SP3D Structure S2 Tutorial

SP3D Structure Tutorial: Placing Coordinate Systems/Grids

Session 2: Placing Coordinate Systems/Grids Objective: By the end of this session, you will be able to: •

Place a coordinate system and rotated and radial grids by using the Grid Wizard command.

Prerequisite Sessions: • • •

SP3D Overview SP3D Common Sessions Grids: An Overview

Overview: The •

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Grid Wizard command enables you to: Create coordinate systems, elevation planes, rectangular grid planes, radial grid cylinders, and radial grid planes in a model. Specify when grid lines and arcs should be displayed for each.

To place these objects using the Grid Wizard command, you should first open the Grids task. Objects placed directly in a model are assigned to the Active Permission Group. Make sure you select the appropriate permission group. Select Layout as the Active Permission Group for placing the coordinate system and the rotated and radial grids. Before going through this and the remaining SP3D Structure sessions, define your workspace to include all objects in the SP3Dtrain model database: 1.

Start the SP3D software by using Start > ALL Programs > Intergraph SmartPlant 3D > SmartPlant 3D.

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In the New dialog box, select the EnglishUnits template and then, click OK.

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Click the File menu and select the Define Workspace… command.

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In the Filter drop-down list of the Define Workspace dialog box, select the More… option.

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In the Select Filter dialog box, select All under Plant Filters and click OK.

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Select View > Fit.

Now, you are going to delete the existing modeled objects from the workspace before starting the session. Use the filter mechanism to select the existing modeled objects. © Copyright 2007 Intergraph Corporation

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Select the Tools > Select by Filter command to open the Select Filter dialog box.

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Select and expand the For Instructors Only folder.

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Select the Structural Tutorial Session - Select and Delete filter and click OK.

10. Click the Delete command to delete the selected objects.

Steps for Placing Coordinate Systems: Place a coordinate system in Unit U02 of Area A2 by specifying the settings for the coordinate system, elevation plane, grid X-plane, and grid Y-plane by using the Grid Wizard command. The specifications for the coordinate system are as follows: Coordinate System: Name: U02 CS East(X): 30 ft North(Y): 10 ft Up(Z): 0 ft • • • •

Specify U02 CS as the reference coordinate system for the elevation and grid planes that you create. Elevation Planes: Elevation plane 1 Reference CS: U02 CS o Start plane: 0 ft o Copies: 0 o Name rule: Imperial Position o Type: Grade Elevation o •

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Elevation plane 2 Reference CS: U02 CS o Start plane: 2 ft 1 in o Copies: 0 o Name rule: Imperial Position o Type: Bottom Of Baseplate o Elevation plane 3 Reference CS: U02 CS o Start plane: 18 ft o Copies: 0 o Name rule: Imperial Position o Type: Top Of Steel o Elevation plane 4 Reference CS: U02 CS o














Grid X-Plane: Reference CS: U02 CS Start plane: 0 ft Copies: 2 Spacing: 20 ft Name rule: Alphanumeric and Percent Nesting level: Primary Type: N-S Grid Plane • • • • • • •

Grid Y-Plane: Reference CS: U02 CS Start plane: 0 ft Copies: 1 Spacing: 15 ft Name rule: Alphanumeric and Percent Nesting level: Primary Type: E-W Grid Plane • • • • • • •

At the end of the procedure, the coordinate system should resemble the coordinate system in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Coordinate System

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Define your workspace to include A2 > U02.

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Switch to the Grids tasks, if not already in the Grids task. Set the view orientation to Isometric.














Figure 2: Grid Wizard Button on the Vertical Toolbar

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The Grid Wizard dialog box appears. In the Create Coordinate System form, specify the following settings: • • • •

Name: U02 CS East(X): 30 ft North(Y): 10 ft Up(Z): 0 ft

Figure 3: Coordinate System Settings Settings

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Click the Next button. After defining the coordinate system, you define the elevation planes, grid X-plane, and grid Y-plane. The settings that you specify in these planes are as follows: •

Reference CS - It defines the coordinate system with reference to which all planes are placed.














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- It specifies the distance between the copied planes. Spacing -

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End plane - It specifies the last location of the created plane.

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Name rule - It defines the naming convention of the planes. The common naming conventions are as follows: o

Index name rule: This option provides the root labels (GPX for x-axis and GPY for y-axis) for primary planes and then appends onto this root, the sequential order of the planes. For example, 1 for the first plane, 2 for the second plane, and subsequently for next planes. Secondary planes are suffixed with an additional decimal indication of the sequential order of the planes between two primary planes, and so forth for the tertiary level.

Primary GPX1 GPX2

Secondary

Tertiary

GPX2.1 GPX2.1.1 GPX2.1.2 GPX2.2 GPX3 o

Position name rule: This option provides the base labels (E for the Easting axis, N for the Northing axis) for the primary planes and then appends onto this base, the physical location of the plane on the parent coordinate system. The position is defined in meters.

Primary E0.00 m E8.00 m

Secondary

Tertiary

E10.25 m E12.78 m E13.25 m E16.50 m

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Imperial position name rule: This option provides the base labels (E for the Easting axis, N for the Northing axis) for the primary planes and then appends onto this base, the physical location of the plane on the parent coordinate system. The position is defined in feet.

Primary E0.00 ft E8.00 ft

Secondary

Tertiary

E10.25 ft E12.78 ft E13.25 ft E16.50 ft














x-axis and GPY for y-axis) for the primary planes. Sub-nesting levels are a percentage (in decimal form) of the bounding and higher nesting levels. Example: Grids are usually prefixed with a letter and suffixed with a decimal distance away (A, B, C, C.6, D, and E). The number to the right of the decimal place, such as C.6, for a secondary plane is the relative position between the previous and the next primary plane. In other words, it is 60% away from the previous primary elevation plane.

Primary GPX1 GPX2

Secondary

Tertiary

GPX2.5 GPX2.5.3 GPX2.5.8 GPX2.6 GPX3 o

Alphanumeric and percent name rule : This option provides the root labels (A, B, C… for the x-axis and 1, 2, 3…for the y-axis) for the primary planes. Sub-nesting levels are a percentage (in decimal form) of the bounding and higher nesting levels. Example: Grids are usually prefixed with a letter and suffixed with a decimal distance away (A, B, C, C.6, D, and E). The number to the right of the decimal place, such as C.6, for a secondary plane is the relative position between the previous and the next primary plane. In other words, it is 60% away from the previous primary elevation plane.

Primary A B

Secondary

Tertiary

B.5 B.5.3 B.5.8 B.6 C

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User defined name rule: With this option, the user defines the name by key in. If the name rule is changed to user defined after a name was automatically generated by one of the above-mentioned name rules, the existing name is kept by default but does not automatically change on editing the object properties.
















three nesting levels: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Tertiary planes can be in between two secondary planes. Secondary planes can be in between two primary planes. In a large model, it enables you to organize planes to sublevels and name them to sublevels automatically using the given name rules, such as 1, 1.1, and 1.2. Primary is the default nesting level. •

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Type - It specifies the type of elevation planes to be placed. There are different types of elevation planes, such as bottom of baseplate, bottom of concrete, top of steel, and grade elevation. A user has to define the type of elevation to be created. This information is used for reporting purposes.

In the Create Elevation Planes form, specify the following settings and click the Add button after specifying each setting. •

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Elevation plane 1 Reference CS: U02 CS o Start plane: 0 ft o Copies: 0 o Name rule: Imperial Position o Type: Grade Elevation o Elevation plane 2 Reference CS: U02 CS o Start plane: 2 ft 1 in o Copies: 0 o Name rule: Imperial Position o Type: Bottom Of Baseplate o Elevation plane 3 Reference CS: U02 CS o Start plane: 18 ft o Copies: 0 o Name rule: Imperial Position o Type: Top Of Steel o Elevation plane 4 Reference CS: U02 CS o Start plane: 30 ft














Figure 4: Elevation Plane Settings Settings

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The value in the End plane box is always grayed out. This value is determined by value of the other settings. If the number of copies is set to 0, the end plane takes the value of the start plane. Otherwise, the value of the end plane is determined by the start plane, the number of copies, and the spacing between each plane.

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Click the Next button.

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In the Create Grid X-Planes form, specify the following settings: Reference CS: U02 CS Start plane: 0 ft Copies: 2 Spacing: 20 ft Name rule: Alphanumeric and Percent • • • • •














Figure 5: Grid X-Plane Settings

11. Click the Next button. 12. In the Create Grid Y-Planes form, specify the following settings: • • • • • • •

Reference CS: U02 CS Start plane: 0 ft Copies: 1 Spacing: 15 ft Name rule: Alphanumeric and Percent Nesting level: Primary Type: E-W Grid Plane














Figure 6: Grid Y-Plane Settings

14. Keep clicking the Next button until the Finish button appears. Skip the Radial Cylinder and Radial Plane forms. You specify the settings in these forms when you place a radial grid. 15. Click the Finish button on the Associated Elevation Planes form. The wizard will create grid lines at all elevations.














Figure 7: Associated Elevation Elevation Planes Form in the Grid Wizard Wizard Dialog Box

16. To de-highlight the coordinate system rulers, click the View > Rulers… command.
















Figure 9: Rulers Dialog Box

18. In the Workspace Explorer , select U02 CS.














Figure 12: Select System Dialog Box Box

Steps for Placing Rotated Grids:














Grid X-Plane: Reference CS: U06 CS Start plane: 0 ft Copies: 1 Spacing: 10 ft Name rule: Alphanumeric and Percent Type: N-S Grid Plane • • • • • •

Grid Y-Plane: Reference CS: U06 CS Start plane: 0 ft Copies: 1 Spacing: 14 ft Name rule: Alphanumeric and Percent Type: E-W Grid Plane • • • • • •

At the end of the procedure, the rotated grids should resemble the rotated grids in Figure 13.














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North(Y): -300 ft Up(Z): 0 ft

Figure 14: Coordinate System Settings














Figure 15: Elevation Plane Settings

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Click the Next button.

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In the Create Grid X-Planes form, specify the following settings:























































17. Click OK. 18. In the Workspace Explorer , select U06 CS.

Figure 20: Selecting U06 CS in the Workspace Workspace Explorer














Elevation planes: Elevation plane 1 Reference CS: radial_grids o Start plane: 0 ft o Copies: 0 o Spacing: 6 ft o Name rule: Imperial Position o Type: Grade Elevation o •

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Elevation plane 2 Reference CS: radial_grids o Start plane: 2 ft 1 in o Copies: 0 o Spacing: 6 ft o


















































































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