Create Equipment Points

This will allow you to create a design pointset if none exists, this also lets you create or modify the design points for a template. Each type of design point is stored in an appropriate element (DPCA= Cartesian; DPCY=Cylindrical; DPSP=Spherical) owned by a Design Pointset (DPSE). This will also allow you to create points that will be used for the equipment associations.

1. Using the Design Explorer navigate to the element that requires new points to be added.

2. From the drop-down menu select Create > Points.

   The Design Points form is displayed.

   

   The form lets you build up and edit a list in which each line represents one design point.

   All editing options are controlled from the form’s own menu bar: Create, Modify and Delete.

3. To create a new design point, select the required point type from the Create menu. The options are:

   Cartesian Point	Specified in terms of X, Y coordinates only.
   Cylindrical Point	Specified as position on surface of cylinder at given position and with given dimensions
   Spherical Point	Specified as position on surface of sphere at given position and with given dimensions

4. From the Design Points form, Select Create > Cartesian.

   The Create Cartesian Design Points form appears.

5. Click the Connection option to set the connection type, the Point Connection form appears in this case we are selecting the FBW (Flange Butt Weld) then click OK.

   

6. Back on the Create Cartesian Design Point form, from the Point Direction section key in the Direction of Design Point (Z) EZ and the Normal direction (Y) SY.

   

7. Now from the form in the Positioning section click Pick, the Positioning Control form appears, put the settings to Ppoint and Snap.

   

8. Holding down the left mouse button over the equipment pick the point to snap to.

   

   The Design Points form now shows the newly created point and also the element shows the DP1 point and in the Design Explorer.