ADVANCE PDMS ADMINISTRATOR TRAINING


Both project setup and Catalogue & Specification administration will be consider.

Estimated duration: Minimum of 5 - 6 days

For further information contact:


Tel: 07085740887, Email private: [email protected]
Venue: Lagos or Port Harcourt to suite participants location



Prerequisite

PDMS design knowledge; ability to use PDMS in 3D modeling such as Equipment, Piping, and structure e.t.c. Basic programming language is an added advantage for PML training e.t.c.

Training Format:

(1). Project Basic Administration
(2). Catalogue & Specification administration (PARAGON): Pipework, Steelwork, Equipment, Electrical, Room Design E.T.C
(3) . Project Draft Administration
(4). ISODRFAT MODULE
(5) . Lexicon , Propcon and SPECON modules
(6) . Programmable Macro Language (PML1 & PML2)


Course Contents

MODULE I

Project Basic Administration

The command line, Project setup, Configuring environment variables, Configuring admin element form, Querying the project, Access control, Backup activity, Database back tracking, Database merging, Replicate project, Database integrity checking, Project expunge, Reconfiguration, Administration databases, Model database relations, Database storage, database Extract etc.

Optional: Extract databases: standard, working, variant, multiwrite databases, claim mode. Data access control (DAC), backtracking session, inter DB macros, PDMS environmental variable "PDMSWK", "PDMSUSER", "PDMSUI", Catview, Data integrity Checking, Using DICE, Reconfigure, Backing up Data.

Duration: 1 day.

Module 1 Project Task (s)

MODULE II

Catalogue & Specification administration (PARAGON)
Component library hierarchy

Paragon module

Pipework or Steelwork or Equipment or Electrical or HVAC/Room Design e.t.c

<>-Steel Catalogue:
The command line, Understanding the naming convention and Coding system requirements, Create steel catalogue, section, Create Category for Profiles, Create Category for Joints, Create Category for Fitting, Create Category for Templates, Understanding Parameters, Component creation, Pline set, geometry set, Data set, Component Visibility, Drawing Level and Obstruction, Profile Specification, section table (world and table group), Part family, profile specification, Draft symbols set, properties.

1. Example CATA JIS -Japanese (JIS) Steel standard: 3D model, JIS-Angles, JIS-Channels, JIS-Beams, JIS-TEEs, JIS-Tubes, JIS-Boxes, JIS-BULBS, JIS-Reference e.t.c.

JIS- Specification creation

2. Example CATA - America (AISC) steel standard: 3D model, AISC-C-profile, AISC-HP profile, AISC-HSS Profile, AISC-L profile, AISC M profile, AISC-MC Profile, AISC-MT profile, AISC-S profile, AISC-ST profile, AISC-PIPE profile, AISC-W profile, AISC-WT-profile.
AISC - Specification creation
SPWL- AMERICAN
SPWL-AMERICAN Redundant

3. Marine Catalogue: profile, bar, bulb flat, angles, weld, Tee, channels, tubes e.t.c

e.tc.

Others standard are:
Canadian (CISC), European (DIN),

4. CATA - fitting: STD fitting-
Penetration, insulation, liftlugs, stiffeners, ptse, GMSE, NGMSE, DTSE,DTXT.

Specification creation for std -fitting

5. CATA - STD Joints - Bracing, Haunches, Cutbacks, Tubular, Base-Plates, Cleats, ptse, Ptss,Gmse, Ngmse,Dtse

Specification creation for std - Joints

e.t.c

Duration: 2 days

Module II Project Task(s)

MODULE III

Draft Administration

The DRAFT Administrator applications enable you to configure the DRAFT environment to
suit specific company and/or project requirements in the following areas.

The command line.


1a. Setting the system default

1b. Setting Working library

2. Sheet library Administration

3. Creating backing sheet and it contents
4. Creating overlay sheet and its contents
5. Entering Symbol Library Administration Mode
6. 2D Symbolic Representation Administration

Adding specify items to Catalogue PARAGON
The following element types have been added to the Catalogue (CATA) DDL: DRSYLK (Drafting Symbol Link), DRSSET (Drafting Symbol Link), DRSSET have been added as a list member of CATE, STCA, SECT and STSE.

7. ISODRAFT Symbol Library Administration
8. Label Library Administration
9. Style Library Administration
10. Representation Library Administration
11. Drawlist Library Administration
12. Tag Rule Library Administration
13. ADP Administration
14. AutoDRAFT Administration
15. Loading Data Files
16. Updating the Database

17. Examples

Example 1: How to create new SKEY; make a symbol of Double Block and bleeds Valve:

Project Examples

i. Creating library symbols e.t.c at least symbols to suite a particular project will be review.

i. Creating Isodraft symbols
iii. Creating text
iv. Creating Style
V. Let review some town papers (Articles)
Draft Administration Control
1. Creating Backing Sheet Controls in ADP
2. How to Create a backing Sheet from AutoCAD drawing
3. Importing a Backing Sheet from AutoCAD
4. Importing a Symbol from AutoCAD
5. Method for creating symbol in pdms through AutoCAD

e.t.c.

Duration: 2. days

Module III Project Task(s)

MODULE IV


Isodrfat Module Setup

Administrative Options
Command line
ISOdraft setup
Design requirement,
components in isodraft
drawing sheet customization
Sybols keys
Sheet Layout Options
Dimensioning
Annotation
Material List
Material Columns
Weld Numbering
Pipe/Spldrg Attribute Table
Revision Table
Bend Table and File
Reports and Symbol File
Titleblock
Attributes Frame Texts
Standard Frame Texts
Components Tags
Detail Plots
Compipe Interface
Alternative Texts
IDF Processing
Change Highlighting

Duration: 1. day

Module IV Project Task(s)

MODULE V

LEXICON, PROPCON and SPECON modules



  • Lexicon: User defined attributes



Starting lexicon, The command line, Create and modify User Defined Attributes and User Defined Element Types, Group similar elements for administrative ease, Delete elements, View all available elements in a user-friendly Explorer window, Dictionary Explorer, current element editor, command window, creating elements, creating lexicon world, and creating lexicon group.



  • PROPCON: Properties definition



Starting PROPCON, Introduction, properties data, Design layout, material property data, case data, component data, constrains data, command line, group, PROPCON syntax, properties database elements




  • SPECON: Properties definition



Introducing SPECON, The command line, Catalogue and specification, How to use SPECON, Creating a Specification, Entering tabular data, Editing and Existing specification, Copying specification, Outputting a specification, Using macros for SPECON Input, Details of typical specifications, Command syntax diagrams, Error Messages

Duration: 1 day

Module V Project Task(s)

MODULE VI

Programmable Macro Language (PML1 & PML2)

Duration: 1 day


Module VI Project Task(s)


Module VII

Typical real life or Dummy Project to test participants’ knowledge and understanding of the training

Estimated duration: Minimum of 5 - 6 days

For further information contact:


Tel: 07085740887, Email private: [email protected]
Venue: Lagos or Port Harcourt to suite participants location