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.

software used for 3D designing as well as 2D for producing the

Pdms
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
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PDMS COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

DELETE BRAN

DELETE BRANCH

Q HSTU

TO DISPLAY BRANCH HEAD SIDE TUBE

ATTRIBUTES

Q LSTU

TO DISPLAY COMPONENT LEAVE SIDE TUBE

ATTRIBUTES

Q ABORE

TO DISPLAY ARRIVE BORE OF A COMPONENT

Q LBORE

TO DISPLAY LEAVE SIDE BORE OF A

COMPONENT

ADD HREF TREF

ADD HEAD & TAIL REFERENCE

Q HBORE

TO DISPLAY THE HEAD SIDE BORE OF A

BRANCH

Q TBORE

TO DISPLAY THE TAIL SIDE BORE OF A BRANCH

Q SPRE

TO DISPLAY THE SPECIFICATION OF THE

COMPONENT

10

Q PSPEC

TO DISPLAY THE SPECIFICATION OF THE PIPE

11

NEW ELBO CHOO

CREATE NEW ELBO

12

NEW ELBO SEL WITH

STYP EA

TO CREATE THE ELBO WITH SPECIFIC

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

16

Q ITLE

TO DISPLAY THE LENGTH OF THE TUBE

BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS

17

Q HREF

TO DISPLAY THE HEAD REFERENCE OF A

BRANCH

18

Q TREF

TO DISPLAY THE TAIL REFERENCE OF A BRANCH

19

Q DIR

TO DISPLAY THE DIRECTION OF THE SELECTED

COMPONENT

20

CONN PH TO FIR
MEM

CONNECT BRANCH HEAD TO THE FIRST

MEMBER OF THE BRANCH

21

CONN PT TO LAS
MEM

CONNECT THE BRANCH TAIL TO THE LAST

MEMBER OF THE BRANCH

22

Q ORI

TO DISPLAY THE ORIENTATION OF SELECTED

COMPONENT

23

DIST

GIVING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO

COMPONENT CENTERS

24

CLEA (SPOOL)

GIVING THE SPOOL DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO

COMPONENTS

25

Q CATREF

TO DISPLAY THE CATALOGUE REFERENCE AT

COMPONENT LEVEL

26

CONN

CONNECT

27

FCONN

FORCE CONNECT

28

Q STYP

TO DISPLAY THE COMPONENT SELECTION TYPE

29

Q DTXR

TO DISPLAY THE DETAIL TEXT(DESCRIPTION OF

THE COMPONENT

30

DRAG BY E 1000

STRECH THE COMPONENT BY EAST 1000 (NOT

PREFERED)

31

Q MTXX

TO DISPLAY THE MATERIAL OF THE

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

39

Q ACONN

TO DISPLAY THE ARRIVE CONNECTION DETAIL

OF A COMPONENT

40

Q LCONN

TO DISPLAY THE LEAVE CONNECTION DETAILS

OF A COMPONENT

41

DIR TOW NEX

DIRECTION TOWARDS THE NEXT COMPONENT

42

Q REF

TO DISPLAY REFERENCE

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INCL

INCLUDE

44

ORI AND P3 IS UP

ORIENT P3 OF TEE TO UP (SPECIFIED

DIRECTION)

45

OWN

NAVIGATE OWNER

46

GOTO OWN

GO TO OWNER OF THE SELECTED COMPONENT

47

Q ABOP/LBOP

DETAILS OF THE ARRIVE/LEAVE BOPTOM OF

PIPE

48

Q ANGLE

DETAILS OF A ANGLE OF AN ELBO

49

Q ATLE

LENGTH OF FIRST TUBE OF A BRANCH

50

ATTYPE CCNN

COMMENT ATTACHMENT WITHOUT

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

56

EXTEND 100
START/END

EXTEND BY 100 THE START/END OF A CROSS

MEMBER

57

Q HCON/TCON

DETAILS OF HEAD/TAIL CONNECTION OF A

BRANCH

58

Q HDIR

DIRECTION OF THE FLOW FROM THE BRANCH

HEAD

59

Q HPOS/TPOS

DETAILS OF HEAD/TAIL POSSITION OF A

BRANCH

60

Q ISPE

INSULATION SPECIFICATION

61

ISPEC NULREF

FOR REMOVING INSULATION

62

SPKBRK T

FOR REMOVING INSULATION (USE IN CASE FOF

ATTA)

63

LOOSE

USED BY ISODRAFT WHERE THE FLANGE IS

SUPPLIED LOOSE

64

MTOC DOTD

MTO COMPONENT DOTTED WITH DIMENSION

65

MTOC DOTU

MTO COMPONENT DOTTED WITH OUT

DIMENSION

66

MTOC OFF

MTO COMPONENT OFF

67

NEX CONN

NEXT CONNECT

68

NEX THRO CE

MOVE THE CURRENT COMPONET TO NEXT

69

ORI AND P3 IS TOW

ID

ALIGNING THE 3RD P-POINT OF A TEE

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

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STEXT 'TEXT'

SETTING THE COMMENT TEXT

74

TCONN OPEN

TAIL CONNECTION TYPE OPEN (CE SHOULD BE

BRANCH)

75

TDIR

DIRECTION OF THE FLOW FROM THE BRANCH

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

90

MTOC UNSET

TO FREEZE THE COMPONENT FROM MTO

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 posn

Q bsrf

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

Q cheight

gives the text character height

Q cpof

gives the ce (note) leader line posn

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

Btexta-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 textyp

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

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format on drg. 254x102x22ub

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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

BY W 1000 WRT /*

MOVE THE SELECTED ITEM BY WEST 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

Q DESC

TO DISPLAY THE GRID MARK & ALSO CHANGE

THE GRID MARK

MARK WITH (DESC)

ALL SCTN FOR CE

TO DISPAY ALL THE GRID MARKINGS

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

JUSLINE TOS

TO MATCH THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE WITH

THE EXISTING OR SELECTED STRUCTE

JUSLINE BOS

TO MATCH THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUCTURE

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

NEW CYLI DIA HEI

TO CREATE NEW CYLINDER BY SPECIFYING

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

N 1000

TO CREATE NEW CYLINDER FROM PREVIOUS

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

NEXT AXES AT CE

AXES AT NEXT CURRENT ELEMENT IN

HIERARCHIY

NEW VERT COPY PREV

COPYING THE PREVIOUS VERTEX

DELETE VERT

TO DELETE THE VERTEX

MARK WITH (NAM) ALL

NOZZ FOR CE

TO MARK NOZZLE NAME

Q LEVEL

TO QUERY THE CURRENT ELEMENT LEVEL