PDMS COMMANDS LIST - GENERAL

S.NO.

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

SAVEWORK

TO SAVE CURRENT WORK

AXES OFF

AXES SWITCH OFF

ADD CE

ADD CURRENT ELEMENT TO DISPLAY

REM ALL ADD CE

REMOVE ALL FROM DISPLAY AND ADD CURRENT ELEMENT

ALP REQ CLEAR

CLEAR THE COMMAND LINE

REM ALL

REMOVE ALL FROM DISPLAY

REPR HOLES ON UPDATE

HOLES REPRESENTATION ON & UPDATE IN GRAPHICAL WINDOW

REPR HOLES OFF UPDATE

HOLES REPRESENTATION OFF & UPDATE IN GRAPHICAL WINDOW

Q ATT

TO DISPLAY THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE CURRENT ELEMENT

10

STAT

TO DISPLAY THE STATUS

11

UNCLAIM ALL

UNCLIMING ALL TO ALLOW THE OTHER USER TO WORK

12

Q POS $Q

HELP

13

MARK CE

TO DISPLAY THE NAME OF THE COMPONENT OF THE ELEMENT

14

UNMARK ALL

TO REMOVE ALL THE MARKINGS FROM THE GRAPHICAL WINDOW

15

ENHANCE CE COL RED

TO CHANGE THE COLOUR OF THE CURRENT ELEMENT

16

REN /NAME COPY PREV

COPU AND RENAME THE NEW COMPONENT

17

QUIT

EXITS THE PDMS APPLICATION WITHOUT SAVING

18

FINISH

EXITS THE PDMS APPLICATION WITH SAVING

19

Q MDB

DISPLAY THE CURRENT MULTIPLE DATABASE

20

Q USER

DISPLAY THE CURRENT USER NAME

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - GENERAL

S.NO.

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

21

Q MEM

DISPLAY THE MEMBERS OF CURRENT SITE/ZONE/.. ETC.

22

F1

HELP

23

F2

ZOOM IN/OUT

24

F3

PAN

25

F4

PERSPECTIVE/PARALLEL VIEW

26

F5

ROTATE

27

F6

WALK ON/OFF

28

F7

ROTATE wrt EYE/MODEL

29

F8

WIRE FRAME/SOLID

30

F9

SCROLL BAR ON/OFF

31

F1&F3

ZOOM IN

32

F7&F9

ZOOM OUT

33

F4/LEFT ARROW

PAN/ROTATE LEFT

34

F6/RIGHT ARROW

PAN/ROTATE RIGHT

35

F2/DOWN ARROW

PAN/ROTATE UP

36

F8/UP ARROW

PAN/ROTATE BOTTOM

37

$M <FILE PATH>

FOR LOADING A MACRO FILE (PROJECT DATA)

38

ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 1000

ALL ALL THE COMPONENTS WITH IN THE 1000 DISTANCE ALL AROUND THE CE

39

Q ATT IDP@

FOR GETTING THE POSSITION OF A CURRENT ELEMENT

40

AXES AT IDP@

PLACES THE AXES AT THE CURRENT ELEMENT P-POINT

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - GENERAL

S.NO.

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

41

AXES ON

MAKE THE AXES TO DISPLAY

42

CHOO ALL

RESELECT

43

DIR N 45 E

TO ORIENT THE COMPONENT IN THE DIRECTION OF N 45 E

44

DETAILS WITH RESPECT TO WORLD

46

Q IDP@ WRT /*
NEW EQUI /<NEW NAME> COPY /<OLD
NAME>
REPR OBST ON UPDATE

47

LOCK ALL

LOCK ANY HIERARCHIY

48

MATCH WITH (NAME,'*ABC*')

RULE FOR MAKING MTO REPORT

49

Q MEM

TO QUERY THE MEMBER

50

Q OWN

TO QUERY THE OWNER

51

THRO CE

THROUGH CURRENT ELEMENT

45

52 THRO ID@

FOR COPYING & RENAMING AN EQUIPMENT AS NEW

MAKE THE OBSTRUCTION AREA TO DISPLAY

THROUGH ID CURSOR AT

53

THRO IDP@

THROUGH ID "P" POINT

54

Q U IN /*

TO FIND THE ELEVATION OF ORIGIN WITH RESPECT TO WORLD

55

Q SESSION

TO FIND OUT MDB, UPDATE DATE, USER NAME

56

Q TEMP

TO QUERY THE TEMPERATURE

57

REM ALL

TO REMOVE ALL FROM DISPLAY

58

Q DRAWLIST

SUMMARY OF THE SITE

59

Q NAME

TO FIND THE SELECTED OBJECT NAME

60

Q XYPOS

TO KNOW THE XY POSITION OF THE VIEW

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - GENERAL

S.NO.

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

61

UPDATE ALL

TO UPDATE THE ALL VIEWS OF THE SHEET AS PER THE DESIGN MODIFICATION

62

AT @

FOR RELOCATING THE VIEW

63

BY @

FOR RELOCATING THE VIEW WITH BASE POINT

64

LVISI T

VIEW DISPLAY ON

65

LVISI F

VIEW DISPLAY OFF

66

LFRA T

BORDERS OF VIEW ON

67

LFRA F

BORDERS OF VIEW OFF

68

DTOFFSET

FOR MOVING DIMTEXT LOCATION

69

PLTXT

PROJECTION LINE TEXT

70

PLTXT '#DIM~0'

FOR GIVING THE NOZZLE ORIENTATION

71

PLTXT '~C OF #OWN(C2:)'

TO MARK CENTER LINE OF EQUIPMENT

72

PKDIST

CLEARANCE FROM THE ORIGIN

73

PKEY TOS

SET THE EXTENSION LINE AS TOS

74

PLTXT 'BOP EL+ #POSU(C2:)'

TO MARK BOP OF PIPE

75

PLTXT 'TOS EL+ #POSU(C2:)'

TO MARK TOS OF STRUCTURE

76

NEW GLAB COPY PREV DDNM ID@

COPY PREVIOUS TAG

77

BTEXT '#NAME (C2:)'

FOR CHANGING LABLE TEXT (USE REQUIRED OPTION IN PLACE OF NAME)

78

SPREAD REMOTE

FOR SPREADING THE LABLE TAGS OUTSIDE THE VIEW LIMITS

79

ADEGREES 90

TO ROTATE THE LABLE TAG BY 90 DEG.

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

DELETE BRAN

DELETE BRANCH

Q HSTU

TO DISPLAY BRANCH HEAD SIDE TUBE ATTRIBUTES

Q LSTU

TO DISPLAY COMPONENT LEAVE SIDE TUBE ATTRIBUTES

Q ABORE

TO DISPLAY ARRIVE BORE OF A COMPONENT

Q LBORE

TO DISPLAY LEAVE SIDE BORE OF A COMPONENT

ADD HREF TREF

ADD HEAD & TAIL REFERENCE

Q HBORE

TO DISPLAY THE HEAD SIDE BORE OF A BRANCH

Q TBORE

TO DISPLAY THE TAIL SIDE BORE OF A BRANCH

Q SPRE

TO DISPLAY THE SPECIFICATION OF THE COMPONENT

10

Q PSPEC

TO DISPLAY THE SPECIFICATION OF THE PIPE

11

NEW ELBO CHOO

CREATE NEW ELBO

12

NEW ELBO SEL WITH STYP EA

TO CREATE THE ELBO WITH SPECIFIC SELECTION TYPE

13

AXES AT HPOS

AXES AT HEAD POSSITION OF THE BRANCH

14

AXES AT TPOS

AXES AT TAIL POSSITION OF THE BRANCH

15

NEX TUBI

ASKING FOR TUBE BEING ON THE COMPONENT

16

Q ITLE

TO DISPLAY THE LENGTH OF THE TUBE BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS

17

Q HREF

TO DISPLAY THE HEAD REFERENCE OF A BRANCH

18

Q TREF

TO DISPLAY THE TAIL REFERENCE OF A BRANCH

19

Q DIR

TO DISPLAY THE DIRECTION OF THE SELECTED COMPONENT

20

CONN PH TO FIR MEM

CONNECT BRANCH HEAD TO THE FIRST MEMBER OF THE BRANCH

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

21

CONN PT TO LAS MEM

CONNECT THE BRANCH TAIL TO THE LAST MEMBER OF THE BRANCH

22

Q ORI

TO DISPLAY THE ORIENTATION OF SELECTED COMPONENT

23

DIST

GIVING THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO COMPONENT CENTERS

24

CLEA (SPOOL)

GIVING THE SPOOL DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS

25

Q CATREF

TO DISPLAY THE CATALOGUE REFERENCE AT COMPONENT LEVEL

26

CONN

CONNECT

27

FCONN

FORCE CONNECT

28

Q STYP

TO DISPLAY THE COMPONENT SELECTION TYPE

29

Q DTXR

TO DISPLAY THE DETAIL TEXT(DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPONENT

30

DRAG BY E 1000

STRECH THE COMPONENT BY EAST 1000 (NOT PREFERED)

31

Q MTXX

TO DISPLAY THE MATERIAL OF THE COMPONENT

32

Q MODE

TO DISPLAY THE MODE OF DIRECTION (FOR/BACK)

33

FOR

TO SET THE FORWARD MODE

34

BACK

TO SET THE BACKWARD MODE

35

FIRST MEM

TO NAVIGATE THE FIRST MEMBER

36

LAST MEM

TO NAVIGATE THE LAST MEMBER

37

FIRST FLAN

TO NAVIGATE THE FIRST FLANGE IN HIERARCHY

38

Q PARA

TO DISPLAY THE PARAMETERS

39

Q ACONN

TO DISPLAY THE ARRIVE CONNECTION DETAIL OF A COMPONENT

40

Q LCONN

TO DISPLAY THE LEAVE CONNECTION DETAILS OF A COMPONENT

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

41

DIR TOW NEX

DIRECTION TOWARDS THE NEXT COMPONENT

42

Q REF

TO DISPLAY REFERENCE

43

INCL

INCLUDE

44

ORI AND P3 IS UP

ORIENT P3 OF TEE TO UP (SPECIFIED DIRECTION)

45

OWN

NAVIGATE OWNER

46

GOTO OWN

GO TO OWNER OF THE SELECTED COMPONENT

47

Q ABOP/LBOP

DETAILS OF THE ARRIVE/LEAVE BOPTOM OF PIPE

48

Q ANGLE

DETAILS OF A ANGLE OF AN ELBO

49

Q ATLE

LENGTH OF FIRST TUBE OF A BRANCH

50

ATTYPE CCNN

COMMENT ATTACHMENT WITHOUT DIMENSION

51

ATTYPE CCCC

COMMENT ATTACHMENT WITH DIMENSION

52

ATTYPE XXXX

ATTA FOR SETTING THE ISOMETRIC LIMIT

53

CH CE

CHECK CURRENT ELEMENT (FOR CONSISTENCY CHECK)

54

DIR TOW NEXT ELBO

ALIGN A ELBO WITH THE NEXT ELBO

55

DIR TOW ID@

ALIGN THE ELBOW

56

EXTEND 100 START/END

EXTEND BY 100 THE START/END OF A CROSS MEMBER

57

Q HCON/TCON

DETAILS OF HEAD/TAIL CONNECTION OF A BRANCH

58

Q HDIR

DIRECTION OF THE FLOW FROM THE BRANCH HEAD

59

Q HPOS/TPOS

DETAILS OF HEAD/TAIL POSSITION OF A BRANCH

60

Q ISPE

INSULATION SPECIFICATION

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

61

ISPEC NULREF

FOR REMOVING INSULATION

62

SPKBRK T

FOR REMOVING INSULATION (USE IN CASE FOF ATTA)

63

LOOSE

USED BY ISODRAFT WHERE THE FLANGE IS SUPPLIED LOOSE

64

MTOC DOTD

MTO COMPONENT DOTTED WITH DIMENSION

65

MTOC DOTU

MTO COMPONENT DOTTED WITH OUT DIMENSION

66

MTOC OFF

MTO COMPONENT OFF

67

NEX CONN

NEXT CONNECT

68

NEX THRO CE

MOVE THE CURRENT COMPONET TO NEXT

69

ORI AND P3 IS TOW ID@ & DIR TOW ID@

ALIGNING THE 3RD P-POINT OF A TEE TOWARDS NEXT ELBOW

70

Q P3

DETAILS OF P-POINT P3 (IN CASE OF TEE ONLY)

71

Q PA/P1

DETAILS OF THE P-POINT 1

72

Q PL

DERAILS OF THE P-POINT 2

73

STEXT 'TEXT'

SETTING THE COMMENT TEXT

74

TCONN OPEN

TAIL CONNECTION TYPE OPEN (CE SHOULD BE BRANCH)

75

TDIR

DIRECTION OF THE FLOW FROM THE BRANCH TAIL

76

ISPEC /W

TO GIVE THE INSULATION

77

Q LBORE

TO QUERY LEAVE BORE

78

Q TBORE

TO QUERY THE TAIL BORE

79

THRO PH

THROUGH PIPE HEAD

80

THRO PREV

THROUGH PREVIOUS

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - PIPING

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

81

THRO PT

THROUGH PIPE TAIL

82

Q TPOS

TO QUERY TAIL POSITION

83

Q HCON

TO QUERY THE HEAD CONNECTION

84

Q TCON

TO QUERY THE TAIL CONNECTION

85

Q ACON

TO QUERY ARRIVE CONNECTION

86

Q LCON

TO QUERY LEAVE CONNECTION

87

ATTYPE FLOW

TO CREATE FLOW DIRECTION OF ATTACHMENT

88

DIR N

DIRECTION OF COMPONENT TOWARDS NORTH

89

BACK CONN

BACKWARD CONNECTION

90

MTOC UNSET

TO FREEZE THE COMPONENT FROM MTO REPORT

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - EQUIPMENT

S.NO.

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

Q PARA

TO DISPLAY THE PARAMETERS

Q CATREF

TO DISPLAY THE CATELOGUE REFERENCE

Q SPRE

TO DISPLAY THE SPECIFICATION REFERENCE

Q CREF

TO DISPLAY THE CONNECTION REFERENCE

ADD CREF

TO ADD THE CONNECTION REFERENCE

NEW BOX XLEN 100 YLEN 100 ZLEN 100

TO CREATE NEW BOX WITH X-LENGTH 100, Y-LENGTH 100 & Z-LENGTH 100

NEW CYLI DIA HEI

TO CREATE NEW CYLINDER BY SPECIFYING DIAMETER AND HEIGHT

NEW SITE

TO CREATE NEW SITE

NEW ZONE

TO CREATE NEW ZONE

10

NEW EQUI

TO CREATE NEW EQUIPMENT

11

NEW SUBE

TO CREATE NEW SUB EQUIPMENT

12

NEW STRU

CREATE NEW STRUCTURAL

13

NEW FRMW

TO CREATE NEW FRAMEWORK

14

NEW SBFR

TO CREATE SUB FRAMEWORK

15

NEW CYLI COPY PREV BY N 1000

TO CREATE NEW CYLINDER FROM PREVIOUS CYLINDER BY NORTH 1000

16

Q POS IDP@

FOR THE POSITION OF IDENTIFIED P-POINT

17

AXES AT P1

AXES AT "P" POINT 1

18

AXES AT P2

AXES AT "P" POINT 2

19

NEXT AXES AT CE

AXES AT NEXT CURRENT ELEMENT IN HIERARCHIY

20

NEW VERT COPY PREV

COPYING THE PREVIOUS VERTEX

21

DELETE VERT

TO DELETE THE VERTEX

22

MARK WITH (NAM) ALL NOZZ FOR CE

TO MARK NOZZLE NAME

23

Q LEVEL

TO QUERY THE CURRENT ELEMENT LEVEL

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - STRUCTURAL

S.NO.

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

AXES AT CE

AXES AT CURRENT ELEMENT

Q CUTL

CUT LENGTH

Q BANG

TO DISPLAY THE BETA ANGLE

Q POSS WRT /*

TO DISPLAY THE START POSITION wrt WORLD

Q POSE WRT /*

TO DISPLAY THE END POSITION wrt WORLD

Q ORI

TO DISPLAY THE ORIENTATION

Q POS WRT /*

TO DISPLAY THE POSITION wrt WORLD

BY W 1000 WRT /*

MOVE THE SELECTED ITEM BY WEST 1000 wrt WORLD

EXT END 300

TO EXTEND THE END BY 300

10

Q NAME

TO DISPLAY THE NAME

11

NAME /NEW NAME

TO REMANE THE OLD NAME

12

Q CE

DISPLAY THE CURRENT ELEMENT

13

Q MEM

TO DISPLAY THE MEMBER LIST

14

Q DESC

TO DISPLAY THE GRID MARK & ALSO CHANGE THE GRID MARK

15

MARK WITH (DESC) ALL SCTN FOR CE

TO DISPAY ALL THE GRID MARKINGS

16

Q JUS

TO DISPLAY THE STEEL JUSTIFICATION

17

UNLOCK ALL

TO UNLOCK

18

AXES AT POSE

AXES AT END POSSITION

19

AXES AT POSS

AXES AT START POSSITION

20

CTYE

CONNECTION TYPE AT END

PDMS COMMANDS LIST - STRUCTURAL

S.NO.

COMMAND

EXPANSION OF COMMAND

21

CTYS

CONNECTION TYPE AT START

22

DESP

DESIGN PARAMETER

23

DRNE

CUTTING PLANE DIRECTION AT END

24

DRNS

CUTTING PLANE DIRECTION AT START

25

EREEL

END RELEASE

26

JLIN

JOINT LINE

27

JOLE

JOINT REFERENCE AT END

28

JOLS

JOINT REFERENCE AT START

29

JUSLINE / JUSL

JUSTIFICATION LINE

30

NPOS

NODE POSITION

31

SREL

START RELEASE

32

ZDIS

DISTANCE ALONG Z-AXIS OF OWNING SECTION

33

JUSLINE TOS

TO MATCH THE TOP OF THE STRUCTURE WITH THE EXISTING OR SELECTED STRUCTE

34

JUSLINE BOS

TO MATCH THE BOTTOM OF THE STRUCTURE WITH THE EXISTING OR SELECTED STRUCTE

Q ADEG (DRAFT) GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE ( ie 90 DEG )

Q ANGLE (HVAC) GIVES THE CE ANGLE
Q ATEX(DRAFT) GIVES THE SLAB/GLAB TEXT ATTRIBUTES
Q ATT GIVES THE CE ATTRIBUTES
Q BANG GIVES THE CE BETA ANGLE
Q BORE (PIPING) GIVES THE PIPE INSIDE DIA.
Q BSRF (DRAFT) GIVES THE ATTACHEDDRG/SHT (DRWG LVL)
Q BTEX(DRAFT) GIVES THE DEAD TEXT ATTRIBUTES
Q CHEI (DRAFT) GIVES THE TEXT CHARACTER HEIGHT
Q COL ACT GIVES THE CURRENT ACTIVE COLOUR
Q COL AIDS GIVES THE CURRENT AID LINE COLOUR
Q COL CE GIVES THE CURRENT ATTRIBUTED COLOUR
Q COL VIS GIVES THE CURRENT VISIBLE COLOUR
Q COL 4 (ETC) GIVES THE ATTRIBUTED COLOUR (YELLOW)
Q CREF GIVES THE CONNECTION REFERENCE
Q CUTL GIVES THE CE CUT LENGTH
Q DDNAME(DRAFT) GIVES THE DIMENSION OWNERS NAME
Q DER LEN GIVES THE CE EXACT LENGTH
Q DER ORI GIVES ORIENTATION OF CE
Q DESC GIVES THE CE DESCRIPTION
Q DESP GIVES THE CE DESPERAMETERS
Q DIR (DRAFT) GIVES THE C/VIEW DIRECTION( IE N )
Q DISPLAY GIVES THE TOLERENCE & REPRES LEVELS
Q DMTXT(DRAFT) GIVES THE DIM TEXT ATTRIBUTES
Q DNST GIVES THE CE DENSITY
Q DPOS (DRAFT) GIVES THE LDIM POSITION ON SHEET
Q DRNE GIVES THE END CUT-PLANE DIRECTION
Q DRNS GIVES THE START CUT-PLANE DIRECTION
Q DTER (DRAFT) GIVES THE LAYER/LDIM TERMTR DEFAULT
Q TYPE GIVES THE FRMW STYLE TYPE(ie STLS)
Q E GIVES THE CE EAST CO-ORDINATE
Q ELEM GIVES THE CE ELEMENT NAME
Q FRAD GIVES THE PLOO/PAVE RADIUS ie 100mm
GIVES THE NXTR/VERT RADIUS ie 100mm
Q FPT (DRAFT) GIVES THE STRA FROM POINT CO-ORDS.
Q FUNC GIVES THE CE FUNCTION
Q GCOF GIVES THE CE GROSS C OF G
Q GTYP GIVES THE GENERIC TYPE ie OD,HP,TG
Q GWEI GIVES THE CE GROSS WEIGHT
Q HEI GIVES THE CE (PLOO LVL) PLT THK
Q HH (PIPE SUPPT) GIVES THE CE HANGER HEAD CO-ORDS
Q HPOS (PIPING) GIVES THE CE PIPE HEAD CO-ORDINATES
Q HT (PIPE SUPPT) GIVES THE CE HANGER TAIL CO-ORDS
Q IDP @ WRT/* GIVES THE CE P POINT CO-ORDINATES
Q IDPL@ GIVES THE PLINE NAME USING CURSOR
Q INREF GIVES THE CE INREFERENCE
Q ISPEC (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE) INSULATION
Q JLIN GIVES THE CE JOINT LINE
Q JUSL GIVES THE CE JUSTIFICATION LINE
Q LEN (DRAFT) GIVES THE STRA LENGTH
Q LEV GIVES THE CE LEVEL (OBSTRUCTION ETC)
Q LHEI (DRAFT) GIVES THE TEXT LETTER HEIGHT
Q LIST GIVES THE CE FITTINGS (NEG EXTR. ETC.)
Q LOCK GIVES THE LOCK STATUS
Q LSHAPE (DRAFT) GIVES THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUS
Q MATREF GIVES THE CE MATERIAL REF
Q MDB GIVES THE PROJECT DATABASE
Q MEM GIVES THE CE MEMBERS
Q MEML GIVES THE CE MEMBER LINE

Q MIDP GIVES THE CE MIDPOINT CO-ORDINATES

Q MPT (DRAFT) GIVES THE STRA MID POINT CO-ORDS
Q MTO GIVES THE CE MTO STATUS
Q NAM GIVES THE CE NAME
Q NCOF GIVES THE CE NET C OF G
Q NSRF GIVES THE CE NET SURFACE
Q NVOL GIVES THE CE NET VOLUME
Q NWEI GIVES THE CE NET WEIGHT
Q OBS GIVES THE CE OBSTRUCTION LEVEL
Q ORI GIVES THE CE ORIENTATION (SLOPE)
Q OWN GIVES THE CE OWNER
Q PA (PIPING) GIVES THE CE ARRIVE CO-ORDINATES
Q PARA GIVES THE CE PARAMETERS ie SERIAL SIZES
Q PH (PIPING) GIVES THE CE PIPE HEAD ATTRIBUTES
Q PH BORE (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE HEAD) BORE
Q PH OD (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE HEAD) DIAMETER
Q PT OD (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE TAIL) DIAMETER
Q PI WRT/* (PIPING) GIVES THE CE (PIPE SUPPT) LOCATION
Q PKEY (DRAFT) GIVES THE DIM PLINE STATUS (ie TCTF)
Q PL WRT/* (PIPING) GIVES THE CE HVAC LEAVE CO-ORDINATES
Q PLTXT(DRAFT) GIVES THE PROJ TEXT ATTRIBUTES
Q POS GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES (START / ORIGIN)
Q POS IN $V1 GIVES THE CE DISTANCE TO VAR. $V1
Q POSE GIVES THE CE END CO-ORDINATES
Q POS FITT GIVES THE C/FITT CO-ORDINATES (START)
Q POS PLRF (DRAFT) GIVES THE CURRENT VSEC CO-ORDS.
Q POS IDPL@ GIVES THE PLINE CO-ORD AT CE START
Q POS PPLI BOS WRT/* GIVES THE BOS PLINE CO-ORDINATES
Q POS PPLI NA PROP 0.5 GIVES THE CENTRE CO-ORDINATE
POSITIONS OF THE PLINE (PPLI) AT
(0.5 x DER LEN) ON THE N/A
Q POSS GIVES THE CE START CO-ORDINATES
Q POSS POSE GIVES THE CE BOTH END CO-ORDINATES
Q POS WRT/* GIVES ORIGIN OF CE WITH REGARD TO WORLD
Q PT (PIPING) GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL ATTRIBUTES
Q RAD (HVAC) GIVES THE CE RADIUS
Q REF GIVES THE CE PDMS REFERENCE NO.
Q REPRES GIVES THE CE REPRESENTATION STATUS
Q FUNC GIVES THE CE FUNCTION
Q RRSF (DRAFT) GIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGS
Q SIZE (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONS
Q SJUS GIVES THE PLOO JUSTIFICATION ie UTOP
DCEN
DBOT
Q SNAP (DRAFT) GIVES THE SNAP SETTING (ON/OFF)
Q SPRE GIVES THE CE SPECIFICATION REFERENCE
Q TCTL OR (Q CUTL) GIVES THE CE CUT LENGTH?
Q THPOS (DRAFT) GIVES THE C/VIEW MATCHLINE CO-ORDS
Q TMRF (DRAFT) GIVES THE CE (SYMBOL) NAME
Q TPOS (PIPING) GIVES THE CE PIPE TAIL CO-ORDS.
Q TPT (DRAFT) GIVES THE STRA TAIL POINT CO-ORDS.
Q TYPE GIVES THE CE TYPE ie SCTN ,PANE
Q USER GIVES THE CE USER DATABASE
Q VOL CE GIVES THE CE VOLUME
Q VLIMITS (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW LIMITS

Q VSCALE (DRAFT) GIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE ( ie 0.5 )

0.5 = 1:2
0.2 = 1:5
0.1 = 1:10
0.05 = 1:20
0.04 = 1:25
0.02 = 1:50
0.01 = 1:100
Q VTYP (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW ATT(ie.GLOBAL HIDDEN)
Q XYPOS (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEET
Q ZDIS GIVES THE CE FITTING DIST FROM START

PDMS TYPED COMMANDS

ADD CE ADDS CE
ADD CREF ADDS CE PIPE CONNECTION REF
ADD CE COL 39 ADDS CE WITH COL 39(SEE COLOUR SHEET)
ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE ADDS ALL DISCIPLINES THAT OVERLAP CE
ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 100 ADDS ALL DISCIPLINES THAT OVERLAP CE WITH A VOLUME OF 100mm ALL ROUND
ADD ALL SCTN WITHIN VOL CE ADDS ALL SECTIONS THAT OVERLAP CE
ADD ALL EQUIP WITHIN VOL CE ADDS ALL EQUIPMENT THAT OVERLAPS CE
ADD SITE ADDS CE SITE
AID CLEAR LINE ALL REMOVES UNWANTED LINES FROM PDMS
AT @ MOVES CE TO NEW CURSOR POS
AT IDP@ MOVES CE TO SELECTED PPOINT
AT IDPL@ MOVES CE TO SELECTED PLINE
AXES AT CE PLACES CE AXES
AXES OFF REMOVES CE AXES
BY D100 (PDMS ONLY) MOVES CE DOWN 100 mm
BY E100 (PDMS ONLY) MOVES CE EAST 100 mm
BY N100 (PDMS ONLY) MOVES CE NORTH 100 mm
BY U100 (PDMS ONLY) MOVES CE UP 100 mm
BY X100 (DRAFT & PDMS) MOVES CE X (EAST) 100 mm
BY X100 WRT/*(PDMS PLATES) MOVES CE X (EAST) 100 mm WRT TO WORLD
CHE CE GIVES CONSISTANCY CHECK ON CE
COL ACT BLUE CHANGES THE ACTIVE COLOUR TO BLUE
COL CE VIOLET CHANGES THE CE COLOUR TO VIOLET
COL 39 YELLOW CHANGES LINE COL TO YELLOW
DELETE CE DELETES THE CE
EXT END TO IDPL@STA EXTENDS THE END TO A SELECTED PLINE
EXT END -1000 EXTENDS THE END 1000
FINISH ENDS & SAVES PDMS SESSION
FLIP CE FLIPS CE
GETWORK GETS LATEST MODEL
INCL CIRC 1 OF NOTE/TABLE REPOSITIONS CIRC 1 TO PREV. SELECTED DESTINATION
INCL ID@ GIVES THE CE CO-ORDINATES (START)OR ITEM TO BE TRANSFERED
INCL NAME REPOSITIONS CE TO A SELECTED DESTINATION
LOCK ALL LOCKS CE & CE MEMBERS
MAR CE MARKS CE NAME
NAME /TEMPORARY RENAMES SAID ITEM TO TEMPORARY

NEW FITT COPY PREV BY ZDIST PROP 1 BANG 180 COPIES FITT AT END POITION OF CE AT A
BANGLE OF 180
PROP 0 START POSITION CE
PROP 0.5 MIDDLE POSITION CE
PROP 1 END POSITION CE

NEW GLAB COPY $V1 COPIES GLAB AS VARIABLE $V1

NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT @ COPIES GLAB TO PICKED LOCATION
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 (PDMS) COPIES CE E200
NEW SCTN COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4(PDMS) COPIES CE E200 COL 4
NEW PANE COPY PREV BY E200 COL 4(PDMS) COPIES CE E200 COL 4
NEW TEXP COPY PREV BY Y10 (DRAFT) COPIES CE Y10
NEW SYMB COPY PREV BY X-10 (DRAFT) COPIES CE X-10
NEW VRTX COPY PREV BY X10 (DRAFT) COPIES CE X10 (CLOUDS)
PKEY LTOC CHANGES DIM FROM EXIST JUSL TO LTOC
REFRESH REFRESHES THE SCREEN
REM CE REMOVES THE CE
RENAME /XXX /YYY RENAMES CE TO YYY
REPRES DARC 1 SETS ARC TOLERENCE TO 1mm
REPRES DARC DEF SETS ARC TOLERENCE TO 10mm (DEFAULT)
REPRES HOLES ON ADDS HOLES REPRESENTATION (Apply Add in Drawlist)
REPRES OBSTRUCTION OFF REMOVES OBSTRUCTION REPRESENTATION
REPRES HOLES OFF REMOVES HOLE REPRESENTATION (Apply Add in Drawlist)
REPRES PNODE COL YELLOW PRIMARY NODES SHOWN YELLOW
REPRES PNODE ON PRIMARY NODES SHOWN ONLY
REPRES PNODE SIZE 6 CHANGES PRIMARY NODES TO 6mm
REPRES PROF ON CL OFF SETS PROFILE REPR AS SOLID
REPRES SNODE OFF SECONDARY NODES OFF
ROT THRO POSE ABO D BY 30 ROTATES CE ABOUT END POS BY 30 DEG
ROT THRO POSS ABO D BY 45 ROTATES CE ABOUT START POS BY 45 DEG ROT THRO MIDP ABO D BY 90 ROTATES CE ABOUT MIDP POS BY 90
ROT ABO IDPL@ BY 90 ROTATES CE LOCAL TO PLINE BY 90 DEG.
ROT THR IDP@ BY 90 ROTATES CE ABOUT ANY PPOINT BY 90 DEG.
ROT THR IDPL@ BY 90 ROTATES CE ABOUT ANY PLINE BY 90 DEG.
ROT ABO P1 BY 90 ROTATES CE ABOUT P1 BY 90 DEG.
SAM LETS YOU TOGGLE BETWEEN LAST 2 ITEMS
SAVEWORK SAVES LATEST WORK
UNCLAIM ALL UNLOCKS ALL CLAIMED MEMBERS
UNLOCK ALL UNLOCKS CE & CE MEMBERS
UNM CE UNMARKS CE NAME
PREC 4 DP GIVES PRECISE READOUT TO 4 DEC. POINTS
ZDIST (ZDIST + 100) MOVES ITEM 100 FROM ORIG POSITION

DRAFT QUERY COMMANDS

Note: most of the query commands used in PDMS DESIGN also work in DRAFT
Q
Q
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ADEG GIVES THE C/VIEW ANGLE ( ie 90 DEG )

APOF GIVES THE CE (NOTE) TERMINATOR POSN
BSRF GIVES THE DRG. SHT. REF. (STRU LVL)
CHEIGHT GIVES THE TEXT CHARACTER HEIGHT
CPOF GIVES THE CE (NOTE) LEADER LINE POSN
DIR GIVES THE C/VIEW DIRECTION( ie N )
DPOS GIVES THE LDIM POSITION ON SHEET
DTOF GIVES DIMENSION TEXT X and Y value
DTER GIVES THE LAYER/LDIM TERMTR DEFAULT Q FPT GIVES THE STRA FROM POINT CO-ORDS
JUST GIVES THE C/VIEW JUSTIFICATION( ie LEFT )
LEN GIVES THE STRA LENGTH
LHEI GIVES THE TEXT LETTER HEIGHT

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LSHAPE GIVES THE LABEL LEADER LINE STATUS

LVIS GIVES THE CE VISIBILITY
MPT GIVES THE STRA MID POINT CO-ORDS
PKEY GIVES THE DIM PLINE STATUS (ie TCTF)
PLCL GIVES THE DIM PROJECTION LINE CLEARANCE
POS PLRF GIVES THE CURRENT VSEC CO-ORDS
RRSF GIVES THE CURRENT VIEW RULE SETTINGS
SIZE GIVES THE VIEW O/ALL DIMENSIONS
SNAP GIVES THE SNAP SETTINGS (ON/OFF)
THPOS GIVES THE C/VIEW MATCHLINE CO-ORDS
TMRF GIVES THE CE (SYMBOL) NAME
TPEN GIVES THE TEXP COLOUR ATTRIBUTES
TPT GIVES THE STRA TAIL POINT CO-ORDS
VLIMITS GIVES THE VIEW LIMITS
VRAT GIVES SCALE RATIO (ie 1 TO 25)
VSCALE GIVES THE C/VIEW SCALE ( ie 0.5 )

0.5 = 1:2
0.2 = 1:5
0.1 = 1:10
0.05 = 1:20
0.04 = 1:25
0.02 = 1:50
0.01 = 1:100

Q VTYP (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW ATT(ie.GLOBAL HIDDEN)

Q XYPOS (DRAFT) GIVES THE VIEW POSITION ON SHEET
DRAFT TYPED COMMANDS
ADEG 0 MODIFIES TEXT HORIZONTAL
ADEG 45 MODIFIES TEXT/PRIMITIVES AT 45 DEG.
ADEG 90 MODIFIES TEXT VERTICAL
APOFFSET 5 -5 RE-POSITIONS LTER END X5 Y-5
AT @ MOVES CE TO NEW CURSOR POS
AT IDP@ MOVES CE TO SELECTED PPOINT
AT IDPL@ MOVES CE TO SELECTED PLINE
BLNK FALSE TEXT REMOVES BLANKED AREA BELOW
BLNK TRUE TEXT BLANKS ALL IT OVERLAYS
BTEXTA-A MODIFIES TEXT TO A-A
BY @ MOVES CE BY LOCT. FROM POS TO NEW POS
BY X100 MOVES CE X (EAST) 100 mm
BY Y100 MOVES CE X (NORTH) 100 mm
CPOFFSET 5 -5 RE-POSITIONS LEADER LINE START X5 Y-5
DIM TEX#100 TYP DIMENSION TEXT READS 100 TYP
DPOS @ PLACES THE LDIM POSITION BY CURSOR
DTAN DEF DIMENSION TEXT DEFAULT
DTAN PAR DIMENSION TEXT PARALLEL
DTAN HOR DIMENSION TEXT HORIZONTAL
DTAN STAN DIMENSION TEXT STANDARD
DTAN VERTICAL DIMENSION TEXT VERTICAL
DTOF @ DIMENSION TEXT BY CURSOR
DTOF 0 4 DIMENSION TEXT OFFSET X0 Y4
DTAN PAR DTOF 8 0 DIM TEXT PAR. & OFF X-8 Y0
NLPN OFF TURNS LINE OFF (IE CLOUD VERTEX)
FPT @ MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY CURSOR
FPT BY X2 Y-2 MOVES STRA FROM POINT BY TYPED INPUT
FRAME ON TEXT FRAME ON

GAP @ LETS CURSOR DETERMINE DIMENSION GAP

GAP DELETE ALL DELETES ALL DIMESION GAPS
GAP DELETE AT DELETES DIMENION GAP BY CURSOR
GBOX 5 MODIFIES TEXT FRAME WITH 5 CLEARANCE
HIGH CE HIGHLIGHTS CE
INCL CIRC 1 OF NOTE/TABLE REPOSITIONS CIRC 1 TO PREV. SELECTED DESTINATION
INCL NAME REPOSITIONS CE TO A SELECTED DESTINATION
LEAD STRA CHANGES LEADERLINE TO STRAIGHT
LEAD BENT @ PLACES ANOTHER VERTEX ON LEADERLINE
LVIS FALSE TURNS CE VISIBILITY OFF
LVIS TRUE TURNS CE VISIBILITY ON
LLEAD FALSE LEADERLINE OFF
LLEAD TRUE LEADERLINE ON
LTER OFF LINE TERMANATOR OFF
LTER ARR LINE TERMANATOR ARROW
LTER DOT LINE TERMANATOR DOT
LTER OBL LINE TERMANATOR DASH
MODIFY @ ENABLES MODS TO SLAB/GLAB GEOMETRY
NEW CIRCLE DIAM 100 AT@ DRAWS CIRCLE AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
NEW CIRCLE RAD 50 AT@ DRAWS CIRCLE AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
NEW GLAB COPY $V1 COPIES GLAB AS VARIABLE $V1
NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT @ COPIES GLAB TO PICKED LOCATION
NEW RECT XLEN40 YLEN20 ANG 45 ORIG CORNER AT@ DRAWS RECT AND POSITIONS IT BY CURSOR
NEW GLAB COPY PREV AT@ COPIES TEXT AND POSITIONS BY CURSOR
NEW element COPY PREV BY X20 COPIES element name WITH OFFSET BY X20
NLPN OFF TURNS LINE OFF (IE CLOUD VERTEX)
OSHT 10 DIM LINE OVERSHOOT 10mm
OSHT @ DIM LINE OVERSHOOT BY CURSOR
PLCL@ POSITION LEADER LINE BY CURSOR
PROJ CLEAR @ SETS PROJECTION LINE POSITION BY CURSOR
PROJ CLEAR 5 SETS PROJECTION LINE POSITION BY 5mm
PROJ TEXTYP PROJECTION TEXT READS TYP
PTAN PAR PROJECTION TEXT PARALLEL
PTAN HOR PROJECTION TEXT HORIZONTAL
PTAN VERTICAL PROJECTION TEXT VERTICAL
PTOF -8 0 PROJECTION TEXT OFFSET X-8 Y0
RCOD LEFT ROTATES VIEW BOX LEFT
REPEAT 5 BY X10 COPIES CE 5 TIMES BY 10mm SPACES
SNAP ON/OFF TURNS SNAP ON/OFF
SNAP ON 10 GIVES SNAP GRID X10 Y10
SNAP ON SPACING X10 Y20 GIVES SNAP GRID X10 Y20
TPEN 71 GIVES THE TEXP COLOUR ATTRIBUTE 71
TPT @ MOVES STRA TO POINT BY CURSOR
TPT BY X2 Y-2 MOVES STRA TO POINT BY TYPED INPUT UPDATE ANNO UPDATES ANNOTATION
UPDATE DESIGN UPDATES DESIGN
UPDATE PICTURE UPDATES GRAPHICS
VGRID ON/OFF TURNS SNAP GRID VISIBILITY ON/OFF
#<SECTIONA-A UNDERLINES TEXT ie SECTION A-A
#DEF DEFAULT DIMENSION ie 4500
#< #DIM #> UNDERLINES DIMENSION ie 4500
#< #DIM #>#/TYP UNDERLINES DIMENSION ie 45000
TYP
WEST SHELL #< #> WEST SHELL __________
#SPRE(C10:19)UB FORMAT ON DRG. 254x102x22UB
#SPRE(C10:16)UB FORMAT ON DRG. 254x102UB
EL. #DIMPOSU(C2:5).#DIMPOSU(C6:) FORMAT ON DRG. EL. 508.500

EL. + #DIMPOSU(C2:5).#DIMPOSU(C6:) FORMAT ON DRG. EL. + 508.500

GLOSSARY
ATTA PIPE ATTACHMENT REQD FOR SRUCTURAL PENETRATIONS THRO DECKS/WALLS ETC
FITT STRUCTURAL FITTING
PANE STRUCTURAL PLATE/GRATING SECTION
PAVE P POINT OWNED BY PLOO
PFIT PENETRATION THRO DECK OR WALL PLATE ( PIPE SLEEVE/ELECTICAL TRANSIT ETC)
PLOO PLATE OWNED BY PANE HAS PLATE ATTRIBUTES
SCTN STRUCTURAL SECTION ie. HEA,UNP etc
SJOI SNOD MEMBER USED IN CONNECTING SCTN
SNOD NODE POINT USED IN CONNECTING SCTN STRUCTURAL SECTION ie HEA,UNP etc
VERT P POINT OWNED BY NXT
GEOMETRIC SHAPES
BOXI IMPLIED BOXING
LCYL CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & to Top)
LPYR RECTANGULAR PYRAMID
LSNO SNOUT (Offset Truncated Cone; similar to eccentric pipe reducer)
NSBO NEGATIVE BOX
NSCT NEGATIVE CIRCULAR TORUS
NSCO NEGATIVE CONE
NLCY NEGATIVE CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & to Top)
NSCY NEGATIVE CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & Height)
NSDS NEGATIVE DISH
NLPY NEGATIVE PYRAMID
NSRT NEGATIVE RECTANGULAR TORUS
NSSL NEGATIVE SLOPE-END CYLINDER
NLSN NEGATIVE SNOUT
NSSP NEAGTIVE SPHERE
SBOX BOX
SCTO CIRCULAR TORUS (e.g. Tubular Bend)
SCON CONE
SCYL CYLINDER (Defined by Distance to Bottom & Height)
SDIS DISC
SDSH DISH (Pressure Vessel End or Similar)
SRTO RECTANGULAR TORUS (e.g. Cable Tray Bend)
SSLC SLOPE-END CYLINDER
SSPH SPHERE
TUBE TUBING

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DP ABO D BY 90 ROTATES CE ABOUT MIDP POS BY 90 DEG ROT ABO IDP@ BY 90 ROTATES CE LOCAL TO PPOINT BY 90 DEG.