Basic Header Information
The Basic Header Information attributes that defines the control file identifier and various Units that are used to specify Bores, Co-ordinates, Bolt Diameters, Bolt Lengths and Weights while exporting PCF file are provided below for both English and SI Units.
ISOGEN-FILES ISOGEN.FLS
UNITS-BORE INCH / MM
UNITS-CO-ORDS INCH / MM
UNITS-WEIGHT LBS/KGS
UNITS-BOLT-DIA INCH/MM
UNITS-BOLT-LENGTH INCH/MM
In addition to the above, the layout of stress system is always exported to PCF as a System Isometric using the identifier “SYSTEM-ISOMETRIC-REFERENCE” as the stress system may generally contain one or more individual pipelines that are physically connected in such a way that they form a network.
Additional optional attributes which relate to the “System” are not written to the PCF file at this time.