SPECBREAK

Function:

Specifies the level at which a change of pipeline specification is noted, and which changes are recorded on the isometric.

Description:

Pipeline specification changes are indicated by notes against the corresponding points on the isometric plot. Specification changes are not indicated between pipes. By default, specification changes are noted at component level, but they can be noted at Branch level instead.

SPECBREAK BRANCH causes only changes in the Branch specification to be recognized.

SPECBREAK COMPONENT causes the Branch specification to be ignored and changes to be recognized only in the component attributes LSTUBE or SPREF, or in the Branch attribute HSTUBE.

The format in which a specification change is shown is that both the original and new specifications are shown at each point of change. The format is similar to that used for dimensioning.

The following Atext defaults are associated with the specification breaks on the drawing area:

Specification

Specification ATEXT

Spec Break ATEXT

Pipeline name

288 ‘PIPE’

288 ‘PIPE’

Material spec

253 ‘PIPING SPEC’

289 ‘MATL’

Insulation spec

270 ‘THERMAL INSULATION SPEC’

290 ‘INSUL’

Tracing spec

271 ‘TRACING SPEC’

291 ‘TRACE’

Painting spec

272 ‘PAINTING SPEC’

292 ‘PAINT’

Examples:

SPECB COMP

Recognizes changes in component specifications only.

SPECB BRAN

Recognizes changes in branch specifications only.

SPECB BRAN SPECC ON

Recognizes changes in branch specifications only, and outputs specification changes for insulation, tracing and paint.

Command Syntax:

>- SPECBreak -+- COMPonent* -.
              |              |
              ‘- BRANch -----+- SPECChanges -+- ON ---.
                             |               |        |
                             |               ‘- OFF* -+
                             |                        |
                             ‘------------------------+>

Querying:

Q SPECBreak

Q OPTions