Author: pipegeek

How the Valve Face-to-Face datasheet gives gate, globe, check and ball valve lengths from an interim manufacturer chart.

How the Steel Sections datasheet gives W, UB, UC, HE, IPE, PFC and angle dimensions from mill tables.

How the Bend Wall Thickness tool applies the ASME B31.3 bend equation at the intrados and extrados, with the factors you enter.

How the Butt-Weld Fittings datasheet gives elbow, tee, reducer, cap and stub end dimensions from interim manufacturer charts.

How the Line Blanks datasheet gives spectacle blind, spacer and blind disk dimensions, and where the interim figures come from.

How the Pipe Offset tool solves simple and rolling offsets and gives a cut length after fitting take-outs.

How the Line BOM tool builds a short bill of materials from catalogue components, keeps stored weights as they are, and exports a CSV.

How the Component Weight tool reads stored weights for pipe, fittings, flanges and valves from the PipingDesigners catalogue, and why it never invents a figure.