Purpose
The dialog is used to select the type and rating of valve components. There is no drawing of the valves and the dimensions can not be edited. The material can not be selected from the materials database and should be mentioned in the component property fields.
Description
- 'Project number', to identify the project or plant by number. The number is shown in various reports.
- 'Pipe Class', the name or number to identify the pipe class. The number is shown in various reports.
The dialog shows a list of valves in ranges.
Figure: valves dialog
The following data fields are available:
- 'Table', a list of valves in ranges. Select per row a range with a line size 'from' and line size 'to'. Use line sizes in DN (Diameter Nominal) or NPS (Nominal Pipe Size).
- 'Valve type', choose a description name for the range.
- 'From size', the starting size for the range in DN and NPS.
- 'To size', the ending size for the range in DN and NPS.
- 'Dimension Standard', the dimension standard used for one or more valves.
- 'Schedule/Rating', the rating (class) to classify the strength of one or more valves.
- 'End type', the end type used for one or more valves.
- 'Description', the description used for one or more valves.
- Note list', a list of notes for one or more valves.
- 'Commodity code', the commodity code for one or more valves.
The buttons at the bottom are:
- 'Help' button to show this help page.
- 'OK' button to close the dialog and save the data.
- 'Cancel' button to close the dialog without saving the data.