Naming Conventions

Catalogues and Specifications Reference Manual

Piping Components : Naming Conventions

It is important that certain items in the Catalogue database are named as they are referenced from other databases as well as internally. It would be impracticable to allow system-generated database reference numbers to be referenced as this would lead to meaningless output from reports and isometrics.

Figure 10:2.: Design, Specification and Catalogue databases shows the relationship between the Design, Specification, and Catalogue databases. Consistency when naming items is important, making cross-database connections as easily identifiable as possible.

In ISODRAFT, bolt lengths for Piping Components are derived by referring to the SBOL name. Item detail is picked up from the RTEX attribute of the DTEX and the material is picked up from the XTEX attribute of the MTEX.

Note that the item code name on an isometric is obtained from the second part of the SPREF attribute of a Component, i.e. its name in the Specification. In the example in Figure 10:2.: Design, Specification and Catalogue databases, the name would be output as FLANWN300100. Refer to Setting Up ISODRAFT for further information.