THESE ARE SOME COMMAND LINE ENTRIES

Add All (TYPE) WITHIN POSITION

Add All (TYPE) WITH (EXPRESSION) FOR ELEMENT
Add All (TYPE) WITH (EXPRESSION) WITHIN POSITION

You can also user it to remove or enhance

Rem All (TYPE) WITHIN POSITION

Enhance All (TYPE) WITHIN POSITION

TYPE: SCTN, PANE, FRMW, EQUI, STRU, PIPE, ECT...

EXPRESSION: MATCHW(NAME OF STRU, '*TEST*')
ELEMENT: CE, STRU, PIPE, EQUI, ZONE, SITE, WORLD
POSITION: E 100 N 100 U 100 TO E 200 N 200 U 200
POSITION: VOL CE DIST
DIST: ADDITIONAL VOLUME

show _CDCOMP to show the Piping Components form

Q ADEG (DRAFT) GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE ( ie 90 DEG )

Q ANGLE (HVAC) GIVES THE CE ANGLE
Q ATEX(DRAFT) GIVES THE SLAB/GLAB TEXT ATTRIBUTES
Q ATT GIVES THE CE ATTRIBUTES
Q BANG GIVES THE CE BETA ANGLE
Q BORE (PIPING) GIVES THE PIPE INSIDE DIA.
Q BSRF (DRAFT) GIVES THE ATTACHEDDRG/SHT (DRWG LVL)
Q BTEX(DRAFT) GIVES THE DEAD TEXT ATTRIBUTES
Q CHEI (DRAFT) GIVES THE TEXT CHARACTER HEIGHT
Q COL ACT GIVES THE CURRENT ACTIVE COLOUR
Q COL AIDS GIVES THE CURRENT AID LINE COLOUR
Q COL CE GIVES THE CURRENT ATTRIBUTED COLOUR
Q COL VIS GIVES THE CURRENT VISIBLE COLOUR
Q COL 4 (ETC) GIVES THE ATTRIBUTED COLOUR (YELLOW)
Q CREF GIVES THE CONNECTION REFERENCE
Q CUTL GIVES THE CE CUT LENGTH
Q DDNAME(DRAFT) GIVES THE DIMENSION OWNERS NAME
Q DER LEN GIVES THE CE EXACT LENGTH
Q DER ORI GIVES ORIENTATION OF ‘CE’
Q DESC GIVES THE CE DESCRIPTION
Q DESP GIVES THE CE DESPERAMETERS
Q DIR (DRAFT) GIVES THE C/VIEW DIRECTION( IE N )
Q DISPLAY GIVES THE TOLERENCE & REPRES LEVELS
Q DMTXT(DRAFT) GIVES THE DIM TEXT ATTRIBUTES
Q DNST GIVES THE CE DENSITY
Q DPOS (DRAFT) GIVES THE LDIM POSITION ON SHEET
Q DRNE GIVES THE END CUT-PLANE DIRECTION
Q DRNS GIVES THE START CUT-PLANE DIRECTION
Q DTER (DRAFT) GIVES THE LAYER/LDIM TERM’TR DEFAULT
Q TYPE GIVES THE FRMW STYLE TYPE(ie STLS)
Q E GIVES THE CE EAST CO-ORDINATE
Q ELEM GIVES THE CE ELEMENT NAME
Q FRAD GIVES THE PLOO/PAVE RADIUS ie 100mm
GIVES THE NXTR/VERT RADIUS ie 100mm
Q FPT (DRAFT) GIVES THE STRA FROM POINT CO-ORDS.
Q FUNC GIVES THE CE FUNCTION
Q GCOF GIVES THE CE GROSS C OF G
Q GTYP GIVES THE GENERIC TYPE ie OD,HP,TG
Q GWEI GIVES THE CE GROSS WEIGHT
Q HEI GIVES THE CE (PLOO LVL) PLT THK
Q HH (PIPE SUPPT) GIVES THE CE HANGER HEAD CO-ORDS
Q HPOS (PIPING) GIVES THE CE PIPE HEAD CO-ORDINATES
Q HT (PIPE SUPPT) GIVES THE CE HANGER TAIL CO-ORDS
Q IDP @ WRT/* GIVES THE CE P POINT CO-ORDINATES
Q IDPL@ GIVES THE PLINE NAME USING CURSOR
Q INREF GIVES THE CE INREFERENCE
Q ISPEC (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE) INSULATION
Q JLIN GIVES THE CE JOINT LINE
Q JUSL GIVES THE CE JUSTIFICATION LINE
Q LEN (DRAFT) GIVES THE STRA LENGTH
Q LEV GIVES THE CE LEVEL (OBSTRUCTION ETC)
Q LHEI (DRAFT) GIVES THE TEXT LETTER HEIGHT
Q LIST GIVES THE CE FITTINGS (NEG EXTR. ETC.)
Q LOCK GIVES THE LOCK STATUS
Q LSHAPE (DRAFT) GIVES THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUS
Q MATREF GIVES THE CE MATERIAL REF
Q MDB GIVES THE PROJECT DATABASE
Q MEM GIVES THE CE MEMBERS
Q MEML GIVES THE CE MEMBER LINE
Q MIDP GIVES THE CE MIDPOINT CO-ORDINATES
Q MPT (DRAFT) GIVES THE STRA MID POINT CO-ORDS
Q MTO GIVES THE CE MTO STATUS
Q NAM GIVES THE CE NAME
Q NCOF GIVES THE CE NET C OF G
Q NSRF GIVES THE CE NET SURFACE
Q NVOL GIVES THE CE NET VOLUME
Q NWEI GIVES THE CE NET WEIGHT
Q OBS GIVES THE CE OBSTRUCTION LEVEL
Q ORI GIVES THE CE ORIENTATION (SLOPE)
Q OWN GIVES THE CE OWNER
Q PA (PIPING) GIVES THE CE ARRIVE CO-ORDINATES
Q PARA GIVES THE CE PARAMETERS ie SERIAL SIZES
Q PH (PIPING) GIVES THE CE PIPE HEAD ATTRIBUTES
Q PH BORE (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE HEAD) BORE
Q PH OD (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE HEAD) DIAMETER
Q PT OD (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE TAIL) DIAMETER
Q PI WRT/* (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE SUPPT) LOCATION
Q PKEY (DRAFT) GIVES THE DIM PLINE STATUS (ie TCTF)
Q PL WRT/* (PIPING) GIVES THE CE HVAC LEAVE CO-ORDINATES
Q PLTXT(DRAFT) GIVES THE PROJ TEXT ATTRIBUTES
Q POS GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES (START / ORIGIN)
Q POS IN $V1 GIVES THE CE DISTANCE TO VAR. $V1
Q POSE GIVES THE CE END CO-ORDINATES
Q POS FITT GIVES THE C/FITT CO-ORDINATES (START)
Q POS PLRF (DRAFT) GIVES THE CURRENT VSEC CO-ORDS.
Q POS IDPL@ GIVES THE PLINE CO-ORD AT CE START
Q POS PPLI BOS WRT/* GIVES THE BOS PLINE CO-ORDINATES
Q POS PPLI NA PROP 0.5 GIVES THE CENTRE CO-ORDINATE
POSITIONS OF THE PLINE (PPLI) AT
(0.5 x DER LEN) ON THE N/A
Q POSS GIVES THE CE START CO-ORDINATES
Q POSS POSE GIVES THE CE BOTH END CO-ORDINATES
Q POS WRT/* GIVES ORIGIN OF CE WITH REGARD TO WORLD
Q PT (PIPING) GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL ATTRIBUTES
Q RAD (HVAC) GIVES THE CE RADIUS
Q REF GIVES THE CE PDMS REFERENCE NO.
Q REPRES GIVES THE CE REPRESENTATION STATUS
Q FUNC GIVES THE CE FUNCTION
Q RRSF (DRAFT) GIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGS
Q SIZE (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONS
Q SJUS GIVES THE PLOO JUSTIFICATION ie UTOP
DCEN
DBOT
Q SNAP (DRAFT) GIVES THE SNAP SETTING (ON/OFF)
Q SPRE GIVES THE CE SPECIFICATION REFERENCE
Q TCTL OR (Q CUTL) GIVES THE CE CUT LENGTH?
Q THPOS (DRAFT) GIVES THE C/VIEW MATCHLINE CO-ORDS
Q TMRF (DRAFT) GIVES THE CE (SYMBOL) NAME
Q TPOS (PIPING) GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL CO-ORDS.
Q TPT (DRAFT) GIVES THE STRA TAIL POINT CO-ORDS.
Q TYPE GIVES THE CE TYPE ie SCTN ,PANE
Q USER GIVES THE CE USER DATABASE
Q VOL CE GIVES THE CE VOLUME
Q VLIMITS (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW LIMITS

Q VSCALE (DRAFT) GIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE ( ie 0.5 )

0.5 = 1:2
0.2 = 1:5
0.1 = 1:10
0.05 = 1:20
0.04 = 1:25
0.02 = 1:50
0.01 = 1:100

Q VTYP (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW ATT(ie.GLOBAL HIDDEN)

Q XYPOS (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEET
Q ZDIS GIVES THE CE FITTING DIST FROM START

PDMS TYPED COMMANDS

ADD CE ADDS CE
ADD CREF ADDS CE PIPE CONNECTION REF
ADD CE COL 39 ADDS CE WITH COL 39(SEE COLOUR SHEET)
ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE ADDS ALL DISCIPLINES THAT OVERLAP CE
ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 100 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
ADD SITE ADDS CE SITE
AID CLEAR LINE ALL REMOVES UNWANTED LINES FROM PDMS
AT @ MOVES CE TO NEW CURSOR POS
AT IDP@ MOVES CE TO SELECTED PPOINT
AT IDPL@ MOVES CE TO SELECTED PLINE
AXES AT CE PLACES CE AXES
AXES OFF REMOVES CE AXES
BY D100 (PDMS ONLY) MOVES CE DOWN 100 mm
BY E100 (PDMS ONLY) MOVES CE EAST 100 mm
BY N100 (PDMS ONLY) MOVES CE NORTH 100 mm
BY U100 (PDMS ONLY) MOVES CE UP 100 mm

BY X100 (DRAFT & PDMS) MOVES CE X (EAST) 100 mm

BY X100 WRT/*(PDMS PLATES) MOVES CE X (EAST) 100 mm WRT TO WORLD
CHE CE GIVES CONSISTANCY CHECK ON CE
COL ACT BLUE CHANGES THE ACTIVE COLOUR TO BLUE
COL CE VIOLET CHANGES THE CE COLOUR TO VIOLET
COL 39 YELLOW CHANGES LINE COL TO YELLOW
DELETE CE DELETES THE CE
EXT END TO IDPL@STA EXTENDS THE END TO A SELECTED PLINE
EXT END -1000 EXTENDS THE END –1000
FINISH ENDS & SAVES PDMS SESSION
FLIP CE FLIPS CE

GETWORK GETS LATEST MODEL

INCL CIRC 1 OF NOTE/TABLE REPOSITIONS CIRC 1 TO PREV. SELECTED DESTINATION
INCL ID@ GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES (START)OR ITEM TO BE TRANSFERED
INCL NAME………………… REPOSITIONS CE TO A SELECTED DESTINATION
LOCK ALL LOCKS CE & CE MEMBERS
MAR CE MARKS CE NAME
NAME /TEMPORARY RENAMES SAID ITEM TO TEMPORARY

NEW FITT COPY PREV BY ZDIST PROP 1 BANG 180 COPIES FITT AT END POITION OF CE
AT A
BANGLE OF 180
PROP 0 START POSITION CE
PROP 0.5 MIDDLE POSITION CE
PROP 1 END POSITION CE

NEW GLAB COPY $V1 COPIES GLAB AS VARIABLE $V1

NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT @ COPIES GLAB TO PICKED LOCATION
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 (PDMS) COPIES CE E200
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4(PDMS) COPIES CE E200 COL 4
NEW PANE COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4(PDMS) COPIES CE E200 COL 4
NEW TEXP COPY PREV BY Y10 (DRAFT) COPIES CE Y10
NEW SYMB COPY PREV BY X-10 (DRAFT) COPIES CE X-10
NEW VRTX COPY PREV BY X10 (DRAFT) COPIES CE X10 (CLOUDS)
PKEY LTOC CHANGES DIM FROM EXIST JUSL TO LTOC
REFRESH REFRESHES THE SCREEN
REM CE REMOVES THE CE
RENAME /XXX /YYY RENAMES CE TO YYY
REPRES DARC 1 SETS ARC TOLERENCE TO 1mm
REPRES DARC DEF SETS ARC TOLERENCE TO 10mm (DEFAULT)
REPRES HOLES ON ADDS HOLES REPRESENTATION (Apply ‘Add’ in Drawlist)
REPRES OBSTRUCTION OFF REMOVES OBSTRUCTION REPRESENTATION
REPRES HOLES OFF REMOVES HOLE REPRESENTATION (Apply ‘Add’ in Drawlist)
REPRES PNODE COL YELLOW PRIMARY NODES SHOWN YELLOW
REPRES PNODE ON PRIMARY NODES SHOWN ONLY
REPRES PNODE SIZE 6 CHANGES PRIMARY NODES TO 6mm
REPRES PROF ON CL OFF SETS PROFILE REPR AS SOLID
REPRES SNODE OFF SECONDARY NODES OFF
ROT THRO POSE ABO D BY 30 ROTATES CE ABOUT END POS BY 30 DEG
ROT THRO POSS ABO D BY 45 ROTATES CE ABOUT START POS BY 45 DEG ROT THRO
MIDP ABO D BY 90 ROTATES CE ABOUT MIDP POS BY 90 DEG ROT ABO IDP@ BY 90
ROTATES CE LOCAL TO PPOINT BY 90 DEG.
ROT ABO IDPL@ BY 90 ROTATES CE LOCAL TO PLINE BY 90 DEG.
ROT THR IDP@ BY 90 ROTATES CE ABOUT ANY PPOINT BY 90 DEG.
ROT THR IDPL@ BY 90 ROTATES CE ABOUT ANY PLINE BY 90 DEG.
ROT ABO P1 BY 90 ROTATES CE ABOUT P1 BY 90 DEG.
SAM LETS YOU TOGGLE BETWEEN LAST 2 ITEMS
SAVEWORK SAVES LATEST WORK
UNCLAIM ALL UNLOCKS ALL CLAIMED MEMBERS
UNLOCK ALL UNLOCKS CE & CE MEMBERS
UNM CE UNMARKS CE NAME
PREC 4 DP GIVES PRECISE READOUT TO 4 DEC. POINTS
ZDIST (ZDIST + 100) MOVES ITEM 100 FROM ORIG POSITION

DRAFT QUERY COMMANDS

Note: most of the query commands used in PDMS DESIGN also work in DRAFT

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 DTER GIVES THE LAYER/LDIM TERM’TR DEFAULT Q FPT GIVES THE STRA FROM POINT
CO-ORDS
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 MID POINT 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 )

0.5 = 1:2
0.2 = 1:5
0.1 = 1:10
0.05 = 1:20
0.04 = 1:25
0.02 = 1:50
0.01 = 1:100

Q VTYP (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW ATT(ie.GLOBAL HIDDEN)

Q XYPOS (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEET

DRAFT TYPED COMMANDS

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
BLNK FALSE TEXT REMOVES BLANKED AREA BELOW
BLNK TRUE TEXT BLANKS ALL IT OVERLAYS
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 DIMESION GAPS
GAP DELETE AT DELETES DIMENION GAP BY CURSOR
GBOX 5 MODIFIES TEXT FRAME WITH 5 CLEARANCE
HIGH CE HIGHLIGHTS CE
INCL CIRC 1 OF NOTE/TABLE REPOSITIONS CIRC 1 TO PREV. SELECTED DESTINATION
INCL NAME………………… REPOSITIONS CE TO A SELECTED DESTINATION
LEAD STRA CHANGES LEADERLINE TO STRAIGHT
LEAD BENT @ PLACES ANOTHER VERTEX ON LEADERLINE
LVIS FALSE TURNS CE VISIBILITY OFF
LVIS TRUE TURNS CE VISIBILITY ON
LLEAD FALSE LEADERLINE OFF
LLEAD TRUE LEADERLINE ON
LTER OFF LINE TERMANATOR OFF
LTER ARR LINE TERMANATOR ARROW
LTER DOT LINE TERMANATOR DOT
LTER OBL LINE TERMANATOR 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 ANG 45 ORIG CORNER AT@ DRAWS RECT AND POSITIONS IT
BY CURSOR
NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT@ COPIES TEXT AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
NEW ‘element’ COPY PREV BY X20 COPIES ‘element name’ WITH OFFSET BY X20
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 UPDATES
ANNOTATION
UPDATE DESIGN UPDATES DESIGN
UPDATE PICTURE UPDATES GRAPHICS
VGRID ON/OFF TURNS SNAP GRID VISIBILITY ON/OFF
#<SECTIONA-A UNDERLINES TEXT ie SECTION A-A

#DEF DEFAULT DIMENSION ie 4500

#< #DIM #> UNDERLINES DIMENSION ie 4500

#< #DIM #>#/TYP UNDERLINES DIMENSION ie 45000
TYP
WEST SHELL #< #> WEST SHELL __________
#SPRE(C10:19)UB FORMAT ON DRG. 254x102x22UB
#SPRE(C10:16)UB FORMAT ON DRG. 254x102UB
EL. #DIMPOSU(C2:5).#DIMPOSU(C6:) FORMAT ON DRG. EL. 508.500
EL. + #DIMPOSU(C2:5).#DIMPOSU(C6:) FORMAT ON DRG. EL. + 508.500

GLOSSARY

ATTA PIPE ATTACHMENT REQ’D FOR SRUCTURAL PENETRATIONS THRO DECKS/WALLS

ETC
FITT STRUCTURAL FITTING
PANE STRUCTURAL PLATE/GRATING SECTION
PAVE P POINT OWNED BY PLOO
PFIT PENETRATION THRO’ DECK OR WALL PLATE ( PIPE SLEEVE/ELECTICAL TRANSIT ETC)
PLOO PLATE OWNED BY PANE HAS PLATE ATTRIBUTES
SCTN STRUCTURAL SECTION ie. HEA,UNP etc
SJOI SNOD MEMBER USED IN CONNECTING SCTN
SNOD NODE POINT USED IN CONNECTING SCTN STRUCTURAL SECTION ie HEA,UNP etc
VERT P POINT OWNED BY NXT

GEOMETRIC SHAPES

BOXI IMPLIED BOXING

LCYL CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & to Top)
LPYR RECTANGULAR PYRAMID
LSNO SNOUT (Offset Truncated Cone; similar to eccentric pipe reducer)
NSBO NEGATIVE BOX
NSCT NEGATIVE CIRCULAR TORUS
NSCO NEGATIVE CONE
NLCY NEGATIVE CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & to Top)
NSCY NEGATIVE CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & Height)
NSDS NEGATIVE DISH
NLPY NEGATIVE PYRAMID
NSRT NEGATIVE RECTANGULAR TORUS
NSSL NEGATIVE SLOPE-END CYLINDER
NLSN NEGATIVE SNOUT
NSSP NEAGTIVE SPHERE
SBOX BOX
SCTO CIRCULAR TORUS (e.g. Tubular Bend)
SCON CONE
SCYL CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & Height)
SDIS DISC
SDSH DISH (Pressure Vessel End or Similar)
SRTO RECTANGULAR TORUS (e.g. Cable Tray Bend)
SSLC SLOPE-END CYLINDER
SSPH SPHERE
TUBE TUBING

REPRE DARC 1 Set arc tolerance to 1 degree

REPRE DARC DEF Set arc tolerance by default (10°)
REPRE HOLES ON Set hole on
REPRE HOLES OFF Set hole off
REPRE PNODE COL YELLOW Set pnod colour Yellow
REPRE PNODE ON Set pnod on
REPRES PNODE SIZE 6 Set pnod size 6
REPRES PROF ON CL OFF Set profile representation SOLID and Cline off
REPRES SNODE ON Set snod on / off
REFRESH Refresh the graphic window
PREC 4 DP Give Precision decimal to 4 digits
Q REPRES Give the representation status
Couleur
Q COL ACTive Give the active current colour
Q COL AIDS Give the actual colour of aids
Q COL CE Give the active colour of CE
Q COL VIS Give the visible colour
Q COL 4 (Etc…) Give the Attributed colour (YELLOW)
COL ACT BLUE Change active colour to BLUE
COL CE VIOLET Change CE colour to VIOLET
COL 39 YELLOW Change colour 39 to YELLOW
ENHANCE CE TRANSL 0 Display CE SOLID
ENHANCE CE TRANSL 60 Display CE TO 60% TRANSLUCENCY
ENHANCE CE COL YELLOW Display CE YELLOW

Q DRAW List the Drawlist display in graphic window.

(Take care! could be long if large drawlist

ADD to Drawlist
o ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE Add all elements include and crossing the CE
volume box
o ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 100 Add all disciplines that overlap CE with an
additional clearance volume +1OOmm
o ADD ALL SCTN WITHIN VOL CE Add only the SCTN include and crossing the CE
volume
o ADD ALL STRU WITH PURP EQ 'PS' Add only SCTN with their Purpose EQ to ’ PS’
o ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 500 COL 4 Add ALL within vol CE + 500 colour yellow
o ADD CE Can be followed by AUTO CE to zoom adjusted around CE
o ADD CREF Add branch connected to cref
o ADD CE COL 39 Add CE colour 39
o ADD SITE ADD site (be careful this can take time to load)
o ADD CE Colour Blue TRANSL 75 Add CE colour blue with 75% of transparency
o ADD HREF TREF ……CREF Add connected branch to href tref or also cref with
nozzle or TEE
REMOVE
o REM CE Remove Current element
o REM ALL Remove all element
o REM PIPE Remove pipe only
o REM EQUI Remove equi only
o REM ALL WITHIN VOL CE 100 Rem all include in CE volume box
o ETC……….

MARK
o MARK CE Mark CE name
o UNMARK CE or ALL Unmark CE name can be used with ALL
o MARk CE Mark CE name
o MARk With 'TEMPORARY' CE Tag CE with temporary name ‘TEMPORARY’
o MARk With (NAME OF CATREF) CE Tag CE with the name of Catref
o MARK With (GTYPE) CE
o MARK With 'TITI' CE
o MARK With (STRING(DESP1) + '_' + NAME OF CATREF) CE
o MARK With (STRING(DESP1)) CE
o MARK With (STRING(LOHE)) CE Tag PANEL CE with its thickness

AXE
o AXES CE Add an Aid axe on current element
o AXE AT ID@ Add an Aid axe on element to be digit
o AXE OFF Suppress the display

AIDS
o AID TEXT (NAME OF CATREF) AT AT P1
o
o AID TEXT (STRing(DESP1) + '_' + NAME OF CATREF) AT AT P1
o
o AID TEXT (STRing(MATREF) + '_' + STRing (LOHE) + '_' + NAME OF SPREF) AT AT P1
o
o AID TEXT (STRing(MATREF) + '_' + STRing (TCTL) + '_' + NAME OF CATREF) AT AT PPLI
TOS
o
o AID TEXT ('MAT:' + STRing (MATREF)) AT AT PPLI LTOS AID TEXT ( 'LONG:' + STRing
(TCTL)) AT
AT PPLI NA AID TEXT ('TYPE:' +NAME OF CATREF) AT AT
PPLI RBOS
o AID TEXT ('THK:' + STRing (LOHE)) AT AT P1 AID TEXT ( 'TYPE:' + STRing (SPREF)) AT
AT P2 AID
TEXT ('MAT:' + STRing (MATREF)) AT AT P3
o AID TEXT ('TYPE:' + SUBSTRING(NAME OF CATREF,14)) AT AT P2 AID TEXT
('ELEVATION:' +
STRing (P100 UP IN WORLD)) AT AT P3
These commands has been defined with two (AT AT ) values. Don’t ask me why! ?? This is
only I have
founded to get the right result.
o
o AID ARROW AT AT P1 OF CE DIR OPPO PPOINT1 HEI1000
o
o AID ARROW AT AT P100 OF CE DIR AXES PPOINT100 HEI1000
o AID CLEAR ALL To suppress all aid display.
ALPHA REQUEST CLEAR Clear the command line window and its display.

MODIF on DESPARAMS
o DESP n2 500 n6 300 This change the design parameters number 2 and 6

CREATION d’OBJET PDMS

o NEW SUBS /name_of_subs AT IDP@ ORI Y IS N AND Z IS UP
o NEW BOX XLEN 500 YLEN 25 ZLEN 50 LEV 5 7 OBST 0
o NEW SUBS /name_of_subs COPY PREV BY East 1550
o NEW SUBS /name_of_subs POLAR N22.5W Dist 500
o NEW BOX XLEN 500 YLEN 10 ZLEN 250
o NEW PIPE /flow/area/pipe1
o NEW BRAN /flow/nom/pipe1/branch1
o NEW ELBOW SELect WIth STYP EL
o NEW FLAN COPY PREV FLAN
Associate with COPY
o COPY PREV MOVE North(43.68 + 180 Add)East DISTance (1243.8 2 Down)
(43.68+180) = notation polonaise inverse (43.68 180 ADD)
o NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200
o NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4
o NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 WRT CE - Copy E200 wrt CE
o NEW SCTN COPY PREV MIRRO PLANE E THR E 1180 N8000 U2600
WRT/*(PDMS) - Mirror copy CE with
coordinates and direction
o NEW STRU COPY PREV MOVE W WRT CE TO IDPL@ - Copy a new
STRU and move it west with respect CE and
toward Selected PLINE
COPY of GROUP d’objets
o COPY MEMber OF /Goup_member_name
o NEW xxx /nom COPY PREV
o NEW BOX COPY PREV BOX BY W1250
o NEW SUBS /nom_de_la_subs COPY PREV ROTate ABOUT Z BY 45
o NEW BRAN /CVT/RRI001 COPY /RRI001 RENAME /RRI /CVT/RRI

Move Objects
o MOVE N45E DIST 1500
o MOVE S DIST 1245
o MOVE U THROugh P2 OF PREV BOX
o MOVE ALONG P1 DIST 547
o MOVE N45W TOWARDS ID@ DIST 500
o MOVE N45W TOWARDS IDP@ DIST 500
o MOVE $_DIR WRT WORLD PLANE $_PLAN CLEARANCE $_DIST
$_RELATIVE $_CD.NNAME_NAME
o MOVE ALONG $!SCTNDIR1 PLANE U THR U $_ELEVATION
o MOVE P2 North DIST 500 FROM id@
o MOVE P2 North CLERANCE 100 THRough IDP@ MOVe E WRT CE TO ID@
Move CE wrt its own axe’s East to an
element chosen.
o MOVE U TO ID@(PDMS) Move UP TO A Selected ELEMENT
o MOVE W TO IDPL@(PDMS) Move WEST TO A Selected PLINE
o BY D 1OO Move CE DOWN 100 mm
o BY E 100 Move CE EAST 100 mm
o BY E 2IN WRT CE Move CE E 2"(INCHES) WRT CE
(Determinate... correct CE axis first )
o BY E3.lDIN Move CE E3.1/2"(INCHES)
o BY N lOO Move CE NORTH 100 mm
o BY U lOO Move CE UP 100 mm
o BY X lOO Move CE X (EAST) 100 mm
o BY X lOO WRT/* Move CE X @AS") 100 mm wrt world
o AT IDP@ Move CE to selected PPOINT
o AT IDPL@ Move CE to selected PLINE

Displacement of object according to the normal in

the datum-line
o PLANE N CLEAR 100 BEHIND CE Move Plane North clearance 100 behind CE
o PLANE E THROugh PIN 1 Move Plane East through Pin 1
o PLANE U DIST 0 BEHIND IDP@ Move Plane Up distance 0 behind ppoint @.
o PLANE PIN 2 THRO IDP@ Move pin2 through ppoint @
o PLAN N DIST 500 Move to North distance 500
o PLAN N THROugh ID@ Move North through element @
o PLAN U THROUgh U 1000 Move Up through up dist 1000
o PLAN N DIST –200 FROM IDP@ The distance is coming from south (-… equal
opposite direction)
POSITION Command ( Object position) )
o POS PT DIST 500 FROM LAST MEM Pos branch tail 500 from last member
o POS PH DIST 500 FROM FIRST MEM Pos branch head 500 from first member
o VAR !P1 P1 POS IN WORLD Store P1 pos in variable $!P1
o POS AT IDP@ Position at Ppoint chosen.
o POS ID@ AT PIN 2 Position object chosen at Pin2
o POS P6 AT P2 OF $v1 Position object from its P6 to P2 of chosen
o
o Q POS WRT TO ID@ Give the distance from CE to start of indented
member
o Q POS IN $v1 Give the CE distance to $V1 variable
o Q POS PIN1 WRT/* Give the CE coordinates OF PINl
o Q POSE Give the CE END coordinates
o Q POS FITT Give the CE FITT coordinates start
o Q POS IDPL@ Give the CE PLINE coordinates CE start
o Q POS PPLI BOS WRT/* Give the BOS PLINE coordinates
o Q POS PPLI NA PROP 0.5 Give the centre coordinate position of the pline(PPLI)
at (0.5 x derive length) on the N/A
o Q POSS Give the start coordinates
o Q POSS POSE Give the start and end coordinates

Q POS WRT CE TO ID@ Query the distance from CE to identify object

o Q POS IN $V1 Query the distance from CE to $V1 object
o Q POS PIN1 WRT/* Query the position of pin1 wrt world
o Q POS End Query the position end of sctn
o Q POS FITT Query the fitting coordinates (start)
o Q POS IDPL@ Query the Pline coordinates at start of idpline
o Q POS PPLI BOS WRT/* Query the bottom BOS pline coordinates
o Q POS PPLI NA PROP 0.5 Query the neutral axis NA middle of pline
coordinates (position of the pline at (PPLI) at
(0.5 x DER LEN) on the NA
o Q POSS Query position start of the SCTN
o Q POSS POSE Query position start and end of the SCTN
PINS
Utilisation des pins.
o PIN1 AT PPLI BOS PROP 0.5 POS PIN1 at middle of pline BOS
o PIN1 PLAN N THR PIN2 Move the Pin1 through Pin2 with a normal to
plan north
o PIN1 COPY IDP@ Create pin1 according Ppoint choosen
o PIN1 COPY PIN2 Create Pin2 by copy of Pin1
o PIN1 DIR D Orient PIN1 down
o PIN1 DIR U WRT/* THR IDP@ Move PIN1 UP TO A SELECTED PPOJNT
o PIN2 DIR D WRT/* THR IDPL@ Move PIN2 Down to a selected pline
o PIN1 BY D 8 Move PIN1 Down 8mm
o PIN6 OFF Turn PIN6 OFF
o POS PIN3 AT CE Position PIN3 at axis of CE
o Q DIR PIN1 Query Pin1 direction

Query PIPING.
o Q BORE Give the pipe bore
o Q POD1 Give the Outside diameter 1
o Q CLLE Give the branch lenght
o Q HPOS Give the CE pipe HEAD coord
o Q HT Give the CE hanger TAIL coord
o Q ISPEC Give the CE (PIPE) insulation
o Q PA Give the CE ARRIVE coordinates with
Respect World
o Q PA TOP WRT/* Give the CE ARRIVE coord at T0P of pipe
o Q PA BOP WRT/* Give the CE arrive coord at BOP of pipe
o Q PH BORE Give the CE pipe head bore
o Q PH OD Give the CE pipe head external diameter
o Q PI WRT/* Give the CE (PIPE SUPPT) location
o Q PL WRT/* Give the CE LEAVE coordinates
o Q PT OD Give the Pipe tail Outside Diameter
o Q TPOS Give the pipe tail coordinates
o Q CREF Give the connection reference
o Q PT Give the pipe tail attributes
o Q ITLE Give the length of the implied tube
o CONN TO PREV Connect the CE to previous element
o CONN TO NEXT Connect the CE to next element
o FCONN TO PREV Force connection with incompatibles COCO
o Q MTOT Give the MTO Status for the tubing
o Q MTOC Give the MTO status for component
o Q TULE Give the Branch tube length
o Q MTLE Give Length of material tube
o Q MTLL Give CL. Length of material tube
o Q NCOF Give the CE net COG
o Q NSRF Give the CE net surface
o Q NVOL Give the CE net volume
o Q NWEI Give the net weight
o Q SPRE Give the CE specification reference
o Q GCOF Give the CE gross Centre OF Gravity
o Q GWEI Give the CE gross weight
o Q MASS Give the centre of gravity and surface and
volume
o Q VOL CE Give the Volume box in coordinate ENU
o Q WVOL Give the Volume box in coordinate ENU
o Q BANG Give the beta angle of the SCTN
o Q DRNE Give the end cut plane direction
o Q JUSL Give the justification line
o Q DTYPE Give the FRMW style type (ie STLS)
o Q JLnV Give the CE JOINT LINE
o Q DRNS Give the start cut plane direction
o EXTEND TO ID@ Extend the sctn end to a selected item
o EXTEND TO IDP@ Extend the sctn end to a selected Ppoint
o EXTEND TO IDPL@ Extend the sctn end to a selected Pline
o
o NEW PANEL COPY PREV MOV TOWard ID@ DIST 100 COPY THE
PANEL FROM ITS POSITION TOWARD ELEMT
DISTANCE 100
o Q IDPL@ give the Pline information using cursor
o CALLSTL GSCTNTAG CE mark CE sctn START &END
o DRNS PERP Cut the SCTN end AT 9ODEG to section
o Q CUTLE Give the CE CUT LENGTH
o Q HEI Give the CE (PLOO LVL) PLT THK
o Q FRAD Give the PLOO/PAVE RADIUS ie 100mm OR
the NXTR/VERT radius ie 1OOmm
o Q SJUS Give the PLOO justification ie UTOP
o Q NCOF Give the CE net COG
o Q NSRF Give the CE net surface
o Q NVOL Give the CE net volume
o Q NWEI Give the CE NET weight
o Q PLNA Give the CE PLINE NAMES
o Q SPRE Give the CE specification reference
o Q GRADE Give the CE MATERIAL GRADE
o Q GTYP Give the GENERIC TYPE ie OD,HP,TG
o Q GCOF Give the CE gross Centre OF Gravity
o Q GWEI Give the CE gross weight
o Q MATREF Give the CE MATERIAL REP
o Q DER LEN Give the CE exact length
o Q TCTL OR (Q CUTL) Give the TRUE cut length

EQUIPEMENT
Object Connection
o CONN IDP@ to IDP@ Connection from idp to idp
o CONN P2 to P3 OF PREV BOX Connection of P2 to P3 of previous box
o Q GCOF Give the gross centre of gravity
o Q GWEI Give the gross weight
PDMS TYPICAL COMMANDS
ATTRIBUT GENERAL
o AID CLEAR LINE ALL Remove all aid lines
o AXES AT CE Place axe at CE
o AXES AT PA CE Place axe at CE ppoint Parrive
o AXES AT PPLI TOS PROP 1 Place axe at the end of TOS pline
o AXES OFF Remove axe
o CHECK CE Query the consistency of the ce
o FINISH End & savework Pdms session
o FLIP CE Turn 180 degrees the component itself
o GETWORK Get latest model from other users
INCLUDE (To use that command you MUST be on the right getting hierarchy)
o INCLude CIRC 1 OF NOTE /TABLE Transfer with item full name
o INCLude ID@ Select the item to be transferred
o INCLude NAME Include with by its name, you could use$V1
o LOCK ALL Lock the CE & CE members
o NAME /TEMPORARY Rename CE TEMPORARY
o NEW FITT COPY PREV BY ZDIST PROP 1 BANG 180 Copy the fitting at
the end of sctn and turn it 180°
o PROP 0 = START POSITION
o PROP 0.5 = MIDDLE POSITION
o PROP 1 = END POSITION
o
o RENAME ALL /xxx/XXX /xxx/YYY Rename all from /xxx/XXX to /yyy/YYY
o SAVEWORK SAVE LATEST WORK
o UNCLAIM ALL Unlock all claimed memebers
o UNLOCK ALL Unlock CE & CE members
o FINISH Savework and Exit

and much more