Modify > MTO Status

Piping

Spooling : Modify > MTO Status

Use the Set MTO status on isometric window to modify the MaterialTakeOff (MTO) Status information required for the backing sheet of the Pipe Sketch.

The name of the component displays in the Piping component part of the Set MTO status on isometric window. The Right Arrow moves to the Next element in the pipework network (downwards) and the Left Arrow moves to the previous element (upwards). Select from a list of available drawings for the drawing and MTO status.

Changing the Shop/Field Setting

When an element is picked, the software searches all connected piping components and tube and adds all the components that have the same SHOP Flag status to that spool or field. The ends of the spool are called SPOOL BREAKS and they occur where the Shop Flag status changes.

If the Shop Flag is true the selected components are added as a Spool. Whereas, if the Shop Flag status is false the components are added as a Field.

The Shop Flag status for a piping component is normally set by its attributes in the DESIGN catalogue, but this may have been changed by the designer or from within the SPOOL module. Can be used to break up a spool or to remove a spool break, where the user wants the whole assembly to be fabricated as one piece in the shop.

Note:

Any changes the user makes to the Shop Flag settings are added to the design model in the DESIGN database.

To check and change the Shop Flag setting of the welded valves for any element in the piping network, use the Navigate Pick Mode for the SPOOL menu to identify the component with the welds to be changed.

The name of the Piping component displays in the Piping component part of the Shop/Field window. The Right Arrow moves to the Next element in the pipework network (downwards) and the Left Arrow moves to the previous element (upwards).

In the Shop/Field window, the status of the Shop/Field Flag displays, (Fabrication or Erection). To change the status of the Flag, select Fabrication material or Erection material.

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The Flag can only be changed on one piping component at a time.

Spool Break at a Joint

Spools can be split by defining SPOOL BREAKS at Joints in the network, even though the Shop Flags on either side of the joint are the same. For example, a flanged joint with no gasket.

The Spool Break is forced by changing the CSFBREAK attributes for the selected piping components to True. When SPOOL finds two adjacent True CSFBREAK or TSFBREAK attributes it inserts a Spool Break between them.

The function can be used to split pipes at any component, but this would create problems during the Erection phase because no method of connecting the two parts would display on the drawings.

Note:

Any Spool Breaks defined changes the flags of those components in the DESIGN database.

Forced Spool Breaks can also be removed by selecting Delete > Spool Break from the main menu bar. The user is then prompted to select the two piping components to reset the C/TSFBREAK attributes on.

Force a Spool Break at a Specified Element Level

To force a spool break at any change of Branch, Pipe, Zone or Site, set the SFLimit (Spool/Field Limit) attribute for the SPLDRG to BRAN, PIPE, ZONE or SITE, respectively. The default setting is WORLD.