Driving Fluid Design by Specification

You can place parts or create pipes using a specification.

This task shows you how to:

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Placing a Part in Space

Place a Specification Driven Part

You can place a part using a specification.

A specification is an attribute of a piping line, so you need to have the appropriate piping lines created. You need to open your piping system in RFLP.

  1. Click Place Part in the Compass Toolbar.

  2. Click Line ID Usage in the balloon.

  3. Select a line ID from the list.

  4. Click Part Selection in the balloon and then Spec Driven.

  5. Select the port or segment of pipe or point in space.

    By referring to specification table defined in Project Resource Management, parts are filtered. In both the cases, catalog search or database search, specification table is referred.

  6. Select the part and place it.

Create a Specification Driven Pipe

You can create a specification driven pipe.


  • Create a line ID.
  • Select Tools > Options > Equipment > Fluid Discipline > Fluid Systems Detail Design > Piping and Tubing tab. Select the Force Usage of Line ID check box.

  1. Click Rigid Route in the West compass.

    The 3D Part / Product DS dialog box opens.

  2. Enter details and click Finish.

    The Select/Query Line ID dialog box opens.

  3. Select a line ID and click OK.

    The Table Browser for Pipe Reference Table dialog box opens.

  4. Select an option of your choice and click OK.

    The Table Browser for Turn Rules dialog box opens.

  5. Select an option of your choice and click OK.

    The Table Browser for Minimum Tangent Length dialog box opens.

  6. Select an option of your choice and click OK.

    The balloons opens to let you create a route using any of the appropriate options.