Q 1G)
QBT (PIPE SUPFT)
QP @ WRT*
QmwPLe
GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE ( ie 90 DEG)
GIVES THE SLAB/GLAB TEXT ATTRIBUTES
GIVES THE CB ATTRIBUTES
GIVES THE CE BETA ANGLE
GIVES THE PIPE INSIDE DIA.
GIVES THE ATTACHEDDRG/SHT (@RWGLVL)
GIVES THE DEAD TEXT ATTRIBUTES
GIVES THE CE EAST CO-ORDINATE
GIVES THE CE ELEMENT NAME
GIVES THE PLOO/PAVE RADIUS ie 100mm
GIVES THE NXTR/VERT RADIUS ie 100mm
GIVES THE SFRA FROM POINT CO-ORDS.
GIVES THE CE FUNCTION
GIVES THE CE GROSS C OF G
GIVES THE GENERIC TYPE ie OD,HP,TG
GIVES THE CE GROSS WEIGHT
GIVES THE CE (PLOO LVL) PLT THK
GIVES THE CE HANGER HEAD CO-ORDS
GIVES THE CE PIPE HEAD CO-ORDINATES
GIVES THE CE HANGER TAIL CO-ORDS
GIVES THE CE P POINT CO-ORDINATES
GIVES THE PLINE NAME USING CURSORQINREF GIVES THE CE INREFERENCE
QISPEC (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE) INSULATION
QSLIN GIVES THE CB JOINT LINE
QJUSL GIVES THE CB JUSTIFICATION LINE
QLEN (DRAFT) GIVES THE STRA LENGTH
QLEV GIVES THE CE LEVEL (OBSTRUCTION ETC)
Q.LHEI DRAFT) GIVES THE TEXT LETTER HEIGHT
QLIsT. GIVES THE CE FITTINGS (NEG EXTR. ETC.)
QLOCK GIVES THE LOCK STATUS
QLSHAPE (DRAFT) GIVES THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUS
QMATREF
QMDB
QMEM
@ oNaDP
5 Q!
‘QMPT MRAFT)
QmrTo
QNAM
QNCOF
QNSRF
QNVOL
QNWEI
QOBS
QORI
QowNn
QPA @IPING)
QPARA
QPH@IPING) |
QPH BORE (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE HEAD) BORE
e@ QPH OD (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE HEAD) DIAMETER
QPT OD PIPING) GIVES THE CE@IPETAIL) DIAMETER
QPI WRT/* (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE SUPPT) LOCATION
QPKEY DRAFT) GIVES THE DIM PLINE STATUS (ie TCTF)
QPL WRI? (PIPING) GIVES THE CE HVAC LEAVE (CO-ORDINATES
QPLTXT@RAFT) GIVES THE PROJ TEXT ATTRIBUTES
QPpos GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES (START POS)
QPOS INSV1 GIVES THE CE DISTANCE TO VAR. $V1
QPOSE GIVES THE CE END CO-ORDINATES
QPOS FITT GIVES THE C/FITT CO-ORDINATES (START)
QPOS PLRF (DRAFT) GIVES THE CURRENT VSEC CO-ORDS.
QPOS DPL@ GIVES THE PLINE CO-ORD AT CE START
Q POS PPLI BOS WRT/* GIVES THE BOS PLINE CO-ORDINATES
QPOS PPLINA PROP 0.5 GIVES THE CENTRE CO-ORDINATE
POSITIONS OF THE PLINE (PPL) AT ed
(0.5 x DER LEN) ON THE N/A.
Poss GIVES THE CE START CO-ORDINATES
Q
Q POSS POSE GIVES THE CE BOTH END CO-ORDINATESQSNAP (DRAFT)
QSPRE
QTCTL OR Q CUTL)
QTHPOS (DRAFT)
QTMRF MRAFT)
QVTYP DRAFT)
Q:X¥POS DRAFT)
Qzpis
GIVES ORIGIN OF CE WITH REGARD TO
WORLD
GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL ATTRIBUTES
GIVES THE CE RADIUS
GIVES THE CE PDMS REFERENCE NO.
GIVES THE CB REPRESENTATION STATUS
GIVES THE CE FUNCTION
GIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGS
GIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONS
GIVES THE PLOO JUSTIFICATION ie UTOP
DCEN
DBOT
GIVES THE SNAP SETTING (ON/OFF)
GIVES THE CE CUT LENGTH?
GIVES THE CE USER DATABASE
GIVES THE CE VOLUME
GIVES THE VIEW LIMITS
GIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE (ie 05)
0.5=1:2
02=1:5
0.1 =1:10
0.05 = 1:20
0.04 = 1:25
0.02 = 1:50
0.01 = 1:100
GIVES THE VIEW ATT(e.GLOBAL HIDDEN)
GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEET
GIVES THE CE FITTING DIST FROM START‘PDMS TYPED COMMANDS
ADD CE
ADD CREF
ADD CE COL 39
ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE
“ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 100
ADDS CE
‘ADDS CE PIPE CONNECTION REF
ADDS CE WITH COL 39(SEE COLOUR SHEET)
‘ADDS ALL DISCIPLINES THAT OVERLAP CE
‘ADDS ALL DISCIPLINES THAT OVERLAP CE
‘WITH A VOLUME OF 100mm ALL ROUND
ADD ALL SCTN WITHIN VOL CE ADDS ALL SECTIONS THAT OVERLAP CE
ADD ALL EQUIP WITHIN VOL CE ‘ADDS ALL EQUIPMENT THAT OVERLAPS CE
ADDS CE SITE
ADD SITE
AID CLEAR LINE ALL
AXES OFF
BY D100 (PDMS ONLY)
BY E100 (PDMS ONLY)
BY.N100 (PDMS ONLY)
BY 0100 (@DMS ONLY)
BY X100 DRAFT & PDMS)
BY X100 WRT/*(@PDMS PLATES)
CHE CE
COL ACT BLUE
COL CE VIOLET
COL 39 YELLOW
DELETECE —
EXT END TO IDPL@STA
EXTEND -1000
FINISH
FLIP CE
GETWORK
INCL CIRC 1 OF NOTE/TABLE
INCLD@
INCL NAME.....
LOCK ALL
MAR CE
NAME /TEMPORARY
EXTENDS THE END 1000
ENDS & SAVES PDMS SESSION
FLIPS CE
GETS LATEST MODEL
REPOSITIONS CIRC 1 TO PREV. SELECTED
DESTINATION
GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES (START)OR
ITEM TO BE TRANSFERED
REPOSITIONS CE TO A SELECTED
DESTINATION
LOCKS CE & CE MEMBERS
MARKS CE NAME
RENAMES SAID ITEM TO TEMPORARY ()~NEW FITT COPY PREV BY ZDIST PROP BANG 180
‘NEW GLAB COPY SV1
NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT @
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 (PDMS)
NEW SCIN COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4(@PDMS)
NEW PANE COPY PREV BY £200 COL 4(PDMS)
NEW TEXP COPY PREV BY Y10 (DRAFT)
NEW SYMB COPY PREV BY X-10 (DRAFT)
NEW VRTX COPY PREV BY X10 DRAFT)
PKEY LTOC
OBSTRUCTION OFF
REPRES HOLES OFF
REPRES PNODE COL YELLOW
REPRES PNODE ON
REPRES PNODE SIZE 6
REPRES PROF ON CL OFF
‘[REPRES SNODE OFF
ROT THRO POSE ABO D BY 30
ROT THRO POSS ABO D BY 45
ROT THRO MIDP ABO D BY 90
ROT ABO DP@ BY 90
ROT ABO IDPL@ BY 90
ROT THR IDP@ BY 90
ROT THR IDPL@ BY 90
ROT ABO P1 BY 90
PREC 4 DP
ZDIST (ZDIST + 100)
COPIES FITT AT END
POITION OF CE AT A
BANGLE OF 180.
START POSITION CE
MIDDLE POSITION CE
END POSITION CE
PROPO
PROP 0.5
PROP 1
COPIES GLAB AS VARIABLE SV1
COPIES GLAB TO PICKED LOCATION
COPIES CE E200
COPIES CE £200 COL 4
COPIES CE £200 COL 4
COPIES CE Y10
COPIES CE X-10
COPIES CE X10 (CLOUDS)
(CHANGES DIM FROM EXIST JUSL TO LTOC
in Drawist)
REMOVES OBSTRUCTION REPRESENTATION
REMOVES HOLE REPRESENTATION (Apply
‘Add’ in Drawlist)
PRIMARY NODES SHOWN YELLOW
PRIMARY NODES SHOWN ONLY
CHANGES PRIMARY NODES TO 6mm
SETS PROFILE REPR AS SOLID
SECONDARY NODES OFF
ROTATES CE ABOUT END POS BY 30 DEG
ROTATES CE ABOUT START POS BY 45 DEG
ROTATES CE ABOUT MIDP POS BY 90 DEG
ROTATES CE LOCAL TO PPOINT BY 90 DEG.
ROTATES CE LOCAL TO PLINE BY 90 DEG.
ROTATES CE ABOUT ANY PPOINT BY 90 DEG.
ROTATES CE ABOUT ANY PLINE BY 90 DEG.
ROTATES CE ABOUT P1 BY 90 DEG.
LETS YOU TOGGLE BETWEEN LAST 2 ITEMS
‘UNMARKS CE NAME
GIVES PRECISE READOUT TO 4 DEC. POINTS
MOVES ITEM 100 FROM ORIG POSITION5@
DRAFT QUERY COMMANDS
Note: most of the query ‘commands used in PDMS. DESIGN also work in DRAFT
QBSRF
QCHEIGET
QcroF
Qu
QpPpos
QDTOF
QDTER
.QErT
QuusT
-QLEN
‘Q LHEI
QLSHAPE
QVTYP RAFT)
QXYPOS (DRAFT)
GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE (ie 90 DEG)
GIVES THE CE (NOTE) TERMINATOR POS'N
GIVES THE DRG. SHT. REF. (STRU LVL)
GIVES THE TEXT CHARACTER HEIGHT
GIVES THE CR (NOTE) LEADER LINE POS’N
GIVES THE CIVIEW DIRECTION ie N )
GIVES THE LDIM POSITION ON SHEET
GIVES DIMENSION TEXT X and ¥ value
GIVES THE LAYER/LDIM TERM”TR DEFAULT
GIVES THE STRA FROM POINT CO-ORDS ¢
GIVES THE C/VIEW JUSTIFICATION( ie LEF!
GIVES THE STRA LENGTH
GIVES THE TEXT LETTER.
GIVES THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUS
GIVES THE CE VISIBILITY
GIVES THE VIEW LIMITS
GIVES SCALE RATIO (ie 1 TO 25)
GIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE (ie 0.5)
02=1:5
0.1 =1:10
0.05 =
0.04 =
0.02 =
0.01 =
GIVES THE VIEW ATT(ie.GLOBAL HIDDEN)
GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEETDRAFT TYPED COMMANDS
ADEG 0
ADEG 45
ADEG 90
APOFFSET 5-5
AaT@
AT DP@
ATIDPL@
BLNK FALSE
BLNK TRUE
BIEXT’A-A?
BY@
BY X100
BY Y100
CPOFFSET 5-5
DIM TEX#100 TYP”
DPOS@
DTAN DEF
DTAN PAR
DTAN HOR
DTAN STAN
DTAN VERTICAL
DTOF @
DTOF 04
DTANPARDTOF 80
NLPN OFF
FPT@
PT BY X2Y-2
FRAME ON
GAP@
GAP DELETE ALL
GAP DELETE AT
GBOXxs
HIGH CE
INCL CIRC 1 OF. NOTE/TABLE
‘MODIFIES TEXT HORIZONTAL
‘MODIFIES TEXT/PRIMITIVES AT 45 DEG.
MODIFIES TEXT VERTICAL
RE-POSITIONS LTER END XS ¥-5
MODIFIES TEXT TO A-A.
MOVES CE BY LOCT. FROM POS TO NEW POS
MOVES CE X (BAST) 100 mm.
MOVES STRA FROM POINT | BY CURSOR
MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY TYPED INPUT
‘TEXT FRAME ON
‘LETS CURSOR DETERMINE | DIMENSION GAP
DELETES ALL DIMESION GAPS.
DELETES DIMENION GAP BY CURSOR
MODIFIES TEXT FRAME WITH 5 CLEARANCE
HIGHLIGHTS CE
REPOSITIONS CIRC 1 TO PREV. SELECTED
DESTINATION
REPOSITIONS CE TO A SELECTED
PLACES ANOTHER VERTEX ON LEADERLINE
‘TURNS CE VISIBILITY OFF
TURNS CE VISIBILITY ONLTER OBL
MODIFY @
NEW CIRCLE DIAM 100 AT@
NEW CIRCLE RAD 50 AT@
NEW GLAB COPY SV1
NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT @
NEW RECT XLEN40 YLEN20 ANG 45 ORIG CORNER AT@
NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT@
‘NEW ‘element’ COPY PREV BY X20
NLPN OFF
OSHT 10
OSHT @
PLCL@
PROJ CLEAR @
PROJ CLEARS
PROJ TEX’TYP”
PTAN PAR
PTAN HOR
PTAN VERTICAL
PTOF -80
RCOD LEFT
REPEAT 5 BY X10
SNAP ON/OFF
SNAP ON 10
SNAP ON SPACING X10 ¥20
TPEN 71
TrT@
TPT BY X2 Y-2
UPDATE ANNO
UPDATE DESIGN
UPDATE PICTURE
GRID ON/OFF
#
#SPRE(C10:19)UB
#SPRE(C10:16)UB
EL. #DIMPOSU(C2:5).#DIMPOSU(C6:)
‘LINE TERMANATOR DASH
ENABLES MODS TO SLAB/GLAB GEOMETRY (>
DRAWS CIRCLE AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
DRAWS CIRCLE AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
COPIES GLAB AS VARIABLE SV1
COPIES GLAB TO PICKED LOCATION
DRAWS RECT
AND POSITIONS
IT BY CURSOR
COPIES TEXT AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
COPIES ‘element name’ WITH OFFSET BY X20
TURNS LINE OFF (IB CLOUD VERTEX)
SETS PROJECTION LINE POSITION BY
CURSOR
SETS PROJECTION LINE POSITION BY 5mm
PROJECTION TEXT READS TYP
PROJECTION TEXT PARALLEL
PROJECTION TEXT HORIZONTAL an
PROJECTION TEXT VERTICAL ‘
PROJECTION TEXT OFFSET X-8 YO
ROTATES VIEW BOX LEFT
COPIES CE 5 TIMES BY 10mm SPACES
TURNS SNAP ON/OFF
GIVES SNAP GRID X10 ¥10 ~
GIVES SNAP GRID X10 ¥20
GIVES THE TEXP COLOUR ATTRIBUTE 71
MOVES STRA TO POINT BY CURSOR. “
MOVES STRA TO POINT BY TYPED INPUT
UPDATES ANNOTATION
UPDATES DESIGN
UPDATES GRAPHICS
TURNS SNAP GRID VISIBILITY ON/OFF
UNDERLINES TEXT ie SECTION A-A
DEFAULT DIMENSION ie 4500
‘UNDERLINES DIMENSION ie 4500
UNDERLINES DIMENSION ie 45000
TYP
‘WEST SHELL
FORMAT ON DRG. 254x102x22UB
FORMAT ON DRG. 254x102UB
FORMAT ONDRG. EL. 508.500
EL, + #DIMPOSU(C2:5).#DIMPOSU(C6:) FORMAT ON DRG. EL. + 508.500SHAPES
|
EP
LSNO
PEPEELCELLCLEELEL
SRTO
&
SSPH
PIPE ATTACHMENT REQ’D FOR: SRUCTURAL
PENETRATIONS THRO DECKS/WALLS ETC
FITTING
STRUCTURAL PLATE/GRATING SECTION
P POINT OWNED BY PLOO
PENETRATION THRO” DECK OR ‘WALL PLATE (
PIPE SLEEVE/ELECTICAL TRANSIT. ETC)
PLATE OWNED BY PANE HAS PLATE
ATTRIBUTES
STRUCTURAL SECTION ie. HEA,UNP etc
NODE POINT ‘USED IN CONNECTING SCTN
STRUCTURAL SECTION ie HEA,UNP etc
PPOINT OWNEDBYNXT ~~~
RECT.
SNOUT (Ofiiset Truncated Cone; similar to eccentric pipe
IMPLIED BOXING
CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & to Top)
TANGULAR PYRAMID
‘NEGATIVE CONE
NEGATIVE CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to
NEGATIVE CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to
NEGATIVE DISH
NEGATIVE PYRAMID
NEGATIVE RECTANGULAR TORUS
‘NEGATIVE SLOPE-END CYLINDER
‘NEGATIVE SNOUT
‘NEAGTIVE SPHERE
BOX
CIRCULAR TORUS (e.g. Tubular Bend)
CONE
CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & Height)
DISC
DISH (Pressure Vessel End or Similar)
RECTANGULAR TORUS (e.g. Cable Tray Bend)
SLOPE-END CYLINDER
SPHERE
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Pseudo Attributes
The following pseudo attributes are allowed in expressions:-
All element types:
'NAMN' or’NAM/E NOPREF' Text _ Name without prefix (preceding "/").
"FLNM' or 'FULLNAME” Text _Treename, e.g. "BOX 1 OF /PUMP1”.
"FULLTYPE’ Word Similar to TYPE, but more than 4 chars.
"SEQ/UENCE' or 'ORDER' _ Integer Position in member list of owner.
‘ust ‘Word(38) Possible types in member list.
‘ous ‘Word(200) Possible types of owner.
‘HUST ‘Word(200) Possible Higher element types in hierarchy.
‘QUANTITY: Integer Number of elements, currently aways 1.
"DBNU/MBER' Integer DB number
'MCOUINT’ noun Integer Count of element type in members list. If no ‘noun’ is given that the total me
mber list count is retuned.
'DDEP/TH' _Integer Database depth below world (worid at 0, Site at 1 etc)
‘Most DES! element types:
"BIAST or'X’ Real East component of postion
“wiEsT’ ‘West component of position.
"NIORTH' or 'Y" Real NorthvY component of position.
"SIOUTH' Real South component of position.
“UIP' oF ' Real _Up/Z component of position.
"DIOWN' Real Down component of position.
‘DDES/PARAM 'Real(50) Return desparam as a distance, converted to local units
WVOL Real(6) World volume
DESI elements with a catalogue or spec. ref.:
‘STYPIE, ‘Word Spec answer for STYPE. question
"CATIREFERENCE’ Ref Catalogue reference.
‘SPR/IEFERENCE’ Ref Spec. ref.
‘PARAM Real30) Parameters of the catalogue component.
IPAR/AM' Real(30) Parameters of the insulation catcomp.
"TPARIAM' Real(30) Parameters of the tracing cat. comp.
‘PTRE/FERENCE' . Ref Point set ref.
(GMRE/FERENCE’ Ref Geometry set ref.
"DTRE/FERENCE® Ref Data set ref. Se.
"MTXR/EFERENCE Ref Material text ref.
'MTXX" Text Material XTEXT.
"MTYX’ Text Material YTEXT.
"MTZX’ Text Material ZTEXT.
‘DETRIEFERENCE Ref Detail text ref.
“DTXR’ Text Detail RTEXT.
‘DTXS' Text Detail STEXT.
“‘DTXT. Text Detail TTEXT.
‘SPR Ref __ Insulation spec. component ref.
‘CATREFERENCE’ Ref Insulation cat. component ref
NDEMTAIL' Ret insulation detail text ref.
ORT Text _ Insulation detail RTEXT.
“DST Text — Insulation detail STEXT.
“wT Text insulation detail TTEXT.
‘IMAT" Ref Insulation material text ref.
WwxT” Text — insulation material XTEXT.
wyYT Text — insulation material YTEXT.
wzT Text — Insulation material ZTEXT.
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‘TSPRIE: Ref Tracing spec. component ref.
"TCATREFERENCE’ Ref Tracing cat. component ref.
"TDE/TAIL Ref Tracing detail text ref.
‘TORT Text Tracing detail RTEXT.
‘st Text Tracing detail STEXT.
Torr Text Tracing detail TEXT.
‘TMAT. Ref Tracing material text ref.
TMXT. Text Tracing material XTEXT.
™™YT Text Tracing material YTEXT.
TwzT Text Tracing material ZTEXT.
‘PROPIERTY word’ text Data set property value for ‘word
'PRPU word’ text Query property purpose
'PRTI word — text Query propertytitle
'PRDES word’ text Query property description
‘PRLS ‘word(100) list of data set properties for element
"MAXB/ORE’ Real Maximum bore for ail points
‘PIPOINT BORIE' of PPBORVE " DReel Bore at P-point .
'PIPOINT <> CONINECTION' or 'PPCOYNN " ‘Word Connection type at P-point <
w.
'PIPOINT POSATION’ or ‘PP/OSITION " Pos Position at P-point .
‘PIPOINT DIRECTION’ or ‘PDIRECTION " ODir Direction at P-point .
‘PIPOINT GRADIENT of 'PGRAD " Real Gradient at P-point .
"PIPOINT BOP’ or ‘PBOP " Pes Position of bottom of pipe at P-point .
‘PIPOINT TOP! or'PTOP" Pos. Posn. of top of pipe at P-point .
'PIPOINT OD' of POD ' OReal Outside diameter at P-point .
‘PLIST —_—Real_ For list of valid ppoint numbers
‘PPSKEY " or ‘P/POINT PSKEY" word point Pskey
‘PPURP ' or 'P PURP’ word ppoint Purpose
‘PDESC ' or'P DESC’ Ditext point description
Attributes specific to piping and hanger components (including TUBI):
'GRDE or 'GRADVENT'Real Gradient of implied tube.
"TPs" Pos — Position(centre) of implied tube.
‘MTL: Real Length of material tube.
'MTCL' Real Centre-iine length of material tube.
'MTBE' Ref Ref of pipe comp. beginning matl tube.
'MTEN' Ref Ref of pipe comp. ending material tube.
NB. the above are also available at the branch element
Notes
4. Gradient is the vertical rise(fall) divided by the horizontal distance. The maximum/minimum values ret
umed are 1E6, -1E6.
2. Naterial tube is defined to be continuous lengths of TUB! seperated by components for which the LO
FF attribute is set to false or there is no LOFF attribute. i.e. several pieces of implied tube may make up @ ma
terial tube.
'PAIRRIVE BORIE' or ‘ABOR' Real Arrive bore.
'PAIRRIVE CON/NECTION’or ‘ACON’ Word Arrive connection type.
'PAIRRIVE POS/ITION' or ’APOS' Pos Arrive position.
'PARRIVE DIRIECTIONor 'ADIR' —Dir__—_Arrive direction.
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"PARRIVE GRADIENT or'AGRD' — Real Amtive gradient.
'PAIRRIVE BOP" or ‘ABOP" Pos Position of bottom of arrive pipe.
"PAIRRIVE TOP’ or ‘ATOP" Pos Position of top of arrive pipe.
‘PAIRRIVE OD! or ‘AOD! Real Diameter of arrive pipe.
'PLIEAVE BORIE' or_‘LBOR' Real__ leave bore.
‘PLIEAVE CONINECTION®or ‘ACON' Word leave connection type.
"PLIEAVE POSIITION' or 'LPOS' Pos leave position.
"PLIEAVE DIRIECTION®or ‘LDIF’ Dir leave direction.
"PLIEAVE GRADIENT’ or'LGRD' —Real__Leave gradient.
‘PLIEAVE BOP’ or'LBOP’ Pos —_Position‘of bottom of leave pipe.
‘PLIEAVE TOP" or ‘LTOP" Pos Position of top of leave pipe.
‘PLIEAVE OD! or ‘LOD! Real Diameter of leave pipe.
Attributes at TUBL
TLE’ Real Length of implied tube.
Attributes for BRANCH elements:
"TULEIN' Real Branch tube length.
‘CLUENGTH Real Branch centre-iine length.
‘TEND’ ‘Word End connection type of TREF.¢.9. START, END, HEAD or TAIL
‘END!
‘PHIEAD GRADIENT or PHGR’
‘PHIEAD BOP’ or ‘PHEP*
‘PHIEAD TOP" of ‘PHTP*
‘PHIEAD OD’ or PHD!
‘PTIAIL GRADIENT or ‘PTGR’
‘PT/AILBOP* or 'PTEP*
‘PTIAIL TOP" or PTE"
‘PT/AILOD' or PTOD’
‘HH/EAD GRADIENT or ‘HGR’
"HH/EAD BOP’ or 'HHBP*
‘HH/EAD TOP’ or ‘HHTP*
‘HH/EAD OD’ or HOD"
“HTVAIL GRADIENT ot 'HTGR'
“HTIAIL BOP’ or 'HTBP"
"HT/AIL TOP" or HTTP"
‘HT/AIL OD’ or'HTOD'
pos
Word End connection type of HREF
Real Pipe head gradient.
pos Pipe head bottom.
Pos Pipe head top.
Real Pipe head outside diameter.
Real Pipe tail gradient.
pos Pipe tall bottom.
pos Pipe tail top.
Real Pipe tail outside diameter.
Real Hanger head gradient.
pos Hanger head bottom.
pos Hanger head top.
Real Hanger head outside diameter.
Real Hanger tal gradient
Hanger tail bottom.
pos Hanger tail top.
Real Hanger tail outside diameter.
Specials for structural items in the DES! database:
'PSTRIEFERENCE’ Ref
'GSTRIEFERENCE’ Ref
‘OPARIAM" Real(30)
"APAR/AM Real(30)
‘ODESP/ARAM Real(100)
‘ADESP/ARAM’ Real(100)
Structural Pine set ref.
Structural geometry set ref.
‘Owning pars. of catalogue component.
Attached pars. of catalogue component.
‘Owning design pars. of design comp.
Attached design pars. of design comp.
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'ORVENTATION —ori_—_Orientation (derived for steelwork, TUBI).
‘POSTION’ pos Position (derived for steelwork, TUB).
‘DRPS' pos Derived position, alowing for justafications.
‘MIDP/OINT pos Mid-point (derived for steelwork).
‘LENGTH’ Real Length (derived for steelwork).
‘CUTUENGTH Real Cut length (derived for steehwork).
‘ACTLIENGTH' Real ‘Actual length (derived for steelwork).
"ECC/ENTRICITY — pos _Eccentricty.
"ECC pos Eccentricity of joint.
'ANPS' pos Attached neutral point of section.
"ANP! pos Attached neutral point of joint.
‘ONPS' pos Owning neutral point of section.
‘ONPJ! pos Owning neutral point of joint.
'PLST word or ‘PPLINE word START pos line start
"PLEN word’ or 'PPLINE word END' pos_pline end
"PLOR word’ or'PPLINE word ORI’ ori line orientation,
"PLE word' or 'PPLINE word LEVEL’ reai(2) pline level
"PLCN word' or 'PPLINE word CLFL' log _pline centtreline flag
'PLTU word! or 'PPLINE word TUFL' log _pline tube flag
"PLCONN word'or 'PPLINE word CONN’ word __pline Connection
"PLPURP word’ of PPLINE word PURP' word pline PURPose
"PLDESC word’ or ‘PPLINE word DESC'text For Pline description
"PLNAMES' word(100) For list of valid plines
"NWE!' real Net weight
'GWET real Gross weight
‘NSRF real Net surgace area
'GSRF real gross surface area
‘DNST real density
'NCOF' pos net CofS
'GCOF' pos Gross CofG
‘MIDP' pos Midpoint
DRAFT pseudo-attributes in the PADD database:
LHEVGHT Real Letter height.
'XYPS' or ‘XYPOISITION’ ——_Real(2) 2D position.
"DPOSITION' Real(2) Dimension line/arc position.
‘DTLHVEIGHT: Real Dimension text letter height.
‘PTLH/EIGHT Real Projection text letter height.
'GAPS' Real(12) Projection line gap array.
‘PRMVUSIBILITY’ Log Draughting primitive visibility.
PARAGON pseudo-attributes on SPCO elements
"WDANS/WER' ‘Word Answer as a word.
"WDMAX/AN' Word Maximum answer as @ word.
Other
'CEND' Word End connection type.at CREF e.g. HEAD, TAIL, START, END
Attributes on TUBI
‘The following attributes are handled specially on TUBI:-
SPRE, CATR, GMRE, PTRE, DTRE, IPAR, PARA (uses LSTU for spec/catalogue values)
MTXR, PBORE
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