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1 Introduction to this Guide ............ ........... ............ ........... ............ ...........1-3

1.1 The Scope of the Guide ......................................................................................1-3
1.2 Learning to Use SPOOLER.................................................................................1-3
1.3 Further Training in PDMS....................................................................................1-4
1.4 Some Terminology ..............................................................................................1-4
1.5 How the Guide is Organised ............................................................................... 1-5
1.6 Terms and Conventions ......................................................................................1-6
1.6.1 Instruction Terms ..............................................................................................1-6
1.6.2 Conventions ...................................................................................................... 1-7

2 What PDMS SPOOLER Offers You ........... ........... ............ ........... ..........2-1
2.1 Pipework Spooling...............................................................................................2-1
2.2 Database Usage..................................................................................................2-1
2.3 3D Graphics ........................................................................................................ 2-2

2.4 Numbering...........................................................................................................2-2
2.5 Naming................................................................................................................2-2
2.6 Spooling Volume Calculation .............................................................................. 2-2
2.7 Drawing Output ...................................................................................................2-3

3 Controlling SPOOLER............................................................................3-1
3.1 Starting a SPOOLER Session.............................................................................3-1
3.2 Using the Mouse ................................................................................................. 3-4
3.3 Using Menus ....................................................................................................... 3-4
3.4 Using the Tool Bar Icon Buttons..........................................................................3-5
3.4.1 Tool Tips ........................................................................................................... 3-5
3.5 The 3D ViewWindow ..........................................................................................3-5
3.6 The Status Bar ....................................................................................................3-6
3.7 Using Forms and their Controls...........................................................................3-6
3.7.1 Option Buttons .................................................................................................. 3-6
3.7.2 Check Boxes ..................................................................................................... 3-7
3.7.3 Using Text Boxes..............................................................................................3-7
3.7.4 Drop-Down Lists ...............................................................................................3-8
3.7.5 Using Scrollable Lists........................................................................................3-8
3.7.6 Control Buttons .................................................................................................3-8
3.8 Alert Forms..........................................................................................................3-9
3.9 Accessing On-line Help .......................................................................................3-9

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4 Setting Up the Database Hierar chy ........... ............ ........... ............ ........ 4-1
4.1 How PDMS Stores Data ..................................................................................... 4-1
4.2 Creating Some Administrative Elements ............................................................ 4-3

5 Controlling the 3D View...... ............ ........... ............ ............ ........... ......... 5-1
5.1 Setting up a 3D View Window ............................................................................ 5-2
5.1.1 View Contents .................................................................................................. 5-2
5.1.2 View Limits ....................................................................................................... 5-3
5.1.3 Type of View..................................................................................................... 5-3
5.2 Manipulating the Displayed View........................................................................ 5-5
5.3 Saving and Restoring a View.............................................................................. 5-7

6 Preparing the Site for Spooling ............ ........... ............ ........... ............ .. 6-1
6.1 Checking the Design Data .................................................................................. 6-1
6.2 Inspecting the Site .............................................................................................. 6-1
6.3 Measuring the Pipe Lengths ............................................................................... 6-3
6.4 Inserting Welds ................................................................................................... 6-5
6.4.1 Inserting a Weld at a Design Point................................................................... 6-6
6.4.2 Separating the Header Pipe ............................................................................. 6-6
6.4.3 Splitting a Tube with a Weld............................................................................. 6-8

7 Spooling the Piping Network ............ ........... ............ ........... ............ ...... 7-1
7.1 Pipework Spooling.............................................................................................. 7-1
7.2 Spooling the Piping Network............................................................................... 7-2
7.2.1 Numbering the Spool Drawing ......................................................................... 7-4
7.2.2 Navigating Between the Databases ................................................................. 7-5
7.2.3 Selecting Adjacent Field Components ............................................................. 7-5

8 Advanced Spooler Features................... ............. ............ ............. ......... 8-1

8.1 Checking the Spool Size..................................................................................... 8-1
8.1.1 Selecting the Numbering Update Options........................................................ 8-2
8.2 Changing the Shop/Field Setting ........................................................................ 8-4
8.3 Forcing a Spool Break at a Joint......................................................................... 8-5
8.4 Forcing a Spool Break at a Specified Element Level.......................................... 8-6

9 Outputting Spool Data................ ........... ............ ............ ........... ............ . 9-1

9.1 Plotting the Spool Drawings................................................................................ 9-1
9.2 Isometric Drawing Contents................................................................................ 9-5
9.2.1 Drawing Annotations ........................................................................................ 9-7

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1 Introduction to this Guide

1.1 The Scope of the Guide

This guide introduces PDMS SPOOLER, AVEVA Solutions Ltd’s

pipework spooling module. The guide assumes that you are already
familiar with either pipework design or piping fabrication practices, but
does not assume any prior knowledge of computer-aided design systems.
The guide explains the main concepts underlying SPOOLER and shows
you how you can apply these to your own design projects, by getting you
to carry out a tutorial exercise. This guide does not give step-by-step
instructions on how to carry out specific spooling functions, since you can
access such information using the on-line help facilities incorporated
into the program’s graphical user interface.

1.2 Learning to Use SPOOLER

The aim of this guide is to help you to learn to use SPOOLER as quickly
as possible. Once you have grasped the basic principles, you will find that
most operations quickly become intuitive.
The best way to learn is to experiment with the product for yourself. To
facilitate this, the guide comprises two concurrent sequences of
information:
• Explanations of the concepts, given at the points at which each is
first encountered as the exercise progresses.
• A hands-on tutorial exercise, which gives a step-by-step practical
introduction to the ways in which you might use the application.
The tutorial is based on the sample project supplied with PDMS.

Experienced PDMS users will find that the early chapters of this guide are
common with PDMS Design. As such you may wish to look quickly through these
sections, just carrying out the tutorial steps in Chapters 3, 4 and 5. The main
part of the spooling tutorial begins in Chapter 6.

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The intention is that you should work progressively through this guide,
pausing to learn about each new concept as it is introduced and carrying
out the related steps in the tutorial, to reinforce the learning process.
The steps which make up the exercise are numbered sequentially
through the guide. The start and end of each section of the exercise are
marked by double lines across the page, to separate the tutorial from the
general information sections, like this:

1.3 Further Training in PDMS

Although this guide will teach you to understand the key features of
using SPOOLER, it cannot possibly show you all the facilities available,
nor can it identify the best ways in which you might use the program to
suit your own individual design practices.
To get the best out of PDMS and its supporting applications, it is
important that you receive proper training in its use from a qualified
instructor, who can answer your questions as they arise and give you
advice on tailoring your techniques to best match your objectives. A wide
range of training courses are provided by AVEVA Solutions Ltd, covering
all levels of expertise and all design disciplines. To arrange attendance
on such a course, contact your nearest AVEVA Solutions Ltd support
office for further details (see the copyright page at the front of this guide
for a link to our web site, which gives contact details).

1.4 Some Terminology

As you might imagine, a program with the wide-ranging power of PDMS

is necessarily large and, if you had simultaneous access to all of its
features, could be rather daunting. To make the whole program easily
controllable, it is subdivided into convenient functional parts. These are
referred to throughout this guide by the following terms:

• Modules are subdivisions of PDMS which you use to carry out

specific types of operation. This guide is concerned with the
SPOOLER module, used to divide pipework networks into spools for
fabrication.
• Applications provide interfaces to PDMS which are specific to
particular disciplines. For example, the Pipework Application is
used in PDMS to design the piping networks.

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1.6.2 Conventions

The following conventions are used throughout this guide, to enable you
to easily understand the instructions in the tutorial.

Item Convention

Control names The name for any control you must select is
shown in Narrow Bold text; e.g. the Apply
button.
Menu options Menus selections are shown in Narrow Bold
text with the > character used to separate
the levels; e.g. Display>Drawlist - means select
the Drawlist option from the Display menu.
Form names The name of any form is shown in Italic text;
e.g. Spooler Members list.

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SPOOLER is the pipework spooling module for AVEVA Solutions Ltd’s

Plant Design Management System (PDMS). It allows you to split the
pipework design into logical sections (spools) ready for fabrication. The
spool data can then be output as isometric drawings using ISODRAFT.

2.1 Pipework Spooling

SPOOLER works with Spool Drawings (SPLDRGs) , which are created by

selecting an interconnected network of piping components to be added to
the drawing. Once you have selected the elements, the application checks
that your selections form a valid piping network.
Spool Drawings contain a number of complete Spool and Field elements,
divided by Spool Breaks, where a SPOOL is defined as a run of piping
components and tube that will be connected during fabrication and a
FIELD is an individual or group of piping components that will be
connected on-site during the erection phase. Spools cannot be split across
Spool Drawings.
Spool Breaks are normally defined by the software, when the application
detects a change in the status of the Shop Flag (where the Shop Flag
indicates whether the component will be included in a fabricated
assembly (SHOP) or fitted during the erection phase (FIELD)). You can
also force spool breaks manually, at joints where the Shop Flags are the
same on all sides, and add Welds, to split pipes, in the design.
By setting the SFLimit (Spool/Field Limit) attribute for a SPLDRG to
either BRAN, PIPE, ZONE or SITE, a spool break will be enforced at any
change at the corresponding element level.

2.2 Database Usage

Spooler uses two databases:
Fabrication database - This contains all your spooling data.
Design database - This contains all the design data for the project.

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Spooler has full read/write access to the Fabrication database but has
only limited access to the Design database, only being allowed to change
attributes relevant to the fabrication of the pipework (e.g. specifying
Field Welds).

2.3 3D Graphics

The pipework design or spooling models can be viewed at any angle or

scale, including standard orthogonal and isometric views, in the 3D View
windows. The windows can be set to navigation only mode, allowing you
to move around the displayed model and select elements, or Design
mode, to carry out actions on the model. Design mode makes use of the
Event Driven Graphics (EDG) mode, which allows cursor picks to be
used interactively as part of an operation, rather than just for navigation
and element selection.

2.4 Numbering

Once you have defined the contents of your drawings, you can
automatically number: parts, welds, spools, fields, bends and non-welded
joints. The numbering always starts from one of the end spools; the start
point can be changed using the Reorder facility.
Part numbers can be created either across a complete spool drawing or to
individual spools.

2.5 Naming

Database elements can be given unique names using the Autonaming

facility. This recognises sets of rules which can be set up by a system
administrator, from the Main Menu options. You can use this facility to
both name new elements, as you create them, and to name existing
elements, retrospectively.

2.6 Spooling Volume Calculation

Spooler can calculate the shipping volume of a spool for you, enabling you
to easily check its size. This could be used to check that a spool is not
going to be too large for the fabrication plant or transportation.

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2.7 Drawing Output

Once you have defined your spool drawings, you can produce them as
isometric plots, using ISODRAFT.

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 3 Controlling SPOOLER

This chapter introduces the techniques for controlling SPOOLER using

the Graphical User Interface (GUI), which you see on your screen when
SPOOLER is started. To do this, we will begin the tutorial exercise by
starting PDMS and entering the SPOOLER module.
It is assumed that you are already logged in to your workstation and that
you know enough about its operating system to enable you to use the
mouse as well as opening and manipulating windows on your computer.
If not, you need to read the manuals supplied with your computer system
or seek advice from your computer systems department.
In order for you to follow the tutorial exercise, SPOOLER and the sample
PDMS project supplied must have been correctly installed and you must
have read/write access to the project databases. This procedure, which
should have been carried out by your PDMS administrator as part of the
product installation sequence, is beyond the scope of this guide.

3.1 Starting a SPOOLER Session

You can go directly to SPOOLER when you first start PDMS or you can
switch to it from another PDMS module. The method used to start PDMS
depends on your operating system.
We will now start PDMS and enter the SPOOLER module.

Exercise Begins:
1. Start PDMS, by selecting PDMS from the Start menu, Programs
sub-menu.

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Figure 3-1 The PDMS Login Form

Clicking on the down arrows beside the Project, Username and

MDB fields displays a form listing the available options. Click
on the required option on these forms to select it.
Clicking on the down arrows beside the Module and Load from
drop down list boxes displays a list of the available options.

Click on the required option to select it.

To enter the password, click in the Password text box, type your
password and press Enter.
• For the tutorial project (SAM) you need to set the fields up as
shown in Figure 3-1 and enter the Password ‘PIPE’.
• Click OK to start SPOOLER.
The initial display uses two main windows, :
• Application Window - This window is divided into a number of sections:
• Menu bar
This bar is located directly under the title bar and displays the
names of the menus available in that module.
• Tool bars
The tool bars are located under the menu bar and display a
number of icon buttons and standard list boxes, enabling you
to easily and quickly carry out commonly used tasks. The top
bar is the general PDMS tool bar, this enables you to carry out
a number of standard PDMS tasks. The second row is the
module tool bar, the controls here enable you to carry out tasks
specific to the SPOOLER module.

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Each view can be set-up to show either an orthogonal (from almost any
direction) or isometric view of the design. It can also be manipulated (by:
zooming, panning, rotating, etc.) to show any part of the design in more
detail.
You can control how the model is shown by using the options on the Right
Mouse Button Menu , referred to as the ‘3D View menu’. When you have
more than one view displayed, you can control any combination of them
from a single form. To do so, select Display>View Control from the main
menu bar to see a 3D View Control form.

3.6 The Status Bar

The Status bar displays the name of the current element or messages
informing you of actions that the software is carrying out.
You should look at the status bar frequently, especially if the system
appears to be waiting for you to do something, since it will always
prompt you for any input or action which is required to carry out the next
step of your current activity.
Note: Prompts for EDG actions are shown at the top of the 3D View
window.

3.7 Using Forms and their Controls

Forms are used both to display information and to let you select options
and enter data. Forms typically comprise an arrangement of: buttons, of
various types, text boxes, and scrollable lists. Input to a form is
usually via a combination of mouse and keyboard input; the mouse is
used to select appropriate controls and the keyboard to enter data.
While you have access to a form, you may change a setting, return to the
initial values, accept and act on the current data, or cancel the form
without applying any changes, according to the nature of the form.
This section describes how to use the principal types of controls (gadgets)
that you will see on the various forms.

3.7.1 Option Buttons

Option buttons are used to select one from a group of options. The
selection is mutually exclusive, so that selecting one option automatically
deselects the others in that group.

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Option Button ON

Option Button OFF

To change the selected option button, click on the required button.

3.7.2 Check Boxes

Check boxes are used to switch an option between two states, typically
On and Off. Unlike option buttons they do not interact; so that if you
have several check boxes you can select any combination that you require
and they do not effect each other.
The check boxes are shown as follows:
Check box ON

Check box OFF

To change the setting of a check box to its opposite state (i.e. switch it Off
if it is On, or On if it is Off), position the cursor over the box and click the
left-hand mouse button.

3.7.3 Using Text Boxes

Text boxes are areas where you type in alphanumeric data such as
names or dimensions. A text box will usually have a label to tell you what
to enter.
To enter data into a text-box:
• Click in the box to insert the cursor.
• Using the keyboard, type in the required data, editing any existing
entry as necessary. (You may need to delete the existing entry first.)
• When you have finished, confirm the entry by pressing the Enter (or
Return) key. Any text-box with an unconfirmed setting is
highlighted by a yellow background.
When you first open a form which contains text-boxes, the first text-box

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3.7.4 Drop-Down Lists

Drop-down lists let you choose one option from a multiple selection. A
list box usually has the currently selected option displayed, with a down
arrow to the right side.

Clicking on the down arrow displays the list of options from which you
can select the required option.

3.7.5 Using Scrollable Lists

A scrollable list is displayed as a vertical list of options within the form,

with vertical and horizontal scroll bars along its sides. To select an option
from a scrollable list, click on the line you want. The selected line will be
highlighted.
Some scrollable lists allow you to make only a single selection, so that
selecting any option deselects all others automatically. Other lists allow
you to make multiple selections, with all selected options highlighted
simultaneously. To deselect a highlighted option in a multiple-choice list,

click on it again (repeated clicks toggle a selection On and Off).

3.7.6 Control Buttons

Most forms include at least one control button which is used either to
enter the command option represented by the current form setting;
cancel any changes you have made to the form or to close the form.
The form control buttons are described in the following table.

Control Description
Button

Enters the current form settings as command

OK
inputs and closes the form.
Enters the current form settings as command
Apply inputs.
Cancels any changes made to the form’s settings
Cancel
and closes the form.
Reset Cancels any changes made to the form’s settings.
Dismiss Closes the form keeping the current settings.

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Some forms contain more specific control buttons; e.g. the Add and
Remove buttons on the Drawlist form.

3.8 Alert Forms

Alert forms are used to display information such as error messages and
requests for confirmation of changes. You should respond by carrying out
the task prompted for or by clicking on the control buttons on the form
(usually an OK or Cancel button).

3.9 Accessing On-line Help

The Main Bar Menu ends with the Help option. Where available, on-line
help gives detailed instructions on the use of the forms and menus via
which you control the module.
The Help menu gives you the following options:
• Help>on Context
This gives you help on any window currently visible in the display.
When you select this option, the cursor changes to a question mark
(?). Move the question mark into the window on which you want
help and click the left-hand mouse button.
• Help>Contents
This displays the Help window so that you can find the required
topic from the hierarchical contents list.
• Help>Index
This displays the Help window so that you can find all topics
relevant to a selected keyword.
• Help>About
This displays information about the current operating system on
your computer and about the versions of PDMS and its applications
to which you have access.
Pressing the F1 key at any time will display the help topic for the

currently active window (equivalent to Help on Context for the current

window).
You are recommended to make full use of the on-line help facilities
whenever you want clarification of any operations during the later steps
of the exercise.

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Exercise continues:

25. To split the heat exchanger outlet pipe (Pipe 2007):

• Select Field and In-tube on the Create Weld form. This activates
the Position in Tube frame, allowing you to set the position in the
tube you want to insert the weld.
• Select Behind Item in the drop-down list and enter the value
6000 into the distance text box and then click Apply.
The 3D View switches to EDG mode and prompts you to pick
the tube in which to insert the weld.
• Pick anywhere on that length of tube. You are then prompted
to pick the element from which to measure the distance.
• Pick Elbow 3 in Pipe 2007. This inserts the weld 6000
millimetres back from the elbow.

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In this chapter we look at the principles of using Spooler and split the
pipes up the Condensate Pumps piping network into Spool Drawings,
using the default Shop Flag settings.

7.1 Pipework Spooling

SPOOLER works with spooling networks, which are created by selecting

pipework elements to be added to a spool drawing (SPLDRG) . The
selected elements must form an interconnected piping network but are
not limited to a single branch or pipe in the design model.
Spooling networks consist of interconnected spools and fields. Where a
SPOOL is defined as a run of piping components and tube that will be
connected during fabrication and a FIELD is an individual or group of
piping components that will be connected during the erection phase.
Spools and fields are defined by picking an element in the 3D View
window. If the element has been defined as a fabrication element (i.e. the
SHOP flag is true) it generates a SPOOL. Whereas, if the selected
element has been defined as being fitted on site (i.e. the SHOP flag is
false) it generates a FIELD.
When an element is picked, the software searches all connected piping
components and tube and then adds all adjacent components that have
the same SHOP flag status to that spool or field. The ends of the spools,
called SPOOL BREAKS, occur when the SHOP flag status changes.
You can also force SPOOL BREAKS by defining Field Welds or Joints at
the required point in the SPOOL. Field welds can be used to split a
piping section at a particular component or at some defined point along a
length of tube. The forced spool break is used to create a break at joint
that does not have a field element in it (for example: a flanged joint with
no gasket).
By setting the SFLimit (Spool/Field Limit) attribute for a SPLDRG to
either BRAN, PIPE, ZONE or SITE (the default is WORLD), a spool
break will be enforced at any change at the corresponding element level.
SPOOLING NETWORKS can be defined by picking each SPOOL and
FIELD in sequence, to add to the SPOOL DRAWING or by picking two
ends of a continuous piping network. Spooler checks that it is an

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interconnected network before it adds all the spools and fields to the
SPOOL DRAWING.

7.2 Spooling the Piping Network

We will now create some spool drawings and spool the pipes between the
condensate pumps and the heat exchanger (Pipes 2004, 2005 and 2006),
into one of them.

Exercise continues:
26. Go to the Fabrication database, by selecting Control>Switch>Fabrication
from the Spooler Members form menu bar and navigate to the
‘Condensate_Pumps’ registry.
Now create three Spool Drawings, as follows:
• Select Create>Spool Drawing from the main menu bar (or select
Spool Drawing from the drop-down list and click the Create
button) and name the Spool Drawing ‘Inlet_Pipe’.
This becomes the Current Element (CE) in the Members list
and is displayed as the active spool drawing in the text box on
the SPOOLER tool bar.
• Now create two more Spool Drawings, named ‘Outlet_Network’
and ‘Heat_Exch_Outlet’.
27. We will now start to spool the piping network between the
Condensate pumps and the Heat Exchanger:
• Navigate to the ‘Outlet_Network’ Spool Drawing, making this
the CE.
• Zoom in on the condensate pumps outlet network, as shown in
Figure 7-1.

• Click on the Add to Spool Drawingbutton in the SPOOLER

tool bar.
Note how the mode of the 3D View window changes, as
indicated by the text in the prompt bar, see Figure 7-1.
The next element you pick in the 3D View will be added to the
spool drawing.
• Pick one of the flanges between the valve and the condensate
pump, as shown in Figure 7-1. The flange and its leave tube
change to the default spool colour and are added to the
Members list as SPOOL 1.

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A problem could occur if points P1 and P2 have Ckeys of BWD or SWD.

By default this should give two welds, one for each point, but the
software recognises the OLET as a special case and only allocates one
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3D Graphics, 2-2 CE, 4-3, 5-1

3D view, 3-3 CE limits button, 5-4

3D View, 3-6, 5-1 Check boxes, 3-7

3D View menu, 3-6 Choose form, 6-7

3D View window settings, 5-3 Ckey attribute, ii

Add, 3-9, 7-2 Click, 1-4

Add CE with colour, 5-4 Colour selection, 5-4

Add to spool drawing, 7-2 Colours, 5-4

Adjacent field components, 7-6 Connection types, i

Alert forms, 3-9 Continuous network, 4-1

Always generate new data, 8-2 Control button, 3-8

Application Controlling graphical windows, 3-6

definition, 1-2 Controls, 3-6
Apply, 3-9 Conventions, 1-5
Attached welds, iii Create 3D View, 5-3
Attribute Create weld form, 6-7
definition, 4-3 Current element , 5-1
Autocolour, 5-4
definition, 4-3
AWELD, iii Data consistency, 6-1
Behind item, 6-9 Database, 2-1, 4-1
Bend numbers, 7-4 Database hierarchy, 4-1, 4-2
Branch DB, 2-1, 4-1
definition, 4-2 Delete spool breaks, 8-6
Branch head
Department
definition, 4-2
Branch tail definition, 4-1
Department
definition, 4-2
creating, 4-4
Button
Design database, 2-2, 4-1, 6-5
control, 3-8
Design point, 6-6
option, 3-8
Buttons, 3-6 Direction of view, 5-4

Cancel, 3-9 Dismiss, 3-9

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Display isometric, 9-4 Include adjacent field components, 7-6

Display list, 9-2 Information bar, 5-3
Double Click, 1-4 Inserting a weld, 6-5
Drag, 1-4 Inspecting the site, 6-1
Drawing annotations, 9-7 ISO, 5-4
Drawing contents, 9-5 Isodraft, 2-1, 9-1
Drawlist, 3-9, 5-3 Isodraft application window, 9-1
Drop-down lists, 3-8 Isodraft main menu, 3
EDG, 2-2, 3-6, 5-3, 6-7 Isodraft messages, 9-4
Element Isometric drawing contents, 9-5
definition, 4-2 Isometric drawings, 2-1
Enter key, 1-4 Isometric Plots, 2-3
Erection, 2-1 Isometric view, 5-4
Event driven graphics, 5-1 IWELD, iii
Event Driven Graphics, 2-2 JNTGRP, ii
Fabrication, 2-1, 7-1 Joint connections, ii
Fabrication database, 2-2, 4-1 Joint group, ii
Field, 7-1 Joint numbers, 7-4
Field weld, 6-5 Joints, 8-6
Fields, 2-1, 4-1 Keyboard, 3-6
Forced spool breaks, 7-1 Left mouse button, 3-4
at Branch/Pipe changes, 8-7 List
at Joints, 8-6
scrollable, 3-8
Forms, 3-6
Look, 5-4
Goto FIELD, 7-5
Manipulating a 3D View, 5-6
Goto SPOOL, 7-5
Manual data selection, 8-3
Graphical user interface, 3-1
MDB, 3-2
Graphical view, 3-3, 3-6
Measure, 6-3
Graphical views, 5-1
Measuring a pipe, 6-3
GUI, 3-1
Member
Head. See Branch head
definition, 4-3
Help, on-line, 3-9 Members list, 3-3, 5-4
Icon buttons, 3-5 Menu
IJOINT, iii pull-down, 3-4
Implied joints, iii Menu bar, 3-2, 3-4
Implied welds, iii Menu hierarchies, 1
In tube weld, 6-8 Middle mouse button, 3-4

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Module P-leave, 6-6

definition, 1-2 Plotting, 9-1
Module tool bar, 3-2 Plotting options, 9-2
Mouse buttons Plotting spool drawings, 9-1
functions, 3-4 Positioning Control form, 6-3
Multiple 3D Views, 5-1
P-point, 6-6
Naming, 2-2
Preparing a site, 6-1
Navigate button, 7-5
Prompt bar, 5-3
Navigating, 7-5
Prompts, 3-6
Network, 4-1
Pull-down menu, 3-4
Numbering, 2-2, 7-4
Pulled bend numbers, 7-4
Numbering settings form, 7-4, 8-3
Radio buttons, 3-7
Numbering update, 8-2
Real welds, iii
Numbering update options, 8-2
Registry
oint types, iii
definition, 4-1
OK, 3-9 Registry
On-line help, 3-9
creating, 4-4
Option button, 3-8 Remove, 3-9

Options, 9-2 Remove CE, 5-8

Orthogonal view, 5-4 Remove from Spool Drawing, 7-6
Outputting spool data, 9-1 Reset, 3-9
Owner Restore View, 5-8
definition, 4-3 Return key, 1-4
Pan, 5-7 Right mouse button, 3-4
Parallel, 5-3 Right mouse button menu, 3-6
P-arrive, 6-6 Rotate, 5-7
Part numbers, 7-4 RWELD, iii
PDMS, 2-1 SAM, 3-2
PDMS tool bar, 3-2 Save View, 5-8
Perspective, 5-3 Scrollable list, 3-8
Pick, 1-4
Scrollable lists, 3-6
Picking, 7-1 Searching, 7-1
Pipe Select data for spool elements form, 8-3
definition, 4-2 Setting up a 3D View, 5-3
Pipework, 2-1
SFLimit attribute
Pipework spooling, 7-1
Spool breaks, 2-1, 7-1, 8-7
Piping Network, 2-1 Shop, 2-1

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Shop flag, 7-1, 8-4 Terminology, 1-2

Shop Flag, 2-1 Terms, 1-4
Shop flag status, i Text box, 3-7
Shop/Field setting, 8-4 Text boxes, 3-6
Site Toggle buttons, 3-7
definition, 4-2 Tool bar, 3-2, 3-5
SPLDRG, 2-1, 7-1 Tool tips, 3-5
Spool, 7-1 Transparency, 5-4
Spool breaks, 8-4, i Training courses, 1-2
Spool drawing, 7-2 Tutorial project, 3-2
Spool Drawing Type of view, 5-3, 5-4
definition, 4-1 Types of joints, iii
Spool Drawings, 2-1
Types of welds, iii
Spool numbers, 7-4, 8-2
Update, 8-2
Spool shipping volume, 2-3, 8-1
Update choice handling, 8-2, 8-3
Spool size, 8-1
Update/Number button, 7-4
Spool/field limit attribute. See SFLimit
Update/Number spool drawing form, 7-4, 8-3
attribute, See SFLimit attribute, See SFLimit
attribute Use first available data, 8-2
Spooler, 2-1 View
Spooler main menu, 1 3D/graphical, 3-3
Spooler members, 5-4 View contents, 5-3

Spooler Members list, 3-3 View control buttons, 5-3

Spooler tool bar, 3-2 View control form, 3-6, 5-1

Spooling, 7-1, 7-2 View limits, 5-3, 5-4

Spooling networks, 7-2 View window, 5-1
Spools, 2-1, 4-1 Viewing direction, 5-4
Standard isometrics, 9-2 Weld connections, ii
Start menu, 3-1 Weld numbers, 7-4
Starting PDMS, 3-1 Weld types, iii
Starting Spooler, 3-1 Welds, 2-1

Status bar, 3-3 WLDGRP, ii

Status form, 3-6 World
Submenu, 3-4 definition, 4-1
Switching databases, 7-5 Zone

Switching modules, 3-1, 9-1 definition, 4-2

Zoom, 5-7
Tail. See Branch tail

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