Purpose
The dialog is used to edit the data of several projects. Each project has data that identifies a group of pipeclasses. Also the validity color marks can be set here.
Description
The project data edit window is opened by selecting in the program menu the item 'PCC' and then item 'Project Edit'. In this window the general data of the project can be set. The project settings will be used for all pipe classes in the project. The window contains several parts that will be explained.
The following data fields are available:
- 'Project number', to identify the project or plant by number. The number is shown in various reports.
- 'Description', to provide a short description or name of the project/plant
- 'Company', the name of the project client or the name of the owner of the plant
- 'Location', the location of the project or the plant which can be a city or a country
- 'Design code', to define the code to be used for the calculation of the components. The selected code will be used for all the pipe classes in the project/plant.
- 'Logo', to add or remove a company logo to be used in various reports.
Current calculation codes include:
- ASME B31.1 (Power piping, USA)
- ASME B31.3 (Process piping, USA)
- ASME B31.4 (Transportation liquids, USA)
- ASME B31.8 (Transmission gases, USA)
- ASME B31.12 (Hydrogen USA)
- EN13480 (Metallic industrial piping, EU)
- EN1594 (Gas infrastructure, EU)
- RToD (Pressure vessels, NL)
Calculation check:
This calculation check is a PCC specific feature used in the PCC calculation summary window to check the validity of all components. The use of the colors is defined by setting the percentage of strength when a component is valid or not. The design pressure (DP) is set by the user and the Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP) is calculated by the program. The percentage strength used for a component is defined as the DP divided by the MAWP. The summary sheet can be reviewed quickly by setting the colors for different percentages. The color marks are set by the program in the summary sheet per component row to indicate the percentage strength used. This allows a quick review of the validity of pipe class for the calculations. The color red is for errors; the color yellow for heavyly loaded components; the color bleu for lightly loaded components; the color blank is for hardly loaded components.
Project notes:
You can add or remove multiple project notes for additional information.
The buttons at the bottom are:
- 'Help' button, to show this help page
- 'OK' button, to open the project and close this dialog.
- 'Cancel' button, to close the dialog without saving the data.