To Place Spool Piece
A Spool Piece is a
fixed length of pipe, which is placed with flanges usually used to connect two
existing flanged pipe components ends. The placement procedure is as follows:
- Set the size and spec in the Standard Preferences dialog before selecting the Spool Piece option. By default, the Spool Piece components are stored in the EX-OPM spec, which is shipped with OpenPlant Modeler .
- Select the Spool Piece option from the Piping taskbar.
- When the Spec Record Selection dialog displays, select one of the option from the list and click OK to continue.
- In the Place Component dialog use the tabs to define the various settings for the component. Specifically the Length of the piece, which is defined in the Operating Conditions tab.
- Select a placement point for the component. If connecting to an existing component, snap to the end of the component.
- Left click to accept the point.
- The Spec Record Selection dialog displays listing gasket option to place at the joint.
- Select an option from the dialog and click OK.
- When the Spec Record Selection dialog displays again, make a selection on the bolt type to use for the joint.
- Click OK to complete the placement.
- Right-click to end the command.