K0003-Editing a Spec 3-1 revised 2020-06-21 More tips on SpoolFab Editing a Spec

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The Edit Specification window appears. While everything is important, the highest

priority items are the maximum socket weld and threaded size, the walls & ratings, and

the pipe & fitting materials.

K0003-Editing a Spec 3-3 revised 2020-06-21 More tips on SpoolFab Selecting Walls & Ratings:

Selecting Pipe & Fitting Materials:

To select the pipe material for 1.5 inch size, click on the cell for the Pipe Matl column

and the 1.5 inch row, and select C-Carbon Steel Pipe. In the next menu, select B-A106-

B, and then S-SMLS. Or you can just type the initial letters, CBS.

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You can clear a column by clicking on its header and selecting Clear All. This works for

both Walls & Rating and Pipe & Fitting Materials. If you then specify the entry for the

largest size, all smaller sizes will be populated where appropriate.

Limiting the Size Range

K0003-Editing a Spec 3-5 revised 2020-06-21 More tips on SpoolFab Selecting Pipe & Fitting Choices:

The windows under this selection

determine which menu items

appear during drawing.

Menus where you

specify only one

choice will be skipped

over, so drawing will

be faster.

Note that if you select more than ten items in each category, only the first ten will

appear in the menu.

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Select which schedules should be available in the spec:

To define which pipe wall schedules to make available in BW sizes, click on BW Sizes &

Walls. If you ever get a message “No wall thickness choices available”, this is where

you go to fix it.

Double-click on a column to select or unselect it.

K0003-Editing a Spec 3-7 revised 2020-06-21 More tips on SpoolFab Select Fittings To Appear on Menus:

If you enable just a single choice on any given menu, you can speed drawing by

skipping that menu altogether. You can always come back later and change these

selections.

Flanges and Ratings:

K0003-Editing a Spec 3-8 revised 2020-06-21 More tips on SpoolFab Reducers, Couplings, Caps and Branches:

Valves, Attachments, and In-line Accessories:

K0003-Editing a Spec 3-9 revised 2020-06-21 More tips on SpoolFab Spec Settings to Appear on Fabrication Drawings

K0003-Editing a Spec 3-10 revised 2020-06-21 More tips on SpoolFab Settings in the spec are reflected on the drawing as shown below

The exact locations of these items on the drawing are defined in the layout, see

document K0017.

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Which set of weld procedures is listed on the drawing (Standard or Alternate) depends

on the PWHT setting, which is set in the Save As dialog, see below.