PDMS COMMANDS TIPS & TRICKS

Length of TUBI

If you want to know the length of the TUBI element, navigate to the ELBO before the TUBI and type the following in the Design command window:

CE IL TUB OF CE
Q ATT

Calculating a distance

If you want to calculate the distance between leave of the current element and the arrive of the next element type in the command window:

Var !dist const dist pl to pa of next

UNNAME

If you want unname a named item, just type "NAME UNNAME" in the Design command window by making the element that you want to unname as the current element.

SET command
If you want the name of the equipment to be prefixed to a NOZZ like,
/E1201/N1, /E1201/N2 etc.

NEW EQUI /E1201
SET
NEW NOZZ */N1
NEW NOZZ */N2
NEW NOZZ */N3
....

The trick is typing the SET command! You can even navigate back to the equipment /E1201 by just typing '*' in the command window.
See also:
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