3d modelling – What Is Piping

What is PDMS? Plant Design Management System or PDMS is one of the most widely used engineering design software in the 3D CAD industry for developing or designing plants. UK based MNC AVEVA developed this software. Why is PDMS is popular? PDMS is highly popular in plant design because of its various benefits like Customization is very easy.It can be used by many users and multi-discipline together. The software allows engineers and designers at various locations to create, control and manage project changes simultaneously.It can be used for engineering, design and construction projects in offshore, onshore oil & gas and chemical industry.It has in-built modules for the design of piping, ducting, equipment, structure and cable trays.Its colourfull 3D environment is awesome.It has inbuilt tools that ensure the clash-free designIt can handle big projects with ease, without error. Professionals using PDMS On a broad scale PDMS software is used by the following professionals: Piping Professionals i.e Engineers and DesignersCivil Engineering ProfessionalsDraftsmen from all disciplinesChemical Engineering ProfessionalsPetrochemical EngineersDesigners involved in the 3D design processStudents and Professionals from the Mechanical engineering domain. In this article, I will share a few collected PDMS video tutorials to help beginners. To learn from these tutorials you must have to install the PDMS software on your PC or laptop. PDMS Tutorial/ Lesson 1. Creating Equipment In this lesson, you will learn how to create equipment through primitives and matching two surfaces by the ID point method and learn simple object moving commands. CREATING EQUIPMENT Tutorial/ Lesson 2. Measuring Distance In this lesson, we will discuss different types of measuring methods; element to element and graphic to the graphic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV5AqdRiyCk HOW TO MEASURE DISTANCE Tutorial/ Lesson 3. Creating Nozzle In this lesson, we will learn how to create a nozzle on a vessel and a tank and how to create any type of hole by negative primitives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwIZCc7rTIQ HOW TO CREATE NOZZLE AND CREATE HOLE BY NEGATIVE PRIMITIVES Tutorial/ Lesson 4. Offsetting & Rotating a Nozzle Offsetting and rotating nozzles are very important in piping design. In this lesson, how to rotate and offset nozzles is explained thoroughly through various commands. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Yaz8LbeLw HOW TO OFFSET & ROTATE NOZZLE PDMS Tutorial /Lesson 5. Mirroring & Rotating Equipment This video will explain how to rotate, offset & mirror the equipment in PDMS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtMR8LhqGUM HOW TO MIRROR, OFFSET & ROTATE EQUIPMENT Tutorial/ Lesson 6. Modifying Equipment & Nozzle This video tutorial is prepared with an aim to help you learn how to modify equipment & nozzles and adjust parameters accordingly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5km2Wernbw HOW TO MODIFY EQUIPMENT & NOZZLE Sample PDMS Project Tutorial/Lesson 7. Creating Equipment (Heat Exchanger, Air Cooler, Vessel or Pump) In this lesson, we will learn how to create air cooler, heat exchanger, vessel & pumps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9bwZEINL8A HOW TO CREATE STANDARD EQUIPMENT Tutorial/ Lesson 8. Modifying Equipment according to Construction Drawing In this lesson, we will learn how to modify standard equipment. But in this video, you will see specifically how to modify a centrifugal pump. In a similar way, you can easily modify other equipment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azaJteHSrqc HOW TO MODIFY STANDARD EQUIPMENT ACCORDING TO CONSTRUCTION DRAWING PDMS Tutorial/ Lesson 9. Creating Single Branch-Piping Modelling In this lesson, we will learn how to create a single branch connection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENiXicWkDP8 PIPING MODELLING IN SINGLE BRANCH CONNECTION Tutorial /Lesson 10. Creating Multiple Branches( Pipe Modelling) In this lesson, we will learn how to create more than 1 branch connection with a tee ( piping modeling). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBWAwpUtUZg HOW TO CREATE MORE THAN 1 BRANCHES WITH TEE. ( PIPE MODELLING) Tutorial/ Lesson 11. Using Explicit Command in Pipe Modeling In this lesson, we will learn how to create piping modeling through explicit command with example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv47876dD6E HOW TO USE EXPLICIT COMMAND IN PIPING MODELING Tutorial/ Lesson 12. Creating Structural Beam & Column In this video,, we will learn how to create a structure beam & column. and how to extend beam & column by a different method and how to copy-paste the floor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL9_1KsS80o HOW TO CREATE STRUCTURE BEAM & COLUMN