PlantWise Help

Nozzle Editor

In addition to the menus to control editing and display options, the Nozzle Editor dialog is divided into four parts: identification, attributes, position, and commands.

  • If the editor is opened from a menu, it opens completely empty and you need to select the equipment and nozzle from the drop down lists.
  • If the editor is opened using the Edit tool icon on the Plant Toolbox, it opens with the selected nozzle’s data filled in.

Menus

SettingDescription
File menu Allows you to Save Model, Save Model As, and Close the dialog.
Edit menu
  • Update Dialog updates the dialog contents to match any dynamic changes that may have been made while the dialog was open;
  • Rename Nozzle lets you change the name of the selected nozzle;
  • Nozzle List links you to the Nozzle List dialog for the selected equipment instance;
  • Equipment gives access to the Equipment Editor dialog;
  • Pipeline/Cable gives access to the Pipeline Editor or the Cable Editor;
  • Elements opens the Equipment Element Browser which lets you view the geometric data of the separate components of the specified piece of equipment;
  • Delete lets you delete a piece of equipment.
Display menu
  • Toggle Vicinity Routes toggles the display of the path calculated by the Vicinity Routing rules;
  • AutoNozzle Equipment places the nozzles for the specified piece of equipment;
  • Zoom To causes CAD to prompt you to select a view. When a view is selected, the currently selected component fills that view.

    You can then select other views in CAD and they also be zoomed so the component fills the view.

    Note: Sometimes Zoom To affects the clipping planes. If the component does not appear in the view, turning off the front and/or back clipping plane should make the component visible.
  • Highlight changes the drawing level of the selected nozzle to Highlight (drawn in magenta) so that it can be easily located;
  • UnHighlight returns the selected nozzle to its normal drawing level;

Identification

SettingDescription
Equipment field Identifies what piece of equipment the nozzle is placed on.
Nozzle field Identifies the selected nozzle’s name.
Pipeline Indicates what pipeline has been connected to this nozzle. If no pipeline has been connected then it reads "Pipeline: <none>"

Attributes

SettingDescription
Type Indicates what type has been assigned to the nozzle.
Diameter The nominal diameter defined for the nozzle.
Flange OD The result of a table-lookup based on the nominal diameter.
Length The default length of the nozzle set in the Project Setup (see Project Commands).
Frozen property Indicates if the nozzle placement should or should not be re-calculated every time the nozzle rules are run. If the property value is Yes, the current nozzle maintains the current position until the nozzle is thawed by clicking Thaw button at the bottom of the dialog.

Location Description

Nozzles can be placed by three methods: on the surface of an element (this is how nozzle placement rules place a nozzle); by local coordinates (the equipment’s placement point acts as the 0,0,0 point); or by global coordinates.

Nozzle Editor - On element surface Location Type

Location Method Description
On element surface For placing of nozzles on an element surface, you specify the element, face of the element, and placement values for the nozzle.

Element indicates which element of the equipment the nozzle has been placed on.

Note: Nozzles can only be placed on elements that are box, cylinder, or elliptical head primitives.
Face indicates which face of the element the nozzle is on.

The next two fields depend on face type:

  • For rectangular faces, you enter the U-Distance and the V-Distance.
  • For circular faces, you enter the Radius and Angle.
  • For body faces of cylinders, you enter Distance and Angle.

From the Orientation Vector fields, you can change the direction the nozzle points to. You are reminded that the Z Component vector is the outward normal to the surface of the face the nozzle is placed on.

The Current Global Coordinates lists the location of the nozzle (center of nozzle) with respect to the project’s global coordinates. This section of the dialog does not change with Location Type.

By local coordinates Local coordinates allow you to place nozzles in x, y, and z with the placement point of the equipment instance acting as the origin of the coordinate system. Changing the Orientation vector of the nozzle is done with respect to the orientation of the equipment.

By local coordinates
By global coordinates Global coordinates allow you to place nozzles in absolute x, y, and z. The Orientation vector of the nozzle is with respect to the global axes of the project.

By global coordinates

Commands

SettingDescription
Apply Places the specified nozzle and saves any changes to the properties.
Cancel Closes the dialog and discards any data entered since the last Apply.
Note: The Nozzle Editor stores a value for the flange outer diameter at the nozzle only if you change it from the default value that PlantWise has calculated. The nozzle's flange diameter calculation uses a table lookup based on the nozzle diameter and the pressure rating of the attached pipeline; if there is no attached pipeline, then the lowest pressure rating is used as default.
Parent topic: Nozzles