AVEVA E3D Equipment Modelling TM-1811

7CHAPTER1©2013.AVEVASolutionsLimitedanditssubsidiaries.Allrightsreserved.1IntroductionAVEVAEverything3D™(AVEVAE3D™)enablesdesignerstocreatea3DmodelofaPlantdesigninamulti-disciplineenvironment.OneofthesedisciplinesisEquipmentmodellingandAVEVAE3Denablesdesignerstocreate3Drepresentationsofplantequipmentofalltypesforusewithinthewidercontextofthemodel.1.1AimTheaimofthistrainingmoduleistoprovidebasicknowledgeofEquipmentModellingwithinAVEVAE3D.1.2ObjectivesAttheendofthiscoursetheTraineewillbeableto:ExplainthebasicsofEquipmentModellinginAVEVAE3D.Createequipmentusingprimitives.DemonstratetheuseofStandardEquipmentmodels.ExplainthecreationofElectricalEquipment.Prepareequipmentreports.UtiliseEquipmentAssociations.UnderstandHoleManagementforEquipment.ExplainhowtocreateVolumeModelsinAVEVAE3D.1.3PrerequisitesItisexpectedthattraineeswillhavecompletedtheTM–1801AVEVAEverything3D™Foundationstrainingcourse.1.4CourseStructureTrainingwillconsistoforalandvisualpresentations,demonstrationsandsetexercises.Eachworkstationwillhaveatrainingproject,populatedwithmodelobjects.Thiswillbeusedbythetraineestopracticetheirmethods,andcompletethesetexercises.1.5UsingthisguideCertaintextstylesareusedtoindicatespecialsituationsthroughoutthisdocument.Menupulldownsandbuttonpressactionsareindicatedbybolddarkturquoisetext.InformationtheUserhastoKey-inwillbeboldredtext.Additionalinformationnotesandreferencestootherdocumentationwillbeindicatedinthestylesbelow.AdditionalinformationAVEVAEverything3D™(2.1)EquipmentModellingTM-18118©2013.AVEVASolutionsLimitedanditssubsidiaries.Allrightsreserved.RefertootherdocumentationSystempromptswillbeboldanditalicininvertedcommasi.e.'Choosefunction'.Examplefilesorinputswillbeinthecouriernewfont.Ifusersarerequiredtoenterinformationaspartofanexample,appropriatefontsandstylespreviouslyoutlinedwillbeused.1.6SettinguptheTrainingCourseLogintoAVEVAE3DusingthedetailsprovidedbytheTrainer.Theywilltypicallybeasshownbelow:Project:TRA(Training)Username:A.EQUIPMANPassword:AMDB:A-EQUIPMENTModule:ModelOntheTOOLStab,intheTraininggroup,clicktheSetupbuttontodisplaytheTrainingSetupform.NavigatetotheEquipmenttab.AVEVAEverything3D™(2.1)EquipmentModellingTM-18119©2013.AVEVASolutionsLimitedanditssubsidiaries.Allrightsreserved.SelecttheEquipmentradiobutton,ifnotalreadyselected,checktheSetupTrainingCoursecheckbox,clicktheApplybuttonandclosetheform.AVEVAEverything3D™(2.1)EquipmentModellingTM-181110©2013.AVEVASolutionsLimitedanditssubsidiaries.Allrightsreserved.Thispageisintentionallyleftblank11CHAPTER2©2013.AVEVASolutionsLimitedanditssubsidiaries.Allrightsreserved.2OverviewofEquipmentModellingThischapterprovidesanoverviewofgeneralfeaturesforEquipmentModellinginAVEVAE3D.2.1GeneralConsiderationsEquipment(EQUI)elementsmayrepresentanytypeofequipmentinaPlant.Itisimportantisthatthemodelledequipmentisareasonablerepresentationoftheactualequipment.Specifically,thatitisvolumetricallyandspatiallycorrectandthatanynozzles,arecorrectlypositioned,orientatedandspecified.Thelevelofdetailoftheequipmentmodeldependsontheprojectrequirements.Whileaddinggreaterdetailprovidesamorerealisticrepresentation,italsotakesmoretimeandassuchwillcostmore.Differentmodellingmethodsareavailabletodesigners.Whichmethodisappropriateoftenrelatestothedegreeofinformationavailable,thesignificanceofthemodelleditem,andthefrequencywithwhichtheitemwillbecreatedinthemodel.2.2TheEquipmentHierarchyEquipment(EQUI)elementsareownedbyZones(ZONE).EQUIelementsmayownoneormoreoptionalSub-equipment(SUBE)elements.TheSUBEelementsareusedtobreakdownequipmentintosub-parts,e.g.mainequipmentandsupports.BoththeEQUIandtheSUBEelementscanownPrimitives.Primitivesaretheelementsthataredisplayedinthe3DViewtorepresenttheequipmentandactasthebuildingblocksforequipmentmodellingwithinAVEVAE3D.2.3ModellingMethodsEquipmentmaybemodelledinthreewaysusingAVEVAE3D.Basicprinciplesusingprimitives–thismethodisgenerallyusedforone-offequipmentitemsorwherethesizeoftheequipmentdoesn’tchange.RepeatcopiesofequipmentcanbeusedinthemodelbyusingtheStandardModelLibrary.RefertoTM-1802AVEVAEverything3D™(2.1)ModelUtilitiesforinformationonStandardModelLibrary.Designtemplates–thismethodusesprimitivesandotherelementsinadesigntemplate.Thetemplatesaregenerallyparametrisedsuchthattheequipmentmaybere-sizedforeachinstanceofthetemplateinthedesign.CreatingEquipmentDesignTemplatesisoutsidethescopeofthistrainingguide.RefertoTM-1852AVEVAEverything3D™EquipmentDesignTemplates(2.1),however,creatingequipmentelementsusingdesigntemplatesisdescribed.Importingmodels–equipmentmodelsmaybeimportedusingtheMechanicalEquipmentInterfaceorfromdifferentfileformats.Usingeachofthesemethodsisdescribedfullylaterinthetrainingguide.13CHAPTER3©2013.AVEVASolutionsLimitedanditssubsidiaries.Allrightsreserved.3EquipmentModellingUsingPrimitivesThischapterexploresanumberofissuesthatdesignersshouldconsiderpriortocommencinganyequipmentmodellingandd