AVEVAPlant(12Series) TM1101StructuralModelling

VOLUMEMODELLING

VolumeModelling
VolumeModelsaresometimesusedtomodelcivilitemssuchasconcretebaseslabs,plinths,site
roads,ordedicatedspaceforaccessandegress.

Volumemodelsareessentially,equipmentitemsthatarenotEQUIelements.Theymaybeusedto
modelanyiteminPDMSthatistobeconstructedfromprimitives,butisnotrequiredtoappearas
anEQUIelementintheDesignExplorer.

1.TheVolumeModelHierarchy

VolumeModel(VOLM)elementsareownedbyZones(ZONE).

VOLM elements have some of the attributes of an EQUI and may own
primitivesdirectly,withtheexceptionofNozzles.

VOLM elements may own one or more optional SubVolume Models

(SVOLM)elementswhichmayownanyprimitiveexceptNozzles.TheSVOLM
elements are used to breakdown Volume Models into subparts. They are
similartoSUBEelements,sharinganumberofthesameattributes.

2.CreatingVOLMandSVOLMElements

IntheDesignGeneralapplication,selectingUtilities
>GeneralfromthemainmenudisplaystheUserGeneral
Utilitiesform.

WithaZONEastheCE,selectingCreate>(c)Volume
ModelfromtheformmenudisplaystheVolumeModel
form.

TheformissimilartotheCreateEquipmentform.

SeeTM1001AVEVAPlant(12.1)PDMSFoundations.

VOLMelementsmaybenamedandthePositionoption
listsandtextboxesenableitsorigintobesetwithrespect
toanyelement.

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WithaVOLMastheCE,selectingCreate>(c)SubVolume
fromtheformmenudisplaystheSubVolumeModelform.

ThisformissimilartotheCreateSubequipmentform.

SeeTM1001AVEVAPlant(12.1)PDMSFoundations.

SVOLM elements may be named and the Position option

listsandtextboxesenableitsorigintobesetwithrespectto
anyelement.

3.CreatingPrimitives

Primitives may be owned directly by a VOLM element or by a SVOLM element. All primitives,
exceptNOZZelementsmaybeownedbytheelements.

SelectingCreate>(c)PrimitivesfromtheUserGeneralUtilitiesformmenudisplaystheCreate

Primitiveform(asusedintheEquipmentapplication).

4.CreatingVolumeandSubVolumeModelsAWorkedExample

Thisworkedexamplecreatessomecivilengineeringitems,specificallytheconcretebaseslab,in
Area01.ItiscommoninPDMStorepresentconcretecivilengineeringworkswithEQUIelements;
however, for this example the slab is a UDET based on a VOLM. The plinths and bases will be
UDETsbasedonaSVOLM,ownedbytheslab.

ThedetailsoftheslabareshowninthefollowingGeneralArrangementdrawing

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4.1CreatingtheSlabUDET

Select Utilities > User Grid Systems from the main menu to
displaytheUserGridSystemsform.

Ensure AREA_01_GRID is selected on the form then click the

GridlineIDsradiobuttonfollowedbytheDisplaybutton.

Set the view direction to Iso3 and click the Set View Limits to
Gridbutton.

ClicktheClosebuttontodismisstheform.

Enter the Equipment application and navigate to /SITECIVILAREA01 . Create a new

Zone/ZONECIVILAREA01andmakeittheCE.

IntheCommandWindowenterNEW:SLAB/BASE_SLAB.TheUserDefinedElementType:SLAB

HasbeenpreviouslydefinedinLexicon.QuerytheattributesandnotethattheActTypeis:SLAB
andtheTypeisVOLM.

SelectPosition>Explicitly(AT)fromthemainmenu
todisplaytheExplicitPositionform.

On the Positioning Control Toolbar, set the Pick Type

toAidandthePickMethodtoSnap.

Left click on the grid at the intersection between

Gridline ID A and Grid line ID 0, i.e. the southwest
cornerofthehorizontalgrid.

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The Explicit Position form should now show the origin of the slab at W 322000 N 289000 U
100000.

ClicktheApplybuttonandthentheDismissbutton.

4.2CreatingtheSlabPrimitive

TheslabprofilecouldbemadeofseveralBOXprimitives;however,itmayalsobemadefroman
extrusion.

SelectCreate>PrimitivesfromthemainmenutodisplaytheCreatePrimitiveform.

ClickontheExtrusionbuttonorlinklabelto
displaytheCreateExtrusionform.

Enter22000intheThicknesstextbox.

LeavetheRepresentationatDefault,Levels
010,ObstructionHard.

Click the Explicitly defined position button

todisplaytheDefinevertexform.

Extrusionsaresimilartopanelelements.2Dshapesarecreatedusingvertexpointsthatdefinealoop.The
loopisthenextrudedthroughadistance.

Enter/BASE_SLAB in the wrt textbox so that the

extrusions origin is with respect to its owner. The co
ordinateswillbeupdatedontheform.

Enter0ineachofthethreecoordinatetextboxessothat
theextrusionoriginisattheoriginofthe:SLAB.

Click the Apply button to create vertex 1 and then click

theDismissbutton.

AtextaidshowingtheOriginoftheextrusionisdisplayedinthe3DView.

Click the Point offset from previous button on the

Create Extrusion form to display the Define vertex
form.

EnterD(withrespecttoworld)intheDirectiontextbox
and600intheDistancetextbox.

ClicktheApplybuttontocreatevertex2.Donotdismisstheform.

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AtextaidshowingtheLastVertexisdisplayedinthevertex2position.NotethatontheCreate
Extrusion form the text 2 Vertices defined (No extrusion created) is displayed. As with panel
elements,aminimumofthreepointsarerequiredtodescribeashape;thereforetheextrusionis
notdisplayeduntilafterthecreationofthethirdvertex.

Using the Define vertex form, continue creating the remaining vertices using the data from the
followingtable,rememberingtoclicktheApplybuttonontheDefinevertexeachtimenewdata
isentered.ThenumberofverticescreatedisdisplayedontheCreateExtrusionform.

VertexNo. Direction Distance

3 E 17400

4 D 600

5 E 1600

6 U 1200

7 W 450

8 D 900

9 W 900

10 U 900

11 W 16950

12 D 400

13 W 450

14 U 400

Aftercreatingvertex14,clicktheDismissbuttonontheDefinevertexform.ClicktheOKbutton
ontheCreateExtrusionform.

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TheStabiliserBASE_SLABshouldnowlooklikethis:

ExerciseCreatingVolumeModels

ThisexercisecreatesfurthercivilengineeringelementsfortheStabiliserPlantArea01,specifically
equipmentbasesandcolumnplinths.

To see where equipment bases are required, add the Site SITEEQUIPMENTAREA01 from the
DesignExplorer.

ThePlinthsandBaseswillbecreatedusingUDETsthathavebeencreatedforthispurpose.Both
the :PLINTH and the :BASE UDET are based on a SVOLM element and will be owned by the
slabcreatedintheworkedexample.

Eachplinthshouldbenamedusingitsgridreference,i.e.PLINTH_C3,PLINTH_C5,etc.Aplinthwill
bemodelledusingasingleBOXprimitive400mmsquareonplanand400mmhigh(i.e.thetopof
each plinth is at EL.(+) 100400 ). Plinths for the Equipment Structure are located at the
intersectionofgridlineIDsC3,C5,E3,E5,E6,F3,F5,H3,andH5.

Sevenequipmentbasesarerequired;oneforStabilizerColumnC1101,twofortheReboilerE1301
andoneeachforthePumpsP1501A,P1501B,P1502AandP1502B.

ThebaseforC1101istobecreatedasaUDET:BASE.Thebasewillbe2200mmsquareinplanand
be305mmhigh,i.e.thetopofthebaseisatEL.(+)100305.Thebaseshouldbecenteredonthe
centrelineoftheStabilizerColumnandconsistofasingleBOXprimitive.

ThebasesforE1301istobecreatedasaUDETs:BASE.Eachbaseis750mmlongintheEast/West
direction,500mmlongintheNorth/Southdirectionandis845mmhigh,i.e.thetopofthebaseis

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atEL.(+)100845.Thebasesshouldbecentredontheequipmentsaddlesandconsistofasingle
BOXprimitive.

ThebasesforP1501AandP1501BaretobecreatedasUDETs:BASE.Eachbasewillbe1440mm
longx560mmwidex305mmhigh,i.e.thetopofthebasesisatEL.(+)100305.Thebasesshould
becentredonthepumpbaseplatesandconsistofasingleBOXprimitive.

ThebasesforP1502AandP1502BaretobecreatedasUDETs:BASE.Eachbasewillbe1730mm
longx840mmwidex305mmhigh,i.e.thetopofthebasesisatEL.(+)100305.Thebasesshould
becentredonthepumpbaseplatesandconsistofasingleBOXprimitive.

ThefinishedcivilworksfortheStabilizerPlantArea01shouldlooklikethis: