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QADEG (DRAFT)
QANGLE (HVAC)
Qatr
QBANG
Q BORE (PIPING)
QcReF
QDERLEN
Q DESC
QDESP
Q DIR (DRAFT)
QDRNEND
QDRINSTA
QE
QNAM
ELEM
QFRAD
QFUNC
QatyP
Q
QHEH Pipe suPeTD
QUHT (IPE suPFT)
GiSPEC HPING)
.QJUNE,
‘Quust
QLev
Quist
QLocKk z
QMATREF
QD
Qown
QPA PING)
Q PA WRT! (PIPING)
QPL WRT/ (H & 5)
QPL WRI/* (PIPING)
QPos
+ Q POSE
Q Pos FItt
Q POS PPLINA PROP 0.5,
Ac." 1088
(@ POSE
Q POSS POSE
SYNTAX COMMANDS FOR PDMS
Rerurns the current element angle (if i bat one)
Renuras the current element
Renurs the current elem
Renums the current clement bera ange (if it has one)
Renurms the pipe bore size
Renuras the current element connection reference (if it has one)
Returns the current element actual leagth (seas, geasec's)
Renuras the eurreat elezent description (if it has one)
Renums the current elemeats design parameters (unsct if sone set)
‘Renurs the view dizection
Returns the direction of the current elements cut plane atts ead
‘Rerum the direction of the current elements cut plane atic sat
Returns the current element east co-ordinate
Reums the current elemeat came
Reaurs the current element name
Renuras the radiusof a pave below ploo below pane
Reuras the radits of aver below aztr below pane
Renums the current elecieat Function
Renurns the current element generic Qype e.g. W or HP
sures be height ac ploo level of a pane
ums the current elemieat hanger head co-ordinates
Reus the current execu hanger til co-ordicates
i # egcordinaes with cespece to world
eat element facetference
susie cueiere ecient ala.ou speciieatius aa
Renras the current elemeat joint line pline sewing
Returns the current element jusdfiction lise pl
Recurs the current element drawing leve!
at element allowable member types
‘Remus the curreot clement lock scant
Reus the current element material eferesce
Renums the current MéB name
Reums the current element member's list
Renums the curreat element member lige pline senting
Returns the current element north co-ordinates
Reus the current elemeat get weight
Returas the current element gross wei
arrive anributés
Recums the current element arrive anributes with respect to world
Renures the curzect elemeat location with respect to world
Renurms the current clement leave anibutes with respect ro world
Renuras the current clement co-ordinates wrt the owne:
Renurs the current element end co-ordinates wrt the owner
Returns the current element co-ordinates wet the owner for 2 A
Reruns the eeater co-ordinate potcon of che pine NA at half the derived length of he
sca
Resuras the current element start co-ordinates
Renuas the curteat element end co-ordinates
Renums the curreat element end and start co-ordiaateseer Reus te cura lees unigue POMS dathse uber
ie et he curent elmer Sou co-oriute
QsPREF Returs the specification reference for curentelemect (if one exists)
QHPOS Rerurs head co-ordizates for branch
QPOs Returns tail co-ordinates for branch
QTYPE Recums nype of curt element e.g. set, pipe ee
QUSER Reruns the curent element weer name
QVOL CE Renums the curent element volume
QVSCALE (DRAFT) Returns the view scale
QzsT Gives the length along a sem thatthe ce fiting is placed
ADD CE ‘Adésihe current element
‘ADD CE COL39 : ‘Adds cureentclemeat wit specified color
‘ADD ALL.WITHIN VOL CE
‘ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 100
‘ADD ALL SCTN WITHIN VOL CE
ADD ALL EQUIP WITHLN VOL CE
ADD SITE
‘Adds all elements that overlap current elements volume
‘Adds all elements that overlap current elemeats volume plus 100mm
‘Adds all sem's tac overlap current elemezt
‘Adds all equi's tat overlap current element
‘Adds the eun e
elements
+ AID CLEAR LINE ALL Removes all aid lines
Moves current element down by 100mm
Moves current element east by 100mm
Moves curreat element sorth by 100mm
Moves eurreat element up by 100mm
BY D 100 (PDMS ONLY)
BY E 100 (PDMS ONLY)
BY N 100 (PDMS ONLY)
BY U 100 (PDMS ONLY)
Mobéscutrentelefacat X'(Cas) by 1Odram
aces eurtgn glemens 2 eas] by rama with respect wo word
Cx 100 corarr'& PoMsy
BY X 100 WRT/* (PDN PLATES)
FLIP CE Flips current elemeat
GeTwoRK Gets latest model
LOCK ALL Lock all elements from the cu‘reat element down
REMCE * Removes the curren: element from the drawlist
MAR CE Marks the eurreat element with its name in the
UNMARCE - Removes the curreat element name from the graphical view
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E 200
NEW PANE COPY PREV BY E200
NEW TEXP COPY PREV BY Y10 (DRAFT)
NEW SYMB COPY PREY BY X-10 (DRAFT)
NEW VRTX COPY PREV BY X10 (DRAFT)
(Creates a copy of the current sem 200mum east of its eurreat location
Creates a copy of the current pane 200mm east ofits current location
Creates 2 copy of the current texp 10mm up the page from the curect texp
(Creates a copy of the current symb 10mm to the left from the current sym
Creates 2 copy of the current vex 10mm to the right from the currest VIE
REPRES HOLES ON
REPRES OBSTRUCTION OFF
REPRES HOLES OFF
Turms holes on
‘Tums Obsruccons off
Turns boles off
SAVEWORK Saves changes carried out to that time
(UNLOCK ALL Unlocks current element and ics members
PREC 4 DP, (Changes precision of readout to 4 decimal placesPDMS QUERY COM
QADEG (DRAFT)
QANGLE (HVAC)
QaATT
QBANG
Q BORE (PIPING)
QBSRF (DRAFT)
Q CHEI (DRAFT)
QCOL 4 (ETC)
QCREF
QcuTL
QDER LEN
QDESC
QDESP
QDIR@MRAFT)
QDNST
QDPOS@RAFT)
QDRNE
QDRNS
QDTER@RAFT)
QE
QELEM
QFRAD
Q EeURArT)*
QFuNCc
QGCOF *
QGTYP
QGWEI
QUHEI
QHH (PIPE SUPPT)
QHPOS (PIPING)
QUT (PIPE SUPPT)
QipP@ WRI*
QINREF
QISPEC (PIPING)
Quy
QJUSL
QLEN@RAFT)
QLEVv
QLHEI (DRAFT)
QUsT
QLock
QLSHAPE (DRAFT)
QMATREF +
QMDB
QMEM
GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE (IE 90 DEG)
GIVES THE CE ANGLE
GIVES THE CE ATTRIBUTES
GIVES THE CE BETA ANGLE,
GIVES THE PPE INSIDE DLA.
GIVES THE ATTACHEDDRG/SHT(STRU LVL)
GIVES THE TEXT CHARACTER HEIGHT
GIVES THE ATTRIBUTED COLOUR (YELLOW)
GIVES THE CONNECTION REFERENCE
GIVES THE CE CUT LENGTH
GIVES THE CE EXACT LENGTH
GIVES THE CE DESCRIPTION
GIVES THE CE DESPERAMETERS,
GIVES THE C/VIEW DIRECTION( IE N)
GIVES THE CE DENSITY
GIVES THE LDIM POSITION ON SHEET
GIVES THE END CUT-PLANE DIRECTION,
GIVES THE START CUT-PLANE DIRECTION
GIVES THE LAYER/LDIM TERM'TR DEFAULT
GIVES THE CE EAST CO-ORDINATE. -
GIVES THE CE ELEMENT NAME
GIVES THE PLOO/PAVE RADIUS ie 100mm,
*. GIVES-THE NXTR/VERT RADIUS ie 100mm_
. GIVES
STRA FROM POINT CO-ORDS.
GIVES THE CE FUNCTION a
GIVES THE CE GROSS C OF G
GIVES THE GENERIC TYPE ie OD,HP,TG
GIVES THE CE GROSS WEIGHT
GIVES THE CE (PLOO LVL) PLT THK
GIVES THE CE HANGER HEAD CO-ORDS
GIVES THE CE PIPE HEAD CO-ORDINATES
GIVES THE CE HANGER TAIL CO-ORDS
GIVES THE CE P POINT CO-ORDINATES
GIVES THE CE INREFERENCE
GIVES THE CE PIPE) INSULATION
GIVES THE CE JOINT LINE
GIVES THE CE JUSTIFICATION LINE
GIVES THE STRA LENGTH
GIVES THE CE LEVEL (OBSTRUCTION ETC)
GIVES THE TEXT LETTER HEIGHT
GIVES THE CE FITTINGS (NEG EXTR. ETC.)
GIVES THE LOCK STATUS
GIVES THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUS
GIVES THE CE MATERIAL REF
GIVES THE PROJECT DATABASE
GIVES THE CE MEMBERSREPEAT 5 BY X19
SNAP ON/OFF
SNAP ON 10
SNAP ON SPACING X10 ¥20
TPEN 71
TPT@
TPT BY X2 Y-2
UPDATE ANNO
UPDATE DESIGN
UPDATE PICTURE
GRID ON/OFF
#
He DIM #2#/TYP
WEST SHELL #< #>
EL. #DIMPOSU(C?:
GLOSSARY
COPIES CE 5 TIMES BY 10mm SPACES
‘TURNS SNAP ON/OFF
GIVES SNAP GRID X10 Y10
GIVES SNAP GRID X10 ¥20
GIVES THE TEXP COLOUR ATTRIBUTE 71
MOVES STRA TO POINT BY CURSOR.
MOVES STRA TO POINT BY TYPED INPUT
UPDATES ANNOTATION
UPDATES DESIGN
UPDATES GRAPHICS
TURNS SNAP GRID VISIBILITY ON/OFF
UNDERLINES TEXT ie SECTION A-A
DEFAULT DIMENSION ie 4500
‘UNDERLINES DIMENSION ie 4500
UNDERLINES DIMENSION ie 45000
TYP
WEST SHELL
#DIMPOSU(C6:) FORMAT ONDRG. EL. 508.500 —DRAFT TYPED COMMANDS
ADEGO MODIFIES TEXT HORIZONTAL
ADEG 45, MODIFIES TEXT AT 45 DEG.
ADEG 90 MODIFIES TEXT VERTICAL
APOFFSET 5-5 RE-POSITIONS TER END XS ¥-5
aT@ MOVES CE TO NEW CURSOR POS
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 100 ‘MOVES CE X (NORTH) 100 mm
CPOFFSET 5-5 RE-POSITIONS LEADER LINE START XS Y-5
DPOs @ PLACES THE LDIM POSITION BY CURSOR
DTAN DEF DIMENSION TEXT DEFAULT
DTAN PAR DIMENSION TEXT PARALLEL
“DIAN HOR DIMENSION TEXT HORIZONTAL
DTANSTAN DIMENSION TEXT STANDARD
DTAN VERTICAL DIMENSION TEXT VERTICAL
DTOF 04 DIMENSION TEXT 3FFSET X0 ¥4
DTAN PAR DIOF 8 0 DIM TEXT PAR. & OFF X-8 YO
NLPN OFF ‘TURNS LINE OFF (IE CLOUD VERTEX)
FPT@ MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY CURSOR-
. FRTBY X22 MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY TYPED INPUT
FRAMEON TEXT FRAME ON 7.30
“GAP@. "+ LETS CURSOR DETERMINE DIMENSION GaP .
aor?) (DERPRES ALL DIMESCN GAPS ov me
DELETES DIMENION GAP BY CURSOR
Gai DELEEALL oy
GAP DELETE AT
GBOXS ” MODIFIES TEXT BOX WITH 5 CLEARANCE
HIGH CE HIGHLIGHTS CE .
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
LTEK DOT LINE TERMANATOR DOT
LTER OBL LINE TERMANATOR DASH
MODIFY @ ENABLES MODS TO SLAB/GLAB GEOMETRY
NLPN OFF TURNS LINE OFF (IE CLOUD VERTEX)
OSHT 10 DIM LINE OVERSHOOT 10mm
PROJ CLEAR @ SETS PROJECTION LINE POITION BY CURSOR
PROJ CLEAR 5 SETS PROJECTION LINE POSITION BY 5mm
PTAN PAR PROJECTION TEXT PARALLEL
PTAN HOR PROJECTION TEXT HORIZONTAL
PTAN VERTICAL PROJECTION TEXT VERTICAL
PTOF -80 PROJECTION TEXT OFFSET X-8 YO
LEPEN QI MObdipjes Terr oox THN
Lrpen 3b MossFieS Tax® pos THICK
LINE ovBiq prodidtes Jo enttomt
Toode cusfwr +
modidser Lime origindo Mmiore”
Teode paso torNote: most of the query commands used in PDMS DESIGN also work in DRAFT
QADEG
QAPOF
QBSRF
QCHEIGHT
QCPOF
QDR
Q DPos
QDTER
QEPT
QausT
QLEN
QLHEI
Q LSHAPE
QLvIs
QMPT
QPKEY
Q POS PLRF
QRRSF
QSIZE
QSNAP
QTHPOS
Q XYPOS(DRAFT)
GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE (IE 90 DEG)
GIVES THE CE (NOTE) TERMINATOR POS'N
GIVES THE DRG. SHT. REF. (STRU LVL)
GIVES THE TEXT CHARACTER HEIGHT
GIVES THE CE (NOTE) LEADER LINE POS'N
GIVES THE C/VEW DIRECTION EN)
GIVES THE LDIM POSITION ON SHEET
GIVES THE LAYER/LDIM TERM'TR DEFAULT
GIVES THE STRA FROM POINT CO-ORDS
GIVES THE C/VIEW JUSTIFICATION( IE LEFT )
GIVES THE STRA LENGTH
GIVES THE TEXT LETTER HEIGHT
GIVES THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUS
GIVES THE CE VISBILITY
GIVES THE STRA MID POINT CO-ORDS
GIVES THE DIM PLINE STATUS (ie TCTF).
GIVES THE CURRENT VSEC CO-ORDS
GIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGS
GIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONS —
GIVES THE SNAP SETTINGS (ON/OFF)
GIVES THE C/VIEW MATCHLINE CO-ORDS _
GIVES THE CE (S¥MBOL)NAME-
GIVES THE TEXP COLOUR ATTRIBUTES
GIVES THE STRA TAIL POINT CO-ORDS
GIVES THE VIEW.LIMITS
GIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE (IE 0.5)
GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEETREFRESH 2
REPRES HOLES ON
S REPRES OBSTRUCTION OFF
m, REPRES HOLES OFF
SAM
SAVEWORK
UNLOCK ALL
UNM CE
PREC OUT DI 4 DEC (PDMS)
DRAFT QUERY COMMANDS
REFRESHES THE SCREEN
ADDS HOLES REPRESENTATION
REMOVES OBSTRUCTION REPRESENTATION
REMOVES HOLE REPRESENTATION
LETS YOU TOGGLE BETWEEN LAST 2 ITEMS,
SAVES LATEST WORK,
UNLOCKS CE & CE MEMBERS
UNMARKS CE NAME
GIVES PRECISE READOUT TO 4 DEC. POINTSPDMS 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
AXES AT CE (EQUIPMENT) PLACES EQUIP 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 mn
BY X100DRAFT & 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 ONCE —
DELETE CE DELETES THE CE
FINISH ENDS & SAVES PDMS SESSION
LTE Ch) es ee ete ees CE . we
GETWORK 7 GETS LATEST MODEL
7 LOCK ALL LOCKS CE & CE MEMBERS
REM CE REMOVE THE CE
ae MAR CE MARKS CE NAME
NAME TEMPORARY RENAMES SAID ITEM TO TEMPORARY
NEW FITT COPY PREV BY ZDIST PROP1BANG180 COPIES FITT ATEND
* POITION OF CE ATA
BANGLE OF 180
PROP O START POSITION CE
PROP O.S } MIDDLE POSITION CE
PROP 1 END POSITION CE
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200(PDMS) COPIESCE E2000
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)QVSCALE (DRAFT)
-Q XYPOS(DRAFT)
QzpIs
GIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE (IE 0.5)
0.04 = 1:25
0.02 = 1:50
0.01 = 1:100
GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEET
GIVES THE CE FITTING DIST FROM START.QMEML
Qmupe
QMPT(DRAFT)
QNAM
QNCOF
QNSRF
QNWEI
Qos
QOD Pa PIPING)
QorI
-QOWN
QPA (PIPING)
QPARA
QPH PIPING)
QPIWRT/* (PIPING)
°Q PREY (DI
QPL WRT/* (PIPING)
QPOs
* QPOSE
QPos FITr
Q POS PLRF(DRAFT)
QPOS PPLINA PROP OS
Q Poss:
. GROSS POSE
QPT (PIPING)
QRAD VAC)
QREF
QFUNC
QRRSFDRAFT)
QSIZE DRAFD,
QSNAP (DRAFT)
QSPRE
QTCTL OR (Q CUTL)
QTHPOS (DRAFT)
QTMRF @RAFT)
QTPOS (PIPING)
QTPTMRAFT)
QTYPE
QUSER
QVOL cE
QVLIMITS@RaFT)
+ POs
GIVES THE CE MEMBER LINE
GIVES THE CE MIDPOINT CO-ORDINATES
GIVES THE STRA MID POINT CO-ORDS
GIVES THE CE NAME
GIVES THE CE NET C OF G
GIVES THE CE NET SURFACE
GIVES THE CE NET WEIGHT
GIVES THE CE OBSTRUCTION LEVEL
GIVES THE CE (PIPE) DIAMETER
GIVES THE CE ORIENTATION (SLOPE)
GIVES THE CE OWNER
GIVES THE CE ARRIVE CO-ORDINATES
GIVES THE CE PARAMETERS ie SERIAL SIZES
GIVES THE CE PIPE HEAD ATTRIBUTES
GIVES THE CE (PIPE SUPPT) LOCATION
GIVES THE DIM PLINE STATUS (ie TCTF)
GIVES THE CE HVAC LEAVE CO-ORDINATES
GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES (START)
GIVES THE CE END CO-ORDINATES
GIVES THE C/FITT CO-ORDINATES (START)
GIVES THE CURRENT VSEC CO-ORDS.
GIVES THE CENTRE CO-ORDINATE
NS OF THE PLINE (PPL) AT
(0.5 x DER LEN) ON THE N/A
GIVES THE CE START CO-ORDINATES"
GIVES THE CE BOTH END CO-ORDINATES
GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL ATTRIBUTES
GIVES THE CE RADIUS
GIVES THE CE PDMS REFERENCE NO.
GIVES THE CE FUNCTION
GIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGS
GIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONS
GIVES THE SNAP SETTING (ON/OFF)
GIVES THE CE SPECIFICATION REFERENCE
GIVES THE CE CUT LENGTH?
GIVES THE C/VIEW MATCHLINE CO-ORDS
GIVES THE CE (SYMBOL) NAME
GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL CO-ORDS.
GIVES THE STRA TAIL POINT CO-ORDS,
GIVES THE CE TYPE ie SCTN PANE
GIVES THE CE USER DATABASE
GIVES THE CE VOLUME
GIVES THE VIEW LIMITS
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