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Contains the information listed below for each component entry:

  • Design contractor item code (the item code in the input piping data file)

  • Main and secondary component bores

  • Main and secondary thickness/rating.

  • Fabricator item code

  • Fabricator material description

  • Component weight

  • This is the largest amount of information that can be held for each component. The information that appears depends upon what facilities are being used.

  • The structure and layout of the COMPONENT-INFORMATION-FILE is defined by the COMPONENT-INFORMATION-FILE section of the FUNCTION-DEFINITION-FILE (FDF).

COMPONENT-INFORMATION-FILE (CIF) rules summary

  1. Weight data in the CIF takes precedence over weights in the piping data file.

  2. If the Center-of-Gravity (CoG) facility is to be used, then component weight information must be available in either the CIF or the piping data input files.

  3. Several ITEM-CODE-IDENTIFIER entries can be made in the CIF to cater to a variety of different design contractor or fabricator item codes. The ones used are specified in the COMPONENT-INFORMATION-SELECTION section of the FUNCTION-DEFINITION-FILE.

  4. To handle projects with metric bore piping data files and imperial bore piping data files, two sets of N.S. and N.S.SEC information can be included in the CIF, with both projects sharing the one CIF. However, two separate FDFs are required to specify the required N.S. to be used on a particular project.

Item codes in the CIF

Item codes for components in the CIF can be constructed (and specified) in two different ways, as outlined below.

  1. In the form of unique codes with built-in bore information:

    • E-90-CS1-40:3 - This is an elbow of 3" bore.

    • E-90-CS1-40:4 - This is the same elbow, but of 4" bore.

    • R-C-CS1-40:4X3 - This is a concentric reducer of bore 4" X 3".

      This type of Item code does not need N.S. and N.S.SEC data fields to specify the bore information because it is built-in to the item code.

  2. Codes having separate bores:

    • E-90-CS1-40

    • R-C-CS1-40

      This type of Item code does need N.S. and N.S.SEC data fields to completely identify the component.

There are no rules as to whom should use which of the two types of item code construction. Some design contractors use the first type.