pdms piping modeling commands

11:41:00 Posted by Piping Design

Pdms is 3D software which is used for designing oil and gas project,
refineries, power plants, chemical and petrol-chemical plants. Pdms
software used for 3D designing as well as 2D for producing the piping
isometrics, piping general arrangements, equipment layout etc. Pdms has
different module in which different discipline can work simultaneous like
piping modeling , equipment modeling, structure modeling, Draft, Isodraft,
Multi discipline piping supports, Cable modeling

These below mentions are the pdms modeling commands which are used
in Aveva Pdms 12.1. Pdms command are used while do the modeling in
pdms software. Pmds software is based on commands based as well as
graphics based. With the help of these pdms command, its easy to do the
piping modeling, equipment modeling, structure modeling in the 3D pdms
model. These are below mention PDMS command helps to speed up work
on pdms model.

S.NO
PDMS COMMAND EXPANSION OF COMMAND
.

1 DELETE BRAN DELETE BRANCH

TO DISPLAY BRANCH HEAD SIDE TUBE

2 Q HSTU
ATTRIBUTES

3 Q LSTU TO DISPLAY COMPONENT LEAVE SIDE TUBE

 ATTRIBUTES

4 Q ABORE TO DISPLAY ARRIVE BORE OF A COMPONENT

TO DISPLAY LEAVE SIDE BORE OF A

5 Q LBORE
COMPONENT

6 ADD HREF TREF ADD HEAD & TAIL REFERENCE

TO DISPLAY THE HEAD SIDE BORE OF A

7 Q HBORE
BRANCH

8 Q TBORE TO DISPLAY THE TAIL SIDE BORE OF A BRANCH

TO DISPLAY THE SPECIFICATION OF THE

9 Q SPRE
COMPONENT

10 Q PSPEC TO DISPLAY THE SPECIFICATION OF THE PIPE

11 NEW ELBO CHOO CREATE NEW ELBO

NEW ELBO SEL WITH TO CREATE THE ELBO WITH SPECIFIC

12
STYP EA SELECTION TYPE
13 AXES AT HPOS AXES AT HEAD POSSITION OF THE BRANCH

14 AXES AT TPOS AXES AT TAIL POSSITION OF THE BRANCH

15 NEX TUBI ASKING FOR TUBE BEING ON THE COMPONENT

TO DISPLAY THE LENGTH OF THE TUBE

16 Q ITLE
BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS

TO DISPLAY THE HEAD REFERENCE OF A

17 Q HREF
BRANCH

18 Q TREF TO DISPLAY THE TAIL REFERENCE OF A BRANCH

TO DISPLAY THE DIRECTION OF THE SELECTED

19 Q DIR
COMPONENT

CONN PH TO FIR CONNECT BRANCH HEAD TO THE FIRST

20
MEM MEMBER OF THE BRANCH

CONN PT TO LAS CONNECT THE BRANCH TAIL TO THE LAST

21
MEM MEMBER OF THE BRANCH

TO DISPLAY THE ORIENTATION OF SELECTED

22 Q ORI
COMPONENT
 GIVING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO
23 DIST
COMPONENT CENTERS

GIVING THE SPOOL DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO

24 CLEA (SPOOL)
COMPONENTS

TO DISPLAY THE CATALOGUE REFERENCE AT

25 Q CATREF
COMPONENT LEVEL

26 CONN CONNECT

27 FCONN FORCE CONNECT

28 Q STYP TO DISPLAY THE COMPONENT SELECTION TYPE

TO DISPLAY THE DETAIL TEXT(DESCRIPTION OF

29 Q DTXR
THE COMPONENT

STRECH THE COMPONENT BY EAST 1000 (NOT

30 DRAG BY E 1000
PREFERED)

TO DISPLAY THE MATERIAL OF THE

31 Q MTXX
COMPONENT

32 Q MODE TO DISPLAY THE MODE OF DIRECTION

 (FOR/BACK)

33 FOR TO SET THE FORWARD MODE

34 BACK TO SET THE BACKWARD MODE

35 FIRST MEM TO NAVIGATE THE FIRST MEMBER

36 LAST MEM TO NAVIGATE THE LAST MEMBER

37 FIRST FLAN TO NAVIGATE THE FIRST FLANGE IN HIERARCHY

38 Q PARA TO DISPLAY THE PARAMETERS

TO DISPLAY THE ARRIVE CONNECTION DETAIL

39 Q ACONN
OF A COMPONENT

TO DISPLAY THE LEAVE CONNECTION DETAILS

40 Q LCONN
OF A COMPONENT

41 DIR TOW NEX DIRECTION TOWARDS THE NEXT COMPONENT

42 Q REF TO DISPLAY REFERENCE

43 INCL INCLUDE

ORIENT P3 OF TEE TO UP (SPECIFIED

44 ORI AND P3 IS UP
DIRECTION)

45 OWN NAVIGATE OWNER

46 GOTO OWN GO TO OWNER OF THE SELECTED COMPONENT

DETAILS OF THE ARRIVE/LEAVE BOPTOM OF

47 Q ABOP/LBOP
PIPE

48 Q ANGLE DETAILS OF A ANGLE OF AN ELBO

49 Q ATLE LENGTH OF FIRST TUBE OF A BRANCH

COMMENT ATTACHMENT WITHOUT

50 ATTYPE CCNN
DIMENSION

51 ATTYPE CCCC COMMENT ATTACHMENT WITH DIMENSION

52 ATTYPE XXXX ATTA FOR SETTING THE ISOMETRIC LIMIT

53 CH CE CHECK CURRENT ELEMENT (FOR CONSISTENCY

 CHECK)

54 DIR TOW NEXT ELBO ALIGN A ELBO WITH THE NEXT ELBO

55 DIR TOW ID@ ALIGN THE ELBOW

EXTEND 100 EXTEND BY 100 THE START/END OF A CROSS

56
START/END MEMBER

DETAILS OF HEAD/TAIL CONNECTION OF A

57 Q HCON/TCON
BRANCH

DIRECTION OF THE FLOW FROM THE BRANCH

58 Q HDIR
HEAD

DETAILS OF HEAD/TAIL POSSITION OF A

59 Q HPOS/TPOS
BRANCH

60 Q ISPE INSULATION SPECIFICATION

61 ISPEC NULREF FOR REMOVING INSULATION

FOR REMOVING INSULATION (USE IN CASE FOF

62 SPKBRK T
ATTA)
 USED BY ISODRAFT WHERE THE FLANGE IS
63 LOOSE
SUPPLIED LOOSE

64 MTOC DOTD MTO COMPONENT DOTTED WITH DIMENSION

MTO COMPONENT DOTTED WITH OUT

65 MTOC DOTU
DIMENSION

66 MTOC OFF MTO COMPONENT OFF

67 NEX CONN NEXT CONNECT

68 NEX THRO CE MOVE THE CURRENT COMPONET TO NEXT

ORI AND P3 IS TOW ALIGNING THE 3RD P-POINT OF A TEE

69
ID TOWARDS NEXT ELBOW

@& DIR TOW ID@

70 Q P3 DETAILS OF P-POINT P3 (IN CASE OF TEE ONLY)

71 Q PA/P1 DETAILS OF THE P-POINT 1

72 Q PL DERAILS OF THE P-POINT 2

73 STEXT 'TEXT' SETTING THE COMMENT TEXT

TAIL CONNECTION TYPE OPEN (CE SHOULD BE

74 TCONN OPEN
BRANCH)

DIRECTION OF THE FLOW FROM THE BRANCH

75 TDIR
TAIL

76 ISPEC /W TO GIVE THE INSULATION

77 Q LBORE TO QUERY LEAVE BORE

78 Q TBORE TO QUERY THE TAIL BORE

79 THRO PH THROUGH PIPE HEAD

80 THRO PREV THROUGH PREVIOUS

81 THRO PT THROUGH PIPE TAIL

82 Q TPOS TO QUERY TAIL POSITION

83 Q HCON TO QUERY THE HEAD CONNECTION

84 Q TCON TO QUERY THE TAIL CONNECTION

85 Q ACON TO QUERY ARRIVE CONNECTION

86 Q LCON TO QUERY LEAVE CONNECTION

87 ATTYPE FLOW TO CREATE FLOW DIRECTION OF ATTACHMENT

88 DIR N DIRECTION OF COMPONENT TOWARDS NORTH

89 BACK CONN BACKWARD CONNECTION

TO FREEZE THE COMPONENT FROM MTO

90 MTOC UNSET
REPORT

For easy understanding of the above mention pdms commands which can see
from the below mention pdms piping modeling video training tutorial.

Pdms draft common commands

05:43:00 Posted by Piping Design
Q adeg gives the c/view angle ( ie 90 deg )

Q apof gives the ce (note) terminator pos’n

Q bsrf gives the drg. Sht. Ref. (stru lvl)

Q cheight gives the text character height

Q cpof gives the ce (note) leader line pos’n

Q dir gives the c/view direction ( ie n )

Q dpos gives the ldim position on sheet

Q dtof gives dimension text x and y value

Q just gives the c/view justification ( ie left )

Q len gives the stra length

Q lhei gives the text letter height

Q lshape gives the label leader line status

Q lvis gives the ce visibility

Q mpt gives the stra midpoint co-ords

Q pkey gives the dim pline status (ie tctf)

Q plcl gives the dim projection line clearance

Q pos plrf gives the current vsec co-ords

Q rrsf gives the current view rule settings

Q size gives the view o/all dimensions

Q snap gives the snap settings (on/off)

Q thpos gives the c/view matchline co-ords

Q tmrf gives the ce (symbol) name

Q tpen gives the texp colour attributes

Q tpt gives the stra tail point co-ords

Q vlimits gives the view limits

Q vrat gives scale ratio (ie 1 to 25)

Q vscale gives the c/view scale ( ie 0.5 )

Q vtyp gives the view att(ie.global hidden)

Q xypos gives the view position on sheet

Adeg 0 modifies text horizontal

Adeg 45 modifies text/primitives at 45 deg.

Adeg 90 modifies text vertical

Apoffset 5 -5 re-positions lter end x5 y-5

At @ moves ce to new cursor pos

At idp@ moves ce to selected ppoint

At idpl@ moves ce to selected pline

Btext’a-a’ modifies text to a-a

By @ moves ce by loct. From pos to new pos

By x100 moves ce x (east) 100 mm

By y100 moves ce x (north) 100 mm

Cpoffset 5 -5 re-positions leader line start x5 y-5

Dim tex’#100 typ’ dimension text reads 100 typ

Dpos @ places the ldim position by cursor

Dtan def dimension text default

Dtan par dimension text parallel

Dtan hor dimension text horizontal

Dtan stan dimension text standard

Dtan vertical dimension text vertical

Dtof @ dimension text by cursor

Dtof 0 4 dimension text offset x0 y4

Dtan par dtof 8 0 dim text par. & off x-8 y0

Nlpn off turns line off (ie cloud vertex)

Fpt @ moves stra from point by cursor

Fpt by x2 y-2 moves stra from point by typed input

Frame on text frame on

Gap @ lets cursor determine dimension gap

Gap delete all deletes all dimension gaps

Gap delete at deletes dimension gap by cursor

Gbox 5 modifies text frame with 5 clearance

High ce highlights ce

Lead stra changes leader line to straight

Lead bent @ places another vertex on leader line

Lvis false turns ce visibility off

Lvis true turns ce visibility on

Llead false leader line off

Llead true leader line on

Lter off line terminator off

Lter arr line terminator arrow

Lter dot line terminator dot

Lter obl line terminator dash

Modify @ enables mods to slab/glab geometry

New circle diam 100 at@ draws circle and positions by cursor

New circle rad 50 at@ draws circle and positions by cursor

New glab copy $v1 copies glab as variable $v1

New glab copy prev at @ copies glab to picked location

New rect xlen40 ylen20 draws rect and positions it by cursor

New glab copy prev at@ copies text and positions by cursor

Nlpn off turns line off (ie cloud vertex)

Osht 10 dim line overshoot 10mm

Osht @ dim line overshoot by cursor

Plcl@ position leader line by cursor

Proj clear @ sets projection line position by cursor

Proj clear 5 sets projection line position by 5mm

Proj tex’typ’ projection text reads typ

Ptan par projection text parallel

Ptan hor projection text horizontal

Ptan vertical projection text vertical

Ptof -8 0 projection text offset x-8 y0

Rcod left rotates view box left

Repeat 5 by x10 copies ce 5 times by 10mm spaces

Snap on/off turns snap on/off

Snap on 10 gives snap grid x10 y10

Snap on spacing x10 y20 gives snap grid x10 y20

Tpen 71 gives the texp colour attribute 71

Tpt @ moves stra to point by cursor

Tpt by x2 y-2 moves stra to point by typed input update anno

Update design updates design

Update picture updates graphics

Vgrid on/off turns snap grid visibility on/off

#spre(c10:19)ub format on drg. 254x102x22ub

#spre(c10:16)ub format on drg. 254x102ub

pdms structure modeling commands

07:21:00 Posted by Piping Design

Below mention pdms structure modeling commands are used in pdms for modeling
of structure. These pdms structure modeling commands helps to work fast on the
pdms. These pdms structure commands are easy to use and these pdms structure
modeling improve the efficiency of the pdms structural users. With the helps of the
pdms command users can work faster in pdms

COMMAND EXPANSION OF COMMAND

AXES AT CE AXES AT CURRENT ELEMENT

Q CUTL CUT LENGTH

Q BANG TO DISPLAY THE BETA ANGLE

Q POSS WRT /* TO DISPLAY THE START POSITION wrt WORLD

Q POSE WRT /* TO DISPLAY THE END POSITION wrt WORLD

Q ORI TO DISPLAY THE ORIENTATION

Q POS WRT /* TO DISPLAY THE POSITION wrt WORLD

MOVE THE SELECTED ITEM BY WEST 1000 wrt

BY W 1000 WRT /*
WORLD

EXT END 300 TO EXTEND THE END BY 300

Q NAME TO DISPLAY THE NAME

NAME /NEW NAME TO REMANE THE OLD NAME

Q CE DISPLAY THE CURRENT ELEMENT

Q MEM TO DISPLAY THE MEMBER LIST

TO DISPLAY THE GRID MARK & ALSO CHANGE

Q DESC
THE GRID MARK

MARK WITH (DESC)

TO DISPAY ALL THE GRID MARKINGS
ALL SCTN FOR CE

Q JUS TO DISPLAY THE STEEL JUSTIFICATION

UNLOCK ALL TO UNLOCK

AXES AT POSE AXES AT END POSSITION

AXES AT POSS AXES AT START POSSITION

CTYE CONNECTION TYPE AT END

CTYS CONNECTION TYPE AT START

DESP DESIGN PARAMETER

DRNE CUTTING PLANE DIRECTION AT END

DRNS CUTTING PLANE DIRECTION AT START

EREEL END RELEASE

JLIN JOINT LINE

JOLE JOINT REFERENCE AT END

JOLS JOINT REFERENCE AT START

JUSLINE / JUSL JUSTIFICATION LINE

NPOS NODE POSITION

SREL START RELEASE

ZDIS DISTANCE ALONG Z-AXIS OF OWNING SECTION

TO MATCH THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE WITH

JUSLINE TOS
THE EXISTING OR SELECTED STRUCTE

TO MATCH THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUCTURE

JUSLINE BOS
WITH THE EXISTING OR SELECTED STRUCTE
 Pdms equipment modeling
commands
07:54:00 Posted by Piping Design

These are the below mentions pdms equipment modeling commands which are used to
model the equipment in pdms. These pdms commands are easy to use in pdms equipment
modeling modeling.

 For pdms piping modeling commands check here

 For structure modeling commands check here
 For pdms general purpose commands
 For Pdms Draft commands check here
 Pdms draft commands latest

COMMANDS EXPANSION OF COMMAND

Q PARA TO DISPLAY THE PARAMETERS

Q CATREF TO DISPLAY THE CATELOGUE REFERENCE

Q SPRE TO DISPLAY THE SPECIFICATION REFERENCE

Q CREF TO DISPLAY THE CONNECTION REFERENCE

ADD CREF TO ADD THE CONNECTION REFERENCE

NEW BOX XLEN 100 YLEN TO CREATE NEW BOX WITH X-LENGTH 100, Y-
100 ZLEN 100 LENGTH 100 & Z-LENGTH 100

TO CREATE NEW CYLINDER BY SPECIFYING

NEW CYLI DIA HEI
DIAMETER AND HEIGHT

NEW SITE TO CREATE NEW SITE

NEW ZONE TO CREATE NEW ZONE

NEW EQUI TO CREATE NEW EQUIPMENT

NEW SUBE TO CREATE NEW SUB EQUIPMENT

NEW STRU CREATE NEW STRUCTURAL

NEW FRMW TO CREATE NEW FRAMEWORK

NEW SBFR TO CREATE SUB FRAMEWORK

NEW CYLI COPY PREV BY TO CREATE NEW CYLINDER FROM PREVIOUS

N 1000 CYLINDER BY NORTH 1000

Q POS IDP@ FOR THE POSITION OF IDENTIFIED P-POINT

AXES AT P1 AXES AT "P" POINT 1

AXES AT P2 AXES AT "P" POINT 2

AXES AT NEXT CURRENT ELEMENT IN

NEXT AXES AT CE
HIERARCHIY

NEW VERT COPY PREV COPYING THE PREVIOUS VERTEX

DELETE VERT TO DELETE THE VERTEX

MARK WITH (NAM) ALL

TO MARK NOZZLE NAME
NOZZ FOR CE

Q LEVEL TO QUERY THE CURRENT ELEMENT LEVEL