with the full range of placement options. Exercises are provided that describe connecting components, placing components with respect to a reference point, toggling the insertion point, changing the reference point, aligning components, etc. By the end of this section, you should be familiar with the placement interface and be able to quickly place a component anywhere in your model with precision.

Note If you want more information on the range of connection and placement options, refer to the Getting Started section of the on-line help.

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The bulk of this tutorial focuses on the construction of a simple piping model. Separate chapters are provided on project-setup, building the model, working with model data, annotating and dimensioning the model, and producing reports. At the end of the tutorial, you will have constructed a sample piping model, obtained a solid working knowledge of the program, and learned how to apply these techniques to create your own models.

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PROGRAM FILES

Before you can begin this Tutorial, you must install the PIPING program files onto your hard disk and configure your computer system to run PIPING.

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PIPING runs on top of AutoCAD as shown in the following figure (AutoCAD 2002 screens are used throughout this tutorial), and includes pull-down menus and toolbars that contain commands specifically designed for the creation and modification of professional piping models. The PIPING pull-down menus are organized in a cascading style like those in AutoCAD. In addition, PIPING provides easy access to AutoCAD commands, and support of most AutoCAD command line key-ins.

Note Chapter 3 introduces the PIPING interface and offers suggestions for customizing the

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Many new features were added to enhance the performance and operation of AutoPLANT 2004 Edition. Below is a brief overview of what upgrades have been included in this release.

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Supports more AutoCAD versions

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Added context sensitive menus with AutoPLANT functionality

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Tooltips that include displaying database information when pausing the cursor over a component

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Doubling clicking on a component invokes the component's edit dialog

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Import/Export including: Isogen extraction, PXF and AutoISO

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Change size/spec (easier to use with new "Auto" mode)

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A True single line which is correct in any view direction for all modules

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Waste Water enhancements

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AWWA catalog

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American Ductile Iron joints and components

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Hi Purity components

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Sisto Diaphragm Valves

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Copper tubing

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NIBCO catalog

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Faster builds

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Select multiple tables per constraint

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Expand/Minimize sections

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Expert mode per section

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Plant Core merges all shared utilities, wizards, controls, etc into a single installable object for better compatability

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Tighter integration with Bentley ProjetWise

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New eWarehouse connector links AutoPLANT data to ESSI data warehouse

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One of the primary capabilities of Bentley Plant applications is support for powerful databases such as SQL Server and Oracle. Previously, only MS Access was supported and the user had to manage their project using manual procedures. There are three modes of operation that you can choose from for a project.

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Standalone mode: single drawing, no project database. Suitable for a one-off drawing or a

small project.

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Distributed mode: project database, with individual model MDB files. This mode closely

FEATURES

is intended for small/medium sized projects where the user wants to continue to run MS Access or MSDE for the primary database while retaining the benefits of a managed project.

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Central mode: all data stored in central project database. Requires MSDE, Oracle, or SQL

Server.

Note Central Mode and/or Oracle & SQL Server is an additional cost item The following databases can be used with AutoPLANT 2004.

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Oracle 8.17, 8.16, and 9i.

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SQL Server 7.0 and 2000

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MSDE 2000

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Microsoft Access 97 (Specs only) and 2000

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Bentley AutoPLANT 3D Plant Design (PDW) applications use the same project structure as Bentley Process and Instrumentation (P&IW) applications with both 2D and 3D data in the same database. There are some tables used exclusively by these product groups, and some that are shared. Shared tables include the tag register, document register and process line list. Note that by using this strategy, you can have a project running P&IW applications, PDW applications, or both. It is not a requirement to have Bentley P&IW applications installed to use the project environment.

If both application sets are used, the 3D user will see a full list of line numbers to select from when routing piping. When placing equipment, they will be able to select equipment tags from those that were previously placed on a Bentley AutoPLANT P&ID, or otherwise entered into the project database.

If the user is only responsible for the detailed design phase of a project, P&IW applications such as Data Manager and Datasheets can still be used in conjunction with the PDW data. Line list reports or equipment data sheets can be generated from the data entered by the 3D environment.

There are additional 2D/3D tools such as the ability to browse the P&ID from within a 3D application, set the current spec and size from a component on the P&ID, etc.

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PIPING’s emphasis is on producing finished 3D models. Drawing production tools are provided to set up work areas and views. These enable you to manage multiple drawings developed for a particular project and generate production drawings from them. Production drawings can be output, reports generated, and drawings created with other AutoPLANT applications, such as EQUIPMENT or STRUCTURAL can be xreferenced in to complete the model.

A variety of features are available to automate most repetitive drafting tasks. Extensive use of PIPING's utilities automate processes such as conversion between drawing modes, generation of Bill of Materials, routing centerline paths, automatic placement of pipe, etc. Our goal is to automate the processes that formerly required intensive user interaction, thereby saving you time while ensuring accurate, clean models. Managers responsible for meeting tight production deadlines will appreciate this important design philosophy.

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When our developers began work on PIPING, much of the emphasis was placed on creating clean three-dimensional models. It was also a requirement that the file size be minimized, and that views be available to support a variety of display modes without the added baggage of creating duplicate copies of components. The result of our efforts is a true three-dimensional work environment that does not sacrifice speed or drawing size to achieve its goal. Gone are the days of being forced to visualize 3D objects in 2D space. Of course, the model can always be displayed in 2D mode and optimized for plotting, but we are sure that you will find connecting components and routing pipe lines much easier using the 3D methodology.

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PIPING is an open-ended system, which enables you to customize almost any aspect of the component placement process. PIPING components are constructed parametrically by executing instructions in external Basic scripts. These scripts contain instructions to read the external specification database and extract the parametric dimensions required to draw the component in 3D, Double Line, or Single Line drawing modes, and to write its external project database record. With a general understanding of BasicScript syntax and terminology, you should be able to create/modify almost any aspect of the component placement process.

Note The Basic Language Reference help file may be launched via the

Bentley > Plant > Tools group in your Windows Start menu. It provides help on the Bentley AutoPLANT Basic Language Extensions provided to customize the system, as well as standard Basic Language element help.

PIPING components are constructed from a group of Custom Objects. For example, a piece of piping is created from a cylinder, while a flanged ball valve is created from two cylinders for the flanges, two cones, and a sphere. These custom objects have four inherent display modes, which enable you to almost instantaneously switch between display modes.

In addition, the PIPING application provides a set of representation commands that enable you to generate and display single line, double-line, and 3D representations of specific components in a piping line, or complete lines in the same model.

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PIPING models are not merely drawings. As the model is created, a project database is also maintained, which contains a record for each component placed in the model as well as relationships between components and specific project properties in the model. A component’s data can be edited at any time during a drawing session.

Many PIPING functions enable you to apply the function to a selection set of components. PIPING’s selection tool enables you to define a selection set by querying the project database as a whole, which will select component records from all drawings based on the value of a project object (e.g., LineNumber), or to query based on drawing attributes (e.g., color, layer). After a selection set of components is created, you can globally revise values, change line numbers, enter unique descriptions, etc. This is particularly useful when updating drawings due to design changes.

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PIPING provides sample database catalogs of tens of thousands of components from which manufacturer-specific specifications may be produced. The Specification Generator program enables you to build and customize the database specifications used with particular projects or clients. Each specification is a subset of a catalog and is stored in its own directory. Specifications can also be edited or modified to suit unique requirements, and any number of specifications can be created.

The ability to select and apply one or more specifications consistently throughout one or more drawings or projects is why we call PIPING a specification-driven application. Because PIPING components are placed according to defined specifications, they are not merely drawing blocks. Instead, the components are built parametrically, and therefore have a high degree of intelligence. To expedite the drawing process, sample specifications are included. These specifications are available in Imperial, Metric, and/or Mixed-Metric versions. A brief description of some of the sample specs provided is given below:

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Carbon Steel: A sample carbon steel specification, based on 150-pound ANSI pressure

classification (Imperial: CS150, Metric: MCS150, and Mixed Metric: MMCS150).

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Stainless Steel: A sample stainless steel specification (Imperial: SS150, Metric: MSS150, and

Mixed Metric: MMSS150).

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Ductile Iron: The Ductile Iron Pipe module provides a set of components, which are typically

used for water/wastewater applications. A sample ductile iron specification (Imperial: Ductile, Metric: MDUCT, and Mixed Metric: MMDUCT).

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Victaulic: The Victaulic module provides a set of components, which are typically used in

commercial building piping. A sample Victaulic specification (Imperial: Victalic, Metric: MVICT, and Mixed Metric: MMVICT).

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High Purity: The High Purity module provides a set of components, which are typically used in

HiPurity, Food/Bev, Pharmaceutical, Dairy, Breweries, etc. A sample High Purity specification (Imperial: TriClove, Metric: MTRIC, Mixed Metric: MMTric).

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Lined Pipe: A sample Resistoflex (RSF) specification (Imperial: RSF, Metric: MRSF, Mixed

Metric: MMRSF).

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Cable Tray: The Cable Tray module provides a standard set of cable tray components used in

most industries. A sample Cable Tray specification (Imperial: CableT, Metric: MCableT, and Mixed Metric: MMCableT).

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Conduit: The Conduit module provides a set of thin wall tubing components, which typically

contains electrical wires and are used by most industries. A sample Conduit specification (Imperial:Conduit, Metric: MCond, Mixed Metric: MMCond).

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HVAC: The HVAC module provides a set of components for Heating/Ventilating/Air

Conditioning. Typically, this Ductwork is used by all industries where the plant is inside a building, including Food/Beverage, Pharmaceutical, Dairy, Breweries, etc. A sample HVAC specification (Imperial: HVAC, Metric: MHVAC, Mixed Metric: MMHVAC).

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Tubing: The Tubing module provides a set of components, including small bore tubing used

for instrumentation lines in many industries These components are typically used in the pharmaceutical industry, and also in mechanical design applications (pump manufacturers, etc). A sample Tubing specification (Imperial: Swagelok, Metric: MSwglok, Mixed Metric: MMSwglok).

PIPING’s specification-related features include a default component switch, which enables you to force the system to utilize the spec record that you have defined as the default for a specific component size.

Note Refer to the Spec Generator’s on-line help system for more information on specification-related features and functions.

PIPING uses the Microsoft ACCESS (*.MDB) versions of the specs as the default.

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Components can be placed with greater ease than ever before. You can automatically attach a component to the run end of the previous component using the “fitting-to-fitting” method, place a component a known distance from a reference point, align a component to the centerlines of two existing components, automatically attach a component to the intersection of a polyline, insert a component into an existing pipe segment, toggle the insertion point on a component, and change the reference point, elevation, etc. In short, the placement tools enable you to quickly place a component anywhere in the model with precision.

Note Chapter 4, Component Placement Basics provides an overview of component insertion

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The AutoPLANT Report Writer module provides a means to generate a wide range of reports on the data contained in the current drawing, or across a range of project drawings. AutoPLANT makes extensive use of the Crystal Reports™ run-time engine to process data in the external project database. Two functions are provided with the report module. First, the Bill of Materials function uses the module to generate and place reports on the CAD drawing. Second, the Report Generator function uses the module to generate external reports. You can customize any of these reports or create your own.

The Bill of Materials function generates reports for placement on a drawing. You can customize any of these reports, or create your own. For instance, it is now a simple task to filter the selection set of components that will be included in a report based on one or more criteria across one or more project drawings. The Bill of Materials module shown below provides a means to generate a wide range of external reports on the data contained in the current model, or across a range of project models.

The AutoPLANT Report Generator function generates fully customizable external reports. The dialog that appears when you execute this function is shown below.

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The Piping Tools > Centerline Routers menu provides commands to construct the geometry of a piping line. Elevation and coordinate data are stored on the line and are applied to components placed on them. You can also associate intelligence, including: size, spec, line number, insulation thickness, etc. with the line so that these settings are assigned to any component placed on the line. The Centerline Routing tools are often the easiest method of defining an entire pipe run, or all runs in a given model.

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The PIPING architecture was designed with your customization needs in mind. In addition to the standard BasicScript function and command set, Bentley has developed a set of BasicScript API Extensions to facilitate the creation of component drawing scripts and manipulation functions. These extensions consist of a set of Basic data types, commands, and functions specifically designed for the creation of AutoPLANT components. These functions, combined with the standard BasicScript macro language, provide a full-featured environment for script development and customization of the PIPING application.

All PIPING components, and most dialogs, are defined in open BasicScript files for easy

modification. The system architecture enables a user with a solid foundation in the Visual Basic for Applications programming language to modify almost any aspect of the component placement process, or to create new components or add new functions to the system.

Note The Basic Language Reference help file may be launched via the Bentley > Plant > Tools program group in your Windows Start menu.

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AutoPLANT software is shipped with a set of supplemental applications. These utilities are provided in the main AutoPLANT 3D menu and toolbar as shown below. The top part of the menu contains options to launch the primary AutoPLANT applications, while the remainder of the menu provides access to the most commonly used supplemental applications. Options that appear grayed-out in the menu have not been installed.

AutoPLANT Plant Design Toolbar

AutoPLANT 3D Men

Hint Directly launch all of these applications (except Import/Export) from the Windows Start menu by selecting the start icon from the Bentley > Plant > Tools or Project Tools groups.

A brief description of each of these applications is provided in the following table. A more detailed explanation of each application is provided in Chapter 9, Supplemental Applications at the end of this tutorial. Each of these supplemental applications has its own associated context-sensitive help file, which can be launched from the application. Refer to the application help file for a detailed explanation of every available feature and function.

Import/Export Import/Export is intended to facilitate transfer of CAD data between AutoPLANT and other CAD/CAE software. The transfer is accomplished using Bentley’s Plant Design (PXF) data format, which can either be generated or read by AutoPLANT. AutoPLANT also supports output to a Piping Component Format (PCF) for input to Alias Limited’s ISOGEN software.

Explorer EXPLORER must be purchased separately. It is an interactive 3D viewer for models and sets of models that interact with these at a guaranteed frame rate. It supports multiple formats, as well as its own native file formats. Navigation and view controls enable the most complex model to be explored with ease. Explorer ID EXPLORER ID must be purchased separately. The Explorer Interference

Detection add-on, is designed to help you manage clash tests and leave an audit trail of clashes throughout the life of the project. It runs within the EXPLORER interface.

Project Administrator AutoPLANT may operate in three primary project modes: Standalone, Central, or Distributed. These modes determine the manner in which model data is stored and also may limit access to specific functionality in the application based on this selection. The Project Administrator enables you to create and manage project data and drawing/model defaults and settings. The Project Administrator is the tool for modifying these files and creating saved sets of configuration definitions that can be applied to a particular project.

Class Editor The Class Editor provides a single source for the manipulation of AutoPLANT PIPING and ISOMETRICS modules, components, and their associated configuration files on a project-by-project basis.

Script Editor The Script Editor provides an intuitive user interface to create/customize AutoPLANT Basic drawing scripts and functions. Context-sensitive help is provided to almost every standard Basic and AutoPLANT Basic API Extension command, function, data type, etc.

Dialog Editor The Dialog Editor provides an intuitive graphical user interface to

create/customize AutoPLANT-compatible Basic dialogs that may be used in your Basic scripts and functions. The BasicScript statements that construct the dialog instance may be inserted directly into custom scripts created with the Bentley Script Editor.

Specification Generator

The Specification Generator is provided to enable you to create/modify the external drawing database specifications. AutoPLANT provides Imperial, Metric, and Mixed Metric catalogs, which contain tens of thousands of components from which your project-specific specifications can be generated.

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The following conventions are maintained throughout this Tutorial in order to emphasize menu selections, user-interaction, file names, and other standards.

Convention Description

NOTE: Precedes information of general importance. HINT: Precedes optional time-saving information.

WARNING: Precedes information about actions that should not be performed under normal operating conditions.

FILENAMES Directory paths and file names are italicized. Example: \AT-EQP directory, AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

Program Code _{Excerpts from text or basic script files, script variables, and statements appear in the font}

shown.

INPUT Commands or information that must be manually entered is bolded in the font shown. Menu & Buttons Menu commands and dialog buttons appear in a sans serif font that stands out from

normal body text.

Example: After selecting the File menu, press the OK button in the dialog. Dialogs

Field_Name

Dialog and database table names are italicized. Example: The Preferences dialog.

Select Indicates that the command must be executed from a menu or dialog. Pick Indicates an item (component or point) that may be picked on a drawing.

Throughout this Tutorial, 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 left margin.

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Procedures are provided throughout this tutorial. Menu selections and user input are emphasized in

bold while the toolbar equivalent is shown in the margin. Refer to the example below.

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SELECTION EXAMPLE

1. Select Piping > Bends and Returns > 90°°°° LR Elbow.

By following the procedures, a model is constructed. Samples of how the model should look at different stages of the tutorial are also provided. All screens and toolbar icons shown were saved while running the application in AutoCAD 2002.

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This chapter briefly describes the various project modes that may be used with your Bentley AutoPLANT applications. You will learn how to create a new project, import the Tutorial drawing into your project, then start PIPING and select your project.

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PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR 2-3

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AutoPLANT enables you to work in one of three project modes. The project mode is determined when you create a project. These modes control how your drawing data is managed. It also may limit some of the application functionality available.

STANDALONE MODE

This project type may be created using MS Access as the database provider only. It essentially treats each drawing created in this manner as a standalone project. Each drawing will have its own associated drawing database (.MDB), with all drawing data stored therein. This is a limited operating mode and will not allow you to perform multiple drawing selections when using AutoPLANT functions.

DISTRIBUTED MODE

This project type may be created using either MSDE, MS Access, SQL Server, or Oracle as the database provider. Each drawing created in this manner will be associated with the selected project and have its own drawing database (.MDB). All relational project data will be stored in the project database.

Note: You must have a Project Server license in order

to create project's with an Oracle or SQL Server project database. You may create MSDE or MS Access projects without this authorization.

CENTRAL MODE

This project type may be created using MSDE, SQL Server, or Oracle as the database provider. Each drawing created in this manner will be associated with the selected project and have all of its drawing and relational project data stored in the project database.

Note: You must have a Project Server license in order

to create project's with an Oracle or SQL Server project database. You may create MSDE or MS Access projects without this authorization.

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The Project Administrator application is the primary application for managing AutoPLANT projects. This application may be launched from the AutoPLANT 3D menu while in AutoCAD, or via the Bentley > Plant > Project Tools folder in your Windows Start menu.

Hint A separate guide, Project Administrator’s Guide for AutoPLANT is provided with your software. This document describes project setup and configuration in detail. It is provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and may be launched via the Bentley > Plant > Tutorials

> Project Administrator’s Guide selection in your Windows Start menu. You must have

Adobe Acrobat Reader v4.0 or later installed to view/print this document.

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For this Tutorial, you will create a sample project on your local drive named IMPERIAL_TUTOR

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1. Select Project Administrator from the Bentley > Plant > Project Tools folder in your Windows Start menu. The Project Administrator displays as shown in the following figure.

2. The navigation tree in the left pane is where you access all of your project properties. If you click on the + button to the left of the ..\Bentley Plant Projects node, you will notice that it expands to display three sample project nodes below it as shown above. Clicking on or expanding an individual project node will prompt you to login to that project and will then display its child nodes, which are the property pages for that project.

Note If you are an experienced AutoPLANT user, these properties may be familiar, as they include the configuration settings that were available in prior releases of the software. These configuration settings are now part of the project definition. Tools are provided in the Project Administrator to convert your old v2.01 configurations into the new Bentley Plant project format.

3. The ..\Bentley Plant Projects node in the navigation tree is called a project root folder. This is the directory where the system has created the AT_PROJ.DBF file, which contains a record for every project created under that project root. You may have as many project root

directories as you would like, and also as many projects under each root as you would like. In this section, you will define a directory on your local drive as a new project root, then create a new project under that root project directory.

4. Select File > Add Root to display the Browse for Folder dialog. In order for this option to be available in the File menu, you must have something highlighted on the primary root level of the navigation tree (i.e., PA will not let you create a project root directory under an project directory.

5. Click on your local C:\ in the dialog then press the New Folder button. Notice that an editable folder was created on your C:\ drive. Type TutorProject and press Enter to name the folder, then press OK. Notice that the new project root folder C:\TutorProject now appears in the navigation tree on the primary node level as shown in the following figure.

6. The Project Administrator provides a wizard driven interface to create new AutoPLANT projects. The New Project Wizard displays a series of dialogs that walk you step-by-step through the process of creating a new project. The dialogs presented by the wizard depend on the method used to create the project. For example, if you are creating a project from an existing project, the wizard’s Data and Documents dialog will display to enable you to specify how the data and documents in the source project are copied into the destination project. If you are creating a new empty project, you will not be prompted with this dialog, as the wizard recognizes that there are no data and documents to copy.

PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR

7. In this example, you will create a new project under your C:\TutorProject root. Select the

C:\TutorProject node in the navigation tree. Right-click on this node to display the context

menu shown below.

8. Select New Project from the context menu to launch the wizard. You could have also selected

File > New Project after selecting the project root to launch the wizard.

9. The first page of the wizard prompts for the Provider Type as shown in the following figure. This selection is used to create the new project using the provided base database structures. Access, MSDE, SQL Server, and Oracle database types are supported. Select the Access provider type as shown in the following figure, then press Next.

10. The Base Template and 3D Settings dialog displays as shown in the following figure. This dialog enables you to assign the project's database format and structures as described below.

NAME DESCRIPTION

Base Schematic Project Template

This selection defines the standards from which the project will be built. The Standard Base Project selection will copy data from the provided Base project to create your new project. This project was installed in your ..\Plant\Base directory.

Units This selection defines the 3D configuration that will be copied into the new project. A configuration consists of a set of files that define the drawing/model defaults and settings. These include the units, specs, drawing database format, borders, drawing templates, module and component options, etc. These configurations were installed in your ..\Plant\Configs directory.

Project Mode The Use Central Project Mode check box will only be available if you selected an SQL Server or Oracle database provider on the wizard's Provider Type dialog. Otherwise, this selection will be disabled and the Distributed project mode will automatically be implemented.

11. Select Standard Base Project and Imperial {Metric} as shown in the previous figure, then press

Next.

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.

PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR

12. The New Project Paths dialog displays as shown below. This allows you to define paths for specific project information. You can edit a field directly by clicking in it and modifying the path location.

13. Accept the default path locations and press Next to continue.

14. The Details dialog displays as shown below.

15. Type IMPERIAL_TUTOR {METRIC_TUTOR} in the Project Name field, and Imperial {Metric}

Tutorial Project in the Project Description field as shown above. Enter any desired values in

16. The Login dialog displays as shown below.

17. Enter the User Name and Password that was given to you by your Project Administrator then enable the Save Password check box and press OK. Enabling the check box instructs the system not to prompt you with the Login dialog for the remainder of your session. Note If this is the first time you are running this application and your Project Administrator has

not provided you with this information, you can simply enter Supervisor for both the User

Name and Password to login to the project until such time as your user information is

configured.

18. When the process is complete, the new project folder will appear under the TutorProject root project folder. Press the + button to expand the project as shown below.

19. A record for this project has been added to the root project’s database, AT_PROJ.DBF, which resides in the project root directory.

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The Project Administrator provides two wizards to facilitate the transfer of drawings between projects. There may be instances where you want to send a number of drawings from a particular project for someone at another location to either review or work on. The Project Export and Project Import Wizards are provided to accomplish this task.

The Project Export Wizard enables you to select one or more documents (including all) from a project and create an export package, which may then be imported into another existing project using the Project Import Wizard. All of the information needed for the documents to exist in another project will be included in the export package. In addition, when the package is created, you can specify whether you want to export the documents for modification or only for review. This selection determines whether or not the user importing the package will be able to modify the documents, or simply open them as READ-ONLY documents.

Note Imperial and Metric export packages have been provided with your installation that contain drawings required to complete this tutorial as well as the AutoPLANT ISOMETRICS tutorial. If you have already completed the AutoPLANT ISOMETRICS Tutorial and created the tutorial project and imported the Export Package containing the Tutorial drawings, you can skip to the Starting PIPING section later in this chapter.

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TO IMPORT AN EXPORT PACKAGE INTO THE TUTORIAL PROJECT

1. Select Tools > Project Import Wizard from the Project Administrator menu to display the wizard introduction dialog shown below.

3. The next dialog prompts you to select the export package location. Press the Browse button to the right of this field, then navigate to and select the Exportpackage.zip file in your local ..\Bentley\Plant 2004\tutorial\imperial {metric} directory and press Open.

4. Press Next to continue.

5. The Export process log dialog displays as shown below. This dialog will display the log file generated when this export package was initially created. This enables you to review if any errors occurred when the package was created before you import it into your project.

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7. The Target project selection dialog displays as shown below. Press the Select Project button then select your tutorial project from the Open Project dialog and press OK. Login to the system when prompted.

8. Information on the selected project will appear as shown above. Press Next to continue. 9. The Specify target location for project documents dialog displays as shown below. The import

wizard stores the original document directory in the export package (similar to creating a zip file and saving the directory information). When it extracts the documents, it uses this path. The documents in this export package were originally created in the ..\TUTORIAL directory. In order to extract these documents into a ..\TUTORIAL sub-directory under your main project directory, press the Browse button next to the field, then navigate to and select your main project directory (i.e., ..\TutorProject\IMPERIAL_TUTOR

{..\TutorProject\METRIC_TUTOR}). Next, you will manually create a ..\TUTORIAL sub-directory in the selected project sub-directory. This sub-directory will be the target location for the imported documents as shown below.

Note By default, the wizard will assign the first target location defined to all of the documents in the list, You can manually set a path for a document by pressing the Browse button in the Target Location field for that document.

10. Press Finish. You will be prompted to Login to the target project, then the wizard will begin importing the export package. A message dialog will display when the process is complete. Press OK. Press Yes to delete the temporary export package folder. Close the import log file and Exit the Project Administrator application.

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This section explains how to start the Bentley AutoPLANT Plant Design system, load the PIPING application, and select the tutorial project that you created in the previous section.

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1. From the Windows Start menu, select Programs > Bentley > Plant > Plant Design to start AutoCAD and load the AutoPLANT Plant Design environment. The AutoPLANT 3D menu and toolbar have been added, which provide access to an integrated set of AutoPLANT plant design applications and utilities.

2. Press the Piping toolbar icon to launch the application. You can also start PIPING from the menu by selecting AutoPLANT 3D > Piping.

3. The Open Project dialog displays as shown in the following figure. AutoPLANT provides three sample, distributed mode projects with the shipping application. These projects are not intended for use in actual production, but are used extensively in your AutoPLANT Tutorials.

4. Select the project from the list for the environment in which you would like to complete this tutorial (IMPERIAL_TUTOR or {METRIC_TUTOR}), then press OK.

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.

5. The Login dialog displays as shown in the following figure.

6. Enter the User Name and Password that was given to you by your Project Administrator then enable the Save Password check box and press OK. Enabling the check box instructs the system not to prompt you with the Login dialog for the remainder of your session. Note If this is the first time you are running this application and your Project Administrator has

not provided you with this information, you can simply enter Supervisor for both the User

Name and Password to login to the project until such time as your user information is

configured.

7. The Model Setup dialog displays as shown below. This dialog indicates the project you selected above, and displays the default units and settings from the project that will apply to the drawing.

8. A number of configuration files were required to serve as placeholders for the definition of project configuration defaults and settings. The Project Administrator application is provided with your AutoPLANT software to simplify the tedious effort that would have been required to manually edit these configuration files and create and customize projects. It provides a highly intuitive graphical user interface with tabbed dialogs to enable you to create/modify project configurations. This application may be launched from the AutoPLANT 3D menu or toolbar, or via the Bentley > Plant > Project Tools folder in your Windows Start menu. The sample project used in this tutorial was created with that application. An introduction to the Project Administrator is provided in Chapter 9, Supplemental Applications.

9. Check to ensure that the North direction is set to 90 (degrees), and that the World Length is 100’

STARTING PIPING

10. Enable the Insert North Arrow and Draw Limits Box options. The first option will insert a north arrow symbol in the drawing, while the second causes a box to be drawn around the defined world limits. Press Done to close the dialog and accept the remaining values.

11. A box is drawn to indicate the world limits, and the prompt Select the location for the north arrow symbol:

displays. Pick a point in the upper left corner of the drawing to place the north arrow. 12. The Piping menu is added to the AutoCAD pull-down menu. A complete set of toolbars may

also be displayed for quick access to the most commonly used PIPING commands and functions. The display of these toolbars is controlled via the Piping > Toolbars menu.

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This chapter introduced the Project Administrator application, which is the central location for creating and managing projects. You learned how to create a new project and how documents are transferred between projects with the Project Import and Export wizards.

A separate guide, Project Administrator’s Guide for AutoPLANT is provided with your software that describes project setup and configuration in detail. This document is provided in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and may be launched via the Bentley > Plant > Tutorials > Project

Administrators’ Guide selection in your Windows Start menu. You must have Adobe Acrobat

Reader v4.0 or later installed to view/print this document.

This chapter also described the procedure to launch AutoPLANT Plant Design and start the PIPING application.

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Chapter 3 provides a general tour of the PIPING application interface. You will learn how to access the tools that enable you to define the various variables and setting used to create models. In particular, the Drawing Preferences and Project Preferences dialogs are covered.

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This chapter provides a brief tour of the PIPING interface, and describes the primary tools used to modify drawing, component, and project preferences.

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Take some time to familiarize yourself with the layout of the commands and functions in the PIPING interface. After initial startup, you should load at least four of the PIPING toolbars. These provide the quickest access to component placement commands and functions. The toolbars can be “docked” along the perimeter of the drawing area as shown in the following figure, or left

“floating.”

1. Select Piping > Toolbars > Piping Components Main. 2. Select Piping > Toolbars > Piping Functions Main. 3. Select Piping > Toolbars > Direction Aids. 4. Select Piping > Toolbars > Responses.

5. Experiment with the placement of these toolbars, as you will be accessing them frequently during the tutorial drawing sessions. In the example above, the Piping Component and Function toolbars were docked to the left of the drawing area, while the Direction Aids and Responses toolbars were docked along the bottom of the drawing area. Toolbars will display in the same location the next time you start PIPING.

The size of the toolbar icons may also be customized. Toggle the display of large or small buttons according to your preference by right-clicking on any button in a toolbar, then selecting Customize