The Pressure Vessel is accessed using the 'New' command. It is a special powerful design
feature for designing a horizontal cylindrical vessel with any number of outlet pipes, each at a
distance along the vessel, at a particular angle around the vessel and at a specified offset from
the center line of the vessel.
Note: The Pressure Vessel designer opens with just the main vessel selected. To alter the
parameters for each individual outlet pipe first select it in the view to highlight it, then the
parameters will be included in in the parameter editor on the left.
Fig: Pressure Vessel Design Feature
Parameters
Main Vessel
This is the main cylinder running horizontally to which all the outlet pipes are connected.
Pipes: integer - Defines the number of outlet pipes placed along the vessel. Changing this value
will automatically add pipes with default values defined by the first pipe, or if there are already
more than the number specified it will remove the last ones. Each outlet pipe has individual
dimensions defining its size, location and orientation.
Diameter: Value - Defines the diameter of the vessel cylinder.
Length: Value - Defines the horizontal length of the cylinder.
Outlet Pipe
There can be any number of outlet pipes connected along the length of the vessel cylinder. Each
pipe has the following parameters that become visible in the dimension editor by
selecting/highlighting the outlet pipe in the view.
Distance: Value - Defines the distance from the end of the vessel cylinder to the connecting
node of the outlet pipe.
Rotation: Angle - Defines the rotation of the outlet pipe, in the vertical plane, from the zero angle
position which has vertical orientation.
Diameter: Value - Defines the diameter of the outlet pipe..
Length : Value - Defines the length of the outlet pipe from the vessel center line to its open end,
ignoring any offset.
