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Pdms Tips and Tricks

This document provides 8 tips for using PDMS piping design software. Some key tips include reversing the order of a branch, increasing decimal points for precision, changing individual parameter values in a desparam, accessing piping component creation forms from other modules, using distance measuring commands, and getting help on syntax for PDMS commands. The full blog post contains additional tips for optimizing workflows in PDMS.

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Pdms Tips and Tricks

This document provides 8 tips for using PDMS piping design software. Some key tips include reversing the order of a branch, increasing decimal points for precision, changing individual parameter values in a desparam, accessing piping component creation forms from other modules, using distance measuring commands, and getting help on syntax for PDMS commands. The full blog post contains additional tips for optimizing workflows in PDMS.

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PDMS TIPS & TRICKS

http://piping-info.blogspot.com
(Prepared by Antony Thomas)

1. If you want to invert the HEAD and Tail of a particular branch, then select the
branch and Modifyà Hierarchyà Reverse Order

2. Normally in PDMS the precision set to 0 decimals. If you want to increase the
Decimal points enter the following in the command prompt.
PREC 4 DP ( where 4 is the no. of decimal points)

3. If you want to change only few values of a desparam you can use the following
command
DESP n5 200 n8 500

This will change only the 5th and 8th parameter of a desparam

4. If you are working in any modules (Equipment, Structural..) and you want to use
piping components creation fom then use the following command in the PDMS
command prompt.

Show _CDCOMP
5. To Zoom in of the CE, type Auto CE.
6. Put some items in the graphic view and use the following command
show !!gphmotion

(Auto rotation..Auto Zoom, Auto Whoble effects)

7. Distance Measuring command


CONST DIST IDP@ TO IDP@
CONST DIST P0 TO P0 OF ID@
CONST DIST PA TO PA OF NEX

8. Want help on your syntax (PDMS Commands) then type


show !!syntaxhelp

Visit http://piping-info.blogspot.com for more Piping / PDMS tips


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