SP3D Piping Practice Lab: Creating Spools
SP3D Piping Practice Lab: Creating Spools
This practice lab covers the procedure for generating spool assemblies by WBS items and by
pipeline objects. Both the procedures are supported in SP3D. The SP3D administrator can
setup to use one or the other.
You can ask the instructor what spooling basis option is setup in your training environment. If
the Spooling Basis option is set to WBS item, then skip the steps for Creating Standard Spools
from Pipeline Objects. If the Spooling Basis option is set to Pipeline, then skip the steps for
Creating Standard Spools From WBS Items.
Creating Standard Spools from WBS Items:
Exercise Objective: In this exercise you will be creating standard spools on the pipeline 1001-P
in Unit U01 of your workspace by using the Generate Spools command. Before creating the
spools, assign the piping objects to an active project and a WBS item. After the spools are
created, the workspace should look like that shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Standard Spools from WBS Item
Steps:
Before beginning the procedure:
• Define your workspace to display Unit U01, coordinate system U01 CS, and
Projects in the WBS hierarchy. In your training plant, select U01 and WBS
Items compound filter from Plant Filters > Training Filters in the Select Filter
dialog box.
• Make sure you are in the Piping task and the Active Permission Group is set
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to Piping.
Manually Assigning Piping Objects to an Active Project and a WBS Item:
Assign all the piping objects of the pipeline 1001-P to an active project PJ-99 in Unit U01 of
your workspace.
1. Select the Piping Parts option in the Locate Filter drop-down list on the Common
toolbar.
2. Use the Inside fence option on the Common toolbar to select all the piping parts of
the pipeline 1001-P.
3. Select the More… option in the Active Project drop-down list on the main toolbar.
4. The Active Project dialog box appears. Select the Database option to see all the WBS
projects in the dialog box. Next, select PJ-99, to specify PJ-99 as an active project.
5. Click OK in the Active Project dialog box.
6. Select the Project > Claim command to associate the selected piping objects with the
active project PJ-99.
7. Click Close to close the Claim dialog box.
8. Select the Project > Assign to WBS… command.
9. The Assign to WBS dialog box appears. Select the Workspace option and expand the
project PJ-99.
10. Select the WBS item PJ-99-01 and click OK in the Assign to WBS dialog box.
Creating Spool Assemblies from the WBS Item:
11. Click the Generate Spools button on the vertical toolbar.
12. The Spool Generation dialog box appears. On the Spooling tab, expand the project
PJ-99 and select the WBS item PJ-99-01 to specify the WBS item where you want to
generate spools.
13. Select the Options tab in the Spool Generation dialog box to review the spooling
options.
14. Click OK to apply the default settings to the spool that is generated.
15. Click the Log tab in the Spool Generation dialog box to review the spooling log and
close the dialog box.
16. To view the spool you created, select the Spools option in the Locate Filter drop-
down list and point to the pipeline 1001-P.
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17. You can check the spools on the Assembly tab in the Workspace Explorer.
Creating Standard Spools from Pipeline Objects:
Exercise Objective: In this exercise you will be creating standard spools on the pipeline 1001-P
in Unit U01 of your workspace by using the Generate Spools command. After creating the
spools, the workspace should resemble Figure 2.
Figure 2:Output- Standard Spools
Steps:
Before beginning the procedure:
• Define your workspace to display Unit U01 and coordinate system U01 CS. In
your training plant, select U01 from Plant Filters > Training Filters in the
Select Filter dialog box.
• Make sure you are in the Piping task and the Active Permission Group is set
to Piping.
1. Click the Generate Spools button on the vertical toolbar.
2. The Spool Generation dialog box appears. On the Spooling tab, expand A2 > U01 >
Process and select 1001-P, to specify the pipeline where you want to generate spools.
Each spool must consist of connected objects; otherwise, errors may occur in spooling.
3. Click the Options tab in the Spool Generation dialog box to review the spooling
options.
4. Click OK to apply the default settings to the spool that is generated.
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5. Click the Log tab in the Spool Generation dialog box to review the spooling log and
close the dialog box.
6. To view the spool you created, select the Spools option in the Locate Filter drop-
down list and point to the pipeline 1001-P. A tool tip will appear for the spool in the
graphic view.
Creating Spools by Using Manual Break Points (Control Points):
Exercise Objective: In this exercise you will be inserting control points in the spool 1001-
P_Spool1 to manage the size of the spool assembly. The view of the pipe at the end of the
procedure should resemble Figure 3. An oversized spool is created if you performed the steps
for Creating Standard Spool From Pipeline Objects. You can continue doing this exercise to
learn placing spool breaks even though there is no oversized spool available.
Figure 3: Output- Spool in the Graphic View After Inserting a Control Point
Steps:
1. Make sure that Locate Filter is set to Spools.
2. Select the Insert > Control Point command.
3. Select Distribution Connection point as Control Point Parent on 1001-P_Spool1.
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Figure 4: Distribution Connection Point
4. Select Spool Break in the Subtype drop-down list on the Control Point ribbon and
place the control point at the same point.
5. Click the Generate Spools button on the vertical toolbar.
If you have gone through the procedure for Creating Standard Spools From WBS Items in the
previous exercise, then you do step 6 and skip step 7. If you did the steps for Creating
Standard Spools from Pipeline Objects, then you skip step 6.
6. On the Spooling tab in the Spool Generation dialog box, expand PJ-99 folder and
select PJ-99-01.
7. On the Spooling tab in the Spool Generation dialog box, expand A2 > U01 > Process
and select 1001-P.
8. On the Options tab in the Spool Generation dialog box, select the Break at Control
Points option in the Spool Break By Control Point drop-down list.
9. Click OK in the Spool Generation dialog box to process the pipelines into spools. This
will regenerate spools, and a new spool break will be inserted at the control point.
10. Now click the Log tab in the Spool Generation dialog box. This will show you the
number of spools before and after inserting the control point.
11. Click Cancel in the Spool Generation dialog box.
Generating spools at break points or control points will work only when the control points are
linked to connection objects. If welds or features are used, the spooling process will ignore the
control points.
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