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WeldMapping-Heat Numbers

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Fig 3 - Use the "Edit" menu to choose Show Weld Map or use the keystrokes Ctrl+W instead of selecting from the menu.

Fig 4 - The weld map tags appear on each weld. Move the welds and item tags with the hand shaped cursor which is displayed when the F9 key is selected.

Fig 5 - You may find it easier to position the weld tags, if you are in a zoomed in screen.

Fig 6 - Click on "Zoom Window", then, while holding down the mouse button, drag to


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Click in an open area of the screen to display the alternate menu. Choose "Zoom Window" from the menu.

create a box. Click to zoom to the boxed in area.

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Fig 43 - The next cell is filled as you continue

to click the Repeat button.

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Fig 45 - Return to the drawing screen - click

the Done button

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Fig 47 - Select Zoom Window from the menu.

Use the + shaped cursor to draw a box around the chosen area which you wish to

zoom in on.

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Fig 51 - The "Zoom" feature allows you to

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view your work close up, view the BOM, or even to set the weld tags and item numbers,

while "Zoomed in".

select "Zoom Out" or "Zoom All" from the menu to return to the normal sized screen.

Fig 53 - Use "Control - T" (Think of it as

Control - Edit Tags) to display the Welder ID/Inspection area.

Click into one of the cells, in order to add or edit information.

Fig 54 - To repeat the information to the other cells in the column, click the Repeat button.

Fig 55 - Continue to click the Repeat button,

as the cells are filed. You can also type in different information as required.

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Fig 58 - Click the Done button

Fig 59 - I will now remove some items, and update the weld map.

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Fig 63 - Selecting the Reset Item Labels

option after adding or removing items from the drawing will set the BOM into order: A-B-C or 1-2-3 etc. Deleting items will cause the BOM to have skipped numbers where the

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removed items were.

This resorts the BOM.

Fig 65 - After making changes select

"Resave" from the "Edit" menu

Fig 66 - Use "Control - E" (Think of it as Control - Edit BOM) to access the Bill of

Material Edit screen.

Fig 67 - Editing the BOM items is done here, and accessed from the drawing screen. To edit this piece of pipe, I double click on the material column. The material selection is

displayed, where I can reselect "C" - Carbon Steel Pipe.

Fig 68 - Select the "C" -Carbon Steel Pipe

from the menu.


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Fig 69 - Next the pipe material in the Carbon

Steel Pipe category is displayed.

Fig 70 - Select the "B"-A106-B from the menu

Fig 71 - The next Context dialog allows the

re-selection of the pipe seam.

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Fig 73 - Move the slider along the bottom of the screen to the right in order to display the

input cells for "Heat Numbers", MTR Numbers", "User Codes", etc.

Fig 74 - Click into the empty cell in the column under the "Heat Number" header, and type in the heat number. To alter any existing Heat Numbers, click into the filled cell, and begin typing. The new text will replace the old.


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To empty a cell which has a value in it, click into the cell and tap the spacebar. This deletes and existing values to leave the cell empty.

This applies to MTR numbers, and other columns in this display.

Click "Done" to return to the drawing screen.

Fig 75 - It would not be usual to have fittings with the same heat numbers, but it happens

from time to time, particularly with pipe, so we have included a "repeat" button here as well.

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Fig 81 - When finished, click the Done button.

Fig 82 - The Context window opens


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Fig 83 - To view the BOM and Weld

information, close up, select "Zoom Window" from the menu. Hold down the mouse button and drag with the + shaped cursor to open the zoom window. Click to zoom into the

selected area.

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Fig 88 - To resize, select "Zoom All" from the

menu


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Fig 89 - Select "Resave" from the menu in order to save your changes.

Fig 90 - Control - E will display the screen which allows you to enter the heat numbers, User Codes, MTR numbers.

Click the Page left bar along the bottom of the screen to view all of the entry columns and options available.

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Fig 93 - Change previously entered heat

numbers - click into the cell and start to type

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the new heat number. The previous number will be replaced by the new number. Click the

Done button

Fig 95 - Select the Resave menu any time

you want to ensure changes are saved.

Fig 96 - Editing the BOM items:

Control - E will display the BOM information. Click into the cell to be altered, and the spec information menu is displayed. All of the Specification menu options for Schedule and Wall, as well as Material are available. You may alter the "Schedule/Wall Thickness" and the "Material" selection.

Fig 97 - Double click in the cell to display the menu.

You may opt to alter the Schedule by making a new choice.

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Fig 102 - Double click in the cell under the Material column to display the "Material" menu. Select the category of "C" - Carbon Steel Pipe or "E" Carbon Steel Fittings. You may also select more exotic material types, but for this job, Carbon Steel would be the norm.

Fig 103 - Select "E"-Carbon St Fittings from the menu.

Fig 104 - The Carbon Steel Fittings, sub-

menu of material choices is now displayed.


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Choose the material type.

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Fig 106 - Click the page right bar or slide the bar to the right to view other columns, including the Heat Number entry column.


Fig 108 - On this drawing, I will demonstrate how to change the item quantity to "grey out" a fitting or pipe, and remove this item from the Bill of Material. This would allow the "greyed out" fitting or pipe to be designated as "existing".


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Fig 109 - Select the Tools menu, and click on "Change Quantity" OR use the keystroke combination of "Ctrl+Q" to display the hand shaped cursor.

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Fig 111 - When selected, the Item Description box is displayed.

You may add additional fittings to the BOM by changing the quantity, but in this instance, we want to alter the quantity to 0 (zero) so this item will be removed form the BOM.

Fig 112 - We have changed the quantity to 0, now click the Done button.


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Fig 113 - I use the keystroke combination of "Control - Q" to select and then display the item description box. Next I alter the Quantity of this pipe to 0.

Fig 114 - Select the text box


Fig 116 - Use the keystroke combination "Control - T" to edit the weld tag information.

Hiding the Weld Boxes for these specifically selected items is done here.

Click into the cell under the "Weld Tag" column.

Tap the spacebar to remove any existing Weld Tag numbers/letters.

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Fig 119 - To Return to the drawing screen -

Click the Done button.

Fig 120 - Lets Zoom In to the BOM

Fig 121 - Select the Zoom Window from the menu

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Fig 129 - To Zoom Out, select Zoom All from

the menu.

Fig 130 - Return to the drawing screen, - click the Done button.


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Fig 132 - Imagine that we have changed our minds about the "greyed out" pipe and fittings.

Select the "Tools" menu and choose Change Quantity or use the keystroke combination "Ctrl+Q".

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Fig 134 - To have this item re-appear on the BOM we need to change the quantity back to a numerical value of 1.


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Fig 137 - Make the next change, then click

the Done button.

Fig 138 - Continue to alter our "greyed out" fittings and pipe, to put them into the BOM

again.

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Fig 140 - Alter the quantity back to a one,

then click the Done button.


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Fig 144 - Type the weld box numbers/letters back into each cell, or return to the drawing

screen and use the "Edit" - "Reset Weld Tags" feature to display all of the weld boxes

again. Click Done.


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Fig 146 - Select Reset Weld Tags from the menu to display and sort all of the weld

boxes.

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