Building Equipment
The composite shape (geometry) of a piece of equipment is made up of elements as specified by rules written in the Equipment Assembly Language.
- Select in the Equipment Class Editor dialog. This opens the Equipment Language Editor. The dialog heading identifies the equipment type to be edited. If the parent type (the equipment type from which the new equipment is a specialization) already has a geometry definition, the Equipment Language Editor opens with the geometry definition of the parent type. This definition is said to be inherited from the parent type.
- The Definition Source field radio button indicates if the definition is Inherited from its parent class. If the parent type has no definition, then the window opens blank.
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Approximate 3D Shape and
Relative Location of Placement Point together
specify how the Plot Study Reader is to interpret dimensions and locations of
2D rectangles or circles when used to position equipment.
- A Box may be positioned with its placement point at the southwest corner, the center, or the center of one side of a rectangle.
- A Horizontal Cylinder interprets the smaller of a rectangle’s dimensions as its diameter and the larger as its length. It may be positioned with its placement point at the center or at the center of one side of a rectangle.
- A Vertical Cylinder is always positioned with its placement point at the center of a circle.
- Enter the equipment geometry definition into the text field using the Equipment Assembly Language. As soon as a change or a new entry into the window is accepted, the Definition Source radio button selection indication changes to Local.
- To revert back to the inherited geometry definition, check Inherited in the Definition Source field.
- Accept the geometry definition.
- Close the Language Editor window. Discards any changes made in the Language Editor since the last Accept.
