PDMS Commands: Piping, Equip, Structure
& Draft
PDMS Commands are very helpful to increase the productivity at the workplace. PDMS is a 3D modeling
software developed by AVEVA, used for modeling the piping system, equipment, and civil structures of
the plant. It is also used to model electrical, HVAC, Instrument, and some other systems.
Here, I have listed some most commonly used PDMS commands, that may help you to deliver the work
in less time.
Table of Contents
General PDMS Commands
Piping PDMS Commands
Structural PDMS Commands
Equipment PDMS Commands
Pipe Support Commands
Draft Commands
General PDMS Commands
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COMMANDS USES
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1 SAVEWORK TO SAVE THE LATEST WORK
2 GATE WORK TO GET THE LATEST MODEL
3 AXES AT CE TO SHOW THE AXES OF CE (CURRENT ELEMENT)
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COMMANDS USES
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4 AXES OFF TO OFF THE AXES
5 DELETE CE TO DELETE THE CE
6 FLIP CE TO FLIP THE CE
7 CHE CE TO CHECK THE CONSISTENCY OF CE
8 COL ACT BLUE TO CHANGE THE ACTIVE COLOR TO BLUE
9 COL CE GREEN TO CHANGE THE CE COLOR TO GREEN
10 COL 39 VIOLET TO CHANGE THE LINE COLOR TO VIOLET
11 ADD CE TO ADD CURRENT ELEMENT TO DISPLAY
12 ADD SITE TO ADD THE CE SITE TO DISPLAY
13 REM ALL TO REMOVE ALL THE ELEMENTS FROM DISPLAY
14 REM CE TO REMOVE THE CE FROM DISPLAY
TO REMOVE ALL THE ELEMENTS FROM DISPLAY
15 REM ALL ADD CE
EXCEPT CURRENT ELEMENT (CE)
16 Q SPRE TO GET THE CE SPECIFICATION REFERENCE
17 Q REF TO GET THE CE REFERENCE NUMBER
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18 Q ATT TO GET THE CE ATTRIBUTES
19 Q COL ACT TO KNOW THE ACTIVE ELEMENT COLOR
20 Q COL CE TO KNOW THE CE COLOR
21 Q MTO TO GET THE CE MTO STATUS
22 Q NAM/Q CE TO GET THE CE NAME
23 Q NVOL TO GET THE CE NET VOLUME
24 Q NWEI TO GET THE CE NET WEIGHT
25 Q OWN TO GET THE CE OWNER ELEMENT NAME
26 Q POS TO GET THE CE CO-ORDINATES/ORIGIN POINT
27 LOCK ALL TO LOCK THE CE & IT’S MEMBER
28 RENAME /XXX/YYY TO RENAME THE CE TO YYY
29 MAR CE TO MARKS THE CE NAME
30 UNLOCK ALL TO UNLOCK THE CE & IT’S MEMBER
31 UNM CE TO UNMARK THE CE NAME
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32 ALP REQ CLEAR TO CLEAR THE COMMAND SPACE
REPR HOLES OFF TO OFF THE HOLES REPRESENTATION & UPDATE THE
33
UPDATE GRAPHICAL VIEW
34 STAT TO GET THE STATUS
35 UNCLAIM ALL TO UNLOCK THE CLAIMED MEMBERS
36 Q POS $Q TO GET HELP
37 QUIT TO EXIT THE PDMS WITHOUT SAVING THE WORK
38 FINISH TO EXIT THE PDMS AFTER THE SAVING THE WORK
TO DISPLAY THE CURRENT MULTIPLE/MASTER DATA
39 Q MDB
BASE
40 Q USER TO DISPLAY THE ACTIVE USER NAME
41 Q MEM TO SHOW THE CE MEMBERS
42 FN+F1 HELP BUTTON
43 FN+F2 TO ZOOM IN/OUT
44 FN+F3 TO MOVE TO PAN ICON
45 FN+F4 TO GET THE PARALLEL/PERSPECTIVE VIEW
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46 FN+F5 TO ROTATE
47 FN+F6 TO ON/OFF THE WALK
48 FN+F7 TO ROTATE WRT MODEL
TO CONVERT THE DRAWING SOLID TO WIRE AND
49 FN+F8
VICE VERSA
50 FN+F9 TO ON/OFF SCROLL BAR
51 UPDATE ALL TO UPDATE THE CHANGES MADE IN THE DRAWING
52 AXES ON TO SHOW THE AXES ON DISPLAY
TO GET THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION- MDB, DATE,
53 Q SESSION
AND USER NAME
54 1 OR 3 TO ZOOM OUT
55 7 OR 9 TO ZOOM IN
56 $M TO LOAD A MACRO FILE
57 F4+LEFT ARROW TO ROTATE LEFT
58 F6+RIGHT ARROW TO ROTATE RIGHT
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59 F2+DOWN ARROW TO ROTATE DOWNWARD
60 F8+UP ARROW TO ROTATE UPWARD
Piping PDMS Commands
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COMMANDS USES
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1 Q BORE TO GET THE PIPE INSIDE DIAMETER
2 Q HPOS TO GET THE CE PIPE HEAD CO-ORDINATES
3 Q ISPEC TO GET THE CE INSULATION SPECIFICATION
4 Q PA TO GET THE CE ARRIVE CO-ORDINATES
5 Q PL TO GET THE CE LEAVE CO-ORDINATES
6 Q PARA TO GET THE CE PARAMETERS
7 Q PH TO GET THE CE PIPE HEAD ATTRIBUTES
8 Q PH BORE TO GET THE CE PIPE HEAD BORE
9 Q PH OD TO GET THE CE PIPE HEAD DIAMETER
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10 Q PT OD TO GET THE CE PIPE TAIL DIAMETER
11 Q PT TO GET THE CE PIPE TAIL ATTRIBUTES
12 Q TPOS TO GET THE CE PIPE TAIL CO-ORDINATES
13 DELETE BRAN TO DELETE THE CURRENT BRANCH
14 Q ABORE TO GET THE CE ARRIVE BORE OF A COMPONENT
15 Q LBORE TO GET THE CE LEAVE BORE OF A COMPONENT
16 Q PT BORE TO GET THE CE PIPE TAIL BORE
17 AXES AT PH TO POSITION THE AXES AT PIPE HEAD
18 AXES AT PT TO POSITION THE AXES AT PIPE TAIL
19 NEW ELBOW CHOO TO CREATE A NEW ELBOW
20 Q HREF TO GET THE HEAD REFERENCE OF THE CE BRANCH
21 Q TREF TO GET THE TAIL REFERENCE OF THE CE BRANCH
22 Q DIR TO CHECK THE DIRECTION OF A CURRENT COMPONENT
CONN PH TO FIR TO CONNECT THE BRANCH HEAD TO THE FIRST MEMBER
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MEM OF CURRENT BRANCH
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CONN PT TO FIR TO CONNECT THE BRANCH TAIL TO THE LAST MEMBER
24
MEM OF CURRENT BRANCH
25 CONN TO CONNECT
26 NEXT CONN TO CONNECT WITH THE NEXT COMPONENT
27 F CONN TO FORCE CONNECT
28 Q DTXR TO GET THE DESCRIPTION OF A COMPONENT
29 Q MODE TO CHECK THE DIRECTION (FORWARD/BACKWARD)
30 FOR TO CHANGE DIRECTION TO FORWARD MODE
31 BACK TO CHANGE DIRECTION TO BACKWARD MODE
32 MTOC UNSET TO REMOVE THE COMPONENT FROM MTO REPORT
TO ADD BACK THE REMOVED COMPONENT FROM MTO
33 MTOC OFF
LIST
34 CLEAR 100 TO GIVE THE SPOOL LENGHT 100 MM
35 BY D 100 TO MOVE THE CE 100 MM DOWN
36 BY U 100 TO MOVE THE CE 100 MM UP
37 BY L 100 TO MOVE THE CE 100 MM LEFT
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38 BY R 100 TO MOVE THE CE 100 MM RIGHT
39 Q TPOS TO KNOW THE HEAD POSITION
40 Q HPOS TO KNOW THE TAIL POSITION
Structural PDMS Commands
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COMMANDS USES
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Q POSS
1 TO GET THE START POINT OF STRUCTURE
WRT /*
Q POSE
2 TO GET THE END POINT OF STRUCTURE
WRT /*
3 Q ORI TO GET THE ORIENTATION OF A STRUCTURE
4 Q POS WRT /* TO GET THE CE CO-ORDINATES W.R.T. WORLD
5 EXTEND 1000 TO EXTEND THE STRUCTURE 1000 MM
6 Q JUS TO GET THE STRUCTURE JUSTIFICATION POINT
AXES AT
7 TO ALLOCATE THE AXES AT STRUCTURE’S START POINT
POSS
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COMMANDS USES
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AXES AT
8 TO ALLOCATE THE AXES AT STRUCTURE’S ENDPOINT
POSE
TO CHANGE THE JUSTIFICATION POINT TO TOP OF THE
9 JUSLINE TOS
STRUCTURE
TO CHANGE THE JUSTIFICATION POINT TO BOTTOM OF THE
10 JUSTLINE BOS
STRUCTURE
11 Q NPOS TO GET THE NODE POSITION
12 Q JUSL TO GET THE CE JUSTIFICATION LINE
13 Q CTYE TO GET THE CE END CONNECTION POINT
14 Q CTYS TO GET THE CE START CONNECTION POINT
15 Q DESP TO GET THE DESIGN PARAMETER
Equipment PDMS Commands
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COMMANDS USES
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TO CREATE A CYLINDER OF DIAMETER 500
1 NEW CYLI DIA 500 HEI 1000
AND HEIGHT 1000
NEW BOX XLEN 1000 Y LEN 800 TO CREATE A NEW BOX WITH LENGHT 1000,
2
ZLEN 500 WIDTH 800, AND HEIGHT 500
3 AXES AT P1 TO GET THE AXES AT P POINT NUMBER 1
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4 AXES AT P2 TO GET THE AXES AT P POINT NUMBER 2
Pipe Support Commands
COMMAND
SR USES
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1 Q HH TO GET THE CE HANGER HEAD CO-ORDINATES
2 Q HT TO GET THE CE HANGER TAIL CO-ORDINATES
Draft Commands
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USES
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1 Q BSRF TO GET THE ATTACHED DRAWING/SHEET
2 Q BTEX TO GET THE DEAD TEXT ATTRIBUTES
3 Q CHEI TO GET THE TEXT CHARACTER HEIGHT
4 Q DDNAME TO GET THE DIMENSION OWNERS NAME
5 Q DIR TO GET THE VIEW DIRECTION
6 Q DMTXT TO GET THE DIMENSION TEXT ATTRIBUTE
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7 Q ADEG TO GET THE VIEW ANGLE
8 Q APOF TO GET THE CE TERMINATOR POSITION
9 Q LVIS TO GET THE CE VISIBILITY
10 Q PKEY TO GET THE P-LINE STATUS
