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Wheneveryoustartreadingapipingdrawingordocument,youcanseemanyabbreviationson
thesedrawings/documents.

Manyabbreviationsarecommonandareregularlyusedinthedrawingsbutfewofthe
abbreviationarenewanduniqueforaparticulardrawing.

Sometimesithappensthatthereareabbreviationsmentionedondrawing/documentsbutthe
legendexplainingtheactualmeaningoftheabbreviationismissing.

Someonemaymakemistakebypresumingtheabbreviationandstartworking.My
recommendationwouldbetorequestforthelegendsheetandthenstarttheworkaswould
eliminateerroratalaterstage.Because,clarityinunderstandingisimportant.

Listedbelowaresomeofthecommonlyusedabbreviationsinthepipingdesign,butitmayvary
fromcompanytocompanyandprojecttoproject:

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ACCESSOPENING AO DEGREES ORDEG

AMERICANNATIONALPIPETHREAD NPT DEGREECENTIGRADE C

DEGREEFAHRENHEIT F

AMERICANPETROLEUMINSTITUTE API DETAILS DET

AMERICANSOCIETYFORTESTING ASTM DIAMETER DIA

MATERIALS

AMERICANSOCIETYOF ASME DIMENSION DIM

MECHANICALENGINEERS

AMERICANSTANDARDSASSOCIATION ASA DISCHARGE DISCH

DOUBLEEXTRASTRONG XXS

AND & DRAIN DR

APPROXIMATE APPROX DRAWING DRG

BATTERYLIMIT B/L ECCENTRIC ECC

BEVELLED BE ELBOW EL

BEVELLEDBOTHENDS BBE ELEVATION EL

BEVELLEDONEEND BOE EXTENDEDSPINDLE EX.SPINDLE

BEVELLEDLARGEEND BLE EXTRASTRONG XS

BEVELLEDSMALLEND BSE EYEWASH EW

BLINDFLANGE BF

BOTTOM BOT FABRICATED FAB

BOTTOMOFPIPE BOP FACEOFFLANGE FOF

BRITISHSTANDARD BS

BRITISHSTANDARDPIPETHREAD BSPT FEET ORFT

BUTTWELD BW FLANGE FLG

BUTTERFLY BUTFY FLATFACE FF

FIELDWELD FW

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CARSEALEDCLOSED CSC FINISHEDFLOORELEVATION FFL

CARSEALEDOPEN CSO

CARBONSTEEL CS

CENTIMETER cm GASKET GSKT

CENTRETOCENTRE CTOC GEAROPERATED GO

CENTRELINE GRADE GR

CERTIFICATE CERT

CHAINOPERATED CH.OP HANDHOLE HH

CHANNEL CHAN HEIGHT HT

CHECK CHK HIGHPOINTOFPAVING HPP

CLEANOUT CO HORIZONTAL HOR

COLUMN COL HOSECONNECTION HC

CONCENTRIC CONC HYDRAULIC HYD

CONNECTION CONN

CONTACTFACE CF

CONTINUED CONT

CONTINUEDONDRAWING COD

CONTROLVALVE CV

CORROSION CORR

COUPLING CPLG

INCH ORIN RADIUS RAD

INSIDEDIAMETER ID RAISEDFACE RF

INSULATION INSUL REDUCERORREDUCING RED

INSULATIONFORHEAT IH REFERENCE REF

CONSERVATION

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INSULATIONFORPERSONNEL IP REMOVABLESPOOLPIECE RSP

PROTECTION

INTERNAL INT REQUIRED REQD

INVERTELEVATION INV.EL RINGTYPEJOINT RTJ

ISOMETRIC ISO ROUND RND

KILOGRAMME kg SAFETYSHOWER&EYEBATCH SS.NO

NO

SAMPLECOOLERORCONN SC

LOCKEDCLOSED LC SAMPLEPOINT SP

LOCKEDOPEN LO SCHEDLE SCH

LONG LG SCREWED SCD

LONGRADIUSWELDELBOW LRWE SEAMLESS SMLS

SETTINGOUTPOINT SOP

MACHINE MACH SHORTRADIOUSWELDELBOW SRWE

MANHOLE MH SLIPON SO

MATCHLINE ML SOCKETWELD SW

MATERIAL MATL SPECIFICATION SPEC

MAXIMUM max SQUARE SQ

MEANSEALEVEL MSL STAINLESSSTEEL SS

METER m STANDARD STD

MILLIMETRE mm STEAM STM

MINIMUM MIN STEAMOUT STM.OUT

STEAMTRACED ST.TR

NIPPLE NIP STRAIGHT STR

NOMINAL NOM SUCTION SUCT

NOMINALBORE NB SUPPORT SUPPT

NORMALLYCLOSED NC SURFACE SURF

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NORMALLYOPEN NO SWAGE SWG

NOZZLE NOZZ SWAGEDNIPPLE SN

NUMBER No

TANGENT TAN

OPERATING OPER TANGENTLINE TAN.LINE

ORIENTATION ORIENT TEMPERATURE TEMP

OUTSIDEDIAMETER OD TEMPORARYSTRAINER TS

TEE T

PIPESUPPORT PS THICKNESSORTHICK THK

PAINBOTHENDS PBE THREADED THRD

PLAINONEEND P0E THREADEDBOTHENDS TBE

PLAINLARGEEND PLE THREADEDONEEND TOE

PLAINSMALLEND PSE THREADEDLARGEEND TLE

PALTE PL THREADEDSMALLEND TSE

PALTEFORM PLAT TONGUE&GROOVE T&G

PRESSURE PRESS TOPLEVEL TL

TOPOFSTEELORSUPPORT TOS

TYPICAL TYP

UNDER UND

UNDERSIDE US

UNIFIEDCOARSETHREAD UNC

UNFIEDFINETHREAD UNF

VACUUM VAC

VALVE VA

VENT V

VERTICAL VERT

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WALLTHICKNESS WT

WELD W

WELDCAP WC

WELDNECK WN

WEIGHT W

WORKINGPOINTELEVATION WP.EL

WORKINGPRESSURE WP

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10 COMMENTS

Veera
April17,2015at9:14am

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Canupleasetellushowtoreviewa3dmodel???
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Pipingengineering
April18,2015at4:27pm

HiVeera,
3Dmodelscanbereviewedusingdifferentreviewsoftwareseg
Navisworksreview
Avivareviewreality
Smartplanreview
Naviesworkscanbeusedforreviewof3DmodelcreatedinPDSaswellas
PDMS.
AvivareviewrealitycanbeusedforreviewingPDMSgeneratedmodel.
Smartplanreviewcanbeusedforreviewing3DmodelgeneratedusingPDS
andSmartplan3D.
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Pipingengineering
April17,2015at6:00pm

Abovementionedarethereviewingsoftwarestoreviewmodelsdesignedalreadyin
PDS,PDMSetc.
Apartfrominternalreviewsbyleadandareaengineers,thereare3formalmodelreviews
atStages30%,60%and90%ofdesigncompletionwhereclientwillparticipateinthe
reviews.
Belowchecklistsmayhelpforformalreviews
http://www.pipingengineering.com/pipingchecklistfor30
http://www.pipingengineering.com/pipingchecklistfor60
http://www.pipingengineering.com/pipingchecklistfor90
Hopethishelps.
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Veera
April18,2015at5:30pm

Thankyousomuchsir,,foryourreply.Butamaskingthatwhatarethebasicthingswe
needtocheckinmodel..??
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MohammadMuzaffarSultan
June28,2015at12:29pm

inpipingisometricdrawing,whatisSC?
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Pipingengineering
August21,2015at7:29pm

Hi,
WhichsectionofpipingisometricareyoureferringforSC.G

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