PlantWise Help

Inline Component Editors

The inline components with dedicated editors are: control valves, pressure safety valves, tees, and flow elements.

The Control Valve Editor

Control Valve Editor.

The Control Valve Editor is primarily a source of information. When you select the control valve from the drop down list, the dialog shows: the pipeline, if the valve is frozen, the export code, and the location of the valve.
SettingDescription
Location If you have moved the valve, there will be a notation that the valve location is frozen and how it is froze (slide or placement).

If there is an exception on the placement of the valve, that will be noted.

Export Code The default value of the Export Code is what has been set in the Project Setup. You can change the value in this field so that the currently selected valve has its own export code.
Menus

The Control Valve Editor dialog menus gives you several additional operation:

The File menu allows you to:
  • save the model (Save Model),
  • save the model under another name (Save Model As), and
  • exit the dialog (Close).
The Edit menu allows you to:
  • Rename the control valve (Rename CV);
  • Open the Pipeline Editor;
  • Open the Connectivity Editor;
  • Open the Inline Placement dialog (Place);
  • Open the Inline Manipulator (Slide) dialog (Slide);
  • Thaw the position of the control valve;
  • Open the Pipeline List;
  • Open the Inline List;
  • Open the Exception List; and
  • Delete a control valve.
The Display menu allows you to:
  • Zoom To the selected control valve;
  • Highlight the selected control valve;
  • UnHighlight the selected control valve.

The Pressure Safety Valve Editor

Pressure Safety Valve Editor.

The Pressure Safety Valve Editor allows you to place or relocate a PSV. (Pressure safety valves can also be moved dynamically with the Move button on the Plant Toolbox.)

The Pressure Safety Valve Editor is opened by selecting PlantWise > Plant > Pressure Safety Valve CAD menu or by selecting the valve with the Edit tool icon on the Plant Toolbox.

Pressure safety valves are different from other inline components in many respects, such as their connectivity and placeability.

SettingDescription
Pressure Safety Valve Select the desired PSV from the drop-down list.
Inlet / Outlet Pipeline If the connectivity has been defined, the Inlet and Outlet pipelines will be displayed under the Tag field.
Location For the PSV’s placement, you can define: x-origin, y-origin, z-origin, and orientation.
Export Code Similarly, the Export Code for PSVs are treated differently. Where other inlines can have their Export Codes changed in the Inline Placement dialog or the Connectivity Editor, the code for PSVs can be individually changed in the editor. To implement a changed Export Code, click Set.
Accept Clicking the Accept button will freeze the valve’s placement, not the new code.

If the router has placed the PSV, the Router radio button in the Placed by field in the Position pane will be selected. Once a change has been made and accepted, the User button will be automatically selected.

PSV functionality that can be accessed from the menus are:

Menus

PSV functionality that can be accessed from the menus are:

The File menu allows you to:
  • save the model (Save Model),
  • save the model under another name (Save Model As), and
  • exit the dialog (Close).
The Edit menu allows you to:
  • Remove User Placement (revert to router placement);
  • Rename PSV;
  • Open the editors for the Inlet Pipeline, Outlet Pipeline, and Connectivity of the outlet pipeline;
  • Open the Pipeline List, the Inline List, and the Exception List for the PSV; and
  • Delete the PSV.
The Display menu allows you to:
  • Zoom To the PSV;
  • Highlight the PSV;
  • UnHighlight the PSV.

The Flow Element Editor

The AutoRouter Flow Element Editor is mostly for information. Once you select the flow element from the drop down list, the dialog will fill in: the pipeline the valve is located on; where the flow element is placed; the export code.

Flow Element Editor.

Additionally, if the flow element has been frozen, either by sliding or placing, there will be a notation like that shown in above image. Finally, if there are any exceptions on the placement of the flow element, that will also be noted in the dialog.

Menus
From the File menu, you can:
  • save the model (Save Model),
  • save the model under another name (Save Model As), and
  • exit the dialog (Close).
The Edit menu in the Control Valve Editor, the Flow Element Editor gives you access to:
  • Rename the Flow element (Rename FE);
  • Open the Pipeline Editor;
  • Open the Pipeline Connectivity;
  • Open the Inline Manipulator (Slide) dialog (Slide);
  • Open the Inline Placement dialog for the flow element (Place);
  • Thaw the location of the flow element;
  • Open the Pipeline List;
  • Open the Named Inline List;
  • Open the Exception List; and
  • Delete the flaw element.
The Display menu allows you to:
  • Zoom To the low element;
  • Highlight the low element;
  • UnHighlight the low element.

The Branch Editor

The Branch Editor allows you to over-ride the tee (branch) types selected by the AutoRouter.

The Branch Editor.

To open the editor, select the tee (or branch connector) with the Edit tool icon on the Plant Toolbox.

The Branch Editor is broken into the following sections:

SettingDescription
Run The Run line information:
  • Pipeline - the drop down list allows you to select any pipeline in the model with a branch defined in its connectivity.
  • Diameter – is the defined nominal diameter for the run line.
  • Center to End – value is either calculated or pulled from a data table depending on the tee type.
Branch The Branch line information:
  • Pipeline name,
  • the nominal Diameter of the branch line, and
  • the Center to End value of the tee.
Branch: The Branch drop-down list lets you select which line branching from the run line is to be edited.
Type
Type selection lets you select from:
  • Tee,
  • Reducing_Tee,
  • Olet,
  • Stub-in,
  • Reinforced_Stub-in,
  • Lateral-60, or
  • Lateral-45.

Tee Types.

Except for the standard Tee and the Reducing Tee, all tees are initially drawn with the branch length equal to half the diameter of the branch line.
  • Straight tees are always drawn symmetrically.
  • When placing a Reducing Tee, the router will look for dimensions in the "Reducing Tees" table; if the current condition is not available in the table, the router will draw the tee with the branch length equal to half the diameter of the branch line.
  • If you wish to change the length of an Olet, the Branch Center to End field will accept the new value.

45° and 60° Laterals.

It is important to note that the AutoRouter will not place lateral branches automatically. To place either a 45° or 60° lateral, you must open the Branch Editor and select the desired lateral from the Type list.

Menus
  • The File menu allows you to:
    • Save Model,
    • Save Model As, and
    • Close the dialog.
  • The Edit menu allows you to:
    • Edit the Run Pipeline or the Branch Pipeline;
    • Open the connectivity dialog for the run pipeline (Run Connectivity) or the branch pipeline (Branch Connectivity);
    • Open the Inline Manipulator (Slide) dialog (Slide); and
    • View the Exception List for the tee.
  • The Display menu allows you to:
    • Zoom To,,
    • Highlight,, or
    • UnHighlightthe tee.
Accept To change a branch connector, select the desired Type and click on the Accept button.
Close Closes the dialog without saving the changes since the last accept.
Parent topic: Other Pipeline/Cable Components