S YNTAX

LIBRARY
AVEVA PDMS

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C ONTENTS
Syntax .................................................................................................................... 1
Library ................................................................................................................... 1
1

Colours.......................................................................................................... 4

Design ........................................................................................................... 5

2.1 General Syntax .............................................................................................. 5

2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
2.1.10
2.1.11
2.1.12
2.1.13
2.1.14
2.1.15

Representation.................................................................................... 7
Add / Remove Command .................................................................... 8
Mark / Unmark Command ................................................................... 9
Axes Command .................................................................................. 9
Desp Commands ................................................................................ 9
Query Command ............................................................................... 10
Db Listing in Command Line ............................................................. 12
Aid Command ................................................................................... 13
Create / Copy Objects ....................................................................... 14
Move Objects .................................................................................... 15
Rotate Objects .................................................................................. 16
Plane Command ............................................................................... 16
Position Command ............................................................................ 17
Pin Command ................................................................................... 17
New Commands in PDMS 12 ........................................................... 18

2.2 Piping ........................................................................................................... 19

2.2.1
2.2.2

General ............................................................................................. 19
Query ................................................................................................ 20

2.3 Structure....................................................................................................... 22
2.3.1
2.3.2

General ............................................................................................. 22
Query ................................................................................................ 22

2.4 Collect and Evaluate Commands ................................................................. 23

2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.4.6
2.4.7
2.4.8
2.4.9
2.4.10
2.4.11
2.4.12

Operators .......................................................................................... 23
Matchwild Command ........................................................................ 23
Substring Command ......................................................................... 24
Real Command ................................................................................. 24
Match Command ............................................................................... 24
Compose Command ......................................................................... 24
After and Before Command .............................................................. 25
Part Command .................................................................................. 25
Replace Command ........................................................................... 25
Real Command ................................................................................. 25
Real Command ................................................................................. 25
Collect Examples .............................................................................. 27

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Draft ............................................................................................................. 28

3.1 General Syntax ............................................................................................ 28

3.1.1
3.1.2

Query ................................................................................................ 28
Miscellaneous ................................................................................... 29

3.2 Atext ............................................................................................................. 30

3.3 Btext ............................................................................................................. 31
3.4 PLtext ........................................................................................................... 32
4

PML ............................................................................................................. 33

4.1 General ........................................................................................................ 33

4.2 Trace ............................................................................................................ 33
5

Export PDMS .............................................................................................. 35

5.1 Review export .............................................................................................. 35

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1 C OLOURS

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2 D ESIGN
2.1 GENERAL SYNTAX
!!GPH3DDESIGN.VIEW.
BACKGROUND = 206
!!GPH3DDESIGN.VIEW.
BACKGROUND = 207
$HR

Turns the background black

$M/c:\TEMP\YXZ.TXT

Call a macro or a listing

$Q

Will show all PDMS commands

$R0

Debug mode off

$R6

Debug mode on

$S XX = BY U 100

Create synonyms

$S+

Stops a macro

$V1

Recall the variable V1

ALPHa REQest CLEAR

Clear up the Command Line

ALPHA LOG
/C:FILENAME.wri OVER
ALPHA LOG /C:MDB.wri
OVER

To log all command window informations

Turns the background white

History of possible commands

Log and show all MDBs

LI MDB
ALPHA LOG END
SYSCOM 'C:MDB.wri'
ALPHA LOG END

To end the log recording

BACK

Backward mode

BACKWard

Backward mode

BY W 1000

move CE by W1000

DECLASH CHECK CE EXIT

Runs clash check on CE (type exit to clear macro

and return to design modul)
Delete the CE

DELETE CE
DIR TOW NEXT
DIR W45N

Rotates toe pleave towards the origin of the next item

in the member list
Change direction of CE to W45N (Rotate)

FINISH

End and savework PDMS session

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FIRST

Go to first

FLIP CE

Turn CE 180 DEG

FORWard

Forward mode

GETWORK

Get latest model from other users or database

INCLude CIRC 1 OF NOTE

/TABLE
INCLude ID@
Selected item to be transferred
INCLude NAME

Include the element by its name

INSTALL SETUP /C:VIEW1 Install PDMS view settings at the beginning of the
next session
LAST
Go to last
LOCK ALL

Lock the CE and CE members

NAME /XYZ

Rename CE to /XYZ

NEXT

Got to next

OWNER

Go to owner of CE

PREV

Go to previos

QUIT

Stops PDMS without saving

RECREATE /C:VIEW1 OVER Save PDMS view at the end of a session

REFRESH

Refresh the screen

RENAME ALL /XX/YY

/XX/ZZ
SAVEWORK

Rename all from /YY to /ZZ

SET STAR

Copies the name of the CE into an * so you can use

it later
Turn on motion macro

SHOW !!GHPMOTION

Save latest work

SYSCOM
'/C:FILENAME.wri'
UNCLAIM ALL

View the log file

UNLOCK ALL

Unlock CE and CE members

UNNAME CE

Unname the CE

VAR 1 XX

Define the variable V1

CONT DRAW

Switch to Draft Memberslist

CONT DES

Switch to Design Memberslist

Unclaim al claimed members

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2.1.1 REPRESENTATION
COL 39 YELLOW

Changes line col to yellow

COL ACT BLUE

Changes the active colour to blue

COL CE VIOLET

Changes the CE colour to violet

EDGES OFF

Edges off

ENHANCE CE COL YELLOW

Display CE in yellow

ENHANCE CE COLOR 5

Change the color of CE

ENHANCE CE TRANSL 0

Displays CE as a solid

ENHANCE CE TRANSL 50

Display CE in 50% translucency

PREC 4 DP

Give the precision decimal to 4 digits

REPRES DARC 1

Set arctolerance 1

REPRES DARC 1MM UPDATE Change the repres. to 1mm arc tolerance and update
REPRES DARC DEF

Set arctolerance default

REPRES HOLES OFF

Set holes off

REPRES HOLES ON

Set holes on

REPRES PNODE COL

YELLOW
REPRES PNODE ON

Set pnode representation to yellow

REPRES PNODE SIZE 6

Set pnode representation size to 6

REPRES PROF ON CL OFF

Set profile representation solid

REPRES SNODE ON

Set snod on or off

UNENHANCE ALL

Remove all enhancement

Set pnode on

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2.1.2 ADD / REMOVE COMMAND

ADD ALL SCTN WITHIN
VOL CE
ADD ALL STRU WITH PURP
EQ 'PS'
ADD ALL STRU WITHIN
COL CE 500 COL4
ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE

Add all sctn that overlap CE

ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE

100
ADD CE

Add all disciplines that overlap CE with a volume of

100mm
Add CE to drawlist

ADD CE COL 39

Add CE with colour 39

ADD CE COLOUR BLUE

TRANSL 75
ADD CREF

Add CE with colour BLUE and 75 % transparency

Add all stru with purpose attribute set at ps

Add all stru that overlap CE 500mm in colour yellow
Add all disciplines that overlay CE

Add branch connected to cref

ADD HREF TREF ... CREF Add connected branch to HREF TREF or also CREF
with nozzle or tee
ADD SITE
Add SITE
REM ALL

Remove all from drawlist

REM ALL WITHIN VOL CE

100
REM CE

Remove all included in CE volume box

REM EUQI

Remove EQUI only

REM PIPE

Remove PIPE only

Remove CE from drawlist

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2.1.3 MARK / UNMARK COMMAND

MARK CE

Marks CE name

MARK WITH (GTYPE) CE

MARK WITH (NAME OF
CATREF) CE
MARK WITH
(STRING(DESP1) + '_' +
NAME OF CATREF) CE
MARK WITH
(STRING(DESP1)) CE
MARK WITH
(STRING(LOHE)) CE
MARK WITH
(STRING(POS[3])+NAME)
ALL INST
MARK WITH
(STRING(POS[3])+NAME)
CE
MARK WITH 'HALLO' CE

Tag CE with the name of CATREF

UNMARK ALL

Unmarks all

UNMARK CE

Unmarks CE name

Tag PANEL CE with its thickness

Mark all instruments with name end position

Mark command in combination with a list. It is

necessary to use CE instead of ALL (in the action
line)
Marks CE with "hallo"

2.1.4 AXES COMMAND

AXES AT CE

Show axe at CE

AXES AT ID@

Add axe on choosed element

AXES OFF

Remove axe

2.1.5 DESP COMMANDS

DESP N2 500 N6 300

This change the design parameters number 2 and

number 6 with its new value

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2.1.6 QUERY COMMAND

Q (FROM ID@ TOWARD /EQUI1

Query direction of element to be ID@ to /EQUI1

Q ALL BOX WITH (ATTRIB

EAST GT 200)
Q ALL PIPE EXCLUSIVE
WITHIN VOLUME /XX/YY 1500

Query elements with Attrib East greater than 200

Q AUTOCOLOUR MODE

Query teh status autocolour

Q COL 4

Gives the attributes colour yellow

Q COL ACT

Shows the current active colour

Q COL AIDS

Shows the current aid line colour

Q COL CE

Shows the current attributed colour

Q COL VIS

Shows the current visible colour

Q DES

Query the description of CE

Q DESP

Query the CE DESignParameter

Q DIA

Diameter of CE

Q DISPLAY

Query the tolerances and representation levels

Q DNST

Query the density

Q DRAW

List the Drawlist display in graphic windows

Q EAST

Query the east coordinate of CE

Q ELEM

Query the CE element name

Q EVAR PDMSUSER

Gets the value of the variable %pdmsuser%

Q HARDTYP

Query the hard type coding for CE

Q HEI

Height of CE

Q LASMOD

Query the lasted date of modification

Q LEV

Query the CE level

Q LIST
Q LOCK

Lif of all possible element-types as members of

CE
Query the LOCK status (true or false)

Q MCOUNT

Query the number of members

Q MCOUNT SCTN

Query the number of members type SCTN

Query all pipe wholly include in the volume box of

/XX/YY with an additional overall clearance
volume of 1500mm
Q ALL PIPE WITH (MATCHWILD Query with wildcard keyword MATCHWILD. [*]
(NAME,'/NAME_OF_ELEMENT
replaces a chain of characters, [?] replaces only
*'))
1 character.
Q ATT
Attributes for CE

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Q MDB

Query the project MDB

Q MEM

List of all members of CE

Q MODE

Display mode (forward or backward)

Q OBS

Query the obstruction level ( 0,1,2)

Q OLIST

Query the possible types of owners

Q OWN

Query the CE owner

Q PARA

Query the CE parameters ie SERIAL SIZES

Q POS

Position of CE

Q POS FITT

Query the FITT coordinates of CE

Q POS IDPL@

Query the PLINE coordinates of CE start point

Q POS IN $V1

Query the distance of CE to $v1 variable

Q POS PIN 1 WRT /*

Query the coordinates of PIN 1

Q POS PPLI NA PROP 0.5

Q POS WRT /*

Query the centre coordinate position of the

PLINE (PPLI) at (0.5 x derive lenght) on the NA
Position of CE with relation to WORLD

Q POS WRT SITE

Position of CE with relation to the SITE

Q POS WRT TO ID@

Q POSE

Query the distance from CE to start of choosen

element
Query the END coordinates of CE

Q POSS

Query the start coordinates of CE

Q POSS POSE

Query the start and the end coordinates of CE

Q PPLI BOS WRT /*

Query the BOS PLINE coordinates

Q PPLS

Query the PPOINT list

Q PRLS

Query the DESignParameters (PROPerties) list

Q PURP

Query the purpose of CE

Q REPRES

Shows the representation status

Q SOFTTYP

Query the softtype coding for CE

Q STEXT

Query the ATTA penetration ident

Q TYPE

Query the CE type ie SCTN, PANE

Q USER

Query the name of the current user

Q USERMOD

Query the last user modify

Q ALL BOX WITH (ATTRIB

Query element with Attrib East
EAST GT 200 )
greater than 200
Q (FROM ID@ TOWARD /EQUI2) Query direction of element to be
id@ to /EQUI2.
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Q (FROM CE TO /EQUI2)

Query /EQUI2 direction from CE.

Q ALL PIPE EXCLUSIVE

WITHIN VOLUME /CV1/BASA
1500
Q ALL PIPE WITH (
MATCHWILD ( NAME,
/NAME_OF_PIPE_OR_BRANCH*
))
Q DESGEO

Query on all pipe wholly include in the volume

box of /Zone with an additional overall
clearance volume of 1500mm.
Query with wildcard keyword MATCHWILD. This
functionality Give the possibility to
only tape a part of the word search.

Q GEODEP

Q DBWRITE

Query the amount of the used SPREFs in the

project. Therefore, use this command at the
position in the hierarchy of the SPREF.
Query the amount of the used SPREFs in the
project. Therefore, use this command at the
position in the hierarchy of the SPREF.
Query the access rights in the database.

2.1.7 DB LISTING IN COMMAND LINE

OUTPUT
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
OUTPUT
OUTPUT

ALL BRANCH FOR /ATEST CHANGES SINCE 1 JUNE

/ZONE1 CHANGES
/PIPE1
CE CHANGES SINCE 10:00
SITE CHANGES SINCE SESSION 66

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2.1.8 AID COMMAND

AID TEXT (NAME OF CATREF) AT AT P1

AID TEXT (STRing(DESP1)+'_'+ NAME OF CATREF) AT AT P1
AID TEXT (STRing(MATREF)+'_'+STRing(LOHE)+'_'+NAME OF SPREF) AT
AT P1
AID TEXT (STRing(MATREF)+'_'+STRing(TCTL)+'_'+NAME OF CATREF)
AT AT PPLI TOS
AID TEXT ('MAT:'+STRing(MATREF)) AT AT PPLI LTOS
AID TEXT ('LONG:'+STRing(TCTL)) AT AT PPI NA
AID TEXT ('TYPE:'+NAME OF CATREF) AT AT PPLI RBOS
AID TEXT ('THK:'+STRing(LOHE)) AT AT P1
AID TEXT ('TYPE:'+STRing(SPREF)) AT AT P1
AID TEXT ('MAT:'+STRing(MATREF)) AT AT P3
AID TEXT ('TYPE:'+SUBSTRing(NAME OF CATREF,14)) AT AT P2
AID TEXT ('ELEVATION:'+STRing(P100 UP IN WORLD)) AT AT P3
AID ARROW AT AT P1 OF CE DIR OPPO PPOINT1 HEI100
AID ARROW AT AT P100 OF CE DIR AXES PPOINT100 HEI1000
AID CE ARROW HEIGHT 500
AID CE ARROW ON
AID CE ARROW OFF

AID CLEAR LINE ALL

Surpress all aids

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2.1.9 CREATE / COPY OBJECTS

NEW SUBS /name_of_subs AT IDP@ ORI Y IS N AND Z IS UP

NEW SUBS /name_of_subs COPY PREV BY E1550
NEW SUBS /name_of_subs POLAR N12W DIST 1000
NEW BOX XLEN200 YLEN200 ZLEN200
NEW BOX XLEN200 YLEN200 ZLEN200 LEV 5 7 OBST 0
NEW PIPE /name_of_pipe
NEW BRAN /name_of_branch
NEW FLAN COPY PREV FLAN
COPY PREV MOVE N(43+180 ADD)E DISTance (1000 Down)
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 WRT CE
NEW SCTN COPY PREV MIRROw PLANE E THRough E1000 N3000 U 1000
WRT /*
NEW STRU COPY PREV MOVE W WRT CE TO IDPL@
COPY MEMber OF /group_member_name
NEW SUBS /name_of_subs COPY PREV ROTate ABOUT Z BY 45
NEW BRAN /name1/BR1 COPY /BR1 RENAME /BR2

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2.1.10

MOVE OBJECTS

BY D100
BY D100 WRT /*
AT IDP@
AT IDPL@
BY E 100 WRT CE
MOVE N45E DISTance 1500
MOVE S DISTance 1200
MOVE U THRough P2 OF PREV BOX
MOVE ALONG P1 DISTance 500
MOVE N45W TOWARDS ID@ DISTance 500
MOVE N45W TOWARDS IDP@ DISTance 500
MOVE P2 N DISTance 500 FROM ID@
MOVE P2 N CLEARANCE 100 THRough IDP@
MOVE E WRT CE TO ID@

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2.1.11

ROTATE OBJECTS

ROTate BY 45
ROTate BY 45 ABOut E
ROTate ABOut IDP@ BY 90
ROTate ABOut IDPL@ BY 90
ROTate THRough IDP@ BY 90
ROTate THRough IDPL@ BY 90
ROTate THRough P3 ABOut S BY 45
ROTate AND Y IS N45W25D
ROTate THRough W1000 N2000 U3000 WRT /* ABOut U BY 90
ROTate ABOut Z THRough IDP@ BY 45
ROTate THRough POSEnd ABOut D BY 30
ROTATE ABOUT X AND Y IS TOWARDS PREV
ROTate THRough MIDPoint ABOut D BY 90
ROTate ABOut PPLIN TOS BY 30
ORI AND P3 IS W

2.1.12

PLANE COMMAND

PLANE E THROUGH PIN 1

Move plane east through PIN 1

PLANE N CLEAR 100

BEHIND CE
PLANE N DISTANCE 500

Move plane north clearance 100

PLANE N THROUGH ID@

Move north through element @

PLANE PIN 2 THROUGH

IDP@

Move PIN 2 through PPOINT @

Move to north with distance 500

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PLANE U DIST 0 BEHIND

Move plane up distance 0 behind PPOINT @
IDP@
PLANE U THROUGH U 1000 Move up through up with distance 1000

2.1.13

POSITION COMMAND

POS AT IDP@

Position of choosen PPOINT

POS ID@ AT PIN 2

Position of choosen element to PIN 2

POS P6 AT P2 OF $V1

Position of choosen element from its P6 to P2 of

choosen
Position of branch head 500 from first member

POS PH DIST 500 FROM

FIRST MEMBER
POS PT DIST 500 FROM
LAST MEMBER
VAR !P1 P1 POS IN
WORLD

2.1.14

Position of branch tail 500 from last member

Store P1 position in variable $!P1

PIN COMMAND

PIN1 AT PPLI BOS PROP

0.5 POS
PIN1 COPY IDP@

PIN 1 at middle of PLINE BOS

PIN1 COPY PIN2

Create PIN 2 by copy of PIN 1

PIN1 DIR D

Orientate PIN 1 down

PIN1 OFF

Turn off PIN 1

PIN1 PLANE N THROUGH

PIN2
POS PIN1 AT CE

Move the PIN 1 through PIN 2 with a normal to plane

north
Position PIN 1 at axis of CE

Q DIR PIN1

Query direction of PIN 1

Create PIN 1 according to choosen PPOINT

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2.1.15

NEW COMMANDS IN PDMS 12

NEW LOCATE ZONE

/EQUI.ZONE
NEW REPLACE EQUIPMENT
/C-1101

Query the zone above the hierarchy and if that is

true, insert the related equipment under the zone.
Query the related equipment and replace it. No
delete and insert will happen. The reference of the
equipment will remain.

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2.2 PIPING
2.2.1 GENERAL
AXES AT PH

Show axes at pipe head

AXES AT PT

Show axes at pipe tail

CHECK BRANCH

Consistency check of branch

CHECK CE

Consistency check of CE

CHECK PIPE

Consistency check of pipe

CONN

Connect of CE to prev.

CONN IDP@ TO IDP@

Connect of mouse input to mouse input

CONN NEXT

Connect and go to next

CONN P1 OF ID@ TO IDP@ Connect of p1 of one mouse selected primitive to

mouse selected PPOINT
CONN P2 TO IDP@
Connect of p2 to mouse input
CONN PT TO LAST MEM

Connect pipe tail to the last member of list

CONN TO NEXT

Connect to the next

CONN TO PREV

Connect to the previos

DIST 1000

Moves CE along the rubberband to a distance of

prev with 1000
DRAG MOVE PLANE S DIST Move the branch S100 (good for sloped pipes, slope
100
is in this case not relevant)
DRAG POS PH AT IDP@
Moves the branch alon all 3 planes X,Y and Z
FCONN TO PREV

Force connection to previos

MTOC OFF

At component level it will shut off the MTO availability

PLAN N THR N IDP@

THR W 1000

Moves CE along the rubberband to a W1000

coordinate

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2.2.2 QUERY
CE IL TUB OF CE
Q ATT
Q BORE

Query lenght of TUBI element. (Element before TUBI

must be CE)
Query pipe bore

Q BRCON

Query the branch connection information

Q CATREF

Catalog reference of CE

Q CLLE

Query the branch length

Q CONNECTIONS

Query the connection informations

Q CREF

Query the connection reference

Q GCOF

Query the CE gross centre of gravity

Q GWEI

Query the gross weight

Q HPOS

Query the pipe head coordinates of CE

Q IDP@

Mouse input for ppoint query

Q ISPEC

Insulation specification of the CE

Q ISPEC

Query the insulation of CE

Q ITLE

Query the length of the implied tube

Q MASS

Query the centre of gravity and surface and volume

Q MTLE

Query the material tube lenght

Q MTLL

Query the CL lenght of material tube

Q MTOC

Query the MTO status for the component

Q MTOT

Query the MTO status for the tubing

Q NCOF

Query the CE net COG (centre of gravity)

Q NSRF

Query the CE net surface

Q NVOL

Query the CE net volume

Q NWEI

Query the CE net weight

Q
Q
Q
Q
Q

P1
P1
P1
P1
P2

BOLT1
BOLT1
BOLT1
BOLT1

BLEN
BDIA
SPREF
NOFF

With this commands you can generate a bolt report

in design modul (under level FLAN, INST, VALV)

Attributes of ppoint2 of CE

Q P2BOR

Nominal bore of ppoint2

Q PA

Query the ARRIVE coordinates of CE

Q PA BOP WRT /*

Query the ARRIVE coordinates at bottom of pipe of

CE with relation to WORLD

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Q PA TOP WRT /*
Q PH BORE

Query the ARRIVE coordinates at top of pipe of CE

with relation to WORLD
Query pipe head bore of CE

Q PH OD

Query the pipe head external diameter of CE

Q PL QRT /*
Q POD1

Query the LEAVE coordinates of CE with relation to

WORLD
Query the outside diameter

Q POS P2

Position of ppoint2 of CE

Q PSATTS
Q PT

Query the pipe tail attributes

Q PT OD

Query the pipe tail external diameter of CE

Q SPREF

Specification reference of CE

Q TPOS

Query the pupe tail coordinates of CE

Q TULE

Query the branch tube length

Q VOL CE

Query the volume box in coordinate ENU

Q WVOL

Query the volume box in coordinate ENU

SHOW!!COMGOTOREF

Shows the PH and PT connection information

VAR !DIST CONST DIST

PL TO PA OF NEXT

Query distance between ARRIVE and LEAVE

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2.3 STRUCTURE
2.3.1 GENERAL
CALLSTL GSCTNTAG CE

Mark CE SCTN start and end

DRNS PERP

Cut the SCTN end at 90 DEG to section

EXTEND TO ID@

Extend the SCTN end to a selected item

EXTEND TO IDP@

Extend the SCTN end to a selected PPOINT

EXTEND TO IDPL@

Extend the SCTN end to a selected PLINE

NEW FITT COPY PREV BY

ZDIST PROP 1 BANG 180

Copy the fitting at the end of SCTN and turn it 180

DEG
PROP 0 = Start Position
PROP 0.5 = Middle Position
PROP 1 = End Position

2.3.2 QUERY
Q BANG

Query the beta angle of the SCTN

Q CUTL

Query cut lenght of CE

Q DER LEN

Query the CE exact length

Q DRNE

Query the end cut plane direction

Q DRNS

Query the start cut plane direction

Q DTYPE

Query the FRMW style type

Q FRAD
Q GCOF

Query the PLOO/PAVE radius ie 100mm or the

NXTR/VERT radius ie 100mm
Query the CE gross centre of gravity

Q GRADE

Query the E material grade

Q GTYPE

Query the generic type IE OD, HP, TG

Q GWEI

Query the CE gross weight

Q HEI

Query the CE PLT THK (PLOO LVL)

Q IDPL@

Query PLINE information of choosen CE

Q JLNV

Query the joint line of CE

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Q JUSL

Query the justification line

Q MATREF

Query the CE material reference

Q NCOF

Query the CE net COG

Q NSRF

Query the CE net surface

Q NVOL

Query the CE net volume

Q NWEI

Query the CE net weight

Q PLNA

Query the CE PLINE names

Q SJUS

Query the PLOO justification IE UTOP

Q SPREF

Query the specification reference

Q TCTL (OR Q CUTL)

Query the true cut length

Q ZLIST

Query the fitting pos along SCTN

2.4 COLLECT AND EVALUATE COMMANDS

2.4.1 OPERATORS
GT

Greater than

LT

Lower than

EQ

Equal

NEQ

Not equal

LE

Lower or equal than

GE

Greater or equal than

AND
OR
NOT

2.4.2 MATCHWILD COMMAND

MATCHWILD (NAME OF
BRANCH, '*XX*')
EQUAL TRUE

Search about all branches which have a 'XX'

included in the name

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2.4.3 SUBSTRING COMMAND

Name: /COLLECTOR-EE45-100
SUBSTRING (NAME,10,3)
FOR CE

Collect the characters of the CE name from position

10 up to 3 digits after

Result of Substring Command: R-E

2.4.4 REAL COMMAND

REAL(PART(FULLNAME,2,
'')) GE 65 FOR CE

2.4.5 MATCH COMMAND

MATCH(NAME,'ABC') GT 1 Search of name 'ABC' greater than 1

2.4.6 COMPOSE COMMAND

COMP (U) OF POS WRT
WORLD
POS EL. \
(STRING(COMP(U) OF POS
WRT /*,'D1'))
QUERY SQRT(POW(COMP(X)
OF POS WRT
/*,2)+POW(COMP(Y) OF
POS WRT /*,2))

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2.4.7 AFTER AND BEFORE COMMAND

AFTER (NAME,'XXX')

Give the rest of the characters after 'XXX'

BEFORE (NAME,'YYY')

Give the characters before 'YYY'

AFTER(BEFORE(NAME,'
XXX'),'/')

Combine the AFTER and BEFORE command

2.4.8 PART COMMAND

PART(NAME,2,'/')
PART('NAME-MICHEL','')
PART('ABCDEFG',4)

Return NAME
Return C

2.4.9 REPLACE COMMAND

REPLACE (NAME OF
PSPEC,'/A150','TOTO')
REPLACE
((STRING(TEMP)),'100000','100')

2.4.10

Substitute /A150 with TOTO

Substitute -100000 with 100

REAL COMMAND

REAL(SUBS(NAME OF
SITE,6,1))) GE3

2.4.11

REAL COMMAND

ENHANCE ALL SCTN WITH

(USERMOD EQ 'INSERT
USER NAME HERE') FOR
CE COL RED

Search by user login

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ENHANCE ALL SCTN WITH

Search by last modified date
(MATCHW(LASTMOD,'*3
MAY 2010')) FOR CE COL
GREEN
ENHANCE ALL SCTN WITH
Complex search
(USERMOD EQ ' INSERT
USER NAME HERE' AND
MATCHW (LAST MOD,'*3
MAY 2010')) FOR CE COL
RED

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2.4.12

COLLECT EXAMPLES

Examples with COLLECT and ENHANCE command:

#------------------------------------------------------------VAR !CHARP COLLECT ALL SUBS WITH ( MATCHWILD
( NAME,/M*)) WITHIN N103750 E479075 U4950 TO
N87500 E494500 U33500
ENHANCE ALL FROM !CHARP COLO 43
#------------------------------------------------------------VAR !CHARP APPEND COLLECT ALL PIPE WITHIN
N103750 E479075 U4950 TO N87500 E494500 U33500
ENHANCE ALL PIPE FROM !CHARP COLO 35.
#------------------------------------------------------------$d1=100
$d2=22
Var !branch collect all bran with hbor eq $1
Enhance all from !branch colour $2.
Return
#------------------------------------------------------------$d1=A33H
$d2=22
Var !collect collect all bran with dsco eq [$1]
Enhance all from !collect colour $2.
Return
#------------------------------------------------------------VAR !VOIL COLLECT ALL SUBS WITH ( NAME OF SITE EQ /LD03)
AND ( MATCHWILD( NAME,/*V*))
ENHANCE ALL FROM !VOIL COLO 39
#------------------------------------------------------------VAR !BOX COLLECT ALL BOX WITH ( XLEN GT 1000)
AND ( YLEN GT 1000) AND ( ZLEN GT 1000)
REMOVE ALL BOX FROM !BOX
#------------------------------------------------------------VAR !RRI COLLECT ALL WITH ( MATCHWILD ( NAME, /CV1/RRI/*))
WITHIN VOL /CV1/BASA
VAR !SEC COLLECT ALL WITH ( MATCHWILD ( NAME, /CV1/SEC/*))
WITHIN VOL /CV1/BASA
ENHANCE ALL FROM !RRI COLO 8.
ENHANCE ALL FROM !SEC COLO 16.
#-------------------------------------------------------------

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#------------------------------------------------------------VAR!CHARP COLLECT ALL SUBS WITH NOT (MATCHWILD (NAME,/M*))

WITHIN N10375 E4790 U4950 TO N8750 E4945 U335
ENHANCE ALL FROM !CHARP COLO 43
#------------------------------------------------------------VAR !CHARP APPEND COLLECT ALL PIPE WITHIN
N103750 E479075 U4950 TO N87500 E494500 U33500
ENHANCE ALL PIPE FROM !CHARP COLO 35
#-------------------------------------------------------------

3 D R AFT
3.1 GENERAL SYNTAX
3.1.1 QUERY
Q ADEG

Query current VIEW ANGLE ie 90 DEG

Q APOF

Query the CE terminator position

Q BSRF

Query the STRU LVL

Q CHEI

Query text character height

Q CHEIGHT

Query the text character height

Q CPOF

Query the CE leader line position

Q DIR

Query the current VIEW direction

Q DMTXT

Query the DIM TEXT attributes

Q DPOS

Query the LDIM position on the sheet

Q DTER

Query the LAYER / LDIM term default

Q FPT
Q JUST

Query the current VIEW justification ie left

Q LEN

Query the length

Q LHEI

Query the text letter height

Q LSHAPE

Query the label leader line status

Q LVIS

Query the CE visibility

Q MPT
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Q OSRF

Query sheet overlay (view only)

Q PKEY

Query the DIM PLINE status ie TCTF

Q POS PLRF

Query the current VSEC coordinates

Q RCOD

Query the VIEW orientation

Q RRSF

Query the current VIEW RULE SETTING

Q SIZE

Query the VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONS

Q SNAP

Query the SNAP SETTINGS (on/off)

Q THPOS

Query the current VIEW matchline coordinates

Q TMRF

Query the CE (symbol) name

Q TPEN

Query the TEXP COLOUR attributes

Q TPT
Q VLIMITS

Quer the VIEW limits

Q VRAT

Query the VIEW scale ration ie 1 to 25

Q VSCALE

Query the current VIEW scale ie 0.5

Q VTYP

Query the VIEW attributes

Q XYPOS

Query the position on the sheets

Q XYPOS OF PTRF

Query the position of the symbol

QPLTXT

Query project text attributes

3.1.2 MISCELLANEOUS
BSRF /PROJECT/A1BORDER
DELETE NULL $Q

Change the border in DRAFT (at sheet level)

DELETE NULL ANNOTATION Delete annotations with bad reference

DELETE NULL DIM

Delete DIMs with bad reference

DELETE NULL GLAB

Delete GLABs with bad reference

DELETE NULL SYMB

Delete SYMBOLs with bad reference

FTP@

Move the first point of primitive STRA

GAP DELETE ALL

Delete all gaps

GAP DELETE@

Delete the gap on choosen element

GAP@

Create gap on choosen dim line

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NEW DPPT DDNAME ID@

NEW GLAB COPY
DDNAME ID@
NEW LDIM COPY
@
NEW SLAB COPY
DDNAME ID@
NEW SLAB COPY
DDNAME ID@
NEW TEXP COPY
Y10
PLCL@

PREV

New GLAB copy of previos and chose the new

design element

ID LDIM
ID@
PREV
PREV BY

Copy previos text by Y10

P Clearance at choosen element

PTP@

Move the last point of primitive STRA

RCODE RIGHT

Rotate VIEW onto the right

REPEAT 5 BY X0 Y10

Copy 5 times the current STRA by Y10

SORT DIM

Sort the dimensions in order to use

3.2 ATEXT
EXAMPLES of ATEXT SYNTAX:
Atext '#OWNER(C13:13)'
Atext ' - -PLAN VIEW AT EL.#POSU+ T.O.S.'
Atext ' - -PLAN VIEW AT EL.#POSU+ T.O.S.'
Atext ' - -PLAN VIEW AT EL.#P3POSU+ T.O.P.'
Atext ' - -ELEVATION VIEW ROW #OWNER(C13:13)'
Atext ' -071-#pose(c3:8) EAST ELEVATION - #FRMW(C2:)'

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3.3 BTEXT
EXAMPLES of BTEXT SYNTAX:
BTEXT '#SPREF(P/1:)(C2:4) #SPREF(P/2:)(C2:)'
BTEXT '#SPREF(P/1:)(C2:4) #SPREF(P/2:)(C2:9)'
BTEXT '#SPREF(P/3:)(C2:2)"x0#SPREF(Px2:)(C2:)'
BTEXT '#SPREF(P/3:)(C2:2)"x#SPREF(Px2:)(C2:)'
BTEXT '#SPREF(P/3:)(C2:3)"x0#SPREF(Px2:)(C2:)'
BTEXT '#SPREF(P/3:)(C2:3)"x#SPREF(Px2:)(C2:)'
BTEXT '#SPREF(P/3:)(C2:3)"'
BTEXT 'PG #DESP[1]x#DESP[2]x#DESP[3]x#DESP[4]'
BTEXT 'PG #DESP[1]x#DESP[2]'
BTEXT '#EQUI(P/4:)(C4:)'
BTEXT 'ELLIPTICAL #SPREF(P-4:)(C2:)S #DESP(P 2:)(C2:3) THK PL.'
BTEXT '#SPREF(P-4:)(C2:)S #DESP(P 2:)(C2:3) THK PL.'
BTEXT 'CONC. REDUC. #DESP[1]x#DESP[2]x#DESP[3] THK.'
BTEXT '#SPREF(P5:)(C2:5) ~D#DESPARA[1] x ~D#DESPARA[2]
#/x#DESPARA[3]Thk. ROLLED PLATE'
BTEXT 'TOP OF BRACINGS EL.#PKGG^POSEU+<WRT /*>'
BTEXT 'PLATE #LOHE THK'
BTEXT '8518J-0#NAME(C20:22)DW-3642#NAME(C25:28)'
BTEXT |#BRAN<FR OWNER HREF OWNER>(C2:)|
BTEXT |#HVAC< FR OWNER HREF OWNER>(C2:)|

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3.4 PLTEXT
EXAMPLES of PLTEXT SYNTAX:
Pltxt 'EL. #POSu+ T.O.S.'
Pltxt 'T.O.S. EL. #POSu+#/%U[#POSu+ ]%U'
Pltxt 'T.O.S. EL. #POSEU+#/%U[#POSEU+ ]%U'
Pltxt 'T.O.S. EL. #DIMPOSU+'
Pltxt 'EL. #PKBOS^POSSU+ B.O.S. '

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4 PML
4.1 GENERAL
$M

Runs a macro in PDMS

$!

Evaluate a variable

$.

Terminates a macro

$S

Defines a synonym

$G

Defines a global synonym

$S-

Turns a synonym off

$S+

Turns a synonym on

$QS

Queries the synonyms

$H

Help

$Q

Another syntax help

$P

Prints a line to your command line

$$

Adds a $ symbol

$D

Defaults argument value

$*

Comment line

$(

Starts a block command

$)

Ends a block command

4.2 TRACE
$R

Turn pml trace off

$R1

Tracing to shell windows

$R2

Tracing to request windows

$R4

Tracing of only input lines executed

$R6

Turn pml trace on

$R8

Tracing of all input lines

$R16

Tracing without $ expression (default off)

$R32

Tracing includes line numbers

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$R64

Tracing of macro/function changes

$R100

General debugging

$R102

Capture trace in ALPHA LOG

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5 E XPORT PDMS
5.1 REVIEW EXPORT
ON ERROR CONTINUE
EXPORT FILE /PROJECT.RVM OVER
EXPORT HOLES ON
REPRESENTATION PROFIES ON
REPRESENTATION INSU OFF
REPRESENTATION LEVEL 6
REPRESENTATION LEVEL PIPE 5
REPRESENTATION LEVEL NOZZ 5
REPRESENTATION LEVEL STRU 7
EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR RESET
EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR ON
EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR ALL PIPE COLOUR 3 $* orange
EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR ALL EQUI COLOUR 5 $* green
EXPORT ALL SITES
EXPORT FINISH

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