Prepare for Flowmeter Calculation - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

Use this procedure to enter the values common to all three types of flowmeter calculation.

When you reach the last step of the current procedure, select the link to the procedure that you require to complete the calculation.

• By default, Smart Instrumentation updates tag values from the current unit of measure to their value in a new unit of measure that you set. If on the Options menu you clear Automatic Unit Conversion, the software changes the unit of measure without recalculating the values. Therefore, to protect the integrity of your values, on the Options menu, select Automatic Unit Conversion.

• To highlight the fields that are required for a calculation, on the Options menu, select Highlight Process Data.

1. Open a calculation data sheet for the flowmeter tag that you want to calculate.

2. If you defined multiple process cases, from the Case list, select the case that you want to calculate.

3. Make sure that you enter process data in all the fields in the data sheet that are required for calculation.

4. On the module toolbar, select .

5. Select Actions > Calculate .

6. In the Flowmeter Calculation dialog, continue with one of the following procedures:

   • Orifice flowmeter calculation

   • Tube flowmeter calculation

   • Restriction device calculation