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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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