Create

Equipment User Guide

Equipment : Create

The first task that the user should perform is to create an Equipment Element in the Design Database.

Before creating an Equipment Element the correct Database elements should already be present in the Model Explorer, for example, a World, Site and Zone should exist. Refer to Hierarchy for further information.

The user can create Equipment using two methods.

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Primitive Equipment, refer to Primitive Equipment for further information.

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Standard Equipment, refer to Standard Equipment for further information.

Primitive Equipment

Primitive Equipment allows the user to create an empty Equipment element and then add different primitives to build up a graphical representation of the equipment item.

To create a Primitive Equipment item, on the Equipment tab, in the Create group, click Equipment, select Equipment from the drop-down list to display the Equipment Creation window.

Input the equipment name in the Name field.

The Position pane sets the position of the equipment coordinates.


East/West	From the drop down menu, click to identify the direction of the East/West axis. The user can then input an explicit position value in the Position field.
North/South	From the drop down menu, click to identify the direction of the North/South axis. The user can then input an explicit position value in the Position field.
Up/Down	From the drop down menu, click to identify the direction of the Up/Down axis. The user can then input an explicit position value in the Position field.

If required, select one or all of the Lock check boxes to lock the explicit position of the current co-ordinate along the E/W, N/S or U/D axis.

The axes to which all co-ordinates are interpreted with respect to must be set.

In the wrt text box, input the name of the element to which all co-ordinates are interpreted with respect to, the default is /*.

The user can input attributes of the equipment element in the Attributes pane:


Description	Input the Description of the Equipment element.
Function	Input the Function for the Equipment element.
Design Code	Input the Design Code for the Equipment element.
Paint Specification	Input the Paint Specification for the Equipment element.
Inspection Schedule	Input the Inspection Schedule for the Equipment element.

Click OK to create the Equipment element or Cancel to discard any inputs and close the Equipment Creation window. The Create Primitive window displays by default. Refer to Primitives for further information.