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This FDF Section provides a cross reference to entries in the Component Information File (CIF) by defining the layout and content of that file.

The section heading COMPONENT-INFORMATION-FILE is followed by the following identifiers and associated data.

ITEM-CODE-IDENTIFIER

N.S.

N.S.SEC

N.S.THIRD

N.S.THICKNESS/RATING

N.S.SEC.THICKNESS/RATING

N.S.WALL-THICKNESS

N.S.SEC.WALL-THICKNESS

DESCRIPTION

COMPONENT-WEIGHT

COMPONENT-CONTENT-WEIGHT

EQUIVILANT-INSULATION-LENGTH

N.S.CONVERSION-CODE

RADIUS-DIAMETERS

RADIUS-MM

RADIUS-INCH

DETAILED-SKETCH

INFORMATION-NOTE

COMPONENT-ATTRIBUTE1 to COMPONENT-ATTRIBUTE10 (-190 tom -199)

MATERIAL-ATTRIBUTE1 to MATERIAL-ATTRIBUTE10 (-80 to -89)

User Defined Names matching those used in the PCF file

DELIMITER-CHARACTER data - where data specifies the delimiter used in the Component Information File.

Each of the following is followed by either start-col. end-col. or position in file dependant upon whether a delimiter character is set.

FDF Identifier

Used For

ITEM-CODE-IDENTIFIER

1) Design contractors Item code.

2) Fabricator's Item code.

N.S.

The main bore of a component - specified in accordance with the UNITS-BORE Identifier in the UNITS-DEFINITION section of the FDF.

N.S.SEC

The secondary bore of a component - specified in accordance with the UNITS-BORE Identifier in the UNITS-DEFINITION section of the FDF.

N.S.THIRD

A third bore of a component - specified in accordance with the UNITS-BORE Identifier in the UNITS-DEFINITION section of the FDF.

N.S.THICKNESS/RATING

Thickness/Rating for the main bore of a component.

N.S.SEC.THICKNESS/RATING

Thickness/Rating for the secondary bore of a component.

N.S.OUTSIDE-DIAMETER

The outside diameter of the main bore of the component.

N.S.SEC.OUTSIDE-DIAMETER

The outside diameter of the secondary bore of the component.

N.S.WALL-THICKNESS

The wall thickness of the main bore of the component.

N.S.SEC.WALL-THICKNESS

The wall thickness of the secondary bore of the component.

DESCRIPTION

Fabricator's Material descriptions.

COMPONENT-WEIGHT

The weight of a component - in the weight units specified in accordance with the UNITS-WEIGHT  Identifier in the UNITS-DEFINITION section of the FDF.

COMPONENT-CONTENT-WEIGHT

The weight of the components water volume specified in accordance with the UNITS-WEIGHT  Identifier in the UNITS-DEFINITION section of the FDF. For PIPE the weight specified here’s the weight per unit length for the length units specified in the UNITS-LENGTH Identifier in the UNITS-DEFINITION section of the FDF.

EQUIVILANT-INSULATION-LENGTH

Used to equate the component insulation weight to a length based weight. Values here are the equivalent length of insulation in accordance with the weight and length units in the UNITS-LENGTH and UNITS-WEIGHT Identifiers in the UNITS-DEFINITION section of the FDF.

N.S.CONVERSION-CODE

 

This is used where the N.S. and N.S. Header output on the Weld list and Weld summary outputs is to be replaced by a user supplied code.

RADIUS-DIAMETERS

Bend radius specified as a number of diameters.

RADIUS-MM

Bend radius specified in mm.

RADIUS-INCH

Bend radius specified in mm.

DETAILED-SKETCH

Detail sketch file name.

INFORMATION-NOTE

Information note name.

COMPONENT-ATTRIBUTE1 to

COMPONENT-ATTRIBUTE10

Data for Component attributes.

MATERIAL-ATTRIBUTE1 to MATERIAL-ATTRIBUTE10

Data for Material attributes.

User defined names matching those used in the PCF file.

Data for User defined names.

Notes:

  • The actual number of these data items present will depend upon which of the available facilities are being used.

  • The maximum width of the file is 500 characters and any characters outside this limit are ignored.

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