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Part 1 - Quick Start Guid

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Index

Key Stroke Guide Page 2/3

SW/TH Pipe and Fittings, and the Spec. Information Page 4

SW Pipe and Fittings - Drawing Page 8

Control - E: Editing the BOM` Page 13

Control - T: Editing Welder ID, Inspection Info Page 14/15

TH Pipe and Fittings - Drawing Page 16

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Copy and Paste branch items:

F11 - Select Items to copy

CTRL - C - Copy Selected Items

Click on Header - Menu will contain the Paste

command. Select Paste.

Other Shortcut Keys:

DELETE Key - Delete Selected Item

Up and Down Arrow Keys: Press these keys

when a fitting image is initially displayed onscreen

in order to resize the image.

NOTES: Moving and deleting:

Shift - or Shift - combination to Resize

Notes. Text can now be moved, with number pad

keys and arrows, or resized or moved. Toggle the

orientation of text with the spacebar.

Text can be moved, or resized when it appears on-

screen initially, and while text is still red. Press the

enter key to accept the size/location and orientation

of the note.

After the text is positioned, you must select the text

by using the F12 key, then by drawing a box around

the text. Selected text will be displayed in blue.

The Text can now be moved, with number pad keys

and arrows.

Selected Text can also be deleted by pressing the

DELETE key, or resized. Tap the spacebar to togglethe selected texts orientation.

Quick Guide is Continued on Page 3

Quick Start Key Stroke Guide to


Use these key strokes: - To do this:

ESC Key - Remove any Menu from the Screen Orget out of any onscreen mode.

Click - on the end of the pipe or fitting image to

draw in that position.

Click - on the end of a dimension line in order to

move the dimension.

Click - on the middle of a dimension line in order

to enter a new dimension.

Click - on a header pipe to draw a branch

(displays Branches menu) in that position.

Draw a new Iso-Same Page - Right Click for Menu

Then Choose - Draw Pipe/Fittings Here

Control A - Select All Pipe and Fittings

Control B - Display Bill of Material

Control E - Edit Bill Of Material

Control L - Automatic Size Label

Control T - Edit Weld Tags, Enter Welder ID, &

Inspection Info.

Control W - Display Weld Map

The F Keys:

F3 - Display Fitting Menu

F4 - Refresh screen

F6 - Dimension Branches and Attachments To use

this function, Press F6, then click on the item num-

bers for first one, then the other items. Selected

items will be displayed inside a blue circle.

F7 - Dimension Offset Boxes

F8 - Miscellaneous Dimensions

F9 - Select and Move Weld/Item Tags

F11 - Select Items

F12 - Select Detail w/box


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Left: To view existing Specification informationwhich has already been entered, or to edit Specifi-

cation information which has been entered, from

the main program menu, select Job/Spec Setup.

Left: Select the Spec which you wish to view/Edit

and select the button Edit This Spec.

The following screen below left, will be displayed.

Left:

Notice that the maximum SW/TH size is 2 inch.

Drawing in 2 inch and below, will give you

SW/TH options on the onscreen menus.

In order to view Wall thickness, fitting ratings,

weld gaps, etc, select Walls, Ratings & Materials

To view or change Pipe and Fittings choices, select

the button: Pipe and Fittings


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Above: Wall Ratings & Materials screen is displayed. Notice Olet ratings as well as Forged Material and

Swage materials in SW/TH sizes are part of this spec.

Missing Spec information in this file, can result in the drawing having the wrong information on it.

Below: Notice the Flange Ratings and SW Pullback which are particular to the Socketweld pipe/fittings


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Selecting Pipe and Fittings will display this screen.

Choose Flanges and Ratings to view/select boxes

Choose Valves/Attachments/Acessories to

view/select/change choices.

Choose Flanges/Ratings to View/Change these options.

Above: Checkboxes for selecting types of Reducers, Couplings, Caps

and Branches.

Notice the selections made for SW/TH across the top of this area.


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Left:

In the Edit Spec section, click on Pipe and

Fittings to access these selection boxes.

Notice that the SW/TH Elbow and Tees have

checkmarks next to them to indicate these

particular fittings are available in the spec.,

and can be drawn.

Click on SW/TH Sizes & Walls to display

the screen below.

This screen will display the Pipe sizes and Thicknesses selected for this spec.

The sizes may be viewed in Inches or Millimetres.

You may make changes to the wall thicknesses here, as well.


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Drawing Socket Weld Pipe and Fittings

First of all, make sure that the specification, which you have set up, includes a SW/TH size, and SW/

TH fitting ratings. At the drawing screen, select a starting size within the SW/TH range. For this sam-ple, I am using 1 as my starting size. See below.

#1. Select the start point for this drawing. Move the start point selector to the sector of the drawingscreen, where you want to begin. Next Click the compass letter which represents the drawing direction.#2. Select the Spec from the list which is displayed.

#3. Select the pipe/fitting size. In order to draw SW/TH pipe and fittings, make sure you are selecting aSW/TH size, which you have setup in the spec.#4. Select the first piece if pipe, or the first fitting.

#1 #2

#3 #4


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#5

The red arrow shows the selectedstart point and direction.

I am selecting P- Plain End to

start. This can be selected by a

mouse click, or by the letter P

from this menu. When drawing pipe, the first

mouse click, sets the onscreen item

number, the second click sets pipe

length onscreen.

#6

I have selected a 90 degree

Elbow from the menu, for the

next fitting. A prompt asksme to select whether this fit-

ting is

G- Socketweld Elbow, or

H

- Threaded Elbow.I have selected G for a SW

Elbow.

#7 #8The SW elbow is drawnonscreen, complete with

Socketweld symbols, and

prompt asks me to select

the position for the dimen-

sion.

Possible choices for posi-

tioning the DIM display.

Next I select 1

pipe.#9

#10Next selection is T - Tee from a

branch. Mouse click to select, or I

could use the keystrokes - T-

T since this is the second menu

item starting with the letter T.


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#11The onscreen prompt, will ask that I select

the type of Tee I want to draw. From the

choices available, I select

G

SW Tee.Other choices include SW Reducing Tee,

TH Tee, TH Reducing Tee.

Prompts will now ask that I input

an overall dimension length for the

Elbow, Pipe, Tee configuration.For simplicity sake I type in 2.

*Remember - any number typed

in after the symbol is assumed to

be inches by the software. No need

to type in the . You may also put

the whole dim in, as inches and theprogram will convert it.

*The program will add configura-

tion numbers together as well.

EI: 24 + 3 10

Click on any of the Tee ends, to

continue drawing in that spot.

My next selection is 1 pipe.

I added a joint, then changed my mind. The program

will remove the weld I placed earlier, when the next

fitting choice is made. Draw Tee from the Branch side.

#11

#12

#12

#13Tees header can be re-oriented by clicking the

right mouse, or by tapping the spacebar.

Left Click accepts orientation.

#14I have entered a di-

mension of 3. Next I

pick 1 pipe from

the onscreen menu.


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#15#16

#17 #18

#19 #20

My next menu selection is a reducer.

Onscreen menu choices include H SW

Reducing Coupling, which is my choice.

See menu at right for selections of SW/

TH reducing fittings.

The onscreen prompt, now

asks that I choose a new

size.

I select a larger size of

1 1/2

New fittings added at the

end of the reducer, will

automatically be drawn in

the new size.

SW reducing coupling image is added to the drawing.

Undimensioned pipe is displayed in red.

Next menu selection is 1 1/2 pipe.

Dimension lines appear onscreen, with all of the possible


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#21

#22

I have added pipe and

a Tee from the Branchside to the drawing.

Click on any end of

the Tee to continuedrawing in that spot.

Notice the cut lengths

within brackets placed

under the dimensions.

Control - B will display the bill of

material for this drawing. Click toopen the menu, then select Zoom

Window. This will allow you to

create a box around any area,which you wish to Zoom In.

Control - W will display

the weld map.

The Weld Tags will

need to be repositioned.

#23

Move Menu displayed

enlarged, contains the item

Tag/Weld Box. Select it with

a mouse click or use the

shortcut key F9.

Move weld tags and item numbers by dragging theminto position, with the hand shaped cursor.

#24

#25

Display the welds, by refreshing the BOM with Ctrl - B

#26


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The keystrokes. Control E will display the

screens shown at Left and shown enlarged below.Here the User Codes, and Heat Numbers can

be entered, as well as the MTR and PMI

numbers .

Click on Apply and then on Done to save your

changes.

Items may be listed in the order drawn, item-

ized, or as per the BOM.

Start to enter the User Code if required.

Click on the space to make an entry.

Click on Apply to save your changes, then click

on Done when finished.


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From the drawing screen, the keystrokes, Control - T will display this form. Edit the weld tags, en-

ter the Welder ID, and Inspection Info. For this example, I have entered the name Joe Welder.

#1/ Begin to fill in the Welder ID for the listed welds.

#2/ When the Welder ID is the same for more or all of the welds, simple click the repeat button on the

next empty field, to insert the same welder ID over again.

#1 #2


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#3/ Begin to insert the Inspection info.

#4 Click the repeat button as many times as nec-

essary to fill in the form.

#5/ Continue filling in the form as required.

*The information contained in the form will be

listed on the drawing, and will also be written to

a master file. The AcornPipe program can also

use the information in the files, to create

reports.

#3 #4

#5


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Drawing Threaded Pipe

#1 #2

#3 #4

#5 #6

Drawing Threaded fittings is

almost the same as drawing

SW fittings.

You will be selectingThreaded end preps for pipe

and fittings.

Select your start point to

begin.

In this example, I have cho-sen TE as the end prep,

and the threaded symbol is

displayed at the pipe start

point.

The next fitting se-

lected is E 90 Elbow

which represents a 90

degree elbow.

A prompt asks me toselect either a SW or

TH fitting.

The elbow direction is tog-

gled by using the right

mouse button, or the space-

bar.

The choices for the elbowdirection will be displayed

in turn, until you select one

with the left mouse click.

The next prompt will ask

for the dimension place-

ment, which you willchoose from the possible

choices displayed by the

onscreen lines.Type a dimension into the

fitting length box.

I type a dimension of 2

into the dimension text

box.


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#7 #8

#9

#10

#11 #12

My dimension is placed and the

fitting image, and the end preps

are displayed.The onscreen menu returns.

My next choice is 3/4 pipe.

The next choice I make is

Tee from Branch, which

draws the Tee from the

branch side.

An onscreen prompt asks that

I select the Type of Tee I

want to draw.

Choices include Reducing

Tees, and SW or TH Tees.

The dimension line choices appear

onscreen showing me all of the

possible placements for the Dims.

Dims can be moved and changed

whenever you wish, so do not

consider this placement as final.The pipe remains coloured in red until

it is dimensioned.Enter the dimension into the onscreen

text box.


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#13#14

#15

#16

#17#18

I now have the optionof drawing onto the

Tee branch to the right,

or I can click on the

Tee branch to the left,

and continue my line

there.

I have drawn 3/4

inch pipe onto theTee header side, run-

ning to the right.

The onscreen menuprompts me to select

the next fitting.

I am selecting a 90

degree Elbow.

Once again I am prompted to choose

between SW and TH fittings.

I have selected the dimension

placement, and typed the dim-

sion of 3 into the text box.

The onscreenmenu prompts me

to select the next

fitting.

The selected menuitem is 3/4 pipe


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#19

#20

#22#21

#23 #24

After adding the

3/4 inch pipe to

the drawing, I will

select another 90

degree elbow.

View of the onscreen menu choices - enlarged.

Since I selected a TH

Reducing Tee, the

onscreen menu displays

the choices available to

me. View of possible dimension line placements.

I have selected the placement displayed onscreen in red.

Combine 2 dimensions as

displayed in the text box;

the AcornPipe Systemwill add the dims

together for you.

The addition of the two dims I entered is complete. They

equal 7 7 and will be placed at my selected

dimension line placement.


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#25 #26

#27 #28

#29

Note that the onscreen

menu choices now reflect

the reducing Tees new

size of 1.My next choice form

the menu fitting is a

SW/TH Flange.

Select SW or TH

from the onscreen

menu.The Flange orientation can

be toggled with the right

mouse button, or with the

spacebar. This allows the

fitting orientation to line up

with the dimension lines.


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#30 #31

#32 #33

#34 #35

Click on the upper menu

item Move then select

Tag/Weld Box or use the

F9 key.

This option displays a handshaped cursor which can be

used to move the item num-

bers and weld tags, simply

by clicking on the item

number or weld tag, and

dragging it to a new spot.

I have moved the item

numbers around on thedrawing.

Add a branch by clicking on the

pipe/fitting you want the branch

attached to. I have selected pipe,and the onscreen menu asks me

to select the type of branch I

require.I have selected Sockolet.

I will select the 1/2 in size

from the menu.

Use the keystroke combination

ofControl - B to display the

Bill of Material, as above.

Relocate the dimension by

clicking on one end of the di-mension line.

The red line indicates where

you are positioning the Dim.

All of the positioning choices

are redisplayed.


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#36 #36

#37 #38

#39 #40

The red drawing position arrow

will show you where the draw-

Repositioning dimension lines is

easy when you click on the end of

a dimension to move it. Click on

the dimension center numbers to

re-enter the dimension itself.

Click on the upper menu item Edit

and choose Select Pipe/Fittings or

press F11if you want to choose eachitem to be moved by clicking on theitem number for that piece of pipe

of fitting.

Or choose Select All from the

menu, then choose Pipe and Fit-

tings which will highlight your

drawing in blue, indicating the

items are selected to be moved.

When the fitting and pipe

are displayed in blue, move

the drawing with the num-

ber pad keys or the arrow

keys. Press enter when the

drawing is relocated.

Select Zoom Window from the alternate menu, in order

to draw a box around the area you want to Zoom into.


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#41#42

#43

#44

#45

The + shaped cursor has

been used to draw a box

around the area you want

to Zoom to, by holding

down and dragging with

the mouse.

This is a view of my Zoom window, which has been

placed around the BOM.

To resize to the whole screen, se-

lect Zoom Out.Use the keystroke combination ofControl - E to display

the Edit BOM screen right from the drawing screen.

#45 Left:The Edit BOM Screen will allow the entry of User

Codes, Heat Numbers, MTR Numbers, & PMI num-

bers.

The Bill Of Material items can be sorted as itemized orsummarized.


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#46

Control - T allows you to display the Edit Weld Tag screen.

Note that this drawing, has mostly TH fittings, and has only one weld

on it, which is an olet weld.

Click on the blank space under the Welder ID header to type the

Welder ID into the space for each weld.

Click on the Insp1, Insp2, or Insp3, space to type the inspection in-

formation for that item into the spaces available.


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