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Equipment Definition

(dpar-define-equipment-geometry <tag> 'geo_loc '(<origin>)
'direction <direction> {<attribute-name> <attribute-value>}*)
where:
<tag> ::= <string>
  • A unique name.
<origin> ::= <real> <real> <real>
  • X, Y, and Z coordinates of the placement point of the piece of equipment.
<direction> ::= :N | :E | :S | :W
<attribute-name> ::= <string>
  • The name of a descriptive attribute of this equipment class.
<attribute-value> ::= <any>
  • The corresponding value for this equipment instance.
The following table gives attribute examples for some of the equipment that is in the standard demo data.
EQUIPMENT ATTRIBUTES
Horizontal Pump width, length, height
Vertical Drum length, diameter
(Vertical) Reboiler length, diameter
Horizontal Drum length, diameter
Condenser length, diameter
Heater length, diameter
Column length, diameter
For these equipment classes, all attribute values are real numbers, and all are required attributes.

Example:

(dpar-define-equipment-geometry “80-P-190”
'geo_loc '(2775.0 2535.0 1206.0)
'direction :S
'WIDTH 30.0 'LENGTH 52.0 'HEIGHT 23.0)