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General Tab

Angle string

Uses the angle of the component to calculate the required In leg and Out leg dimensions, such as for lobster back bends. This can sometimes be inferred from the AABBCC code but not always. When calculating dimensions for various components, if the software cannot infer the angle from the AABBCC code, it looks in the description and tries to find the angle. To do this, it scans the description for the keyword entered in the angle string and looks immediately before this to determine the angle. For example, if the description includes 90 Degrees, then the angle string can be Deg.

Slip plates in Table 'A'

Slip plates such as SB, SR, and SP are sometimes mapped in Table 'A' and sometimes in Table 'W'. In PDS, it is not unusual for the physical table name to be referenced in Table 'W' instead of the default Table 'A'.

Flange lengths in 2 parts

The overall length of flanges is usually held in two parts. The first is the thickness of the flange. The second is the length of the remainder, such as the hub length for a weld neck flange. The length of flanges can, in the physical data file, include the flange thickness or not. If the data in the physical file does not include the flange thickness, check the Flange lengths in 2 parts box. The easiest way to determine this is to look in the physical data files for slip-on, screwed, or socket weld flanges. If the dimension given is negative, then it does not include the flange thickness.

If required, I-Convert retrieves the flange thickness from the bolt file as referenced in the Eden code. The flange thickness is contained Output number 2 in the bolt file. For more information, see PDS Technical Information.

Append length to nipples

To ensure that nipple item codes are unique, it is sometimes necessary to append the nipple length to its item code. If your specification uses the same commodity code for different lengths of nipple, select Append length to nipples to make them unique.

A nipple is defined as a component with an Isogen symbol key of NI**, NB** or NR**.

User-defined model codes

I-Convert detects, by default, component types and removes certain characters from the specified model codes. For example, trim-able elbows, with a model code E45TLR modify, when decoding the EDEN, the model code to be E45LR add a T to the commodity code and (Trimmed) to the description. If you select this option, the software assumes that you have defined the model codes and that the removal of characters is not required.

Ignore schedules

As I-Convert is processing a component, the schedule thickness of each end is calculated. These values are then used to determine size dependent codes and are output in the additional material data. If you select this option, the schedules are not calculated and are ignored when determining size dependent codes. For more information, see Configure PDS item code settings.

Elbow dimension is bend radius

Causes the software to regard the dimension in the physical files as the bend radius and not the actual dimension. The software determines the angle of the component and uses the bend radius to calculate the actual dimensions.

Gaskets Tab

Default width

Specifies the Default width (Half or Full separation) in the units chosen. The value you specify is used when calculating bolt lengths and is used if no Gasket Separation table can be found.

Full/Half separation

Dimensions for gaskets are specified in the Gasket Table as defined in the .pmc file and can be given as half the compressed thickness of the gasket. If so, select Half separation and I-Convert multiplies values by 2 to get the correct movement. If not, select Full separation.

Olets Tab

Olet includes half outside

In Smart Isometrics, the dimension for an olet must include the full movement from the center of the main pipe to the connection of the branch. The setting for Olet includes half outside indicates whether or not I-Convert needs to add half the outside diameter of the main size to the dimension found in the physical data file. If the PDS data includes the half OD in the physical data file, then select Olet includes half outside; otherwise, I-Convert adds half the OD to the dimension taken from the physical data file.

User supplied elbolet data

Because Isogen treats elbolets as couplings, Smart Isometrics catalogs require a single dimension (DimA) representing the movement from the connect point on the elbow to the end of the connecting component. As each elbolet size fits the whole range of elbow nominal sizes, you only need one entry in the catalog for each branch size. The normal default is to use the data in PDS physical data files, but I-Convert assumes that this data is the fitting length of the elbolet only, and does not include the movement of the elbow. If the data does include the movement in the elbow then you must specify a separate user-generated elbolet file and the movement of tee’d elbows will be set to zero. For more information, see Appendix: Configuration Files.

Fixed Pipes Tab

Get length from description for fixed length pipes

Some users include the length of fixed length pipe sections in the description. The lengths for fixed length pipes can either be determined by reading the description or from a user-supplied fixed pipe length data file containing the available lengths. Select the option you require. To determine the length from the description, the software searches for the keywords =, MM Long, Long, Long, Lg, Long and “””. For more information, see Appendix: Configuration Files.

Append length to fixed pipe item code and descriptions

I-Convert can append the length of a fixed length pipe to the item code and description for that item. The length is only appended to the description if Get length from description for fixed length pipes is not selected. This option can generate unique item codes for differing lengths of fixed pipe.

Append length to pipe block item code and descriptions

I-Convert can append the length of a pipe block to the item code and description for that item. This option can generate unique item codes for differing length Pipe Blocks.

Commodity Names Tab

Within PDS, you can redefine the AABBCC codes. I-Convert uses these codes to recognize various components. If you must redefine the codes for gaskets, bolts, nuts, pipe or tube, these must be specified.

Weight Tab

Calculate component weights

Turns on weight calculation. You must then indicate whether I-Convert is to calculate the wet weight or the dry weight, specify the units to output, and then indicate whether the values held in the files are the full component weight or only half the component weight. The weight is stored in the CIF file when the catalogs are generated and is displayed in the Smart Isometrics data when in Detail View mode.

Only select the Unique item codes option if you are certain that your item code system will not produce the same item code and bore combination for essentially different components.

OK

Accepts all changes and closes the dialog box.

Cancel

Cancels all changes and closes the dialog box.

Apply

Accepts all changes without closing the dialog box.

Defaults

Resets all settings in the dialog box to the stored defaults.

Help

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