Equipment Modeling Using PDMS - Primitives and Templates
Equipment Modeling Using PDMS - Primitives and Templates
Equipment Modeling Using PDMS - Primitives and Templates
EquipmentModelingUsingPDMSPrimitivesAndTemplates
EquipmentModelingUsingPDMSPrimitivesAnd
Templates
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PreviouslyIgaveaPDMSoverviewinthispost.HereIwilltakeyouthroughtheequipmentmodellingusing
PDMS.
Anapplicationissupplementaryprogramthathasbeentailoredtoprovideeasycontrolofoperationsthat
arespecifictoaparticulardiscipline.Theapplicationsyouwillusefordesignworkare:
General
Equipment
Pipework
CableTrays
HVACDesigner
Structures
Beams&Columns
Panels&Plates
Walls&Floors
Access,Stairs&Ladders
DesignTemplates
CablingSystem
Equipmentmodelling
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EquipmentModeling
Inanyproject,differentequipmentarerequiredaspertheprocessrequirement.Theseequipmentare
generalshowninP&IDwhichspecificsymbol.Thelayoutengineer&designerareresponsibleforlocating
alltheequipmentintheplotplanaspertheprocess,maintenance,operation&safetyrequirements.PDMS
designerthanhastomodelthisequipmentatthelocationshownintheplotplan.PDMSdesignerhasto
modeltheequipmentasperthemechanicalvendordrawingreceivedfromstaticorrotatingdepartment.
EquipmentmodelinginPDMScanbedonebytwomethods:
UsingPrimitives
UsingTemplates
EquipmentModelingUsingPrimitives
Primitivesmeansdifferentshapesorobjectwhichcanbeassembledtogethertocreatearequiredgeometry
ofanequipment.Theseprimitivescanbemodifiedtotherequireddimensions&orientation.Theprimitives
canbecreatedusingCreate>Primitives
Equipmentmodelingusingprimitives
ThefollowingprimitivesareavailableforequipmentmodellinginPDMS
Sowhilemodellingequipmentusingprimitivesyouhavechecktheequipmentdrawinganddecidewhich
primitivesaretobeusedforcreatingthe3Dviewoftheequipment.
ExampleofEquipmentModelingUsingPrimitives:
Modelingahorizontalvessel
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Equipmentmodelingahorizontalvessel
TheabovehorizontalvesselcanbemodeledinPDMSusingtheprimitivesshowninthefigurebelow
EquipmentModelingUsingTemplates
Anequipmenttemplateisacollectionofprimitivesthatmakeuptheequipmentshapegroupedtogether
underatemplate.TherearemanytemplatesofstandardequipmentavailableinthePDMSdatabasewhich
canbeuseddependingupontherequirement.
TemplatescanbecreatedusingCreate>StandardEquipment
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Equipmentmodelingusingtemplates
ExampleofEquipmentModelingUsingTemplates:
Thehorizontalvesselshownintheaboveexamplecanalsobemodeledusingstandardtemplate.
UsingCreate>StandardEquipmentopentherequiredtemplateasshownbelow
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ClickontoPropertiesbuttonintheCreateEquipmentform.ThisopenstheModifyPropertiesformwhere
youcaninputthedimensionsoftheequipmentaspertherequirement.Aftercompletingtheinputsofall
dimensionsclickontoOK.FinallyclickontotheApplybuttonintheCreateEquipmentform,thiswillcreate
therequiredequipment.
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