Project: HiCAD Plant Engineering

Variant for Part Type: Pipe Clamp

Rules for the creation of Feature Variants for Plant Engineering parts

Named isolated points

Designation	Purpose	Comment	Position in coordinate system
!	Fitting point	Reference point placed on the centre line of a pipe during fitting	in origin (0,0,0)
2	Auxiliary point		X < 0, Y = 0, Z = 0

VAA file

Use the Variant Editor to enter the suitable part type into the VAA file.

Then, use the Variant Editor to expand the VAA file in such a way that it contains values for the sizes shown below, and that the predefined attribute assignment is entered.

Possibility 1:

Parameter All dimensions must be specified in millimetres; Exception: Nominal diameters in inches	Variable (suggestion)	Assigned attribute
These parameters apply to pipes which fit into the clamps
Nominal diameter	N	NENNWEITE
Outer diameter	DA	D_AUSSEN

Additionally (only if the corresponding standard uses nominal diameters in inches):
Nominal diameter (inches)	NI	N_INCH
Nominal diameters in inches need to be entered as decimal values as well (e.g. 1.5 for 1 1/2‘‘).

Possibility 2:

Parameter All dimensions must be specified in millimetres; Exception: Nominal diameters in inches	Variable (suggestion)	Assigned attribute
These parameters apply to pipes which fit into the clamps
Outer diameter Largest possible outer diameter of pipe that is still suitable for pipe clamp	DA	D_AUSSEN
Outer diameter 2 Smallest possible outer diameter of pipe that is still suitable for pipe clamp	D2	D2_AUSSEN
Nominal diameter	N	NENNWEITE

Additionally (only if the corresponding standard uses nominal diameters in inches):
Nominal diameter (inches)	NI	N_INCH
Nominal diameters in inches need to be entered as decimal values as well (e.g. 1.5 for 1 1/2‘‘).

For variant synchronization you also need to enter the values for the attributes which are to apply to all sub-types of the variant.

Values must be entered for at least the following attributes:

Attribute	Description
BENENNUNG (DESIGNATION)	Designation of the part
COMPONENT_TYPE	Part type (always = Semi-finished material + Plant Engineering) for HELiOS database only
NORMBEZEICHNUNG (STANDARD_DESIGNATION	Standard designation of the part (identical for all sub-types!) An entry is mandatory, even if the part corresponds to no standard.

Attribute

Description

BENENNUNG (DESIGNATION)

Designation of the part

COMPONENT_TYPE

Part type (always = Semi-finished material + Plant Engineering) for HELiOS database only

NORMBEZEICHNUNG (STANDARD_DESIGNATION

Standard designation of the part (identical for all sub-types!)

An entry is mandatory, even if the part corresponds to no standard.

Handling of nominal diameters in inches in the HELiOS database:

During part data synchronization, nominal diameters in inches will be taken over to the attributes N_INCH, N2_INCH and N3_. The usual character strings for indication of the diameter in inches (e.g. 1 1/2‘‘ instead of 1.5) will be auto-generated in the database for the attributes NPS_INCH, NPS2_INCH und NPS3_INCH.

For the insertion of a pipe clamp having these two outer diameter attributes the Also use Outer diameter 2 as search criterion for pipe clamps checkbox on the Part search tab of the Plant Engineering Settings dialogue must be active.

Rules for the Creation of User-Defined Parts (PE)

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