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PDMS Query Commands

This Document Originally Created by Les Johnson '2006Thanks to everyone for their input-please keep submitting info and shortcuts toles.johnson@blueyonder.co.ukPDMS Query Commands

NEW STRU COPY $V1COPIES STRU FROM 1 SITE TO ANOTHER after using VAR1NAMQ USERMGIVES CREATORS NAMEPDMS Directions - Including Sloping LinesQ PPLIN TOS START WRT/DATUMGIVES TOP OF STEEL OF UB/UCTOS,TOC,LTOS,LTOC,LTOA etc..Q IDP @ WRT /DATUMGIVES THE COORD OF A POINTDIR NDirect NorthQ ADEG (DRAFT)GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE (ie 90 DEG)DIR N 45Direct NorthQ ANGLE (HVAC)GIVES THE CE ANGLEDIR N 45 EDirect North 45 deg EastQ ATEX (DRAFT)GIVES THE SLAB TEXT ATTRIBUTESDIR N 45 E 30Direct North 45mm and East 30mmQ ATTGIVES THE CE ATTRIBUTESDIR N 45 E 30 DDirect North 45 deg East 30 deg DownQ BANGGIVES THE CE BETA ANGLEDIR N 45 E 30 D 10Direct North 45mm East 30mm and Down 10mmQ BORE (PIPING)GIVES THE PIPE INSIDE DIA.DIR S 30 EDirect South 30 deg EQ BSRF (DRAFT)GIVES THE ATTACHED DRG/SHT (DRWG LEVL)DIR E 60 SDirect South 30 deg EQ BTEX (DRAFT)GIVES THE TEXT/GLAB ATTRIBUTESDIR N 100 D 1Direct North with 1 in 100 slopeQ CHEI (DRAFT)GIVES THE CHARACTER HEIGHTDIR N 0.5729 DDirect North with 1 in 100 slopeQ CLL (PIPING)GIVES THE PIPE BRANCH LENGTHDIR N 2300 D 23Direct North with 1 in 100 slopeQ COL 4 (ETC)GIVES THE ATTRIBUTED COLOUR (YELLOW)DIR N 50 D 1Direct North with 1 in 50 slopeQ COL ACTGIVES THE CURRENT ACTIVE COLOURDIR N 01.1458 DDirect North with 1 in 50 slopeQ COL AIDSGIVES THE CURRENT AID LINE COLOURDIR N 2300 D 46Direct North with 1 in 50 slopeQ COL CEGIVES THE CURRENT ATTRIBUTED COLOURQ COL VISGIVES THE CURRENT VISIBLE COLOUR======================================================================Q CREFGIVES THE CONNECTION REFERENCEQ CUTLGIVES THE CE CUT LENGTHSome simple PDMS CommandsQ DDNAME (DRAFT)GIVES THE DIMENSION OWNERS NAMEQ DER LENGIVES THE CE EXACT LENGTHQ MEMquery members of current elementQ DESCGIVES THE CE DESCRIPTIONQ ATTquery attributes of current elementQ DESPGIVES THE CE PARAMETERSNEW TEE CHOO ALLselect a new tee from the spec of the branch at the current boreQ DIR (DRAFT)GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE (ie N)CONNconnect - orientate the current element and position arrive ppoint at leave ppoint of previous componentQ DISPLAYGIVES THE TOLERANCE & REPRES LEVELSCONN AND P3 IS Wconnect and orientate the current element so that ppoint 3 is facing westQ DMTXT (DRAFT)GIVES THE DIM TEXT ATTRIBUTESORI AND P3 IS Worientate the current element so that ppoint 3 is facing west without changing its positionQ DNSTGIVES THE CE DENSITYBACKswith to backwards modelling modeQ DPOS (DRAFT)GIVES THE LDIM POSITION ON SHEETFORWswitch to forwards modelling modeQ DRNEGIVES THE END CUT-PLANE DIRECTIONDIR Edirect the leave ppoint east (mainly used for elbows and bends)Q DRNSGIVES THE START CUT-PLANE DIRECTIONDIR TO NEXdirect the leave ppoint towards the origin of the next component (mainly used for elbows and bends)Q DTER (DRAFT)GIVES THE LAYER/LDIM TERM'TR DEFAULTCONN PT TO LAST MEMconnects the tail of the current branch to the last member of the branch (must be sat at branch level)Q EGIVES THE CE EAST CO-ORDINATECONN PH TO FIRST MEMconnects the head to the first member of the branch (must be sat at branch level)Q ELEMGIVES THE CE ELEMENT NAMECONN PH TO PT OF ID BRAN @connect the head of the current branch to the tail of a cursor identified branchQ FPT (DRAFT)GIVES THE STRA FROM POINT CO-ORDSDIST 1000slide the current element along from the previous component until the distance from p0 to p0 is 1000Q FRADGIVES THE PLOO/PAVE RADIU ie 100mmGIVES THE NEXTR/VERT RADIUS ie 100mmBY E300slide the current element along 300mm from its current position in the east directionQ FUNCGIVES THE CE FUNCTIONTHRO N12300slide the current element along from the previous component until the p0 reaches N12300Q GCOFGIVES THE CE GROSS C OF GPLAN E THR E23400slide the current element along in non-orthogonal plane from the previous component until the p0 reaches E23400Q GTYPGIVES THE GENERIC TYPE i.e. OD, HP, TGPLAN E DIST 1000slide the current element along in a non-orthogonal plane until the difference in eastings from the previous comp is 1000Q GWEIGIVES THE CE GROSS WEIGHTBOP ONTOP ID SCTN @slide the current element (elbo) until the BOP rests on top of the identified SCTNQ H (PIPE SUPPT)GIVES THE CE HANDER HEAD CO-ORDSBOP 100 ONTOP ID SCTN @slide the current element (elbo) until the BOP is 100mm above the top of the identified SCTNQ HEIGIVES THE CE (PLOO LVL) PLT THKSEL HSTUselect the tube for the start of the branch (if the branch is unconnected and starts with pipe)Q HPOS (PIPING)GIVES THE CE PIPE HEAD CO-ORDINATESSAVEWORKsave changes from current sessionQ HT (PIPE SUPT)GIVES THE CE HANDER TAIL CO-ORDSGETWORKreloads databases to see changes others have made since start of your sessionQ IDP @ WRT /*GIVES THE CE P POINT CO-ORDINATESCHECK BRANperforms data consistency check on current branchQ IDPL @GIVES THE PLINE NAME USING CURSORCHECK PIPEperforms data consistency check on current pipeQ INREFGIVES THE CE IN REFERENCEQ POSquery position of current element with respect to its ownerQ ISPEC (PIPING)GIVES THE CE (PIPE) INSULATIONQ POS IN WORLquery position of current element with respect to the worldQ ITLEGIVES LENGTH OF IMPLIED TUBEQ POS IN NEXTquery position of current element with respect to next componentQ JLINGIVES THE CE JOINT LINEQ PHquery branch head details - HPOS, HBOR, HDIR, HCONQ JUSLGIVES THE CE JUSTIFICATION LINE Q PTquery branch tail details - TPOS, TBOR, TDIR, TCONQ LASTMODGIVES THE DAT STRU WAS LAST MODIFIEDQ HREFquery branch head reference - ie. Name of item that branch head is connected toQ LEN (DRAFT)GIVES THE STRA LENGTHQ TREFquery branch talil reference - ie name of item that branch tail is connected toQ LEVGIVES THE CE LEVEL (OBSTRUCTION ETC)FLIP CONNflip the current element (so that the ppoint that was the arrive is now the leave) and reconnect itQ LHEI (DRAFT)GIVES THE TEST LETTER HEIGHTARR 3make the p3 of current element (usually Tee) the arrive ppointQ LISTGIVES THE CE FITTINGS (NEG EXTR. ETC)LEA 3make the p3 of current element (usually Tee) the leave ppointQ LOCKGIVES THE LOCK STATUSANG 0 CONNset the angle to zero and connect to the previous item (used for items with different default angles)Q LSHAPE (DRAFT)GIVES THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUSADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 1000add all items to the view which are in the box that encloses the volume of the current element +1000mmQ MATREFGIVES THE CE MATERIAL REFMA CEmarks CE with its nameQ MCOUNTGIVES THE NOS OF SUB MEMBERS IN CEUNMARK CEremoves mark fro CEQ MCOUNT SCTNGIVES THE NOS OF SCTN MEMBERS IN CEUNMARK ALLremoves all marksQ MDBGIVES THE PROJECT DATABASEQ MEMGIVES THE CE MEMBERSQ MEMLGIVES THE CE MEMBER LINEQ MIDPGIVES THE CE MIDPOINT CO-ORDINATESQ MPT (DRAFT)GIVES THE STRA MID POINT CO-ORDSQ MTLEGIVES LENGTH OF MATERIAL TUBEQ MTLLGIVES CL LENGTH OF MATERIAL TUBEQ MTOGIVES THE CE MTO STATUSQ NAMGIVES THE CE NAMEQ NCOFGIVES THE CE NET C OF GQ NSRFGIVES THE CE NET SURFACEQ NVOLGIVES THE CE NET VOLUMEQ NWEIGIVES THE CE NET WEIGHTQ OBSGIVES THE CE OBSTRUCTION LEVELQ ORIGIVES THE CE ORIENTATION (SLOPE)Q OSRFGIVES THE SHEET OVERLAY (VIEW ONLY)Q OWNGIVES THE CE OWNERQ PA (PIPING)GIVES TE C ARRIVE CO-ORDINATESQ PARAGIVES THE CE PARAMETERS ie SERIAL SIZESQ PH (PIPING)GIVES THE CE PIPE HEAD ATTRIBUTESQ PH BORE (PIPING)GIVES THE CE (PIPE HEAD) BOREQ PH OD (PIPING)GIVES THE CE (PIPE HEAD) DIAMETERQ PI WRT/* (PIPING)GIVES THE CE (PIPE SUPPORT) LOCATIONQ PKEY (DRAFT)GIVES THE DIM PLINE STATUS (ie TCTF)Q PL WRT/* (PIPING)GIVES THE CE HVAC LEAVE CO-ORDINATESQ PLNAGIVES THE PLINE NAMESQ PLTXT (DRAFT)GIVES THE PROJ TEST ATTRIBUTESQ POSGIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES (START)Q POS FITTGIVES THE C/FITT CO-ORDINATES (START)Q POS IDPL @GIVES THE PLINE CO-ORD AT CE STARTQ POS IN $V1GIVES THE CE DISTANCE TO VAR. $V1Q POS PIN1 WRT/*GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES OF PIN 1Q POS PLRF (DRAFT)GIVES TE CURRENT VSEC CO-ORDSQ POS POPLI NA PROP 0.5GIVES THE CENTRE CO-ORDINATE POSITIONS OF THE PLINE (PPLI) AT (0.5X DER LEN) ON THE N/AQ POS PPL1 BOS WRT/*GIVES THE BOS PLINE CO-ORDINATESQ POS WRT TO ID@GIVES THE DIST FROM CE TO START OF IDENTIFIED MEMBERQ POS1 WRT/*GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES OF PIN 1Q POSEGIVES THE CE END CO-ORDINATESQ POSPPLI NA PROP 0.5GIVES THE CENTRE CO-ORDINATE POSITIONS OF THE PLINE (PPLI) AT (0.5X DER LEN) ON THE N/AQ POSSGIVES THE CE START CO-ORDINATESQ POSS POSEGIVES THE CE BOTH END CO-ORDINATESQ POST FITTGIVES THE C/FITT CO-ORDINATES (START)Q POST IN $V1GIVES THE CE DISTANCE TO VAR.$V1Q POST PLRF (DRAFT)GIVES THE CURRENT VSEC CO-ORDSQ PRLSGIVES THE DESP NAME TYPESQ PT (PIPING)GIVES THE CE (PIPE TAIL) ATTRIBUTESQ PT OD (PIPING)GIVES THE CE (PIPE TAIL) DIAMETERQ PURPGIVES THE STRU PURPOSE ATTRIBUTEQ RAD (HVAC)GIVES THE CE RADIUSQ RCOD (DRAFT)GIVES THE VIEW ORIENTATIONQ REFGIVES THE CE PDMS REFERENCE NOQ REPRESGIVES THE CE REPRESENTATION STATUSQ RRSF (DRAFT)GIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGSQ SIZE (DRAFT)GIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONSQ SJUSGIVES THE PLOO JUSTIFICATION ie UTOP, DCEN, DBOTQ SNAP (DRAFT)GIVES THE SNAP SETTING (ON/OFF)Q SPREGIVES THE CE SPECIFICATION REFERENCEQ STEXTGIVES THE ATT PENETRATION IDENTQ TCTL OR (Q CUTL)GIVES THE CE CUT LENGTHQ THMRF (DRAFT)GIVES THE CE (SYMBOL) NAMEQ THPOS (DRAFT)GIVES THE C/VIEW MATCHLINE CO-ORDSQ TPOS (PIPING)GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL CO-ORDSQ TPT (DRAFT)GIVES THE STRA TAIL POINT CO-ORDSQ TULEGIVES THE BRANCH TUBE LENGTHQ TYPEGIVES THE CE TYPE ie SCTN, PANEQ USERGIVES THE CE USER DATABASEQ USERMODGIVES THE LAST USER LOGIN ID (STRU)Q VLIMITS (DRAFT)GIVES THE VIEW LIMITSQ VOL CEGIVES THE CE VOLUMEQ: DTYPEGIVES THE FRMW STYLE TYPE (ie STLS)Q: STATUSGIVES THE CE STRU STATUS ie 'AFC'Q:SWCODEGIVES THE CE WEIGHT CODEPDMS TYPED COMMANDSADD ALL EQUIP WITHIN VOL CEADDS ALL EQUIPMENT THAT OVERLAPS CEADD ALL SCTN WITHIN VOL CEADDS ALL SECTIONS THAT OVERLAP CEADD ALL STRU WI PURP EQ 'PS'ADDS ALL STRU WITH PURPOSE ATTRIBUTEADD ALL WITHIN VOL CEADDS ALL DISCIPLINES THAT OVERLAP CEADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 100ADDS ALL DISCIPLINES THAT OVERLAP CE WITH A VOLUME OF +100mmADD CEADDS CEADD CE COL 39ADDS CE WITH COL 39(SEE COLOUR SHEET)ADD CREFADDS CE PIPE CONNECTION REFADD SITEADDS CE SITEAID CLEAR LINE ALLREMOVES UNWANTED LINES FROM PDMSAT @MOVES CE TO NEW CURSOR POSAT IDP@MOVES CE TO SELECT PPOINTAT IDPL@MOVES CE TO SELECT PLINEAXES AT CEPLACES CE AXESAXES AT PA CEPLACES AXES AT PIPE ARRIVE POINTAXES AT PPLI TOS PROP 1PLACES AXES AT THE END OF TOS PLINEAXES OFFREMOVES CE AXESBY D100MOVES CURRENT ELEMENT DOWN BY 100mmBY D100 (PDMS ONLY)MOVES CE DOWN 100mmBY E100MOVES CURRENT ELEMENT EAST BY 100mmBY E100 (PDMS ONLY)MOVES CE EAST 100mmBY E2IN WRT CTMOVES CE E2" (INCHES) WRT CE (DETERMINE CORRECT CE AXIS FIRST)BY E3.1/2.1INMOVES CE E3. 1/2" (INCHES)BY E3.1/2.1IN (PDMS ONLY)MOVES CE EAST 3 1/2"BY N100MOVES CURRENT ELEMENT NORTH BY 100mmBY N100 (PDMS ONLY)MOVES CE NORTH 100mmBY U100MOVES CURRENT ELEMENT UP BY 100mmBY U100 (PDMS ONLY)MOVES CE UP 100mmBY X100 (DRAFT & DESIGN)MOVES CURRENT ELEMENT X (EAST) BY 100mmBY X100 (DRAFT & PDMS)MOVES CE X (EAST) 100mmBY X100 WRT/*/(PDMS PLATES)MOVES CE X (EAST) 100mm WRT TO WORLDBY X100 WRT/*/(PDMS PLATES)MOVES CURRENT ELEMENT X (EAST) BY 100mm WITH RESPECT TO WORLDCALL STL GSCTNTAG OFFUNMARKS SCTNCALLSTL GSCTNTAG CEMARKS CE SCTN START & ENDCHE CEGIVES CONSISTENCY CHECK ON CECOL 39 YELLOWCHANGES LIN COL TO YELLOWCOL ACT BLUECHANGES THE ACTIVE COLOUR TO BLUECOL ACT VIOLETCHANGES THE CE COLOUR TO VIOLETDELETE CEDELETES THE CEDESCLASH CHECK CERUNS CLASH CHECK ON CE (TYPE EXIT TO CLEAR MACRO & RETURN TO DESIGN)DRNE PERPCUTS THE SCTN END AT 90DEG TO SECTIONENHANCE CE COL YELLOWDISPLAYS CE AS YELLOWENHANCE CE TRANSL 0DISPLAYS CE AS A SOLIDENHANCE CE TRANSL 60DISPLAYS CE TO 60% TRANSLUCENCYEXT END -1000EXTENS THE END -1000EXT END THR ID@EXTENDS END TO JUSTIFICATION LINEEXT END THR IDPL@EXTENDS END TO A SELECT PLINEEXT END TO ID@EXTENDS THE END TO SELECTED ITEMEXT END TO IDP@EXTENDS THE END TO A SELECTED PPOINTEXT END TO IDPL@EXTENDS THE END TO A SELECTED PLINEEXT STA -1000SHORTENS THE START BY -1000EXT STA THR IDP@EXTENDS START TO A SELECTED PPOINTFINISHENDS & SAVES PDMS SESSIONFLIP CEFLIPS CEGETWROKGETS LATEST MODELINCL CIRC 1 OF NOTE/TABLEREPOSITIONS CIRC 1 TO PREV SELECTED DESTINATIONINCL ID@GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES (START) OR ITEM TO BE TRANSFERREDINCL NAMEREPOSITIONS CE TO A SELECTED DESTINATIONLOCK ALLLOCK ALL ELEMENTS FROM THE CURRENTMAR CEMARKS CE NAMEMAR WI 'TEMPORARY' CETAGS CE WITH TEMPORARYMARK CEMARKS CE NAMEMOV E WRT CE TO ID@ (PDMS)MOVES CE WRT TO ITS OWN AXIS E TO A SELECTED ELEMENTMOV U TO IDP@ (PDMS)MOVES UP TO A SELECTED ELEMENTMOV W TO IDPL @ (PDMS)MOVES WEST TO A SELECTED PLINEMOVE U THR ID@(PDMS)MOVES CE UP TO A SELECTED ELEMENTMOVE U WRT/* THR ID@(PDMS)MOVES CE UP ONTO SELECTED ITEMS JUSTIFICATION LINEMOVE W THR IDP@(PDMS)MOVES CE WEST TO A SELECTED PPOINTMOVE W THR IDPL@(PDMS)MOVES CE WEST TO A SELECT PLINEMOVES 45 E WRT WORLD DIST 2000MOVES THE CE IN A S 45 E DIRECTION BY 2000 ALONG THAT DIRECTION (THE HYP LENGTH)MOVES S 45 E WRT WORLD S 2000MOVES THE CE IN A S 45 E DIRECTION BY SOUTH 2000 (NOT THE HYP LENGTH)NAME/TEMPORARYRENAMES ITEM TEMPORARYNEW FITT COPY PREV BY ZDIST PROP 1 BANG 180COPIES FITT AT END POSITION OF CE AT A BANGLE OF 180 START POSITION CE MIDDLE POSITION CE END POSITION CENEW GLAB COPY $V1COPIES GLAB AS VARIABLE $V1NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT @COPIES GLAB TO PICKED LOCATIONNEW PANE COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4 (PDMS)COPIES CE E200 COL 4TURNS HOLES ONNEW PANE COPY PREV MOV TOW ID@DIST 1000CREATES A NEW PANE AND MOVES IT TOWARDS A SELECTED ITEM RELATIVE TO BOTH ORIGINSNEW PNAE COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4 (PDMS)COPIES CE E 200 COL 4NEW SCTN COPY MOVE W WRT/* THR IDPL@(PDMS)COPIES A NEW STRU AND MOVES IT WEST WRT TO CE AND TO A SELECTED PLINENEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200CREATES A COPY OF THE CURRENT PANE 200mm EAST OF ITS CURRENT LOCATIONNEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 (PDMS)COPIES CE E200NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4 (PDMS)COPIES CE E200 COL 4NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 WRT CE (PDMS)COPIES E200 WRT CE AXISNEW SCTN COPY PREV MIRRO PLA E THR E118000 N118000 U26000 WRT/*(PDMS)MIRROR COPIES CE ABOUT CO-ORDS ON A E DIRECTIONNEW STRU COPY PREV MOVE W WRTCE TO IDPL@ (PDMS)COPIES A NEW STRU AND MOVES IT WEST WRT TO CE AND TO A SELECTED PLINNEW SYMB COPY PREV BY X-10 (DRAFT)COPIES CE X-10NEW TEXP COPY PREV BY Y10 (DRAFT)COPIES CE Y10NEW VRTX COPY PREV BY X10 (DRAFT)COPIES CE X10 (CLOUDS)PIN DIR D WRT/* THR IDPL@MOVES PIN1 DOWN TO A SELECTED PLINEPIN1 AT PPLI BOS PROP .5POSITIONS PIN1 AT MID POINT ON BOS PLINEPIN1 BY D8MOVES PIN1 DOWN 8mmPIN1 DIR DPOSITIONS PIN 1 DIRECTION DOWNPIN1 DIR U WRT/* THR IDP@MOVES PIN1 UP TO A SELECTED PPOINTPIN2 DIR U WRT/* THR IDPL@MOVES PIN2 DOWN TO A SELECTED PLINEPIN6 OFFREMOVES PIN6PIN6 OFFTURNS PIN6 OFFPKEY LTOCCHANGES DIM FROM EXIST JUSL TO LTOCPOS PIN3 AT CEPLACES A PIN3 AT POS OF CEPREC 4 DPGIVES PRECISE READOUT TO 4 DEC. POINTSQ ANGLE (HVAC)RETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT ANGLEQ ATTRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT ATTRIBUTESQ BANGRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT BETA ANGLE (IF IT HAS ONE)Q BORE (PIPING)RETURNS THE PIPE BORE SIZEQ CREFRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT CONNECTION REFERENCE (IF IT HAS ONE)Q DER LENRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT ACTUAL LENGTH (SCTNS, GEN SEC'S)Q DESCRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT DESCRIPTION (IF IT HAS ONE)Q DESPRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT DESIGN PARAMETERS (UNSET IF NONE SET)Q DIRRETURNS THE DIRECTIONQ DRINSTARETURNS THE DIRECTION OF THE CURRENT ELEMENTS CUT PLANE AT ITS STARTQ DRNENDRETURNS THE DIRECTION OF THE CURRENT ELEMENTS CUT PLANE AT ITS ENDQ ERETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT EAST CO-ORDINATEQ ELEMRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT NAMEQ FRADRETURNS THE RADIUS OF A PAVE BELOW PLOO BELOW PANERETURNS THE RADIUS OF A VERT BELW NXTR BELOW PANEQ FUNCGIVES THE CE FUNCTIONQ FUNCRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT FUNCTIONQ GTYPRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT GENERIC TYPE eg W OR HPQ HEIRETURNS THE HEIGHT AT PLOO LEVEL OF A PANE (PLATE THK)Q HH (PIPE SUPPT)RETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT HANGER HEAD CO-ORDINATESQ HT (PIPE SUPPT)RETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT HANGER TAIL CO-ORDINATESQ IDP @ WRT/*RETURNS A PICKED PPOINT CO-ORDINATES WITH RESPECT TO WORLDQ INREFRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT INTERFERENCEQ ISPEC (PIPING)RETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT INSULATION SPECIFICATIONQ JLINERETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT JOINT LINE PLINE SETTINGQ JUSTRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT JUSTIFICATION LINE PLINE SETTINGQ LEVRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT DRAWING LEVELQ LISTRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT ALLOWABLE MEMBER TYPESQ LOCKRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT LOCK STATUSQ MATREFRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT MATERIAL REFERENCEQ MDBRETURNS THE CURRENT MDB NAMEQ MEMRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT MEMBER'S LISTQ MEMLRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT MEMBER LINE PLINT SETTINGQ NAMRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT NAME WITH FORWARD SLASHQ NAMNRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT NAME WITHOUT FORWARD SLASHQ POSSGIVES THE CE START CO-ORDINATESQ POSS POSEGIVES THE CE BOTH END CO-ORDINATESQ PT (PIPING)GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL ATTRIBUTESQ RAD (HVAC)GIVES THE CE RADIUSQ REFGIVES THE CE PDMS REFERENCE NOQ REPRESGIVES THE CE REPRESENTATION STATUSQ RRSF (DRAFT)GIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGSQ SIZE (DRAFT)GIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONSQ SJUSGIVES THE PLOO JUSTIFICATION, ie UTOP, DCEN, DBOTQ SNAP (DRAFT)GIVES THE SNAP SETTING (ON/OFF)Q SPREGIVES THE CE SPECIFICATION REFERENCEQ STEXTGIVES THE PENETRATION IDENT AT ATTAQ TCTLE OR (Q CUTL)GIVES THE CE CUT LENGTHQ TCTLENRETURNS THE CURRENT ELEMENT LENGTH REQUIRED TO MAKE THE SCTNQ THPOS (DRAFT)GIVES THE C/VIEW MATCHLINE CO-ORDSQ TMRF (DRAFT)GIVES THE CE (SYMBOL) NAMEQ TPOS (DRAFT)GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL CO-ORDSQ TPT (DRAFT)GIVES THE STRA TAIL POINT CO-ORDSQ TYPEGIVES THE CE TYPE ie SCTN, PANEQ USERGIVES THE CE USER DATABASEQ VLIMITS (DRAFT)GIVES THE VIEW LIMITSQ VOL CEGIVES THE CE VOLUMEQ VSCALE (DRAFT)GIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE (ie 0.5)0.5 = 1:20.2 = 1:50.1 = 1:100.05 = 1:200.04 = 1:250.02 = 1:500.01 = 1:100Q VTYP (DRAFT)GIVE THE VIEW ATT (ie GLOBAL HIDDEN)Q XYPOS (DRAFT)GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEETQ ZDISGIVES THE CE FITTING DIST FROM STARTRCODE RIGHTROTATES THE VIEW OF ORI TO THE RIGHTREFPRES HOLES ONADDS HOLES REPRESENTATIONREFRESHREFRESHES THE SCREENREM CEREMOVES THE CURRENT ELEMENT FROM THE DRAWLISTRENAME / XXX / YYYRENAMES CE TO YYYREPRE PROF ON CL OFFSETS PROFILE REPRE-TIN. AS SOLIDREPRES DARC 1SET ARC TOLERANCE TO 1 mmREPRES DARC DEFSETS ARC TOLERANCE TO 10mm (DEFAULT)REPRES HOLES OFFSAVES CHANGES CARRIED OUT AT THAT TIMEREPRES HOLES ONADDS HOLES REPRESENTATIONREPRES OBSTRUCTION OFFTURNS HOLES OFFREPRES PNODE COL YELLOWPRIMARY NODS SHOWN YELLOWREPRES PNODE ONPRIMARY NODES SHOWN ONLYREPRES PNODE SIZE 6CHANGES PRIMARY NOTES TO 6mmREPRES PROF ON CL OFFSETS PROFILE REPR AS SOLIDREPRES SNODE OFFSECONDARY NODES OFFROT ABO IDP@ BY 90ROTATES CE LOCAL TO PPOINT BY 90 DEGROT ABO IDPL@ BY 90ROTATES CE LOCAL TO PLINE BY 90 DEGROT ABO P1 BY 90ROTATES CE ABOUT P1 BY 90 DEGROT ABO PPLIN TOS BY 15ROTATES CE ABOUT PLINE TOS BY 15 DEGROT THR IDP@ BY 90ROTATES CE ABOUT ANY PPOINT BY 90 DEGROT THR IDPL@ BY 90ROTATES CE ABOUT ANY PLINE BY 90 DEGROT THR MIDP ABO D BY 90ROTATES CE ABOUT MIDP POS BY 90 DEGROT THR POSE ABO D BY 30ROTATES CE ABOUT END POS BY 30 DEGROT THR POSS ABO D BY 45ROTATES CE ABOUT START POS BY 45 DEGROT THR W10000 N 20000 U30000 WRT/*ABO U BY 90ROTATES CE ABOUT CO-ORDS WRT TO WORLD ABOUT VERT AXIS BY 90 DEGROT THRO MIDP ABO D BY 90ROTATES CE ABOUT MIDP POS BY 90 DEGROT THRO POSS ABO D BY 45ROTATES CE ABOUT START POS BY45 DEGSAMLETS YOU TOGGLE BETWEEN LAST 2 ITEMSSAVEWORKSAVES LATEST WORKUNCLAIM ALLUNLOCKS ALL CLAIMED MEMBERSUNLOCK ALLUN-LOCKS ALL ELEMENTS FROM THE DRAWLISTUNM CEUNMARKS CE NAMEUNMAR CEREMOVES THE CURRENT ELEMENT FROM THE GRAPHICAL VIEWWITHIN VOL CE 500 COL 4SET AT PS WITHIN A VOL OF +500 COL YELLOWZDIST (ZDIST + 100)MOVES ITEM 100 FROM ORIG POSITIONDRAFT QUERY COMMANDSQ ADEGGIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE (ie 90 DEG)Q APOFGIVES THE CE (NOTE) TERMINATOR POS'NQ BSFTGIVES THE DRG. SHT. REF. (STRU LVL)Q CHEIGHTGIVES THE TEXT CHARACTER HEIGHTQ CPOFGIVES THE CE (NOTE) LEADER LINE POS'NQ DIRGIVES THE C/VIEW DIRECTION (ie N)Q DPOSGIVES THE LDIM POSITION ON SHEETQ DTERGIVES THE LAYER/LDIM TERM'TR DEFAULTQ FPTGIVES THE STRA FROM POINT CO-ORDSQ JUSTGIVES THE C/VIEW JUSTIFICATION (ie LEFT)Q LENGIVES THE STRA LENGTHQ LHEIGIVES THE TEST LETTER HEIGHTQ LSHAPEGIVE THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUSQ LVISGIVES THE CE VISIBILITYQ MPTGIVES THE STRA MID POINT CO-ORDSQ PKEYGIVES THE DIM PLINE STATUS (ie TCTF)Q POS PLRFGIVES THE CORRECT VSEC CO-ORDSQ RRSFGIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGSQ SIZEGIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONSQ SNAPGIVES THE SNAP SETTINGS (ON/OFF)Q THPOSGIVES THE C/VIEW MATCHLINE CO-ORDSQ TMRFGIVES THE CE (SYMBOL) NAMEQ TPENGIVES THE TEXP COLOUR ATTRIBUTESQ TPTGIVES THE STRA TAIL POINT CO-ORDSQ VLIMITSGIVES THE VIEW LIMITSQ VRATGIVES SCALE RATIO (ie 1 TO 245)Q VSCALEGIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE (ie 0.5)Q VTYP (DRAFT)GIVES THE VIEW ATT (ie GLOBAL HIDDEN)Q XYPOS (DRAFT)GIVE THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEETDRAFT TYPED COMMANDSADEG 0MODIFIES TEXT HORIZONTALADEG 45MODIFIES TEXT/PRIMITIVES AT 45 DEGADEG 90MODIFIES TEST VERTICALAPOFFSET 5-5RE-POSITIONS LTR END X5 Y-5AT @MOVES CE TO NEW CURSOR POSAT IDP@MOVES CE TO SELECTED PPOINTAT IDPL@MOVES CE TO SELECTED PLINEBLNK FALSETEXT REMOVES BLANKED AREA BELOWBLNK TRUETEXT BLANKS ALL IT OVERLAYSBTEST'A-A'MODIFIES TEXT TO A-ABY @MOVES CE BY LOCT FROM POS TO NEW POSBY X100MOVES CE X (EAST) 100mmBY Y100MOVES CE X (NORTH) 100mmCPOFFSET 5-5RE-POSITIONS LEADER LINE START X5 Y-5DIM TEX'#100 TYP'DIMENSION TEXT READS 100 TYPDPOS @PLACES THE LDIM POSITION BY CURSORDTAN DEFDIMENSION TEXT DEFAULTDTAN PARDIMENSION TEXT PARALLELDTAN HORDIMENSION TEXT HORIZONTALDTAN STANDIMENSION TEXT STANDARDDTAN VERTICALDIMENSION TEXT VERTICALDTOF @DIMENSION TEXT BY CURSORDTOF 0 4DIMENSION TEXT OFFSET X0 Y4DTAN PART DTOF 8 0DIM TEXT PAR. & OFF X-8 Y0NLPN OFFTURNS LINE OFF(ie CLOUD VERTEX)FPT @MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY CURSORFPT BY X2 Y-2MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY TYPED INPUTFRAME ONTEXT FRAME ONGAP @LETS CURSOR DETERMINE DIMENSION GAPGAP DELETE ALLDELETES ALL DIMENSION GAPSGAP DELETE ATDELETES DIMENSION GAP BY CURSORGBOX 5MODIFIES TEXT FRAME WITH 5 CLEARANCEHIGH CEHIGHLIGHTS CEINCL CIRC 1 OF NOTE/TABLEREPOSITIONS CIRC 1 TO PREV. SELECTED DESTINATIONINCL NAMEREPOSITION CE TO A SELECTED DESTINATIONLEAD STRACHANGES LEADER LINE TO STRAIGHTLEAD BENT @PLACES ANOTHER VERTEX ON LEADERLINELVIS FALSETURNS CE VISIBILITY OFFLVIS TRUETURNS CE VISIBILITY ONLLEAD FALSELEADERLINE OFFLLEAD TRUELEADER LINE ONLTER OFFLINE TERMINATOR OFFLTER ARRLINE TERMINATOR ARROWLTER DOTLINE TERMINATOR DOTLTER OBLLINE TERMINATOR DASHMODIFY @ENABLES MODS TO SLAB/GLAB GEOMETRYNEW CIRCL DIAM 100 AT@DRAWS CIRCLE AND POSITIONS BY CURSORNEW CIRCL RAD 50 AT@DRAWS CIRCLE AND POSITIONS BY CURSORNEW GLAB COPY $V1COPIES GLAB AS VARIABLE $V1NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT@COPIES GLAB TO PICKED LOCATIONNEW RECT XLEN40 YLEN20 ANG 45 ORIG CORNER AT @DRAWS RECT AND POSITIONS IT BY CURSORNEW GLAB COPY PREV AT@COPIES TEXT AND POSITIONS BY CURSORNLPN OFFTURNS LINE OFF(ie CLOUD VERTEX)OSHT 10DIM LINE OVERSHOOT 10mmOSHT @DIM LINE OVERSHOOT BY CURSORPLCL @POSITION LEADER LINE BY CURSORPROJ CLEAR @SETS PROJECTION LINE POSITIONS BY CURSORPROJ CLEAR 6SETS PROJECTION LINE POSITION BY 5mmPROJ TEX 'TYP'PROJECTION TEXT READS TYPPTAN PARPROJECTION TEXT PARALLELPTAN HORPROJECTION TEXT HORIZONTALPTAN VERTICALPROJECTION TEXT VERTICALPTOF -8 0 PROJECTION TEXT OFFSET X-8 Y0RCOD LEFTROTATES VIEW BOX LEFTREPEAT 5 BY X10COPIES CE 5 TIMES BY 10mm SPACESSNAP ON/OFFTURNS SNAP ON/OFFSNAP ON 10GIVES SNAP GRID X10 Y10SNAP ON SPACING X10 Y20GIVES SNAP GRID X10 Y20TPEN 71GIVES THE TEXP COLOUR ATTRIBUTE 71TPT @MOVES STRA TO POINT BY CURSORTPE BY X2 Y-2MOVES STR TO POINT BY TYPED INPUTUPDATE ANNOUPDATES ANNOTATIONUPDATE DESIGNUPDATES DESIGNUPDATE PICTUREUPDATES GRAPHICSCGRID ON/OFFTURNS SNAP GRID VISIBILITY ON/OFF#WEST SHELL#SPRE (C10:19)UBFORMAT ON DRG. 254x102x22UB#SPRE (C10:16)UBFORMAT ON DRG. 254x102UBEL.#DIMPOSU (C2:5).#DIMPOSU(C6:)FORMAT ON DRG. EL.508.500EL.+#DIMPOSU (C2:5).#DIMPOSU(C6:)FORMAT ON DRG. EL. +508.500GLOSSARYATTAPIPE ATTACHMENT REQ'D FOR STRUCTURAL PENETRATIONS THRO DECKS/WALLS, ETCFITTSTRUCTURAL FITTINGNBOXNEGATIVE BOXNCONNEGATIVE CONENCYLNEGATIVE CYLINDER (BOLT HOLES ETC)NDISNEGATIVE DISH (VESSEL/PIPE CAP)NCTONEGATIVE TUBULAR RING (DOUGHNUT)NRTONEGATIVE RING SEGMENT (RECTANGULAR X-SECTION)NSLCNEGATIVE CYLINDER (WITH DIAGONAL CUT)NSNONEGATIVE CONE (WITH OFFSET CAPABILITY)NPYRNEGATIVE PYRAMIDNXTRNEGATIVE EXTRUSION/SHAPE (BOX/TRIANGULAR ETC)PANESTRUCTURAL PLATE/GRATING SECTIONPAVEPPOINT OWNED BY PLOOPFITPENETRATION THRO' DECK OR WALL PLATE (PIPE SLEEVE/ELECTRICAL TRANSIT, ETC)PLOOPLATE OWNED BY PANE HAS PLATE ATTRIBUTESSCTNSTRUCTURAL SECTION ie, HEA, UNP, ETCSJOISNOD MEMBER USED IN CONNECTION SCTNSNODNODE POINT USED IN CONNECTING SCTN STRUCTURAL SECTION ie HEA, UNP, ETC MEMBERSVERTP POINTED OWNED BY NXTR

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Profiles

DESIGN-1

Querying users and dates

To query last user sessions and dates

Highlight element and type Q HIST

This will give a history numberYou can query that number or any number below that

Type Q SESSUSER (number) to query who created the modType Q SESSDAT (number) to query what date the item was modified/created

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=================================================================================================Copying steelwork jointsonce a joint has been created it can very quickly be copied to many other beamsREMEMBER. To create Joints your members must be connected ! ( Connect - Connect)to copy a joint choose Modify > Joints > Joint Like > Use copied Plinethen just pick the end of the beam that contains the joint to be copied and then continually pick all the other ends of the members you wish to have the same joint. To finish the command just press the ESCAPE key twice.

It may take a few seconds to complete=================================================================================================Creating Panels(for flooring, gusset plates etc..)

NBAlways create panels in a clockwise direction

If you set your panel justification as Top of Panel then create it clockwisewhen you query the panel, the top of panel will be correct

If the panel is created anti-clockwise then when you query the panelit will give the Top of Panel as the underside level

This becomes very important when using GLAB's in DRAFT for level indicatorsas when you make the glab interrogate the POSU location it could give the bottom of the panel

so adding #posu to the glab would result in the underside level of the panel being displayed=================================================================================================Members Draw Dialogue BoxThis is a very handy utility allowing you to add/remove members, change colours and also transparencyI always forgot where to find it so here it isVer 12 -

This should then bring up the following dialogue boxClick the coloured box to bring up a colour pallet and choose a colour , then Add CE to add your member at that colourClick SOLID box to change transparency, the higher the percentage then the more transparent your item will be

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CHANGING VIEW ORIENTATION TO SUIT STRUCTUREthanks to Jason Hutchings

Sometimes, rarely should I say, its easier to change the view to suit the structure , if the structure is on a stupid angle - Shown here my structure is on weird angle

This view is looking North

I want to look at platform level with beams looking directly up

Firstly query the orientation of the beam you wish to point up - which in my case its the orange one !

Q ORI WRT/*

mine shows

Then right click on the Limits CE button and choose Look Explicit

Swipe the part of your Command Line that contains the orientation as I have done below and paste it into the Direction line

Final ViewWhen you add this another box will pop up as shown below

Now click on the Pick command and then pick your member in the graphical view and then hit the Apply button

Your view should then be 90 degrees rotated to your chosen element, with the element facing up the screen. Rotate and clip view to create a plan view

Steelwork

Before starting to model steelwork you should probably set your PLINE rule to Normal or Beamsthe PLINE rule dictates to PDMS where connected sections will be cut back towhen set to normal steelwork will be cut back to the web of another beamif the pline rule is unset then the steel will be cut back in line with the edge of the flange of the steelworkto set the pline rulefrom top menuSettings>Pick Filters>Plineschange this to Normal (or Beams)to mitre end of memberfind member setout by clicking display axes top icon under Queryq att and find then type depending on direction and angle of mitre

When creating steelwork members PDMS always uses a default minimum member length of 200mm. Sometimes this can be frustrating. To change it go to Settings>Tolerances as shown. Change number to suit.

Pipes

how to create this sorta pipe by Bob Din

Firstly get the coordinate of the pipe start point !!Under a piping zone.Type in the command lineNEW PIPE NAM /XXXXNEW BRAN NAM /XXXX/B1HPOS E2000 N3275 U1000 WRT/* change these coordinates to suit your pipe start locationHDIR S (head direction..south?) HBOR 200 (bore of pipe at head)still in the command box.NEW ELB CHOO ALL(select the elbow)FCONN(This will connect it to the pipe head)DIR E 45U(Directs the elbow)NEW ELB COPY PRE(Copies the last elbow)CONN(connects to last elbow)Dist 200 (Or whatever distance you need) could also try PLAN U THR ID@ (Then click on the primitive)(2nd elbow on the screen shot)DIR E (Directs the leave of the elbow East.NEW FLAN CHOO ALL(Select the flange)CONNPLAN E THR ID @(Click on the flange made of primitives)NEW GASK CHOO ALL(Select the gasket)CONNNEW FLAN CHOO ALL(Select the flange)CONNNEW ELB CHOO ALL(select the elbow)CONNPLAN E THR ID @(Click on the elbow made of primitives)DIR ENEW WELD CHOO ALL(Select the weld)CONNDIST 2000 (or whatever)BRANCONN PT TO LAST MEM

to remove the dotted line

CONN PT TO LAST MEM

Connect pipe tail to last member, or if its at the head

CONN PH TO FIRST MEMGuessing thats the Pipe Head.If you are in forwards mode.

Click on the atta

BACPLAN S THR CEORIFORBRANCONN PH TO FIRST MEM

Basic-Draft

PLEASE PLEASE PLEEASSSEEEE TRY THE METHOD USED BELOWI am getting tired of trying to sort out peoples views , drawlists and Local rulesIf you adopt this method of working life would be sooooo much easier - please read carefully

Draft

PDMS DRAFT NOTES

COMMANDSDESCRIPTIONADEG - ROTATION OF TEXT CHEIGHT - SIZE OF TEXTTPEN - COLOUR OF TEXTLFRA - TEXT BOX/TRUE OR FALSE = ON OR OFFLLEAD -TEXT LEADER / TRUE OR FLASE = ON OR OFFAT@ - WHEN TEXT ELEMENT CANNOT BE SEENVAR1NAM - FOR COPY TEXT FROM REFERENCE DRAWINGNEW GLAB COPY V1 ON ID @ - TO FINALISE THE TRANSFER OF COPIED TEXT (ABOVE)SORF NULREF DELETE GLAB - DELETED LABELLLCL - LEADER LINE CLEARANCENEW GLAB COPY PRE ON ID@ -COPY TAG FROM SAME VIEW

(MODIFY DM TEXT IN FORMS) (- CAN INCORPORATE NORHINGS ON 2ND LINE)Q A TEXT = FOR SLABS TO CHANGE CONTENT - NEED TO PUT ('ATEXT')Q B TEXT = FOR GLABS TO CHANGE CONTENT - NEED TO PUT ('B TEXT')

TO COPY FROM VNOTE - VARINAM/THEN (INCL $V1) ON THE SELECTED VNOTE(VARINAM) THE VNOTE YOU SELECTED AND $V2 TO TAKE SHORTCUT TO ELEMENTQ NLPN = NOTELINEPEN FOR PIPERACK VIEW PORTS

TO GIVE LABEL SECOND (I.E.(LABEL) Q BTEXT THEN GET # EQUI(C2:) NOW ADD LABEL#EQUI(C2:)#/(TEXT)' THN ALIGN HB TO GIVE EQUAL BOTH SIDES OF LEADERLINEBASE - TO GIVE DIRECT ON BASEBB - BOTTOM BODYTB - TOP BODYQ - L SPAC TO CHANGE SPACE BETWEEN (HB) 2 TEXTSDRAFTWHEN REMOVING A FRAM FROM VIEW AND PART WILL NOT REMOVE SELECT VIEW THEN:MODIFY VIEWSECTION FLATCHANGE WORLD POS BY 1 UNIT IN REQUIRED DIRECTIONSPPLY THEN UPDATE DESIGNTO REMOVE ALL LINES IN A VIEW FO TO ? NOTE AND TYPE LVIS_FAL------------------------------------WHEN YOU CANT READ THE LONG LINES IN DRAW LIST MANAGERSEE BELOWSOLUTION.AT THE COMMAND LINE TYPE :-GOTO IDLNQ DESCTHE SAME LIST WILL APPEAR IN YOUR COMMAND WINDOWto copy a note from one drawing to anotherhilight note in dwg 1at command line type VAR1NAMin 2nd drawing click on viewport for note and hilight top of notes level in treeat command line type NEW VNOTE COPY $V1or new SYMB or new STRA etc.note for additional notes you can use VAR2NAM and then COPY $V2 etc....How to create bracing member centrelines for set-out purposesThis is quite tricky but can be done in DESIGN !Fistly you must disconnect the 2 members as you need to re-create a centre nodeClick Connect>Disconnect and then choose end of member to disconnectThen the member must be extended to the correct location for the nodewhich in this case is the centreline of the bottom memberUse Position>Extend>ThroI assume u know how to do this...Then once extended make sure the NODE button is pressed and then choose Create>Pnode at SCTN enda red nodepoint will then appearFinal stage is to choose Connect>Connect and OK to Disconnectthis will reconnect the members but leave the PNOD at the correct placeThe PNOD's can then be used within DRAFTthere ya go

Here's a bit of syntax for cleaning up draft drawings.

DELETE NULL IDLI - Gets rid of items from your drawlist which no longer point to anything

DELETE NULL ANNO - Gets rid of annotation which no longer points to anything

UPDATE DESIGN IGNORE (ignores dodgy drawlist items which stop update finishing)

DRAFT TEXT LINES# ALL'

DRAWLIST ERRORS

I see many people getting totally confused with drawlists and local rules, asssigning members in different ones and cancelling them outcopying the same drawlist to more than 1 view - WHICH IS A DEFINATE NO !!! 1 Drawlist per view pleaseI suggest using a method shown to me that I think is great and nearly foolproof, but then again there are many out there !check out my word doc page in Word Docs and Basic-Draft and try it.very easy indeed Sir.

syntax errors

tryKILL !!MSAVSAVEWORKthenDESIGNDRAFTto restart application

sometimes errors occur when a routine has been stopped before finishingyou will get a syntax errorto clear this type EXIT on the command lineif nothing happens then type EXIT again and again and again until you get a dialogue error boxthen you should be ok

maybe kill the form that gave you the problemie.Kill !!arrlesclipthen reload the formshow !!arrlesclip

LinestylesVersion 11.6

Click the line then change the attribute Nlpen to a different number dependent on the line type you requireThese usually vary from one company to another - but it may help=================================================================================================Version 12Draw your line and then hilight itThen click on Edit>PrimitiveThis box will then appearClick the Select buttonFinally choose the required linestyle=================================================================================================

Colours

Colour RefColour1greycolours dependent on setup2redmodify to suit your system3orange4yellow5green6cyan7dk blue8pink9maroon10white11lt pink12violetsyntax :-add ce col4 transl 30gives translucency of 30

Word Docs

or try this :-match(name,'REV-A') neq 0

From PDMS to PDMS

pdms to navisworks)YOU MUST HAVE A COPY OF NAVISWORKS REVIEW !!EXPORT FILE /c:\les\review.rvm OVEREXPORT ALL SITE WI PURP INSET ('PIPE','SUPP','CONC','ELEC','INFR','HVAC','INST','MECH','STL','STLE','TRAN','GEN') EXPORT ALL ZONE WI MATCHWILD(NAME,'*/AP2*T')EXPORT ALL ZONE WI MATCHWILD(NAME,'*/AP2*E')--EXPORT EXCLUDE ALL SITE WI MATCHWILD(NAME,'/A?2')$* Transfer design data to model file.EXPORT FINISHor u can type EXPORT CE when at any tree level just to export specific stuff=================================================================first create a run.rvm fileREPRE LEV PIPE 6Representation level NOZZ 4Representation level STRU 6REPRE INSU ON

EXPORT FILE /%PDMSUSER%/REVIEW.rvm OVEREXPORT HOLES ON

EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR ON--reset all autocolour rules.EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR RESET

--change number 61 to suit your project numbersexport all zone wi matchwild(name,'*AAF*') col3export all site wi matchwild(name,'*61*') col 5EXPORT EXCLUDE ALL SITE WI MATCHWILD(NAME,'*AXES*')EXPORT EXCLUDE ALL SITE WI MATCHWILD(NAME,'*UNDERGROUND*')EXPORT EXCLUDE ALL SITE WI MATCHWILD(NAME,'*OPTION*')EXPORT EXCLUDE ALL SITE WI MATCHWILD(NAME,'*PILES*')EXPORT EXCLUDE ALL SITE WI MATCHWILD(NAME,'*???TEST*')EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR ALL PIPE COL 15 EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR ALL EQUI COL 2 EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR ALL STRU COL 21

run the file in pdms as $m/%pdmsuser%/run.rvmassuming the file is located in the default pdms user directoryopen REVIEW.rvm file with Navisworks REVIEW softwarethen save it as a .NWD file for others to view in roamer etceasy peasy

Cladding MacroDownload cladding.zip from www.arrles.co.uk\\this file contains 3 additional filescrcladding.pmlfrm , cladding.plt and leslogo.pngsave these files into your //pmllib/design/forms directorythen type PML REHASH ALL at the command linePML LOAD FORM !!CRCLADDING then type or paste the followingq var !!pml.getpathname('crcladding.pmlfrm') it should return the directory location of the added 3 files mentioned abovecheck that a file called pml.index has been created in your pmllib directoryhopefully it has

The cladding.pmlfrm file needs editing in notepad to point the cladding.plt dir to your own dirLook for the line that shows --Les substitute the pathname where the supplied plotfile is storedSo change the path to point to your \\pmllib diron the command line now typeshow !!crcladding this should now bring up a dialogue boxset nameclick on ID Element and click anelement to get co-ordinatesadd dimensions to suit panel red'qcopy dims into form from an existing panel

this is me !apply to create panelThis will create a cladding wall from a PANEL object , thus allowing placement of negative extrusions for holes/cutouts or roof slopes etc...

GlossaryGLOSSARYATTAPipe attachment required for structural penetrations thro decks /walls etcFITTStructural fittingNBOXNegative boxNCONNegative coneNCYLNegative cylinderbolt holes etcNDISNegative dishvessel/pipe capNCTONegative tubular ringdonutNRTONegative ring segmentrectangular x-sectionNSLCNegative cylinderwith diagonal cutNSNONegative conewith offset capabilityNPYRNegative pyramidNXTRNegative extrusion / shapePANEStructural Panel / plate / grating sectionPAVEP Point owned by PLOOPFITPenetration thro deck or wall platepipe sleeve / elec transit etcPLOOPlate owned by Panehas plate attributesSCTNStructural SectionSJOISnod member used in connecting SCTNSNODNode point used in connecting SCTN membersVERTP Point owned by NXTR

Dimensions

Model Editor

MODEL EDITOR(the SUN)This is a very powerful and extremely useful tool in both DESIGN and DRAFT.MODEL EDITOR SETTINGS

These can be found in the Selection pull down menuDESIGNUsed for moving and rotating either single or many items.**Below is a very basic example of how to move an item**First I want to create a beam in the middle of a rectangular platformI hilight an existing beam and copy it onto itself*The most frequently used setting is to change the movement value increments as shown below******Then click the model editor button and coord arrows will appear on the beamMove mouse over relevent line or arc prior to moving item. Direction arrow will appear****NOTE*The Model Editor button will be inactive if you have the Navigate button hilighted. Cllick the Navigate button again to reactivate the Model Editor icon****Now hold down your left mouse button on the line to drag the member the required distance***

You can also enter the exact value instead by right clicking on the required line/arc and choosing 'Enter Value'

MOVING MULTIPLE ITEMS

Select all members by right clicking and dragging mouse to create a box around the members you wish to selectThen select one of first 2 options depending on what you require

You can also move the origin handle location by right clicking the origin point and selecting Move Handle > Snap to Point. This is very useful when relocating a set of members as shown below

The final images shows a stair hilighted and the origin handle moved to the nearest stringer top corner. The whole stair can now be moved to align with the platform steel. Once the handle has been moved to the required location, right click on the handle origin again and choose 'Snap to Point'Now, once stair is selected and handle moved into correct location , just hover mouse over desired final location and snap points will appear. Choose your required snap point and left mouse click on it

Stair now in correct location============================================================================================================================================DRAFTUse the Model Editor in Draft to easily move items around your drawingJust click the item and dragOrrotate the item by dragging the small circleAgain, rotate item using smaller circlesSelect object then right click to bring up a dropdown menu for more commandsIdeal for rotating text

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