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11 (2016)
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Places equipment types that have been defined in the reference data. The properties of the equipment type you select are inherited by the designed equipment part. With the Place Designed Equipment command, you can define an equipment type, a system parent, name, and other property values as appropriate for the equipment type. Equipment position and orientation is further defined by mating, aligning, or connecting equipment graphics to reference graphics in the workspace, or by moving or rotating the equipment.

The software's designed equipment component modeling capabilities allow you to build an equipment definition by combining basic shapes, ports (nozzle, foundation, electrical, and so forth) and properties defined in the reference data. Designed equipment objects can be built entirely out of primitive geometric shapes, designed equipment components, or an existing equipment component part can be placed from the catalog to enhance the designed equipment object. For example, you can use Place Designed Equipment to create a designed equipment object in the model, add an agitator (using Place Shape Command ), and then add nozzle primitives (using Place Nozzle Command ) to customize the designed equipment. You can also place a nozzle using a nozzle defined in the P&ID design basis (if P&ID design basis data is available).

Some equipment shapes can be modeled more easily using solid modeling software. In addition to using the primitive shapes delivered with the software, you can import graphics from an SAT file as the geometry for the designed equipment shape. After the geometry is defined, you can then place ports to define distributed connections to the designed equipment.

As a further enhancement, the software provides a prismatic shape feature so that you can design uniquely customized shapes in the model. The place prismatic shape feature is made up of two distinct processes:

  • Define a path.

  • Define a cross section, or profile, to project along the path.

The ultimate goal of these two processes is placement of a shape in the model as part of a designed equipment object.

After a path and cross-section have been defined, the cross- section is then projected along the path to create a shape with the same properties as other equipment shapes.

The place prismatic shape feature is available on the Occurrence Tab (Shape Properties Dialog).

When you create a designed equipment object and add an equipment component object or shape, the default surface on the equipment component object or shape as defined in Visual Basic is automatically used to establish a mate or align relationship to the other surface or reference element you select during initial placement. When modifying a shape to create a new mate or align relationship, the default surface is not automatically used. You must interactively select the surface. For example, you might define the bottom of a pump as the default surface so that the software mates that surface to the floor. If the software cannot find a suitable mating surface for the equipment, the equipment object is placed in free space, pending additional design of the structures or other reference elements.

When creating a designed equipment object, you can provide an optional offset distance from the surface. The default offset distance for any new piece of equipment is zero or the last offset used in the current session. The software maintains the offset relationship between the default surface and the surface or reference element in the workspace in the event of any changes to their position. For example, if a slab is lowered, then the equipment follows the slab, maintaining the offset. You can further define the equipment orientation by mating, aligning, or connecting equipment to other objects in the model, or by moving or rotating the designed equipment. See Positioning Relationships.

Place Designed Equipment Ribbon

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