Tailoring CAESAR II

David Diehl

CAESAR II

Making CAESAR II your Own

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Introduction

 A majority of time allocated to pipe stress

analysis is used in building models
 Many users use the software “right out of the
box” even though there are many ways to
improve input ease and efficiency
 Screen organization
 Program content
 Default settings
 Display
 Output Display and Management

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Program Structure/Organization

[Registry]
 Executables - 1
C:
(the program) …
\Program Files (x86)
 System folder - 2 \Intergraph CAS
\CAESAR II 2013 R1
 Registry x1x
\ProgramData
 Data Folders - 3 \Intergraph CAS
\CAESAR II
\6.10
…
\SYSTEM
x2x
…
\”Data Folders”
x3x

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Program Structure

 Executables
(the program)
 C:\Program Files (x86)
\Intergraph CAS
\CAESAR II 2013 R1

 No reason to touch this

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Program Structure

 System folder
 C:\Program Data
\Intergraph CAS
\CAESAR II\6.10\System

 These files are under your

control

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Program Structure

 System folder
 Data
 (.FIL) Units
 (.FAT) Fatigue data
 (.FLG) Flange rating [ASME-
2003.G – gasket diameter]
 (.EQL) Equipment data
 (.FRP) Fiberglass data
 (.UMD) User Materials
 C2RPTTMPL.XML – stores
custom output reports

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Program Structure

 System folder
 Control
 (.INP) Input report format
 (CAESAR.CFG)
Configuration file

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Program Structure

 Registry
 Manages screen presentation (e.g. Element List)
 Do not fool around here!

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Program Structure

 Data Folders
 Use to segregate
projects
 Different settings to
override defaults
supplied by SYSTEM
 Set local control
 CAESAR.CFG
(configuration)
 Set local units
 UNITS.FIL

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Data Sources for CAESAR II

 Control switches
 Configuration File (“current folder” or System)
 Program content
 Material data (program and user data)
 Nominal values
 Valve/Flange Data; Expansion Joint Modeler

 The piping model

 “Special Execution Parameters”
 And, of course, your input model

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The CAESAR II
Configuration (CFG) File

 The Configuration File (i.e. CAESAR.CFG) holds

many general CAESAR II settings
 A program installation dialog will establish the
CFG file and store it in SYSTEM
 If no CFG in the local folder, CAESAR II will use
the SYSTEM CFG
 Any changes to CFG in the local folder are
stored locally
 Use separate folders to separate differing
CAESAR II settings
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The CAESAR II
Configuration (CFG) File

 Many program
settings/switches are
controlled in the
configuration file.
 Be aware of when the
change occurs
(“activation point”):

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Program Input Display

 This is the initial screen layout

with toolbars all around!
 This window area contains the
model graphic; there is no piping
input spreadsheet here.
 The piping input is currently
rolled up in a tab.

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Program Input Display

 Toolbars 

 My choice:











or build 
your own!

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Program Input Display

 Building a Custom Toolbar

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Program Input Display

 Relocating Tools

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Program Input Display

 Update graphics
(stored in CFG & Registry)

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Program Input Display

 Locating the Piping Input Spreadsheet

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Program Input Display

 Using “Tearables”

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Program Input Display

 Adjusting plot update

 CAESAR II will update the plot after each new
element is entered to include the entire model using
the default view (southeast)
 If you wish to stay focused on a particular section,
turn off “Refresh” (This is automatically off on a return
to an existing model.)
 Very large models may take time to update. You may
wish to turn off plot update altogether.

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

 Material data
 Fatigue, equipment, flange, FRP
 Valve/Flange data
 Displacement sets
 Dynamic data

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Material Data

 CAESAR II has hundreds of materials

 But maybe not yours
 You can define these materials locally:

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Material Data

 Or, you can add your material to the

CAESAR II database

Erase

Edit Save

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Material Data

Edit, then Search

Different data for

different Codes

 Note that if you are

creating a unique
name, build it as “All
Codes” (then follow
with a specific Code,
if desired)

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Material Data

 Edit then Save

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Material Data

 Your work will not alter the CAESAR II data

(stored in CMAT.BIN)
 Instead, your data (stored in UMAT1.UMB) will
overlay any existing data
 These files reside in SYSTEM:

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Fatigue, Equipment, Flange, FRP

 Data sets in SYSTEM can be added or edited

 Fatigue Curves - *.FAT
 Equipment Limits - *.EQL
 Flange Classification - *.FLG
 Fiberglass Material Data - *.FRP

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Fatigue, Equipment, Flange, FRP

 Formats are similar

 Lines beginning with an asterisk are comments
 Every table has a multiplier for use as units conversion
or other factors (e.g. safety)
 Here is a set of fatigue data:

N S
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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Valve/Flange Data

 Data Structure
 Class identifies
Specification

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Valve/Flange Data

 Data Structure
 Spec points to the
data file

 Here, flanged 150 Class gate valve data

(1” - 30”) is found in \150 in the file GAT_F
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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Valve/Flange Data

 Data Structure
 You can edit this data

 Here, flanged 150

Class gate valve data
(1” - 30”) is found in
\LIB_I\150 in the file
GAT_F

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Valve/Flange Data

 Edit data
 (Weights are “generic”)

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Displacement Sets

 Modular piping offshore can have many imposed

displacements at many connection points –
requiring many displacement sets
 This data entry can be automated

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Displacement Sets – Example

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Displacement Sets – Example
Edit the .CSV file in Excel.
Here, identify labels and
enter the additional
displacement sets.

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Displacement Sets – Example
Import modified data set
(Existing data sets table layout)

New data

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Dynamic Data

 Applied dynamic loads in the form of response

spectra and time histories can carry large
amounts of data
 Response spectra apply to all piping on a single
floor of a structure or to and entire plant area –
building once and using often is an efficient
approach
 Transient hydraulic analysis tools can develop
massive amounts of load vs. time data for direct
use as CAESAR II input.

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Dynamic Data

 CAESAR II provides methods to store these

dynamic data sets
 This dynamic data, whether provided by the
structures group, process engineers or produced
by CAESAR II, can be stored on the hard drive
and attached to any set of dynamic input.

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Response Spectrum Data

 A response
spectrum data set
is shown here
 Two columns of
data: period vs. g
 Comment lines
begin with an
asterisk

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Response Spectrum Data
The response spectrum
data can be “linked” to
the dynamic input.

The “hash” in front of

the name indicates
“read from file”.

Here is the processed data.

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Response Spectrum Data
The response spectrum
Spectrum data can be read in
name directly.
identifies
the two
columns This button will open
of data. the processor to
acquire the data.

Click here to
bring in the
data. Select the
data source.

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

- Response Spectrum Data

Site or floor data for

use in many
CAESAR II models.

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Building standard load case lists

 Many firms have standardized their load sets

 In more and more instances, these are very
comprehensive
 Seismic, wind, blast
 FPSO
 Fatigue
 … and therefor, tedious and prone to error
 You can copy existing load cases from one job
to another

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Using Standard Load Case Sets

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Using Standard Load Case Sets

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Using Standard Load Case Sets

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Output

 Graphics display
 Input Echo
 Sorting output
 Custom reports
 Table display using MS Word
 Post processing results

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Output – Graphics Display

 The overstress plot can be tuned in both color

and the percentage (of allowable stress) it
represents

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Output – Graphics Display

Default Edited

>90%
is blue

<60% is
white

Clearly shows
overstress points

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Output – Input Echo

 Recall seeing these *.INP files in the SYSTEM

folder?

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Output – Input Echo

 The INP files set the format for the input lists.
 Here is the beginning of the default element report
format (ELEMENT.INP & ELEMENT0.INP):

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Output – Input Echo

 Here is another – ELEMENT1.INP:

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Output – Input Echo

 CAESAR II uses the “base” .INP file without a

numeric suffix (e.g. ELEMENT.INP)
 The files with the numeric suffix are available for
use (e.g. ELEMENT1.INP)
 You can build your own format files as well
 Copy the selected file into the “base” name to
apply

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Output – Input Echo Example

 Selecting the Element List

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Output – Input Echo Example

 Using ELEMENT.INP (duplicate: ELEMENT0.INP)

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Output – Input Echo Example

 Copying ELEMENT1.INP into ELEMENT.INP

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Output – Sorting Output

Select Node Name

 Using node labels under Options

Choose
your display

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Output – Sorting Output

 Sorting displayed results

 Simply double-click once or twice on a column
heading:
Original (sort by element) 2nd
1st double-click
double-clickon
on ratio
ratio(small
(big toto
small)
big)

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Output – Sorting Output

 Very large models have too much data to review

 Reduce scrolling by adding filters to the output
report:

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Output – Sorting Output

 Using filters

The entire, filtered, report

Filter
displayed

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Output – Custom Reports

 Combine results in your own reports

 In this example the global X, Y, Z
displacements will be displayed in terms of
South (X), West (Z), and Up (Y)

Y N
Z
versus
E
X

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Output – Custom Reports

 Combine results in your own reports

 Start by clicking on “Add new custom report
template”

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Output – Custom Reports

 Define your report content & format

Identify
report type
and title

Define titles
(default)
Sample Display

Displacement in X
will be in the first
column (after
node), it will be
labeled “South”, Z
is next, then Y
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Output – Custom Reports

 Using your reports

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Output – Table Display using

MS Word

 You can control the style of tables in

MS Word by manipulating OutWord.DOT
(a template file) found in the CAESAR II SYSTEM
folder
 Set your table style and save as OutWord.DOTM

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Output – Table Display using

MS Word

: Default table format

Updated table
format (stored in
OutWord.DOTM) :

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Output – Post Processing Results

 Post processing in MS Excel or MS Access

allows you to manipulate results outside of
CAESAR II
 Here we will confirm the B31.1 expansion stress
range formula used by CAESAR II

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Output – Post Processing Results

 Generate the local element force and stress

report

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Output – Post Processing

Results

 Output now in MS Excel

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Output – Post Processing Results

 Use those lists to perform additional calculation

Here, comparing a hand calculation to
CAESAR II reported stress:


∗


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Making CAESAR II your Own

 In this session we tailored:

 Screen organization
 Program content
 Default settings
 Display
 Output Display and Management

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Making CAESAR II your Own

 Questions? Comments?

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Making CAESAR II your Own

Thank You

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