Command Syntax

BACK
FORW
Q MODE
NEXT
PREV
OWNER
BRAN
PIPE
BY E 12
Q ATT
Q POS
NEW PIPE /NAME
NEW BOX
XLEN 1
NEW BOX COPY PREV
DELETE

While routing pipe, switches to backward mode

While routing pipe, switches to forward mode
Queries whether you are in forw or backward mode
Navigates to the next item
Navigates to the previous item
Navigates to the owner of the CE
Navigates up to branch level
Navigates up to pipe level
Moves CE East 12 inches
Queries attributes of CE
Queries the position
Creates a new pipe named NAME
Creates a new box
Sets xlen to 1
Creates a new box that is a copy of the CE
item Deletes item ie DELETE PIPE

Q HREF
Q TREF
Q CREF
GOTO HREF
GOTO TREF
GOTO CREF

Queries the head ref of a branch

Queries the tail ref of a branch
Queries the connection to a tee, olet, etc.
Navigates to the head ref of a branch
Navigates to the tail ref of a branch
Navigates to connected item of a tee, olet, etc.

CONN PH TO FIRST MEM Connects the branch head to the first member
CONN PT TO LAST MEM Connects the branch tail to the last member
CONN PH TO ID TEE @
Connects branch head to identified tee
ADD
ADD
ADD
ADD

CE
HREF
TREF
CREF

CONN P1 to IDP@
Q POS IN /*
Q DTXR

Adds
Adds
Adds
Adds

the current element to the drawlist

the head ref to the drawlist
the tail ref to the drawlist
item connected to tee, olet, etc to the drawlist

Nav. To nozz
Queries position at center of CE
Queries specification of CE

ADD ALL INST WITH MATCHWILD(NAME,'*SN1-FA-41*')

If you want to know the length of the TUBI element, navigate to the ELBO before
the TUBI and type the following in the Design
command window:
CE IL TUB OF CE
Q ATT
repre command syntax

I've made some quick-keys (synonyms) for these commands that help out alot!
REPRE
REPRE
REPRE
REPRE
REPRE

HOLES ON
DARC 1MM
UPDATE
SNODE OFF
PNODE OFF

These are all quick syntax for the Settings>Graphics>Representation form that I hate
having to call up to change things...
Let me know if this is useful
You could use the sintax help form to see tha commnd sintax:
show !!syntaxHelp
$H is also Helpful in place of $Q
/EQUIP10
SAME
OWN
GOTO SPRE
NEXT 2
4
LAST 3 MEM
END
SITE
ZONE 3
NEXT 2 PIPE

Named design Element

Previous Element accessed
Owner of Current Element
Specification of Current (piping) Element
Second Next Element at same level
Fourth Member of Current Element
Third Last Member of Current Element
Next element up in hierarchy
Site above Current Element
Third Zone
Second Next Pipe

PREV BOX
FIRST ZONE OF /SITE 5
PIPE OF /VALV101
FIRST MEM OF BRAN3 OF /PIPE10
HEAD OF FIRST BRAN
CLOSEST VALV EAST
Closest valve to current element in East direction in design
model (note that syntax accepts only cardinal directions,
which must be entered in full)
CLOS VALV NORTH FROM E100 N200 U300
Closest valve in North direction starting from given position
(valves found before this position are ignored)
P3
PL OF PREV
PH
HT OF /HANG5
IDP @

P-point 3 of Current Element

Leave P-point of previous element
Branch Head P-point
Hanger Tail P-point of named Hanger
Cursor pick

E1000
Z10

Up 10

East 1000

E30 D10 S20

E0 IN SITE

East 30 Down 10 South 20

East 0 in Site

E
E45N
W-33D
Y

East
East 45 North
West 33 Up
North
North 45 East 33 Down
North 45 East

N45E33D
N10E10

N45E
PL
TOW E0 WRT SITE
FROM PIN6 TO PIN7
ALL
ALL FRMW
ALL BRANCH MEMBERS
ITEMS OF EQUI /VESS1
(/PIPE1 /PIPE2)
ALL WITH (XLEN GT 1000)

Axis direction
Design point direction
From Current Element Origin to SITE origin
From Pin 6 to Pin 7
Selects all elements
Selects all framework elements
Selects all piping components
Selects all primitives below /VESS1
Selects just /PIPE1 and /PIPE2
Selects all elements where XLEN is greater than 1000mm

ALL WITHIN W8000N17000U1000 TO W1400N13500U1200

Selects all elements within the defined volume

ALL PIPE WITHIN VOLUME /PIPE1 1500

Selects all piping elements within a volume defined as a box drawn around /PIPE1, with a
clearance of 1500mm between the edges of /PIPE1 and the volume box.
ALPHA COMMANDS CLEAR (ALPHA COMM CLEA)
Clears the text from the COMMANDS region only.
ALPHA REQUESTS CLEAR (ALPHA REQ CLEA)
Clears the text from the REQUESTS region only.
Q BANner
Q BANner FULL

This will cause PDMS to redisplay the banner which was shown when
you first entered Design. For example:
Design Mk11.3.1 (WINDOWS-NT 4.0) (29 Feb 2000 : 22.40)

(the FULL option will also display data about the software components
used by Design).
Q
Q
Q
Q

DBNAME
DBTYPE
DBFNUMBER
DBFILE

Q LASTMOD
Q SESSMOD
Q USERMOD
Q LASTMOD HIER
members.
Q LASTMOD XLEN
element..

Gives name of current DB; e.g. TEST/DESI

Gives type of current DB; e.g. DESI
Gives file number for current DB; e.g. 6
Gives pathname for current DB file; e.g.
\usr\pdms\projects\SAM\sam006
Gives
Gives
Gives
Gives

date for last modification to current element.

session number for last modification to current element.
name of user who last modified current element.
dates for last modifications to current element and its

Gives date for last modification to XLEN attribute of current

Q HISTORY DIAM
Q HISTORY[2] DIAM

Gives all sessions in which DIAM attribute was modified.

gives second most recent session in which DIAM attribute was
modified.

Q SESSCOMM 58
Q SESSUSER 58
Q SESSDATE 58

Gives comment text associated with session 58

Gives name of user responsible for session 58.
Gives date and time at which session 58 was created.

ADD /P100A /P100A

ADD CE

is added to the Draw List

The current element will be added to the Draw List

ADD /ZONE1 /ZONE2 COLOUR 5

/ZONE1 and /ZONE2 will be added in colour 5. If you wish to add items in other colours,
you must
use separate commands.
Q DRAW
Q DRAW COUNT
Q DRAW FULL

Queries the contents of the Draw List

Queries the number of items in the Draw List
Queries the contents of the Draw List and the colour with which
each Draw List member was added
Q DRAW r COLOUR
Queries the colour number of the referenced item, r. It returns
unset if the item is not in the Draw List.
Q DRAW r TRANSLUENCY Queries the translucency number of thereferenced item, r. It
returns unset if the
item is not in the Draw List.
AUTOCOLOUR ALL EQUI COLOUR 4
All Equipment items to be added in colour 4
AUTOCOLOUR ALL EQUI COLOUR 4 TRANSLUCENCY 25 EDGES ON
All Equipment items to be added in colour 4 with 25% translucency and edges drawn.
AUTOCOLOUR ALL BRAN WITH (HBORE GT 100) COLOUR 10
All Branches with head bores greater than 100 to be added in colour 10.
AUTOCOLOUR ALL SCTN COLOUR (:COLOUR OF SPRE)
All Sections to be added as defined by the UDA:COLOUR derived via their SpecRefs.
AUTOCOLOUR ALL COLOUR (:COLOUR)
Uses the UDA :COLOUR to denote the colour for all displayed elements. If you enter this as
the
final rule, it will provide a default colour if all other rules prove false.
AUTOCOLOUR ON
Colours will be chosen according to autocolour rules. If Off (the default), colour specified in
the
ADD command will be used.
AUTOCOLOUR DYNAMIC ON
Updates autocolour each time an attribute changes. (Use with care!)
AUTOCOLOUR RESET
Clears all current autocolour rules.

AUTOCOLOUR REMOVE 2
Removes the second rule from the current list.
AUTOCOLOUR REORDER 2 TO 4
Moves rule number 2 to position 4 in the list.

The predefined
follows:
Colour
black
white
0
whitesmoke
ivory
grey
lightgrey
darkgrey
darkslate
red
brightred
coralred
tomato
plum
deeppink
pink
salmon
orange
brightorange
orangered
maroon
yellow
gold
lightyellow
lightgold
yellowgreen

colour mixes which you may specify by name are as

Red Green Blue
000
100 100 100

Colour
springgreen

96 96 96
93 93 88
66 66 66
75 75 75
32 55 55
18 31 31
80 0 0
100 0 0
80 36 27
100 39 28
55 40 55
93 7 54
80 57 62
98 50 44
93 60 0
100 65 0
100 50 0
56 14 42
80 80 0
93 79 20
93 93 82
93 91 67
60 80 20

forestgreen
14 56 14
darkgreen
18 31 18
cyan
0 93 93
turquoise
0 75 80
aquamarine
46 93 78
blue
0 0 80
royalblue
28 46 100
navyblue
0 0 50
powderblue
69 88 90
midnight
18 18 31
steelblue
28 51 71
indigo
20 0 40
mauve
40 0 60
violet
93 51 93
magenta
87 0 87
beige
96 96 86
wheat
96 87 70
tan
86 58 44
sandybrown
96 65 37
brown
80 17 17
khaki
62 62 37
chocolate
93 46 13
darkbrown
55 27 8

The default colour assignments are:

Colour No
Colour
Active design
orange
Current element
yellow
Visible design
lightgrey
Clashing element
red
Obstructing element
tomato
Aids
blue
1
grey
2
red
3
orange
4
yellow
5
green
6
cyan
7
blue
8
violet
9
brown

Red Green Blue

0 100 50
green

0 80

10
11
12
13
14
15
16

white
pink
mauve
turquoise
indigo
black
magenta

Examples:
COL 5 DARKGREEN
Colour 5 will be changed to dark green
COL 3 MIX RED 50 GRE 50 BLU 5
Colour 3 will change to the specified mix of red, green and blue
PIN 5 C0PY IDP @
Pin 5 will be placed at the same position and orientation as the p-point or pin hit by the
cursor.
PIN 5 CONNECT TO PH
Pin 5 will be placed at the Branch Head, but pointing in the opposite direction to HDIR
(Head
direction). This command must be given at BRANCH level. Pin 5 can be an existing pin or a
new one.
PIN 6 BY E3000 N2000
Pin 6 is moved by the given directions and distances
PIN 6 DIST 600
Pin 6 is moved along its own direction by the given amount
PIN 6 THR /NOZZ5
Pin 6 is moved along its own direction until it intersects a plane through /NOZZ5
PIN 6 DISTANCE 600 INFRONT ID @
Pin 6 is moved along its direction until it is 600 distance units in front of the item picked
with the
cursor.

Constructs
Note: Use the Constructs options on the Utilities menu in preference to these older
facilities.
CONS POS P2 OF FLAN 4 OF BRAN /PIPE1-1 TO PLANE PIN 7
The intersection between the specified point and the plane perpendicular to pin 7 is
shown.
VAR 5 CONS POS PL TO LINE PA OF NEXT
The closest point on the line from PLEAVE to the intersection of the two lines is placed in
Variable 5.
CONS POS PIN5 TO PLA PIN6
The intersection between the direction of pin 5 and the plane perpendicular to pin 6 is
written out into the request region.

CONS DIR PL
The direction of the line is output in World coordinates into the request region.
CONS DIST PA TO PL
The dimension from the first to the second p-point of the current element is written out
into the Request region.
VAR 5 CONS DIST PL TO LIN PA OF NEXT
The minimum distance between PLEAVE of the current element and the specified line will
be be placed in Variable 5
CONS ANG PIN1 TO PIN2 TO PIN3
The angle between the three specified points is written out into the Request region.
CONS ANGL PL LIN PA OF NEXT
The angle between the lines from the two specified p-points is written out into the request
region.
CONS LINE JOIN P0 TO P1
Constructs a line joining the two p-points, displaying the line description in the request
region.
CONS PLANE P3 DIST 900
The plane perpendicular to the specified point and 900 from it is written out into the
request region.
CONS PLANE PL THROUGH /NOZZ5
The plane perpendicular to the specified point and intersecting /NOZZ5 is written out into
the request region.
CONS PLANE PA DIST 500 BEH /COL19
A plane perpendicular to the specified point will be defined and written out into the
request region. The plane will be positioned 500 to the far side of /COL19.

Creating Elements
NEW ZONE /Z1
The Zone element is created as a member of the current Site. The Zone is now the current
element. Its NAME attribute is /Z1.
NEW TEE
If the current element is the fourth member in a Branch member list, the Tee element is
inserted as the fifth member. The Tee is now the current element.
NEW EQUIP /1301
If the current element is a Box owned by another EQUIP which is Member 2 of Zone /Z1,
the new Equipment element is inserted as member 3 of the Zone and named /1301. The
new Equipment is now the current element.
NEW GASKET
If this command is given when the current element is the Branch Head, the Gasket is
inserted as the first member of the Branch and is now the current element.
NEW VALVE BEF (At a Branch Component)

The Valve will be inserted before the current element in the current list.
NEW ZONE BEF 2 (At Site level)
The Zone will be inserted before member 2 of the Site.
NEW BOX (At a CYLI which is a member of a STRU)
A new BOX will be inserted as the next member of the STRU (after the CYLI in member list
order).
NEW BOX (At a SUBS which is a member of a STRU)
A new BOX will be inserted as a member of the SUBS (at the top of the member list).

NEW INST SPREF /Tag No

Add Instrumentation according tag No.

Copying and Renaming

COPY MEM OF /EQUIP10 (At another EQUIP element.)
If the current element is an Equipment, all the offspring of /EQUIP10 are copied into the
current element. The attributes of the current element do not change.
COPY /P1/PIPE RENAME /P1 /P2
The attributes and offspring of /P1/PIPE are copied into the current element. Where /P1
is found as the name or part of the name, it is renamed as /P2 in the current element and
its offspring.
COPY MEM 4 TO 10 OF PREV BRAN
The attributes and offspring of the fourth element in the current elements member list
are copied into the tenth element in the member list of the previous BRAN element in
the current member list.

Naming Design Elements

NAME /ZONE5D
The current element is given the specified name provided it has not been used elsewhere.
UNN
The current element loses its name (it is still identifiable by its automatically allocated
reference number).
REN ALL /Z1 /Z2
All occurrences of /Z1 in the names of the current element and its offspring will be
changed to /Z2.

Locking Elements Against Alteration and Deletion

Keywords: LOCK UNLOCK
Description: Locking a design element prevents it from being modified or deleted. The
LOCK command allows either a single element to be controlled, or all its offspring too. (A
complete Site can be locked if required.) This provides you with personal security control
over your area of work.

(General security restrictions affecting the whole Project are established in the
ADMINISTRATION module of PDMS.)
Examples:
LOCK ALL
The current element and all its offspring are locked.
UNLOCK
The current element is unlocked.

The Position and Orientation Attributes

Q POS
Q ORI WRT SITE

Returns the current element position in its owner co ordinates

Returns the current element orientation in Site coordinates

Q POS IDP@ WRT WORLD

Returns the position of the Design point hit by the cursor in World coordinates
CHECK CE
Check the current element for data inconsistencies.
ADD CE
Add the current element to the display.

Going to an Implied Tube or Rod

Keywords: IARRIVE ILEAVE HEAD TAIL TUBE ROD
Description: You can navigate to implied tube or rod within a branch or hanger (although if
the derived length is less than 1mm, the system does not consider it to exist).
To make an implied rod or tube the current element, you must also indicate whether the
head, tail, arrive or leave tube or rod is intended.
Example:
IARRIVE TUBE OF /PIPE1
Go to arrive of implied tube of /PIPE1.

Other Navigation Commands

Keywords: FIRST LAST NEXT PREVIOUS MEMBER END TYPE
Description: Navigate to the specified position in the members list. Most can be
used with the OF keyword to go to members of other elements.
Examples:
FIRST BRANCH OF ZONE /Z25A
LAST NOZZLE OF PREVIOUS 3 EQUIPMENTS
FIRST ZONE OF /SITE 5
PIPE 2 OF /Z100A
ELBOW 1 OF NEXT BRANCH

1Connecting the Head or Tail

Keywords: CONNECT
Description: The CONNECT command, when applied to Branches (or Hangers), sets up the
Head or Tail to match exactly the item to which it has been connected. For
example, if the Head is connected to a 3-inch flanged-faced nozzle at E3000
and pointing North, the CONNECT command will set all the Head attributes
(HBOR, HCON, HPOS and HDIR) to corresponding values. In addition, the
Head and Nozzle are logically tied together by two attributes which point
to each other - the Nozzle CREF will point to the Branch, and the Branch
HREF (Head Reference) will point to the Nozzle.
The final effect of CONNECT, which only applies to Heads, is that the Tube (or
Rod) that may be required between the Head and the first Component is
automatically selected.
A Branch Head or Tail can connect to the following items:
1 A Nozzle
2 The Head or Tail of another Branch
3 A free p-point of a multi-way Component in another Branch (e.g. a Tee)
Examples:
CONN PH TO /1205-N5 (Where /1205-N5 is a Nozzle)
The Head attributes of the current element (Branch or Hanger) are set to match
the position, orientation, bore and connection type of the Nozzle (see Figure 31).
CONN PT TO LAST MEM
The Tail attributes of the current element will be set to match the Leave Point of
the last Component (that is not an Attachment point).
CONN PT TO /100-A8/T2 (Where /100-A8/T2 is a TEE)
The Tail attributes of the current element will be set to match the free p-point on
the specified TEE (see Figure 3-1).

CONN PT TO P4 OF /VF205 (Where /VF205 is a VFWA.)

The Tail attributes of the current element will be set to match the specified
CONN PH TO PT OF /100-A8/1 (Where /100-A8/1 is another Branch)
The Head attributes of the current element will be set to match the Tail of the specified
Branch.
CONN PH TO ID NOZZ@
As in the first example, but with the Nozzle identified by cursor selection. Note: Before a
CONNECT command is given, the Branch Specification attribute must be set. Connection to
elements not within the designers jurisdiction (Read Only) will cause an inter-DB
connection macro to be created automatically (see Part 1 of the DESIGN Reference
Manual).

The Head or Tail Connection Reference Attribute

Keywords: HREF TREF Description: These attributes hold the name of the element to which
the Branch or Hanger is connected. They are usually set automatically as a result of a
CONNECT PH (or PT) command, but they may also be set explicitly. When they are set, the
corresponding attribute (CREF, HREF or TREF) of the item connected to is reset so as to
point back to the Branch or Hanger.
Examples: TREF /PIPE2 HEAD Sets TREF of current element to point to Head of /PIPE2 and
setsHREF of /PIPE2 to point back to the current element. HREF NULREF Unsets HREF; i.e.
disconnects Head from any other element.

1Positioning Head or Tail in Free Space

Keywords: HPOS HBOR HDIR HCON TPOS TBOR TDIR TCON

Description: It is sometimes necessary to terminate a Branch (or Hanger) in free space; for
instance, where a Branch reaches the Battery Limits. Where this termination
ends with a length of TUBE (or ROD) and no Head or Tail connection can be
made, it is necessary to set the Head/Tail attributes individually.
Examples:
HPOS E10 N5 U5
The Head position is set as specified in owner coordinates.
HDIR N WRT WORLD
The Head direction is set as specified in World coordinates.
HBOR 80
The Head Bore is set as specified.
HCON OPEN
The Head Connection Type is set as specified.
Note: If a data consistency error is to be avoided, the HCONN or TCONN of a free
end must be set to one of the following: OPEN, CLOS, VENT, DRAN

1Head or Tail Positioning Using End Components

Keywords: POSITION PH PT THROUGH DISTANCE
Description:

These commands allow the Head or Tail position to be set by using the end
Component in that Branch or Hanger. This will normally occur when the Tail
is to finish with a piece of variable length Tube. This command treats the Tail
position as a pseudo-Component and places it at the specified point along
the previous Components Leave p-point direction. If the Head is to be
positioned in this way, Backwards Routing Mode must be in force.

Examples:
POS PT DISTANCE 1000 The TPOS attribute will be set to the position 1000 from
the leave p-point of the last Branch member (i.e. previous Component). POS PH
THROUGH E3000 (In BACKWARDS mode) The HPOS attribute will be set to the
intersection between the line from the Arrive p-point of the Previous Component
and the perpendicular plane through E3000 N0 U0 in owner coordinates.

Moving the Head or Tail

MOVE PT DIST -2000

Moves the Tail by 2000 from its current position, in the opposite direction to PT.
MOVE PT BY E2000 S500
Moves the Tail by 2000 East and 500 South from its current position

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