Defining Nozzle Placement Rules
For equipment
classes that have standard nozzle placements, creating nozzle placement rules
significantly reduces model layout time by eliminating the need to manually
place every nozzle in the model. Nozzles that have been placed by a nozzle
placement rule can be re-located from the
Nozzle Editor.
- Select menu in the Equipment Class Editor dialog. This opens the Nozzle Placement 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 nozzle placement rule, the Nozzle Placement Language Editor opens with the nozzle placement rules of the parent type. This definition is said to be “inherited” from the parent type. The Definition Source radio button indicates then that the definition is Inherited. If the parent type has no definition, then the window is blank.
- Enter the equipment nozzle placement rules into the text field using the Nozzle Placement 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 nozzle placement rule, check Inherited in the Definition Source field.
- Accept the nozzle placement rules.
- Close the Nozzle Placement Language Editor window. Any changes made in the Language Editor since the last Accept are discarded.