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Before you begin, define the settings, rules, and notes:

  1. Review the human specification thoroughly so that you completely understand all the requirements. You may want to review Interpreting Human Piping Specifications.

  2. Click the Tools Menu > Options Command, and then select the General Catalog Units Tab (Options Dialog).

    1. Review and change any unit readout and precision setting as needed. See Piping Catalog Units Tab (Options Dialog).

  3. Select the Piping Specification Units Tab (Options Dialog). On this tab:

    1. Set the default industry practice.

    2. We recommend that you use the tools for building and selecting commodity codes. Select whether you are using just contractor, just industry, or both contractor and industry commodity codes. Be sure to load the corresponding rules using the Load command on this tab. You can edit the values if needed after you load them. See Define Commodity Code Rules.

    3. Select whether or not you want to create material descriptions by rule. If you choose to create material descriptions by rules, be sure to load the default material descriptions using the Load command. You can edit these rules after you load them. See Define Material Description Rules.

    4. We recommend that you select the Verify specification data on entry option.

    5. Select how you want to determine the branch and headers sizes.

    6. Select how you want to display standard notes in the Catalog task.

  4. Select the Short Codes Tab (Options Dialog). Add any missing short codes that you need. Set the selection basis that the software is to use. Click OK to initialize the short codes even if you do not add or edit the existing short codes.

  5. Define the standard piping notes that you need for the new piping specification. See Define Standard Notes.

Create the piping material class data:

  1. In the tree view, click Piping > Piping Specification > Piping Materials Class Data.

  2. Click the Grid View Command in the ribbon.

  3. Click the Insert Row Command to insert a blank row in the grid view.

  4. In the Spec Name column, type a name for the new piping specification, and then click the Save Command Save.

  5. Define the other properties of the new piping specification. See Piping Materials Classes.

Define the rules for the piping specification:

  1. Open the new piping material class node in the tree view, and then open the Piping Materials Class Data node.

  2. Select the Permissible Nominal Piping Diameters Rule and define the nominal piping diameters to allow in your piping specification. The data you enter generates entries for the branch table. See Define Allowable Nominal Piping Diameters.

  3. Select the Branch Table rule node and define the short codes in the branch table. See Define Branch Selection Criteria.

  4. Select the Service Limits and define the temperature and pressure service limits. By entering service limit values for a piping materials class, the software will force users who route pipe to enter temperature and pressure information for the pipe run. Only by forcing users to enter temperature and pressure information can the software comply with the service limits that you define. See Define Service Limits.

  5. Select the Thickness Data Rule and define the data needed for the wall thickness calculations. See Define Thickness Data.

  6. Select the Corrosion Allowance rule and define the data needed for the wall thickness calculations. See Define Corrosion Allowances.

  7. Select the Joint Quality Factor rule and define the needed data to use in wall thickness and branch reinforcement calculations. See Define Joint Quality Factors.

  8. Select the Permissible Taps rule and define the allowed taps. See Define Permissible Taps.

  9. Select the Pipe Takedown Parts rule and define the takedown parts. See Define Takedown Parts.

  10. Open the Piping Commodity Filter node for the new piping specification, and click the Insert Row Command .

  11. Define the data required to select the piping commodities. If the required short code does not display in the Short Code list, you can create a new short code with the Short Codes Tab (Options Dialog). See Add a Short Code Value and Piping Commodity Filter.

  12. Define other piping material class specific rules as required.

  13. Click Tools > Check Data to verify the relationships between the data you enter into the editable grid against other data in the Catalog database. For step-by-step instructions, see Checking Catalog Data. Make sure that you resolve all the problems.

Define the selection filters:

  1. Define the data in the gasket selection filter. For step-by-step instructions, see Define Gasket Selection Filters.

  2. Click Tools Menu > Check Data Command to verify the gasket data that you entered. For step-by-step instructions, see Checking Catalog Data. Make sure that you resolve all the problems.

  3. Define the data in the bolt selection filter. For step-by-step instructions, see Define Bolt Selection Filters.

  4. Click the Tools Menu > Check Data Command to verify the bolt data that you entered. See Checking Catalog Data. Make sure that you resolve all the problems.

  5. Define the data in the nut selection filter. See Define Nut Selection Filters.

  6. Click the Tools Menu > Check Data Command to verify the nut data that you entered. See Checking Catalog Data. Make sure that you resolve all the problems.

  7. Define the data in the washer selection filter. See Define Washer Selection Filters.

  8. Click the Tools Menu > Check Data Command to verify the washer data that you entered. See Checking Catalog Data. Make sure that you resolve all the problems.

Verify the piping material specification: