Inline Component Table Formats

There are multiple inline component tables – Named Inlines, Reducers, Spec Breaks, and one for each class of user-defined-inline. Using this system, it is easier to accommodate the variety of attributes for each type of component. These tables act as lists for each component, similar to a nozzle or boundary list. Placement order is covered in "Component Sequence Table Format" section.

Named Inlines

This table contains control valves, flow elements, and pressure safety valves:

PW Data Starts
PW Class:	Named Inlines
Id	Class	Pipeline	Size	Export Code
10-FE-100	FLOW_ELEMENT	60-100
CV-1496	CONTROL_VALVE	80-109	8.0
PSV-2658	PRESSURE_SAFETY_VALVE
				PW Data Ends

Inline export codes are set as part of the project’s setup (see Export).

Reducers

Every PlantWise component needs to be uniquely named. Therefore, components that are added to a pipeline via the Connectivity Editor – and are not specifically named by you – need an identifier to be imported. You can implement any naming convention with two exceptions:

the name must be unique to any other name in the model, not just to reducers; and,
the name needs to be prefaced with the word reducer (a separator after reducer is not required).

PW Data Starts
PW Class:	Reducers
Pipe	ID	Starting Diameter	Reduced Diameter
80-109	80-109_reducer-1	8.0	10.0
80-109	reducer-47	12.0	10.0
			PW Data Ends

Specification Breaks

Like imported reducers, imported specification breaks require a unique identifier. Similarly, the two requirements for a specification break name are:

the name must be unique to any other name in the model, not just to specification breaks; and,
the name needs to be prefaced with spec_break (a separator after spec_break is not required).

A specification break’s internal name is a designation PlantWise creates for the spec break and does not need to be supplied by you. PlantWise will automatically write to this column when you is exporting process data to Excel.

PW Data Starts
PW Class:	Spec Breaks
Pipe	ID	Class	Insulation	Internal_Name
80-122	spec_break89	C5L	None
				PW Data Ends

User Defined Inlines

User defined inlines can be as varied as any equipment class, therefore, a separate table is required for each class and they use PW User Inline: data class type identifier. Also like equipment, there only needs to be columns for n attributes that have values to be imported.

As with specification breaks, user inlines have an internal_name attribute that is generated by PlantWise and does not need to be specified by you. PlantWise will write those values if the model is being exported to Excel.

User inline identifiers have the same rules as for reducers and specification breaks. The preface for inline components is the inline class name.

Because of the number of columns in user inline tables, the following example for the standard Bentley Systems butterfly valve is presented with multiple breaks.

PW Data Starts
PW User Inline:	butterfly_valve
Pipe	ID	Length	Shaft_Length	Controller_Height
80-123	butterfly_valve_80-123	12.0	12.0	6.0

Segment_Preference	Upstream_Downstream_Attraction	Downstream_Spacing
HORIZONTAL	DOWNSTREAM	0.0

Upstream_Spacing	Weight	Palceable	Export_Code	CAD_Drawing_Level	Internal_Name
0.0	40	NO	:NIL	INLINES
					PW Data Ends