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EddyVISION32 v6.0 MakeComp User Manual

1. I xl rz o El iS Bl 990909090909090909090909090909090909 09090 59090908080909080809090808080908080809080 09085809808085809808085809080868690808986 I o Lo Lo Lodo lolo oo LOL S R O80 90908090980909080909086 080 El 20902020202000002000902e E 020209020209020202020 BHT 2020900090909090002 B 0000000000009090 z 3 i H 2 3 o B E G gt S 3 we Oju LE Bs xl E o El i lE 3 S 90002020202020202020202020202020202020209 OOO OE DDD OOO F 5 O og 0g000909020209090909090908000 S E O 5 a 5 2 3 T H 2 3 i B E c a gt 5 E D lt Of I After Applying Horizontal Mirror Before Applying Horizontal Mirror Figure 45 Using the Horizontal Mirror Function General Notes About the Adding Editing Group Dialo ting Group dialogs Use the Group Angle feature in the Group i Parameters dialog to rotate a group of tubes to the proper perspective when viewed on the main MakeComp window H en ge lt o lt S gt Ka o lt S o iz yo o z 2 gt S o lt S Z I S o N E o lt S un E lt o 9 n Z o e e Ed NOTES Only enabled filled tubes on the building grid will be displayed in the main MakeComp window o o S929 EER E a gt n wt ME S A n goy S La o 3029 Bo e 2 HM o 3 OO gt aq 3 o Seo 4 cA Z tom g 2 eo O Sag ES S UB EN STE So
2. 70 Parameters dialog Landmarks Tab Showing Landmark Set 1 71 June 2005 MakeComp ill EddyVision 6 0 List of Tables Table 1 Landmarks for Tutorial Component Section IN Landmark Set 0 68 Table 2 Landmarks for Tutorial Component Section OUT Landmark Set 1 68 June 2005 MakeComp iv EddyVision 6 0 Introduction MakeComp v6 0 is part of the EddyVision32 suite of eddy current related software products produced by CoreStar International Corporation These products are designed to operate under a Windows XP or Windows 2000 environment latest service packs Windows 95 98 ME NT are not supported Some features of the MakeComp software are a Used to create component cmp files These cmp files contain structural information about a component heat exchanger to be inspected i e tubesheet map layout internal landmarks distance between landmarks U tubes or straight tubing dimensions tube pitch tubesheet numbering section identification tube material etc a Almost any conceivable tubesheet map design can easily and quickly be created a Allows for square triangular or any user defined tube pitch or any combination of these on the same tubesheet map a Allows for alias names for inlet outlet sections rows and columns a Ifacmp file is used for more than one heat exchanger the cmp file only needs to be cr
3. Figure 56 Project Table Components Tab STEP 10 Select CIC as the Site Code on the main EddyAdmin dialog STEP 11 Ensure that the Data Format for DSET 1 is set to CoreStar STEP 12 Ensure that the Data Directory for DSET I is set to ecdata STEP 13 In the Outage field type 2RF05 as the outage name In the outage name 2RF05 05 is zero five Also 2 is for the unit RF means refuel and 05 is the 5 outage since startup This is an example of one of the many possible naming conventions STEP 14 The Date field can contain the first day of the outage today s date or an earlier date Let s enter today s date in the format MM DD Y YYY STEP 15 Click the DBMS list box and choose the version of MS Access that will be used to manage any databases created with this project For the purpose of this tutorial select Access 97 Eddy VISION 32 can work with any of the three Access database formats shown in the DBMS list box The choice made will determine the Access format used when a new database is created in this project STEP 16 In the Tester list box choose OMNI 100 STEP 17 Inthe Pusher list box choose Track Drive STEP 18 Click the History button to enable the use of a history file The button turns green STEP 19 Set the Table Rows to 5 STEP 20 Setthe Table Fields to 11 STEP 21 Click the Show Oper Type button to enable it The button turns green June
4. Inc Determines the increment in which row ticks will be applied to the tubesheet map For example a setting of 5 will result in a row tick next to every 5 row Max Length Determines the maximum length of each row tick This setting is ignored if Align Ends is enabled Col Ticks Section All settings in this section are identical to the Row Ticks section above except the settings are applicable to column ticks only 2 Auto Tick X Row Ticks di Align Ends First Always Last Always Do First Last By Inc Tick Lenath Max Length Closest Allow r Col Ticks Used B Align Ends m First Always S Last Always p Do First Last By Inc 5 Tick Length 1 0 H Max Length 5 0 y TUBE OD 0 625 DK Cancel Used If enabled green row ticks will be applied to the tubesheet map First Always If enabled green the first row in each section or group as determined by the Do First Last By setting will be tick marked Do First Last By Applies row ticks by sections SEC first then by groups GROUP last or visa versa Tick Length Determines the minimum length of each row tick Closest Allowed Tube Determines how close a row tick can be located next to any tube around it Very useful for complex condenser tubesheet maps Figure 11 Auto Tick Parameters Dialog Column ticks work best on square pitch tubesheet Column ticks are not recommended for use o
5. Parameters Tab STEP 14 Click the Tube Labels tab STEP 15 Click the asterisk at the top of the scroll bar for the Sec Labels 3 times This creates 3 blank rows beginning with 0 zero STEP 16 Click in the Sec Label field for Sec 1 and type IN STEP 17 Click in the Sec Label field for Sec 2 and type OUT The Sec Label fields on the Tube Labels tab should now appear as shown in Figure 60 e Parameters for model FWHS3 Parameters Landmarks Lenaths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes COLE LABEL Figure 60 Parameters Dialog Tube Labels Tab Sec 0 zero may be used at the discretion of the user however it s easier to keep track of the sections of multi section components if the first section used is 1 STEP 18 Click OK on the Parameters dialog NOTE We ll come back and enter the landmarks later June 2005 MakeComp 39 EddyVision M 6 0 Now that the preliminary parameters are setup let s add the first group of tubes for the component STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP 8 STEP 9 STEP 10 STEP 11 STEP 12 Ensure that View Flip Horizontal and View Flip Vertical are both disabled i e no checkmark beside either one Click the Add Group button at the top of the main MakeComp screen Click the Parameters button to display the Group Parameters dialog In the Num Row field type 23 i e about 5 more rows than each group o
6. Table 1 Landmarks for Tutorial Component Section IN Landmark Set 0 LAND Landmark NAME TYPE LEG POS ition ANGLE ids FIRST LAST REQ 1 intet Tube End ver vem tater 0 00 I I 11 Y 2 nist Tubesheet 191 TSH Inlet 6 563 1f 18 Y s Baffle Plate mor mar iet sos af sf a Baffie Plate B02 par iet saare 18 v 5 Baffle Plate 803 sar nmet 7e 376 ef 1 n EE E End Plate 7 SP Inlet 156 376 J 1 18 Y ef e os ume meose af sef s 3 se inlet 264 376 ol def 10 ES Lose pie EE Y 11 SP tele 36436 I I a fe Y 5 re cos se mier as sie al tel v 14 TSP C10 SP Inlet 523 376 L 18 Y Table 2 Landmarks for Tutorial Component Section OUT Landmark Set 1 LAND Landmark NAME TYPE LEG POS ition ANGLE m FIRST LAST REQ 1 Outlet Tube End TEO TEH Inlet 0 000 18 Y 2 Outlet Tubesheet TSO TSH Inlet 6 563 18 Y 3 TSP HO1 SP Inlet 54 376 18 Y 4 TSP H02 SP Inlet 102 376 18 Y 5 TSP H03 SP Inlet 156 376 18 Y 6 TSP H04 SP Inlet 210 376 18 Y T TSP H05 SP Inlet 264 376 18 X 8 TSP H06 SP Inlet 315 376 18 Y 9 TSP H07 SP Inlet 364 376 18 Y 10 TSP H08 SP Inlet 415 376 18 Y 11 TSP HO9 SP Inlet 469 376 18 Y 12 TSP H10 SP Inlet 523 376 18 X June 2005 No values are
7. a Popup Reset Landmark Sets This feature simply resets all tubes to their originally assigned landmark sets This same selection is available on the Edit menu in Figure 41 Using the Set Landmark Set feature discussed in the previous topic users can assign existing or create new landmark sets for a single tube individually selected tubes group s of tubes sections or whole tubesheet maps Reset Landmark Sets on the Popup menu provides a way to reset all landmark sets to the way they were originally assigned in the Group Parameters dialog Figure 37 when each group was built a Popup Radial Array This function allows the user to quickly create a radial tubesheet map like the example shown in Figure 54 To demonstrate this function create a single row of tubes in a new group On the main MakeComp window right click then click Radial Array on the Popup menu The Radial Array control dialog shown in Figure 55 appears Zoom Out Ctrl right click and click a point on the window some distance from the first tube in the row group This establishes a center point that the Radial Array will be drawn around The X and Y values in the control dialog will automatically update and display the new coordinates of this point In the Angle field enter the desired angle or arc for the Radial Array In the Count field enter the number of rows to be duplicated within the arc specified and click OK The new Radial Array appears The settings shown in Figur
8. 00 009 909 go po 000 20000 009 00 009000 00009 500 Oo 900 00 oo ol o o 00400 009 joo 99066 090099 209 009 000 900000 o NLIS 00 9000 00099 ooo oo oo 85 90000 0005 20009 000000 9000000655 5990 00000 0000009 o io 2000000000000 S 9000000000000 000000000000000 o9090000000000 000000000000000 000000000000000 90 000000000000000 000000000000000 1 350 Tubes ROW 1COL 1 Group 0 Figure 54 Radial Array Example I Array x 53 646 v 6 934 Angle 180 Count 90 OK CANCEL Figure 55 Radial Array Dialog a Popup Cancel Click Cancel on the Popup menu to cancel or clear the Popup menu from the window Alternatively when the Popup menu is displayed the user may simply click anywhere in the MakeComp window to cancel the Popup menu June 2005 MakeComp 52 EddyVision 6 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts for the Main MakeComp Window The following keyboard amp mouse shortcuts are available when working in the main MakeComp window a a a To Zoom In on a map Ctrl Click To Zoom Out on a map Ctrl Right click To Auto zoom a map Ctrl Middle click or ESC key To Move or Pan a map Middle click4 Drag To move a group of tubes to a new location right click the tubesheet map select Move Group The cursor becomes a crosshair pointer Click amp drag any tube in any group to the new location and release To manually select more than one tube at a time on the tubesheet ma
9. 5 M L P i Q U om c 9 c 6 a E 6 Q O Help Util Map Full Screen Esc v Flip Horizontal View File Edit PARAMETERS Flip Vertical v Show Floating ID IN ROW 20 TUBE 1 GROUP 0 LANDSET 0 INDEX 786 SEC 1 660 Tubes X 8 21 Y 14 10 Figure 14 Example of the Flip Horizontal Function This function has the same benefits as the Flip Horizontal discussed o View Flip Vertical flips the currently displayed tubesheet map vertically previously o View Show Floating ID displays the tube identification in a small floating box as shown in Figure 15 which dynamically updates as the cursor is moved over the tubesheet map When active a small checkmark appears next to the selection as shown in Figure 13 Regardless of the state of this function the tube identification is always shown in the status bar at the bottom of the main MakeComp window by clicking on any tube S P 2 L 2 a Component C Help File Edit View Util PARAMETERS ADD GROUP REFRESH Figure 15 Floating Tube ID Box 13 MakeComp June 2005 EddyVision M 6 0 Util Menu As shown in Figure 16 the Util menu contains two 2 choices Each item is discussed below Util Help Print Tubes Per row Show Keys EE T TE HET YT AI S Figure 16 Util Menu o Utill Print Tubes Per row creates a list of the number of tubes in each row for a tubesheet map
10. HORHZ OFFSET BUON np eot ideis HERE 38 VERT OFFSET Bull cuisine ed OR e P ER ua 38 Edit Menu Adding Editing Group Dialog esses eene 39 View Menu Adding Editing Group Dialog esistente 41 General Notes About the Adding Editing Group Dialog sse 42 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts for the Adding Editing Group Dialog sess 43 ERBESEDBULOD n mtt eee 44 Popup A rette retinere rk nier ede te ck aate e ek en pe Ra vane eu Ludo e ck auae eu tener 45 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts for the Main MakeComp Window eene 53 Other Tips for Use in the Main MakeComp Window avrrnsnvnnnnnvnnnnvennnvnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnenenen 53 Tutorial Building a Simple Heat Exchanger rrwrnnnnnnnnnvnnnnvnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnvnnnnnnnnnnnenen 54 Creating a New Project 2 ote ide ce d LEER ies a e cO E one e eda LE RE eet eed Pn eee 54 Creating a Component Elle see eee eee eee eee eee 57 Adding Landmarks to a Component Ele sss sees 67 Rotating Groups of TUDES ss sees eee eee eee 72 AA aa E EAA TAE A A EEA E 73 AIM AL WOK A E E A eet AE AEE N A E E E 73 June 2005 MakeComp i EddyVision 6 0 List of Figures Figure 1 The Main MakeComp WiINd Wii is 2 Figure 2 Parts of the Main MakeComp Window eese eene 3 Fig re le Messe 4 Figure 4 Open Project RTT 4 Figure 3 Import Model Dialog 000 di d
11. INLET INLET INLET INLET INLET INLET 104 063 INLET 156 376 INLET 210 376 INLET 264 376 INLET 315 376 INLET 364 376 INLET 415 376 INLET 469 376 INLET 523 376 dod od o d o o o S a Figure 65 Parameters dialog Landmarks Tab Showing Landmark Set 0 To enter the landmarks for Landmark Set 1 STEP 1 Ensure that the Landmarks tab of the Parameters dialog is currently being displayed STEP 2 In the Set list box select 7 A blank landmark table will appear We ve already assigned Landmark Set 1 to Group 1 which was assigned to Section 2 All this was done in the Group Parameters dialog for the upper half of the component June 2005 MakeComp 70 EddyVision M 6 0 STEP 3 Enter all the landmarks shown in Table 2 using the same techniques as in the previous series of steps for entering the landmarks in Landmark Set 0 STEP 4 When you have finished the Landmarks tab of the Parameters dialog should look like the one shown in Figure 66 Click OK on the Parameters dialog 9 Parameters for model PS XM Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes POS FB INT FIRST LAST REQ INLET 0 000 INLET 6 563 INLET 54 376 INLET 102 376 INLET 156 376 INLET 210 376 INLET 264 376 INLET 315 376 INLET 364 376 INLET 415 376 INLET 469 376 INLET 523 376 43 33323333 3 Figure 66 Parameters dialog Landmarks Tab Showing Landmark Set 1 Finally you should double c
12. S 4 E Ss 82 ka H oo Cbs os n 9 Egg 07303 Bestes S55 S SEN B Ka os E gt OQ HE ZZ 2 2 g 520228 o Da H m irs 2 za 2 82 ci 2307 E zx 3285823 E wg Z 5b B Go 370388523 SER Ss Se ow SS 0 2580253 58803 e e uv N o S 5 EddyVision 6 0 Keyboard amp Mouse Shortcuts for the Adding Editing Group Dialog The following keyboard amp mouse shortcuts are available when working in the Adding Editing Group dialog a June 2005 Panning the Building Grid To move the building grid around within the Adding Editing Group dialog right click amp drag Selecting a Tube To select a tube on the building grid click the tube Once selected the tube will have a red cross cursor intersecting it Moving the Cursor to Other Tubes The arrow keys on the keyboard may be used as an alternative method to select a tube on the building grid Enabling a Single Tube To enable a single disabled tube on the building grid select the tube and press either the Shift or Insert keys on the keyboard The tube turns black filled indicating that the tube is now enabled Disabling a Single Tube To disable a single enabled tube on the building grid select the tube and press either the Control or Delete keys on the keyboard The tube turns clear unfilled indicating that the tube is now disabled Enabling a Row of Tubes To enable a whole row of tubes at once on the building grid position the cursor on the fi
13. RO RO BOSCH OS orsemso BQERELERGLELS LALO CASCO CIA CCo Coe CO GR CO Ge CO ee CO IN ROW 20 TUBE 28 GROUP 0 LANDSET 0 INDEX 813 SEC 32 48 Y 14 29 X 1 660 Tubes Figure 12 Example of Periphery Tubes Identified on a Tubesheet Map o Edit Clear Periph Tubes provides the user a method of resetting some or all previously set periphery tubes of a tubesheet map To use this function first select all the desired periphery tubes by holding down the Shift key on the keyboard and clicking each tube to be reset as a non periphery tube Alternatively whole sections of the tubesheet map may be selected using Select Section on the popup menu discussed later This popup menu is A DE 3 _ z 42 6 9 6 o s o Eg 5g S EN gt o on o 2 15 o SF S S 2 o 20 p on S ka eo gas ong S ogy 5 os lt Q SQL D TE E s35 PE eo 337 9 2 Z 0 2E o S 205 E 9 5 MOOD ors os SEG un uoo 003 320 3 B8 June 2005 EddyVision M 6 0 View Menu As shown in Figure 13 the View menu contains four 4 choices Each item is discussed below View Util Help Map Full Screen Esc Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Y Show Floating ID Figure 13 View Menu o View Map Full Screen Esc automatically sizes and centers the current tubesheet map to fit within the working area of the main MakeComp window Many software programs refer to this function as Fit to Scr
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15. The horizontal distance that the watermark for the given section will be located from the origin of the tubesheet map These values can be either positive or negative a Y The vertical distance that the watermark for the given section will be located from the origin of the tubesheet map These values can be either positive or negative June 2005 MakeComp 26 EddyVision M 6 0 Attributes Tab Figure 31 shows the Attributes tab of the main Parameters dialog This dialog provides a place to enter additional details about the component The majority of these values are optional as well as self explanatory The values of these fields are changed using either the mouse or keyboard entry To change a value using the mouse place the mouse cursor to the right of the desired field Note that the cursor turns into a vertical two way arrow Clicking will increase or increment the value while right clicking will decrease or decrement the value If the Shift key is held down while performing either of these actions the value will change by a factor of 10 If the Control key is held down while performing either of these actions the value will change by a factor of 100 Similarly if both the Control amp Shift keys are held down while performing either of these actions the value will change by a factor of 1 000 Finally middle clicking a field will set that field to zero Alternatively a value may simply be typed in manually Each value is described b
16. Tubes technique above which uses the numeric keypad on the keyboard 3 Position the cursor at the first tube of the next row and press the asterisk key on the numeric keypad A new row will be enabled that is symmetrically indented or expanded depending upon the cursor placement for the second row 4 Repeat the step above until the group of tubes is completed REFRESH Button Clicking the REFRESH button on the main MakeComp window shown in Figure 2 simply repaints or refreshes the window Use it to rid the window of extraneous video remnants which can appear on some monitors if the video capabilities and memory of the PC system are less than optimal June 2005 MakeComp 44 EddyVision M 6 0 45 ks selection on the Popup menu displays the IC MakeComp Figure 46 Popup Menu in the Main MakeComp Window s Clicking the Row T MakeComp window shown in Figure 46 To access the Popup menu right click anywhere This topic will discuss the purpose and use of each selection on the Popup menu in the main in the main MakeComp window and then click the desired item from the menu Popup Menu X gt 3 aS 9 se en D 3 8 O Q 8 2 o x Bo o at ea gt 2 m os a lt is Oo ssl E r uo 9 o S Sol BH El B a5 L EOE LL A OOO So a E A a 8 mm A g G als S vm O Bu E cceocte 9399 sl 23 B coco L vi OOOO EE UoH SIS SIE RSS SKOKO I OC EE S evo E ES a
17. Version s OMNI A 06 08 2005 12 01 02 OK Cancel Figure 17 HASP Keys Dialog June 2005 MakeComp 14 EddyVision M 6 0 Help Menu As shown in Figure 18 the Help menu contains two 2 choices Each item is discussed below Help Project Info About MakeComp Figure 18 Help Menu o Help Project Info displays the dialog shown in Figure 19 The dialog contains information pertinent to the currently open project MakeComp x Project Created with 5 0 Modified with 6 0 Directory C YProjects 6 0 FWH 123 Site ABC1 Component 1FWH123 Figure 19 Project Info Dialog o Help About MakeComp displays the About dialog shown in Figure 20 This dialog includes software version and technical support information Core Star EddyVision32 Version 6 0 Build Date Apr 7 2005 Time 23 43 29 File C Program Files CoreStar EddyVision 6 0 bin makecomp exe File Version 4 0 0 1 Product Version 6 0 0 1 Copyright 1996 2004 by CoreStar International Corp All rights reserved CoreStar International Corp Phone 724 744 4094 1044 Sandy Hill Road Fax 724 744 4093 Irwin PA 15642 24 Hr Support 1 888 533 9403 http www corestar corp com e mail support corestar corp com coca Figure 20 About Dialog June 2005 MakeComp 15 EddyVision M 6 0 Main Window Buttons This topic will discuss the purpose and use of each button located along the top of the main MakeComp window imme
18. a row tick is no longer desired Shift click additional first tubes in other rows if more than one row tick is no longer desired Select Popup Row Ticks Delete Selected and the row ticks for the selected tubes will disappear HINT Popup Select Group or Select Section may be used along with Popup Row Ticks Delete Selected as well Popup Col Ticks Clicking the Col Ticks selection on the Popup menu displays a fly out menu with the same choices shown in Figure 47 These three 3 features function in the save way as the Row Ticks selection previously discussed except for column ticks instead Please refer to the Popup Row Ticks topic above for use of these features Popup Edit Group This function allows the user to edit an existing group of tubes To use this feature right click on the group of tubes to be edited then click Edit Group on the Popup menu An Editing Group dialog similar to Figure 44 opens with the selected group displayed on a building grid If the incorrect group appears click Cancel on the Editing Group dialog and try selecting the correct group for editing again in the main MakeComp window otherwise make the desired edits and click OK for the changes to take affect June 2005 MakeComp 47 EddyVision M 6 0 Popup Move Group This function allows the user to manually move a group of tubes to a new location on the main MakeComp window To use this feature click Move Group on the Popup menu move the cross
19. and displays the list in Notepad from which the list can be printed or saved as a txt file Among other uses this feature is very handy when troubleshooting a newly built cmp file o Utill Show Keys displays the HASP Keys dialog shown in Figure 17 on which the user can check the status of a HASP key s currently connected to the computer or update a HASP key s In Figure 17 Analysis and Test keys are currently connected to USB ports of the computer while no DBMS key is connected The Timeout dates of all keys should be checked as part of inspection planning to ensure a key s will not timeout during the inspection This menu selection is available in all the other software modules of EddyVision as well For details on updating and or troubleshooting HASP keys please see the Getting Started manual HASP Keys c program files corestar edd O HASP e EJ Analysis Key Test Key UPDATE KEY UPDATE KEY Key ID aissas Version Fe Key ID 236584F3 Version 6 Key Time 12 00 21 Core Analysis p Key Time 12 01 00 Core Acquisition PF KeyDate 06 08 2005 RPC m Key Date 0670872005 Mizl8 R Start Date 05 27 2005 Rule Base B Start Date 05 27 2005 Timeout 0172772006 Scripting J Timeout 0172772006 DBMS Key NetView Key UPDATE KEY ev Key ID E3212F77EC59 Version 6 Key ID No Key Version Im NetView 9 Key Time T DBMS d Key Date Start Date rm Timeout Im NI DMNI Key Key ID 38F369C9638C
20. displays the fly out menu in Figure 8 listing any recently opened projects Click a project in the fly out menu in order to open that project in MakeComp This is a faster way of opening a project vs using the File Open Project method discussed earlier File Edit View Util Help Open Project Ctrl 0 New Component 0000000 meet TE RR Export 00000000 0 Print Preview X SOSGOOOOOO Print SO Telela lalale GOOGOOGOOG0Q00 ecent Projects C Projects_6 0 FWH 123 C Projects_6 0 FWH3A C Projects_6 0 LPFH15C C Projects_6 0 LPFH16A Figure 8 Recent Projects Fly out Menu To clear the Recent Projects fly out menu start EddyAdmin and select Project Clear Recent Projects June 2005 MakeComp 7 EddyVision M 6 0 o Filel Exit simply closes the MakeComp software Clicking the X button in the upper right corner of the MakeComp window performs the same function If no changes have been made or if File Save has already been executed the program simply closes However if changes have not been saved the program displays the warning message box shown in Figure 9 asking you to confirm your desire to close the MakeComp software Clicking Yes saves all changes clicking No closes the program without saving any changes and clicking Cancel leaves the program open x 2 Do you wish to save changes No Cancel Figure 9 Warning Message Upon Exiting MakeComp Edit Menu As shown in Figure 10 the Edit m
21. from the inlet tube end to the last tube support before the U bend Note that the distance POS value is cumulative that is each landmark is referenced to the zero landmark For example landmark C08 is June 2005 MakeComp 19 EddyVision M 6 0 324 500 linear units from landmark TET and both are assigned as INLET landmarks The linear units in this case are inches If a different scale of measurement is to be used simply enter those values accordingly Instead of entering 129 700 inches for landmark C03 a value of 329 438 cm could be entered if using centimeters All POS values must be entered using the same measurement system One rule to remember regarding landmark TYPES is that the inlet tube end must be typed as TEH while the outlet tube end must be typed as TEC The landmark NAME can be any term the user desires The landmark NAME not the TYPE will appear along the auto locate strip chart in the Analysis software The UBEND selection under the LEG column is only used when landmarks actually exist within the U bend region of some or all of the tubes of the current component file If no physical landmarks exist in the U bend region of any of the tubes then no UBEND selection should be made even if the component has U bend tubes Figure 25 shows the other landmark set for the outlet leg of the tubesheet shown in Figure 1 The Set drop down list now shows the number 1 vs 0 zero as in Figure 24 This l
22. hair cursor over a tube in a group click amp drag to the new location then release The center of the selected tube is moved to the new location Popup Select Group This function allows the user to select one or more groups of tubes for further action To use this feature right click on the group of interest and click Select Group on the Popup menu The group becomes selected i e all tubes in the group are now highlighted in green To select multiple groups hold down Shift and repeat the procedure for each additional group of tubes Popup Delete Group This function allows the user to delete an existing group of tubes from the tubesheet map To use this feature right click on a group of tubes to be deleted click Delete Group on the Popup menu Popup Select Section Similar to Select Group above this function allows the user to select one or more sections of a tubesheet map for further action To use this feature right click on the section of interest and click Select Section on the Popup menu The section becomes selected i e all tubes in the section are now highlighted in green To select multiple sections hold down Shift and repeat the procedure for each additional section REMEMBER Tubes make up groups groups make up sections and sections Q make up tubesheet maps Popup Select Row This function allows the user to select one or more rows of a tubesheet map for further action To use this feature right click o
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24. one click on any field of the entry you wish to delete and press Shift Delete June 2005 MakeComp 24 EddyVision 6 0 To insert an entry other than the bottom one click on any field of the entry you wish the new entry to be inserted before and press Shift Insert Q FIRST Enter the first row number where the specified DELTA value applies a LAST Enter the last row number where the specified DELTA value applies a BASE Enter the straight length of the U tubes for the range specified by the FIRST and LAST values Q DELTA Enter the difference between the straight length of the first row and the second row in the range specified by the FIRST and LAST values If the straight length is the same for all the tubes in the component then no entries are required on this dialog Example First entry is FIRST 1 LAST 10 BASE 100 000 and DELTA 0 0 Second entry is FIRST 11 LAST 44 BASE 101 000 and DELTA 0 5 means that rows 1 to 10 have a straight length of 100 000 row 11 has a straight length of 101 000 row 12 has a straight length of 101 500 and so on Finally row 44 would have a straight length of 117 500 calculated as follows 0 5 44 11 101 000 Tube Labels Tab Figure 30 shows the Tube Labels tab of the main Parameters dialog This window allows the user to assign alias names to rows columns or sections Figure 30 shows examples of the use of this feature In the figure row numbers 1 2 and 3 have be
25. row 1 You should come up with 33 STEP 2 Click on the building grid in the upper left corner so that Grid row 1 col 21 is displayed in the status bar are the bottom of the Adding Group dialog REMEMBER On the building grid rows always are horizontal STEP 3 On the numeric keypad type 33 and press the Insert key on the keyboard 33 filled black tubes should now be displayed for row 1 from left to right TIP If you are not getting the expected results verify the entries in the Group Parameters dialog per the preceding sequence of steps STEP 4 Look at Figure 58 again Decide on the total number of tubes in row 2 You should come up with 34 STEP 5 Click on the building grid so that Grid row 2 col I is displayed in the status bar at the bottom of the Adding Group dialog STEP 6 On the numeric keypad press the asterisk key 34 filled tubes should now be displayed for row 2 Using the asterisk on the numeric keypad as described above is a function called Symmetrical Insert Use it for building groups of tubes where the tube pattern is symmetrical or balanced such as this feedwater heater tubesheet map June 2005 MakeComp 62 STEP 7 STEP 8 STEP 9 STEP 10 EddyVision M 6 0 Click on the building grid so that the red crosshairs are over the first tube in row 3 Grid row 3 col 1 Relative to the first tube in row 2 you could say This tube is down and in one tube from the previous tube O
26. row with the scale vs counting your life away Build identical components only once For example if a main condenser waterbox tubesheet is the same in all the waterboxes there s no need to build it more than once The same component file can be used for all the waterbox projects The same goes for all types of heat exchangers Don t build both an inlet and outlet component file for the same straight tubed component Build and save only a component as viewed from the inlet end If an outlet end view is required open the inlet file select View Flip Horizontal and File Export using a different name indicating outlet view This cmp file can then be imported into the applicable outlet project When stay rods cutouts vent gaps and other blank areas exist on a source tubesheet map go ahead and build each group as if tubes are present in those locations Then remove them all at once on the main MakeComp window by first selecting them then deleting them using the Edit Delete Selected Tubes feature on the menu bar Finally the better the design information available the better the final tubesheet map will appear Accurate horizontal tube pitch interior pitch angles and tube OD are essential values that greatly influence the appearance of the final tubesheet map A Final Word MakeComp can be used to build almost any conceivable tubesheet map After some practice you ll be building simple to complex tubesheet maps in no time Jun
27. sec OUT ro w iz TUBE iz X O Pol O z Figure 50 Using Popup Edit Tub File Edit View Util Help PARAMETERS ADD GROUP REFRESH NNN S NE NNN 77 Tubes X 29 01 Y 1 19 A Figure 51 Example of Tube Identification for Thimble Tubes Edit Tube ID a Popup Select Landmark Set This feature provides way for the user to check which landmark sets are assigned to which tubes This is very useful for cmp files that have more than one landmark set To use this feature click Select Landmark Set on the Popup menu and then click the landmark set of interest on the fly out menu that appears All tubes that use the selected landmark set will now be highlighted in green As you will discover in the next topic landmark sets can be assigned to any tubes on a tubesheet map even a single tube June 2005 MakeComp 49 EddyVision M 6 0 when landmark set gt Now 2s the feedwater heater cmp file has is selected on the fly out menu after clicking Popup Select Landmark Set the user gt to an existing or new landmark set In Figure 1 outlet leg tubes on the upper half In Figure 52 a pattern of tubes has been selected on the inlet leg Clicking Set Landmark Set on the Popup menu causes the Landmark dialog two 2 landmark sets 0 zero and 1 Landmark set 0 is assigned to all the inlet leg box to appear as shown in Figure 52 In this example 2 has been entered in the tubes
28. 0000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 DK Cancel Y Figure 36 Adding Group Dialog the Cancel button discards any changes or edits The Cancel button is similar to the Undo As with most of the dialogs in EddyVision the OK button confirms changes or edits while feature in other common software products 6 ES Q a en 38 a 0 gs o AS SI 6 S o S op a z 9 E als o S Sg S 7 3 5 ap 20 S Nn d a Sa S E S Eb Q E 2 O 2 lt ES S ir lt 2 o SE 5 ee z E T x c 5 Q oO Ba 2 3 EddyVision M 6 0 PARAMETERS Button Clickin
29. 10 must be the first landmark type entered at the top of all landmark tables Click in the Leg field of the first row of the Landmark table and type the letter J INLET will automatically be entered by the software Click in the Pos ition field of the first row of the Landmark table and type 0 Leave all Angle and FB Int fields blank for the tutorial Click in the First field of the first row of the Landmark table and type 1 This defines the first row where this landmark is expected to be present Click in the Last field of the first row of the Landmark table and type 18 This defines the last row where this landmark is expected to be present June 2005 MakeComp 69 EddyVision M 6 0 STEP 11 Click in the Req uired field of the first row of the Landmark table and type Y es This forces auto locate to label this landmark for every tube in the First Last range of rows STEP 12 Click the asterisk above the vertical scroll bar A new row appears in the Landmark table STEP 13 Continue entering the remaining landmarks for Landmark Set 0 while referring to Table 1 When you have completed this step continue to the next series of steps to enter the landmarks for Landmark Set 1 upper half When you have finished the Landmarks tab of the Parameters dialog should look like the one shown in Figure 65 Z Parameters for model FWH3 X Parameters Landmarks Lenaths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes
30. 2005 MakeComp 55 EddyVision M 6 0 STEP 22 Click the Require Logon button to enable it The button turns green STEP 23 Optional In the Project Notes area at the bottom of the EddyAdmin dialog you may enter a description for the project The final EddyAdmin dialog should appear as shown in Figure 57 EddyAdmin Project C v6 0_Projects FWH3A File Edit Project View Util Help Site Outage Owner ABC POWER GROUP Dutage Perros Site Code CIC Unit 2 Date 06 27 2005 Comp FVH3A 12 EDT GMT 4 DBMS Data File Format access 97 m DSET FORMAT DIRECTORY Test 1 corestar__ ecdatas _ ShowRPC Speed 2 CoreStar ecdata al fester omr 3100 Je 3 cerestar fedre raster Track Drive m a corestar ecdatas E Hitoy Use History n Table Rows 528 Table Fields 11 Info Show Oper Type M Require Logon M EddVionRev 6 0 Project Notes our Eddyadmin dialog should look like this one Figure 57 Completed EddyAdmin Dialog STEP 24 Exit EddyAdmin STEP 25 You will be asked if you wish to save changes Choose Yes TIP You may return to EddyAdmin anytime to make desired edits to a project June 2005 MakeComp 56 EddyVision M 6 0 Creating a Component File The cmp file is one of the most important parts of good inspection planning The author file that cance enough Take the time to create a component 1 f inspection
31. 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 1 99 0 62 033 27 33 1 1 60 0 60 0 0 944 000 Figure 34 Groups Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog Another useful purpose of this dialog is to identify any empty groups that may exist in the component file If you know that you actually have four 4 groups of tubes in the current cmp file and more that four 4 groups are listed on the Groups tab simply select File Save on the main MakeComp window in order to remove them Empty groups unnecessarily use computer memory Empty groups can be inadvertently created while building a cmp file by clicking the ADD GROUP button then clicking OK on the Adding Group dialog without first enabling any tubes on the building grid See the ADD GROUP button topic for more information June 2005 MakeComp 30 EddyVision M 6 0 Tubes Tab Figure 35 shows the Tubes tab of the main Parameters dialog This dialog simply displays the details about each tube that exists within the current component The majority of these values are self explanatory These values cannot be changed in this dialog but rather are displayed for information purposes only If a specific group of tubes is edited the change for the affected tubes can be viewed here Various details for each tube are shown including section number row number column number straight length U bend length if applicable the X Y coordinate where each tube is located on the main tubesheet map each tube s l
32. A cmp file may contain multiple sets of landmarks For example the landmarks detected by eddy current on the inlet leg of a typical 2 zone feedwater heater will be different from the landmarks detected on the outlet leg If straight lengths are being tested and the cmp file was built to display all the straight lengths then separate landmark sets must be used To add an entry click the gray box indicated in Figure 24 or right click the box to remove the last entry To delete an entry other than the last one click on any field of the entry you wish to delete and press Shift Delete To insert an entry other than the bottom one click on any field of the entry you wish the new entry to be inserted before and press Shift Insert e Parameters for model FWH123 x Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes set 0 z LANDA FB INT FIRST TEI TEH INLET 0 000 1 999 Y amp TSI TSH INLET 7 875 1 999 Y m N Click here to add an entry or right click to remove the last Ge oed oed oed oed d uou ou oun oun oun Figure 24 Landmarks Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog Landmark Table General Guidelines The landmark table shown in Figure 24 is for the 2 zone feedwater heater containing U tubes shown Figure 1 Note that the tubesheet map is displaying all the straight lengths If it were displaying only the U tubes only half the tube ends would be shown The table was built
33. C SP OUTLET 215 560 1 999 Y 18 8C SP OUTLET 172 560 1 999 Y 19 C SP OUTLET 129 560 1 999 Y 20 6C BAF OUTLET 111 560 1 999 Y Figure 28 D4 Steam Generator Landmark Table Lengths Tab Figure 29 shows the Lengths tab of the main PARAMETERS dialog In most cases no entry is required on this tab Values entered in this dialog are specifically used for components containing U tubes of varying straight lengths Such a component is the Model F steam generator 9 Parameters for model FWH123 q K Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes ENTRY FIRST LAST S 1 99 140 352 130 4 500 4 Click here to add an entry or right click d to remove the last entry Figure 29 Lengths Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog The DELTA value addresses this unique issue The entry shown in Figure 29 indicates that an elevation difference DELTA of 4 5 linear units exists between the UBEND transitions from row to row beginning with row number 99 The straight length BASE of the U tubes in row 99 is 352 130 linear units The software will calculate the straight length for row 100 by adding the DELTA value to the BASE value of row 99 i e 356 630 This calculation will be repeated for each row in the specified range The value for each field is defined below To add an entry click the gray box indicated in Figure 29 or right click the box to remove the last entry To delete an entry other than the last
34. Cortar EddyVISION32 v6 0 MakeComp User Manual CoreStar International Corporation 1044 Sandy Hill Road Irwin PA 15642 Telephone 724 744 4094 Fax 724 744 4093 Www cores tar co rp com EddyVision 6 0 Contents NFTFOCUCUION EE 1 Starting the MakeComp Software rrnnvrnnnnvnnnnvnnnnnvnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnennn 2 Description of the Main Window rernnnnvvnnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 3 Menu Bar Main Window rnnnnnvvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnvnnnnnnnennnnnnnvnnnnnnnennnnnnnennnnnnnennnnnnnennnnnnnennnnnnnennnnnnner 4 Eh M 4 Edit MOMs ai radar TTT ae 8 View TT TEE 12 Util MENU sansene varia 14 lve 15 Main Wind OW BUILLOLIS erronee Iter nere redet iret e dna 16 PARAMETERS Button iacet ri tee tette eere sd haste dice Fat da aarp eae ee ata 16 Parameters Tab inti d o ta 17 Landmarks TaD aui oett T 19 Landmark Table General Guidelines sessi essetis nnns 19 Lengths Tab art ea PDC maius eu madidus 24 Tube Labels Tab ise iiti ode EL at EE Este c eed Mat oaks 25 Attributes Tab tp p ER RR Ru Ene eat 27 Groups TD iss term t RR RE B Rid ER ERA ERES 30 I NEM 31 ADDO GROUP BUHO norisei Dee AL A da coded cos cae cede ea eee eee e eere erased 32 PARAMETERS B ttor itr be aea bee deemed 33 LOOM BURON PORTER 38
35. EG selection this way As the tubes are inspected from the inlet end the landmarks will be seen in this order and at these locations in reference to the inlet tube end Descriptions of each field and or column on the Landmarks tab are provided in the following sections a Set Located in the upper left corner of the Landmarks tab click in the drop down list to select an available landmark set to add and or modify Landmark sets are assigned in the Group Parameters dialog discussed later see Add GROUP Button a NAME Enter a unique name for each landmark The name can be any desired alphanumeric expression up to 7 characters long however it s recommended that it not exceed 3 characters in length o TYPE Enter a landmark type for each landmark The following list of landmark types are reserved for each specific landmark purpose AVB Anti vibrational bar BAF Baffle Plate BW Bat Wing FB Fan Bar RB Radial Bar SP Tube Support Plate TEC Tube End Cold Leg or Outlet Tube End required TEH Tube End Hot Leg or Inlet Tube End required TSC Top of Tubesheet Cold Leg TSH Top of Tubesheet Hot Leg VS Vertical Strap User defined landmark types may be used as well For example the subcooler end plate in Figure 24 is typed and named SEP NOTES TEH must be the first landmark type entered at the top of all landmark tables Landmark types TEC and TSC are only used in either straight tubed components OR in U tu
36. Figure 65 Figure 66 EddyVision 6 0 View Menu in the Adding Editing Group Dialog eee 41 Using the Vertical Mirror Function sss sese esse eee eee 41 Using the Horizontal Mirror Function eese 42 Popup Menu in the Main MakeComp Window eee 45 Popup Menu Row Ticks Fly out Menus sees eee sese eee eee eee 46 Popup Menu Row Ticks Align Group eene 46 Using Popup Row Ticks Add Selected see 47 Using Popup Edit Tube ID URN i eu e ve die prede 49 Example of Tube Identification for Thimble Tubes Edit Tube ID 49 Assigning Selected Tubes to a Different Landmark Set Set Landmark Set 50 Landmark Set 0 Zero After Reassigning Selected Tubes to a Different Landmark Set ost ce ea eerte t a al li oto RES d Saec ee Ma Certe qund uvae the 51 R dia Array Example n onn dos de unte 52 Radial Array Dial g ui inc 52 Project Tables Components Taba aa 55 Completed EddyAdmin Dialog ucraniana 56 Tutorial Component E WEB en 57 Parameters Dialog Parameters Tab nadia 59 Parameters Dialog Tube Labels Tab sese 59 Completed Group Parameters Dialog for Section 1 sess 62 Adding Group Dialog Section l es 63 Auto Tek Param Dialogus is 64 Completed Group Parameters Dialog for Section 2 ses 66 Parameters dialog Landmarks Tab Showing Landmark Set O
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38. PARAMETERS zooM HORZOFFSET VERT OFFSET 00000000 Grid row 0 col 0 OK Cancel After Applying Vertical Mirror the enabled tubes on the building grid horizontally Think of holding a mirror vertically next to the building grid The pattern on the grid in the mirror would after using the View Mirror Vertical function The origin x y of the building appear flipped horizontally Figure 44 shows an asymmetrical pattern before and grid remains the same as represented by the cross hair cursors in Figure 44 JDI X Editing Group 0 Edit View PARAMETERS zooM HORZOFFSET VERT OFFSET 090202090202020902020202020202020202020 090909090202020 080202080202020000 20909 02020g02090 Grid row 0 col 0 DK Cancel Before Applying Vertical Mirror Figure 44 Using the Vertical Mirror Function 41 MakeComp June 2005 EddyVision M 6 0 tal flips or 1z0n iew Mirror Hori H Selecting Vi a View Mirror Horizontal mirrors the enabled tubes on the building grid vertically Think of holding a mirror horizontally next to the building grid The pattern on the grid in the mirror would appear flipped vertically Figure 45 shows an asymmetrical pattern before in Figure hair cursors and after using the View Mirror Horizontal function The origin x y of the building grid remains the same as represented by the cross 45
39. Project Table dialog Select File Save Select File Exit STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 June 2005 Return to the Adding Group dialog in MakeComp click the Parameters button to display the Group Parameters dialog Click the Material list box and select 304SS Click in the Sec field until I is displayed Ensure the Land Set field is set to 0 zero Click the Numbering list box and select Row Skip Spaces Click the Origin list box and select Upper Left The Group Parameters dialog should look like Figure 61 Click OK on the Group Parameters dialog MakeComp 61 EddyVision M 6 0 Group Parameters x Numbering Row Skip Spaces Origin Upper Left v Num Row 23 GroupAngle 0 0 Tube Pitch 0 652 Sec 1 ES Num Col 37 X Offset 0 000 Pitch nglet 60 0 Tube DD 0 750 Land Set First Row 1 3 Y Offset 0 000 Pitch ngle2 60 0 Material 30455 DK Cancel Figure 61 Completed Group Parameters Dialog for Section 1 A building grid now appears based on the settings in the Group Parameters dialog We ll now enable the group of tubes that exist in the lower half inlet pass of the feedwater heater A printout of the page containing Figure 58 will be helpful for the remaining steps STEP 1 Look at Figure 58 Counting the blank spaces in the first row on the lower half IN decide on the total number of tubes in
40. a rectangular pattern of enabled tubes click a disabled tube within the pattern and then click Edit Flood Fill a Edit Flood Clear The opposite of Flood Fill Selecting Edit Flood Clear disables all tubes on the building grid contained within an area defined by an enclosed boundary of enabled tubes To demonstrate click an enabled tube within the pattern created in Edit Flood Fill above and then click Edit Flood Clear a Edit Set Tube Offset This feature allows the user to offset an enabled tube on the building grid by entering X and Y offset values To demonstrate click on an enabled tube on the building grid select Edit Set Tube Offset enter say 10 for X Offset and 10 for Y Offset and click OK The tube color turns to blue This indicates that the tube has been offset from its apparent location Click OK on the Adding Editing Group dialog to return to the main MakeComp window The tube should be offset 10 linear units to the right and 10 linear units down from its original location This function is rarely used but is handy for rows of tubes that are zigzagged or staggered and not in a straight line a Edit Null Tube Offsets This feature clears all tube offsets for a given group of tubes on the building grid To demonstrate in the main MakeComp window right click the group of tubes containing the offset tube in the paragraph above and select Edit Group on the popup menu to open the group in the Editing Group dialog Ob
41. andmark set is built much the same way that the inlet landmark set was built in Figure 24 The NAME column now reflects the names of the outlet leg landmarks Note that the LEG column is still set to INLET Since this cmp file is showing both tube ends or egs of a U tube component we must treat each leg as a separate tube bundle for auto locate to work correctly Think of the inlet tube end as being the inspection reference tube end Parameters for model FWH123 x Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes set 1 y LAND NAME TYPE LEG POS ANGLE FB INT FIRST LAST REQ 1 TEO TEH INLET 0 000 1 999 Y amp 2 TSO TSH INLET 7 875 1 999 Y 3 H01 SP INLET 23 625 1 999 Y 4 H02 SP INLET 61 563 1 999 Y 5 H03 SP INLET 99 500 1 999 Y 6 H04 SP INLET 144 500 1 999 Y 7 H05 SP INLET 189 500 1 999 Y 8 H06 SP INLET 234 500 1 999 Y 9 H07 SP INLET 279 500 1 999 Y 10 H08 SP INLET 324 500 1 999 Y e OK Cancel Figure 25 Landmark Set 1 June 2005 MakeComp 20 EddyVision M 6 0 If a component contains only straight tubes i e condenser waterbox then the landmark table is quite easy to build The user simply builds the table in reference to the inlet tube end enters all the landmarks and ends the table with the name and type of the outlet tube end INLET should be selected under the LEG column for all the landmarks in such a table Think of the L
42. ap which was captured from the main MakeComp window Figure 38 Groups of Tubes Beginning With a First Row Other Than 1 a Group Angle This parameter allows the user to rotate a group to any desired angle This feature is especially useful when building complex tubesheet maps such as main condensers containing steam lanes at a variety of angles If no rotation is desired set the field to 0 zero In Figure 38 each group shown is rotated about 1 from the adjacent group Furthermore note that the general direction of the rows is vertical and numbered from the top to the bottom a X Offset This parameter determines where the X coordinate of the grid origin will be placed on the main tubesheet map This parameter in conjunction with the Y Offset below is useful for accurately lining up groups on the main tubesheet map The default is 0 zero a Y Offset This parameter determines where the Y coordinate of the grid origin will be placed on the main tubesheet map This parameter in conjunction with the X Offset above is useful for accurately lining up different tube groups on the main tubesheet map The default is 0 zero June 2005 MakeComp 34 a EddyVision 6 0 Tube Pitch Enter the horizontal center to center tube pitch For square pitch and equilateral tri pitch the tube pitch is the same horizontally or vertically as shown in Figure 39 Interior angles of right triangle are 45 amp 90 x Inte
43. arameters for model Lab 2 x Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes PLACEMENT ORIENT PITCH TUBE EGET GE ANGLE OFFSET x y sep ancijanc 2 1D op 0 i 90 0 0 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 i i 89 0 7 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 2 1 88 0 14 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 3 1 87 0 21 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 4 1 86 0 28 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 000 5 1 85 0 35 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 6 1 84 0 42 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 7 1 83 0 49 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 8 1 82 0 54 788 8 806 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 3 1 81 0 58 493 25 948 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 10 1 80 0 64 842 26 457 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 ii i 91 0 7 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 12 1 932 0 14 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 131 93 0 21 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 14 i 94 0 28 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 151 95 0 35 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 000 16 1 96 0 42 000 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 17 1 37 0 50 500 0 000 1 1 1 300 60 0 60 0 0 944 1 000 18 1 98 0 58 000 10 000 1 1 1
44. are 30 Pitch Angle1 Pitch Angle2 Figure 40 Asymmetrical Tri Pitch Design 30 30 MakeComp 35 EddyVision M 6 0 To calculate the horizontal tube pitch for the 30 30 tri pitch layout shown in Figure 40 when only the y dimension is provided use the following formula Cos30 X yX2 x where x is the horizontal tube pitch y is the slanted or offset tube pitch given on the specification drawing and Cos30 is the cosine of 30 and is a constant value of 0 866 If y equals 0 938 inch 15 16 inch which is a common tube pitch for many heat exchangers we get the following result 0 866 x 0 938 x 2 1 625 Therefore the horizontal tube pitch x would equal 1 625 inches and this value would be entered into the Tube Pitch field in the Group Parameters dialog a Pitch Anglel Enter the left interior base angle of the triangle created as shown in Figure 39 or Figure 40 For square pitch and equilateral tri pitch Pitch Anglel is 45 or 90 for square pitch dependant on how the triangle is drawn and 60 for equilateral tri pitch For asymmetrical tri pitch Figure 40 enter the actual base angles In the example shown in Figure 40 a value of 30 would be entered in this field By entering accurate values in this field the Pitch Angle2 field and the Tube Pitch field any conceivable tubesheet map can be created since these three 3 values are used to accurately calculate the position of each tube and their relationship
45. bed components where only one half of the component is used as the tubesheet map i e steam generators June 2005 MakeComp 21 EddyVision 6 0 a LEG Enter the appropriate leg that each landmark applies to Valid entries are INLET OUTLET or UBEND For straight tubed components the landmark table only needs to be built once from the inlet end When eddy current data is acquired from the outlet tube end of the component the Analysis software will automatically reverse the landmarks as seen from the outlet tube end a POS Enter the actual distance position in the linear units to be used for the location of each landmark from the reference tube end In Figure 25 the H04 tube support is located 144 500 linear units from the outlet tube TEO No position value is necessary for UBEND landmarks if present i e AVB The linear position of these landmarks is automatically calculated by the software based on the radius of the UBEND for a given tube a ANGLE Enter the angle where a UBEND landmark i e AVB intercepts the UBEND This angle value is measured as either a positive or a negative value in reference to the centerline of the tube bundle The vertical centerline is considered 0 As shown in Figure 26 positive values correspond with landmarks on the inlet side of the centerline while negative values coincide with landmarks on the outlet side of the centerline This setting works with the FIRST and LAST values discussed b
46. besheet map The origin X 0 Y 0 can easily be located on any tubesheet map by clicking and dragging while observing the status bar at the bottom of the main MakeComp window For example in Figure 1 the point where the mouse was last clicked on the tubesheet map which is near tube OUT 1 1 had coordinates of X 1 19 and Y 0 81 To add an entry in any of the three alias name sections click the appropriate gray box above the specific scroll bar or right click the corresponding box to remove the last entry The values for each field shown on this window are described below Parameters for model FWH123 x Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labets Attributes Groups Tubes 20 325 7 745 20 325 7 745 6 000 Figure 30 Tube Labels Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog a ROW As the gray box in the upper right corner of this area is clicked a new entry appears with the next sequential row number Enter the desired alias name for each row number in the adjacent LABEL field a COL As the gray box in the upper right corner of this area is clicked a new entry appears with the next sequential column number Enter the desired alias name for each column number in the adjacent LABEL field a SECA As the gray box in the upper right corner of this area is clicked a new entry appears with the next sequential section number Enter the desired alias name for each section number in the adjacent LABEL field a X
47. cannot express Its signi meets the needs of the dentification in terms of tube 1 especially both halves legs of lengths on each leg and we will ing tubed feedwater heater show ll create a U The intent is to inspect on WE W1 For this tutorial ight ly the stra the tube bundle tutorial setup the component file accordingly Figure 58 shows the component that we ll build ng this duri EN EN COSA y e DINA E DNTV f DNV iS AUR N A NM S gt rev m AN m Am NU Y DRA a Caria AEL SOU NM re COSINA FEN NT NS fft IN NINOS SNE NA 2 Mf UNS MINA YD INS NJ BUTE VL EG EG EN aD e a OY Fa NU a fe D DNG NUS NY RV Ua 5 pu VIE DV GIR eV fc DADA DARLA EE NS 2 RORY a ACTA ACOTADO AENA DOE Nr DL DU MY NY 2 PCI A RODIN PIG FN D ANO SN ENE AVA TE lt D am waa Ta EN NEP NEU AD FN SY YY YY RY RYT OY a DUDE AV A EEEE RY em SY YY DY IS DNI QM Fe NU NIU Fee NND ey Ny Ba EI DL AN VIVI IE DR DAT RIV PRIOR 3 AN RNC Fe NP YY WY WY DY ANDA E CONSENSO D re uy Lr MON TNT E RING IMG NG JA NS DIE INE HON Fe NEU a NN SU FN RIV DN E NN ARN SC ARIS NBR aD a Ne ANT Na OLY NTN Trey Gray Sree o L GS ONE TINE EMNE III ANS NG AE PN E 9 VISNER NBG NE Mr CN ANNI ANN EMNE NN N SINT fe INT VUA NT RN RT N re SNEV E a E DER NIR WT Y d ADA RE NY JE IE E f i cs NA e e EA NET e IT INE NT Ng oe STN RN
48. ck in the Max Length field until 5 0 is displayed STEP 7 In the Row Ticks section of the Auto Tick Param dialog click in the Closest Allowed Tube field until 1 0 is displayed STEP 8 In the Col Ticks section of the Auto Tick Param dialog disable gray Used The remaining settings in this section may be disregarded The Auto Tick Param dialog should now look like Figure 63 x Row Ticks Used n Align Ends B First Always B Last Always R Do First Last By SEC Inc 5 Tick Length 1 0 Max Length 5 0 Closest Allowed Tube 1 0 Col Ticks Used 4 Align Ends 4 First Always B Last Always nu Do First Last By SEC Inc 5 Tick Lenath 1 0 Max Length 5 0 ES Closest Allowed Tube 1 0 aa OK Cancel Figure 63 Auto Tick Param Dialog STEP 9 Click OK on the Auto Tick Param dialog Row ticks now appear on every 5 row of the section plus the first and last rows Compare the tubesheet map on screen to the lower half of Figure 58 TIP Press ESC on the keyboard to auto fit the tubesheet map to the screen June 2005 MakeComp 64 EddyVision M 6 0 NOTE The section watermark IN will not appear on screen Watermarks only appear on the printed map To remove the blank tubes STEP 1 Click the 8 tube in row 1 A green cursor box appears around the tube STEP 2 Press the Shift key on the keyboard and click the 8 tube from the end of row 1 A green cursor should now appear only around these two tubes STEP 3 Select Edit Delete Sel
49. ct this function simply choose Edit Undo Ctrl Z o FilelSave Ctrl S simply saves the current component file of the currently open project as project NconfigN systemNproject cmp o Filel Import displays the Import Model dialog shown in Figure 5 Simply select the desired component file from those listed and click the Open button Alternatively you may simply double click a file name as with any other Windows program The cmp file you open is displayed and replaces the project cmp file in the currently open project This is handy when you want to share a common cmp file between two or more projects File Import defaults to the following location EddyVision Install Path NCoreStarNEddyVision 6 NuseAcomp Regardless you may navigate to any drive accessible from your computer in order to import a cmp file Import Model 2x Look in a comp er Br My Recent Documents Desktop My Documents wr File name FwH 123 cmp v Qu ned Files of type Component emp v Cancel Open as read only Figure 5 Import Model Dialog June 2005 MakeComp 5 EddyVision M 6 0 o Filel Export displays the Export Model As dialog shown in Figure 6 Type the desired name for the cmp file in the File name field There is no need to add the cmp extension to the name since the program will add it automatically The current project cmp file displayed in MakeComp will be exported or saved with the filename you choose Th
50. currently selected section other pertinent information Displays the current row tubesheet map in Main Working Area its entirety descriptions of the different areas of the main window familiarize yourself with the main window Figure 2 Parts of the Main MakeComp Window MakeComp June 2005 EddyVision M 6 0 Menu Bar Main Window File Menu As shown in Figure 3 the File menu contains nine 9 choices Each item is discussed below Component C Projec File Edit View Util Help Open Project Ctrl 0 New Component Save Import Export Print Preview Print Recent Projects Figure 3 File Menu o File Open Project Ctrl 0 displays the Open Project dialog shown in Figure 4 Simply select the desired project file from those listed and click the Open button Alternatively you may simply double click a file name as with any other Windows program Afterwards the program opens the project and displays the project cmp file in the working area of the main window Open Project X Project C Projects_6 0 we G Projects 6 0 FUE 123 FUA LPFHisC LPFHI6A Drive eon vii Project Name Cancel Figure 4 Open Project Dialog June 2005 MakeComp 4 EddyVision M 6 0 o Filel New Component clears the currently displayed cmp file from the main MakeComp window and resets MakeComp to default values for the new component If you inadvertently sele
51. diately below the pull down menus Review Figure 21 for a brief description about the function of each button amp Component C Proji Repaints the File Edit View Util Help main window PARAMETERS ADD GROUP REFRESH Opens the Adding Group Opens the PARAMETERS dialog amp displays a new dialog in the main MakeComp empty group of tubes window Figure 21 Buttons in the Main MakeComp Window PARAMETERS Button Selecting the Parameters button in Figure 21 causes the dialog shown in Figure 22 to appear This interface is used to define and or store certain parameters about the component Typical parameters include but are not limited to e optional alias names for row columns or sections e landmarks table used by Eddy VISION Analysis software to accurately identify amp label landmarks internal support structures during data analysis e optional printed section watermarks for multi sectioned components e optional printed tube numbers in every tube Parameters for model FWH123 x Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes HPFVHX Model Name Row Name ROW Col Name TUBE Sec Name SEC Inlet Name INLET Outlet Name OUTLET Draw Sec Labels M Use Tube Labels M Has Ubends F I DK Cancel Figure 22 Parameters Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog June 2005 MakeComp 16 EddyVision 6 0 Parameters Tab Each field on the Parameters tab of t
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53. e 55 were used to create the Radial Array tubesheet map shown in Figure 54 June 2005 MakeComp 51 EddyVision M 6 0 imi File None A ES File Edit View Import PARAMETERS ADD GROUP REFRESH Rw TusE i sechi Inch 45 40 A 50 ji 0000 A 023389299088 25g 35 0862850999906 59690 f 60 o909099800000009969509d 99529292222288232292222229 30 090392303800 98203086 AENA EII ovg OND O 0 0 09 5 0 0 0 Oso fo Po Paso 00 ono 05 5909090900998929958909090 T9909 o qa ARI RO E TT N 5555550909509 0099909008909 9G 5 P o o SFe PeP Q5 95 H 5 5 o90950 5005909950005 9G PGI S SEPP PP OS 4 06090 00940740 70000200000 9590509 Po oo o 0 0 00000 4050700 7500000005200 20 2 09D o d o o o 0 9 9 9 9 290 929000 ooogodgogo CCS e ge o 09 0 9 05 5 55 960500 9ogo9d doo dd 400 o 70 Pa o 90 BO OPS OOP PLS Pe Pe 20 9 0 9 9570 00090 9 op oO 9 o9 o QU 0 A O5 95 o o 9 95 00 9800 o d A D o Q o 0 9 055 059 PO o d duo o 07 o c 9s 9 95 0 0575 6 99 FPP o 0749 6 c d go PRIN 96 900 050 c poc oho c 00 09 30 o la 9 o o O o o o o 75 o MCN EM 09 og 5 eo eo on e e os Oo 9o 9 200203200 II 09700 09 715 05 09 09 99 a o 0 09 00020020200 KARER A 0 Oo oJ o Po 0 R a 0 Loo go 9o 09 Poo Po Pago CC MC 00 Oa 90 og 0 o o o Og 0e 06 9o 09 007 o o o o 09 09 0 09 009 y o o o 0c 909 90 o9 go 80 0 900 Poo Poo Po 00700000000 go o Og 909 90 09909 4009 50 10 Oo 00 700
54. eated once a Inlet and outlet tubesheet views available at a click of a mouse button a Easy to use zooming and panning for viewing tubesheet details a Optional section labels section labels or watermarks actually appear within each section of a printed tubesheet map if desired a Optional tube numbers tube numbers actually appear within each tube of a printed tubesheet map if desired a Powerful editing features cmp files may be edited in any way at any time a Groups of tubes on a tubesheet map can be rotated to any orientation in order to match the actual physical view of a component a The tubesheet mapping feature is mathematical based therefore if dimensional information 1 e tube pitch tube ID tube OD etc is entered accurately the resulting tubesheet map will be a precise scale model June 2005 MakeComp 1 EddyVision M 6 0 123 config system project cmp _6 0 FWH Projects File Edit View Util Help project that was open during the last program session will automatically open and the C starts the main window of the MakeComp program shown in Figure 1 will appear The model or component cmp file displayed as shown in Figure 1 To start the MakeComp software double click the MakeComp icon on the Windows Desktop or located in the EddyVision 6 0 folder of the Start menu After the program PARAMETERS ADD GROUP REFRESH Component Starting the MakeComp Software o9o9o9o9
55. ecet oles eee 5 Figure 6 Export Model As Dialog Ai i A t 6 Fr ure Print Dialog eer PE 7 Figure 8 Recent Projects Fly out Menu ss etie Ehe en 7 Figure 9 Warning Message Upon Exiting MakeComp eene 8 Figure 10 Edit Men s i ume cete t tee aie eS leech sean eed OG eaten dit dae es 8 Figure 11 Auto Tick Parameters Dialog asaltos 9 Figure 12 Example of Periphery Tubes Identified on a Tubesheet Map 11 Fete View A a a a a a E e E SE 12 Figure 14 Example of the Flip Horizontal Function eene 13 Figure 15 Floating Tube ID BOX our edi 13 Figure 16 Uul Mei PEEL 14 Figure 17 HASP Keys Dialogi oo arent A 14 Figure t8 FAP VICI sce eee iid net dite e e biete cadet at bcn 15 Preuse 19 Project Info Dial Oe uroer dot Cen i bd t ences 15 Figure 20 About Dialog 2 dera e tecto it cosi qu dis 15 Figure 21 Buttons in the Main MakeComp W1ImdOW sss sese sees 16 Figure 22 Parameters Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog eee 16 Figure 23 Examples of Tube Labels and Section Labels Watermarks 18 Figure 24 Landmarks Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog eee 19 Figure 25 Landmark Set 12 sangene aa 20 Figure 26 Understanding the ANGLE Value for UBEND Landmarks i e AVBSs 22 Figure 27 Understanding the Fan Bar Intercept Value eee 23 Figure 28 D4 Steam Generator Landmar
56. ect c Vv6 0 Projects FWH3A and click Open Select File New Component Click the Parameters button on the main screen Click the Parameters tab on the Parameters dialog In the Component Type field type Feedwater Heater In the Model Name field type FWH3 STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP 10 11 12 13 In the Row Name field type ROW In the Col Name field type TUBE In the Sec Name field type PASS In the Inlet Name field type INLET In the Outlet Name field type OUTLET Enable Draw Sec Labels and Use Tube Labels by clicking the button beside each The buttons turn green If necessary disable Has Ubends by clicking the button beside it The button turns gray not green and appears raised Has Ubends is turned on only when building a U tubed component for a project where the U bends will be inspected and only half the component will be shown on the map This feature calculates the length of each U bend for each tube June 2005 MakeComp 58 EddyVision M 6 0 The Parameters tab of the Parameters dialog should now appear as shown in Figure 59 Parameters for model FWHS Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes Component Type Feedvater Heater Model Name FWH3 Row Name ROW Col Name TUBE Sec Name PASS Inlet Name INLET Outlet Name OUTLET Draw Sec Labels J Use Tube Labels J Figure 59 Parameters Dialog
57. ect from scratch For more information about creating and managing projects please refer to the EddyAdmin User Manual STEP 1 Using Windows Explorer create a directory on your hard drive named C Vv6 0 Projects STEP 2 Start EddyAdmin by double clicking the EddyAdmin icon on the desktop STEP 3 Select Project New from the menu bar STEP 4 Inthe New Project dialog browse to C Vv6 0 Projects STEP 5 In the Project Name box type in the name of the project and click Save This should be the name of the component to be inspected In this example we ll be inspecting Feedwater Heater 3A Let s use FWH3A as the name EddyAdmin will create the following directory for the project C v6 0_Projects FWH3A STEP 6 Click Edit Project Lookup Tables STEP 7 Click the Components tab STEP 8 Click the asterisk above the vertical scroll bar A new row appears at the bottom of the Components table STEP 9 Click in each field of the new row and type in the following information SITE CODE CIC COMPONENT FWH3A OWNER ABC POWER GROUP TZ Timezone 4 UNIT 2 The entry should appear as shown in Figure 56 Click OK June 2005 MakeComp 54 EddyVision M 6 0 Project Table site tbl EE xj File Edit Components Users Motors Standards Probes Extensions Testers Pushers Fixtures Materials Oper Types NUM SITE CODE COMPONENT OWNER TZ UNIT 1 CIC FUH3A ABC POWER GROUP EDT GHT 4 2
58. ected Tubes The selected tubes disappear from the map TIP If the wrong tubes are deleted simply select Edit Undo Delete Selected Tubes Ctrl Z and try again STEP 4 Click the center tube N 9 6 in row 9 A green cursor box appears around the tube STEP 5 Select Edit Delete Selected Tubes The selected tube disappears from the map STEP 6 Click the 4 tube in row 18 A green cursor box appears around the tube STEP 7 Press the Shift key on the keyboard and click the 4 tube from the end of row 18 A green cursor should now appear only around these two tubes STEP 8 Select Edit Delete Selected Tubes The selected tubes disappear from the map A total of 504 tubes should now be displayed in the lower left side of the MakeComp screen STEP 9 Select File Save We re about done creating the basic component Let s create the other half of the component by using the Dupe Group feature as follows STEP 1 Click any tube in the map A green cursor box appears around the tube STEP 2 Right click the selected tube and click Edit Group in the popup The group is opened in the Editing Group dialog same as the Adding Group dialog when adding a new group STEP 3 Select Edit Dupe Group The dialog s title changes to Adding Group 1 June 2005 MakeComp 65 EddyVision M 6 0 STEP 4 Click the Parameters button The Group Parameters dialog appears STEP STEP STEP STEP 5 Select Lower Left in the Origin
59. een The keyboard shortcut for this function is the Esc key while the mouse shortcut is Ctrl middle click o View Flip Horizontal flips the currently displayed tubesheet map horizontally This function is handy for creating inlet and outlet cmp files For example you build a main condenser waterbox tubesheet map as viewed from the inlet however some of the other waterboxes will be tested from the outlet Once the inlet is built export the cmp file for safe keeping and select View Flip Horizontal The tubesheet map immediately flips and provides an outlet mirror view of the tubesheet complete with correct section and tube numbers Now export the outlet cmp file with a different name than the previously exported inlet cmp file Now each cmp file can be imported into the appropriate project i e inlet or outlet as required In most cases you will only need to build any tubesheet map only once Figure 14 shows the tubesheet map from Figure 1 after the View Flip Horizontal function has been applied Note in the View menu of Figure 14 that the Flip Horizontal is active as indicated by the small checkmark next to the selection The horizontal flip is obvious since the row numbers now appear on the right side of the tubesheet map Row numbers ticks are always anchored next to the first tube for a given row June 2005 MakeComp 12 EddyVision M 6 0 a E Q 3 bx 2 a d 3 r u Pd e bl c 6 iSi m N m S S
60. elow AVB Bars md Inlet Leg Figure 26 Understanding the ANGLE Value for UBEND Landmarks i e AVBs June 2005 MakeComp 22 EddyVision 6 0 a FB INT Abbreviation for Fan Bar Intercept Fan bars like AVBs are UBEND support structures specifically used in Westinghouse Model CRF 80 steam generators For each fan bar landmark enter the distance d from the U bend tangent to the point where the fan bar would intercept the vertical axis of the steam generator for the first row where each fan bar is present This is necessary because the UBEND tangent is not at the same elevation from row to row for this model The DELTA value discussed later allows the software to automatically calculate remaining fan bar locations Review Figure 27 for a better understanding of the value required Vertical Axis of Generator Figure 27 Understanding the Fan Bar Intercept Value Q FIRST For each landmark enter the first row number where the landmark is present In Figure 28 UBEND landmarks AV2 and AV3 are present beginning in row 21 This tells the auto locate feature in the Analysis software not to look for AV2 and AV3 in rows 1 through 20 a LAST For each landmark enter the last row number where the landmark is present The LAST value works with the FIRST value above to create a range of rows where specific landmarks are known to be present In Figure 28 the LAST value is 999 for all the landmarks in the table The D4 model stea
61. elow e Parameters for model FWH123 Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes Baffle Thickness 0 500 SP Thickness 0 750 Strap Thickness 0 000 Batwing Thickness 0 000 Batwing Angle 0 000 Batwing Base 0 000 Batwing Pos 0 000 Row 1 Rad 0 000 10 000 3 3 399 ze Figure 31 Attributes Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog Q Baffle Thickness Enter the thickness of any baffle plates in the component The linear unit of measure should be the same throughout the component file If inches are in use then all linear measurements should be entered in inches If any landmarks are typed as baffles BAF in the landmark table an entry here could improve the accuracy of the auto locate feature in the Analysis software a SP Thickness Enter the thickness of the tube support plates in the component a Strap Thickness Enter the thickness of the vertical straps VS in the component Vertical straps are only present along the straight portion of square UBENDs in CE Model 80 steam generators If vertical straps are present enter the distance in linear units in the ANGLE column of the landmark table for each vertical strap as measured from the vertical axis of the tube bundle June 2005 MakeComp 27 EddyVision 6 0 Vertical straps toward the inlet hot leg are positive values while those toward the outlet hot leg are negative values See Figure 32 for clari
62. en assigned the alias names of A B and C respectively Column numbers 1 2 and 3 have been assigned the alias names of X Y and Z respectively Finally sections 0 and 1 have been assigned alias names of IN and OUT respectively Row and column number 0 zero was left blank intentionally since this row or column was not used in the example cmp file This dialog is mostly used for alias naming section numbers If no alias names are assigned section row and column numbers default to their respective whole number including zero if used Whether the number zero is used or not is specified within the parameters of each tube group added to the component This feature is only used if alias names are desired Assigned alias names will appear on the tubesheet map in the form of row ticks column ticks and section watermarks if enabled Finally the user has the ability to relocate section labels watermarks on the printed tubesheet map as well as control over the character size of the watermarks For example in Figure 30 Section 1 shows an X value of 20 325 a Y value of 7 745 and a Height value of 6 000 Since this cmp file was built based on inches these values mean that the center of the watermark for Section 1 which is alias named OUT will appear on the printed tubesheet map as 6 inch high characters June 2005 MakeComp 25 EddyVision M 6 0 located 7 745 inches up from the origin and 20 325 inches to the right of the origin on the tu
63. enu contains seven 7 choices Each item is discussed below 0 June 2005 Edit View Util Help Undo Parameters Auto Compute Ticks D Delete All Ticks Delete Selected Tubes K K Auto Compute Sec Labels D K Set Periph Tubes Clear Periph Tubes 5 ara Figure 10 Edit Menu Edit Undo Ctrl Z will undo the last action performed Continuing to select Undo will continue to undo previous actions up to the last 20 actions performed A description of the next available action to be undone is displayed next to Undo in the Edit menu For example in Figure 10 the last action was a change in the Parameters dialog If no actions are available to be undone then the Undo selection will be grayed out MakeComp 8 EddyVision M 6 0 o Edit Auto Compute Ticks displays the dialog shown in Figure 11 Adjust the settings as desired and then click OK to add row and or column tick marks to the currently displayed tubesheet map in the main MakeComp window Experimentation by the user is recommended to see the results of various settings Review Figure 11 for a description of each setting Align Ends If enabled green row ticks will be lined up as shown in Figure 1 else the length of each row tick will be determined by the Tick Length amp Max Length settings Last Always If enabled green the last row in each section or group as determined by the Do First Last By setting will be tick marked
64. f tubes In the Num Col field type 37 i e about 3 more tubes than the longest IOW In the First Row field type I In the Group Angle field type 0 In the X Offset field type 0 In the Y Offset field type 0 In the Tube Pitch field type 0 938 In the Pitch Anglel field type 60 In the Pitch Angle2 field type 60 For detailed information regarding Tube Pitch and Pitch Angle values required by MakeComp please review these items under the Add Group Button topic discussed earlier STEP 13 STEP 14 STEP 15 STEP 16 STEP 17 June 2005 In the Tube ID field type 0 652 In the Tube OD field type 0 750 Click the Material list box Note that the list box is empty This is because there are no entries in the Materials project lookup table Let s add an entry Click OK on the Group Parameters dialog but leave the Adding Group dialog open Click Start Programs EddyVision 6 0 EddyAdmin MakeComp 60 STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 EddyVision M 6 0 If necessary select File Open Project and open the FWH3A project Select Edit Project Lookup Tables Click the Materials tab Click the asterisk above the vertical scroll bar A new row appears at the bottom of the Materials table Click in the Name field and type 304SS Click in the Conductivity field and type 2 5 Click OK on the
65. fication Inlet Vertical Axis Outlet Hot Leg Cold Leg Figure 32 Determining Location Values for Vertical Straps in a Landmark Table Q Batwing Thickness The batwing is unique to CE Model 80 steam generators Enter the thickness of the batwing In Figure 33 the Batwing Thickness is shown as dimension c If the batwing is not present leave this field set to O zero Q Batwing Angle Enter the angle of the batwing In Figure 33 the Batwing Angle is shown as angle b If the batwing is not present leave this field set to 0 zero a Batwing Base Enter the length of the base of the batwing In Figure 33 the Batwing Base is shown as dimension a If the batwing is not present leave this field set to O zero a Batwing Pos Enter the distance in linear units from the base of the batwing to the tube end at the inlet outlet tubesheet In Figure 33 the Batwing Pos is shown as dimension d If the batwing is not present leave this field set to 0 zero June 2005 MakeComp 28 a a a June 2005 EddyVision 6 0 Row 1 Rad Enter the radius of the U bend for the first inboard row of tubes measured in linear units If Has Ubends on the Parameters tab is disabled this field will be ignored Square Bend Rad Enter the radius of the first inboard row of square bend tubes measured in linear units This value is used to determine the length of the square bend First Square Ubend Enter the first row where
66. g the Parameters button on the Adding Group dialog shown in Figure 36 causes the Group Parameters dialog shown in Figure 37 to appear All the necessary details about a new group of tubes should be entered on this dialog before building the group however they can be entered anytime These parameters define the building grid that will be created in the Adding Group dialog Each parameter on this dialog is defined below Please refer to Figure 37 as each parameter is described 9 Group Parameters x Numbering Row Skip Spaces v Origin Upper Left v Num Row 31 Group Angle 0 0 Tube Pitch 0 813 Tube lD 0 527 Num Col 58 x Offset 0 000 Pitch Angle1 60 0 Tube OD 0 625 i First Row 1 Ex Y Offset 0 000 Pitch Angle2 60 0 Material 316 SS v Dn L m OK Cancel Figure 37 Group Parameters Dialog in the Adding Group Dialog a Num Row Enter a number slightly greater than the actual number of rows in the group of tubes being built For example the feedwater heater shown in Figure 1 has a total of twenty one 21 rows in the inlet leg lower half For this group a value of thirty one 31 would work well in the Num Row field as shown in Figure 37 This value simply defines the number of rows that will be available on the resulting building grid in the Adding Group dialog Any of these parameters on this dialog may be edited at anytime even after the tubesheet map has been com
67. group of tubes right click the desired group on the tubesheet map displayed in the main MakeComp window and select Edit Group from the popup menu as shown in Figure 42 Next the selected group of tubes is displayed in the Editing Group dialog essentially the same as the Adding Group dialog shown in Figure 36 Immediately click Edit Dupe Group This action duplicates and displays the newly duplicated group June 2005 MakeComp 39 EddyVision 6 0 Note that in the title bar of the dialog it now displays Adding Group x where x is the next available group number automatically assigned by MakeComp Now that the desired group has been duped click the PARAMETERS button and change any fields as appropriate for the newly duped group on the Group Parameters dialog Typical changes may include the section number the landmark set to be used for this group the first row number in the new group the origin etc Finally click OK on both the Group Parameters dialog and then the Adding Group dialog The newly duped tube group now appears in the main MakeComp window Use the Move Group feature on the popup menu in Figure 42 to move the new group to the desired location The features of the popup menu are discussed in detail later in the Popup Menu topic a Edit Flood Fill Selecting Edit Flood Fill or Alt F enables all tubes on the building grid contained within an area defined by an enclosed boundary of enabled tubes To demonstrate create
68. he main Parameters dialog is described below Refer to Figure 22 for the following field locations a June 2005 Component Type Enter a generic name for the component i e Feedwater Heater Component Cooler HPFWH LPFWH MC Waterbox etc Model Name Enter a descriptive name for the component If the cmp file can be used for more than one component this name should be generalized For example if the cmp file is the same for all the A feedwater heaters then use a name such as A Series FWHs You only need to build a cmp file once for identical components Row Name Enter the term you wish to use for the name of the rows in the cmp file The name ROW is the most common however LIN amp LINE have been used as well The name you enter will appear throughout the EddyVision software modules when the project is open that uses the cmp file containing the name Col Name Enter the term you wish to use for the name of the columns in the cmp file The name TUBE is common for most heat exchangers however COL has been used as well The name you enter will appear throughout the EddyVision software modules when the project is open that uses the cmp file containing the name Sec Name Enter the term you wish to use for the name of the sections in the cmp file The name SEC is common for most heat exchangers however QUAD ZONE amp PASS may be used as well The name you enter will appear throughout the EddyVision sof
69. heck the landmark set assignments as follows STEP 1 Right click on the tubesheet map and choose Select Landmark Set 0 from the popup menu All tubes assigned to Landmark Set 0 should be highlighted If not right click the tubesheet map and select Reset Landmark Sets from the popup menu STEP 2 Right click on the tubesheet map and select Select Landmark Set 1 from the popup menu All tubes assigned to Landmark Set 1 should be highlighted STEP 3 Select File Save on the main menu bar of MakeComp STEP 4 Exit MakeComp June 2005 MakeComp 71 EddyVision 6 0 Rotating Groups of Tubes The following steps are provided so that you can experience how to rotate groups of tubes so that the final tubesheet map displayed in the main MakeComp window appears in the same orientation as the physical heat exchanger To demonstrate this concept you will be shown how to rotate both groups sections of the cmp file you just finished creating in this tutorial so that the tube bundle will appear to be rotated 30 To begin open the FWH3A project in MakeComp STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6 Right click the inlet pass lower half of the tubesheet map and select Edit Group from the Popup menu MakeComp opens the group in an Editing Group dialog Click the PARAMETERS button to display the Group Parameters dialog shown in Figure 61 In the Group Angle field enter a value of 30 minus 30 then click OK No effec
70. is is handy when you want to share a common cmp file between two or more projects File Export defaults to the following location EddyVision Install Path NCoreStarNEddyVision 6 NuseAcomp Regardless you may navigate to any drive accessible from your computer in order to export a cmp file Export Model As x Save in G comp img Edy My Recent Documents Desktop o My Documents L d SE File name rwn 23 cmp v e Save as type Component cmp v Cancel Figure 6 Export Model As Dialog o File Print Preview displays a dialog with an approximation of what the printed cmp will look like when printed The Print Preview displays either portrait or landscape based on the current printer settings please see Windows documentation for more information on Printer Settings o File Print Ctrl P displays a typical Windows Print dialog as shown in Figure 7 Select the desired printer click the Preferences button to modify the printer s parameters as desired then click Print to print otherwise click Cancel June 2005 MakeComp 6 0 HINT EddyVision M 6 0 General r Select Printer Name Documents Status SUD LaserJet 5P Ready F Ready M Status Ready Preferences Location Corestar Office Comment Find Printer r Page Range AI Number of copies Selection Current Page Pages Ll lp Figure 7 Print Dialog File Recent Projects
71. k Table cu teens 24 Figure 29 Lengths Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog eene 24 Figure 30 Tube Labels Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog eese 26 Figure 31 Attributes Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog eene 21 Figure 32 Determining Location Values for Vertical Straps in a Landmark Table 28 Figure 33 Determining Batwing Values on the Attributes Dialog eese 29 Figure 34 Groups Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog eene 30 Figure 35 Tubes Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog sss sss sees 3l Figure 36 Adding Group Dialog immer 32 Figure 37 Group Parameters Dialog in the Adding Group Dialog esses 33 Figure 38 Groups of Tubes Beginning With a First Row Other Than 1 34 Figure 39 Symmetrical Tube Pitch Designs sss treo diia 35 Figure 40 Asymmetrical Tri Pitch Design 30 30 seen 35 Figure 41 Edit Menu in the Adding Group Dialog een 39 Figure 42 Popup Menu on Main MakeComp Window Right click Map 39 June 2005 MakeComp ii Figure 43 Figure 44 Figure 45 Figure 46 Figure 47 Figure 48 Figure 49 Figure 50 Figure 51 Figure 52 Figure 53 Figure 54 Figure 55 Figure 56 Figure 57 Figure 58 Figure 59 Figure 60 Figure 61 Figure 62 Figure 63 Figure 64
72. le Adding Landmarks to a Component File In this tutorial unlike the real world the landmarks and their associated distances are readily available Many times however landmark information is difficult to obtain In those instances you can use the eddy current data to determine the landmarks in the component as well as the distance each one is located from the tube end To do this physically measure the straight length setup a manual scale in the analysis software and review eddy current data of selected tubes in both halves of the component Using the manual scale landmark distances can easily be measured noted and entered accordingly into the cmp file Because the landmarks are typically different in the lower half inlet pass of a horizontal feedwater heater vs the upper half outlet pass each half must be treated as an independent tube bundle with its own landmark set Table 1 and Table 2 each show a list of the landmarks for each landmark set used for each section or pass Each table shows all the values required to setup each landmark set We will refer to this table while entering the landmarks for the component therefore a printed copy will be handy Landmarks in the cmp file are only required if Eddy Vision Analysis software will be used to analyze the eddy current data and either manual or auto landmarks will be used to identify the landmarks in the heat exchanger June 2005 MakeComp 67 EddyVision M 6 0
73. list box 6 Click in the Sec field until 2 is displayed 7 Click in the Land Set field until I is displayed 8 The Group Parameters dialog should look like Figure 64 Click OK on the Group Parameters dialog x Num Row 23 GroupAngle 0 0 Tube Pitch 0 938 TubelD 0 652 Sec 2 Num Col 37 X Offset 0 000 Pitch Angel 60 0 Tube OD 0 750 Land Set 1 FistRow 1 Offset 0 000 Ple 2 60 0 Material 30455 STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP STEP 9 Click OK on the Adding Group dialog The complete map is now displayed on the main MakeComp screen 10 Select Edit Auto Compute Ticks 11 Click OK on the Auto Tick Param dialog The tubesheet map on screen should now match the one shown in Figure 58 12 Select Edit Auto Compute Sec Labels Before continuing perform either File Print Preview or Print in order to see the effect of the Auto Compute Sec Labels feature Note the large centered watermarks 13 Click the Parameters button on the main MakeComp screen 14 Click the Tube Labels tab 15 Click in the Height field for Sec 1 and type 7 16 Click in the Height field for Sec 2 and type 7 June 2005 MakeComp 66 EddyVision M 6 0 STEP 17 Click OK on the Parameters dialog When printed the watermarks will now appear centered in each pass at a reasonable font size STEP 18 Select File Save STEP 19 Proceed to the next tutorial topic for Adding Landmarks to a Component Fi
74. m generator actually has only 49 total rows This demonstrates that the exact value is not required as long as the number is equal to or greater than the last row number Q REQ Abbreviation for required Enter Y for yes or N for no A Y es forces auto locate in Analysis to label this landmark for every tube in the First Last range of rows even if the landmark is not present An N o allows the Analysis software to detect if the landmark is present and if so locate and label it In Figure 24 the baffles are marked as N in the REQ column because the baffles are not present in every tube of every row June 2005 MakeComp 23 EddyVision M 6 0 Parameters for model D4 x Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes Set 0 LAND NAME TYPE LEG POS ANGLE FB INT FIRST LAST REQ 1 TEH TEH INLET 0 000 1 999 Yom 2 TSH TSH INLET 21 180 1 999 Y 3 1H BAF INLET 27 560 1 9991 Y 4 3H SP INLET 57 560 1 999 Y 5 SH SP INLET 93 560 1 999 Y 6 7H SP INLET 129 560 T 999 Y 7 8H SP INLET 172 560 1 999 Y 8 9H SP INLET 215 560 1 999 Y 9 10H SP INLET 258 560 1 999 Y 10 11H SP INLET 301 560 1 999 Y 11 AV1 AVB UBEND 65 000 10 999 Y 12 AV2 AVB UBEND 26 000 21 999 Y 13 AV3 AVB UBEND 26 000 21 999 Y 14 AV4 AVB UBEND 65 000 10 999 Y 15 11C SP OUTLET 301 560 1 9991 Y 16 10C SP OUTLET 258 560 1 999 Y 17 9
75. n the numeric keypad press the asterisk key 33 filled tubes should now be enabled for row 3 Repeat the two steps above for the remaining rows of the lower half of the component before continuing to the next step The Adding Group dialog should now look like the one shown in Figure 62 Click OK on the Adding Group dialog MakeComp returns to the main screen and displays only the enabled tubes on the building grid Adding Group 0 ml x Edit View PARAMETERS ZOOM HORZOFFSET VERT OFFSET SG 02080 ese ese 97 O 595 O92 e Grid row 0 col 0 OK Cancel ancel Figure 62 Adding Group Dialog Section 1 Let s temporarily add row tick marks to the map The row ticks will help us to quickly identify and remove the blank tubes later STEP 1 Select Edit Auto Compute Ticks STEP 2 In the Row Ticks section of the Auto Tick Param dialog enable green Used Align Ends First Always and Last Always STEP 3 In the Row Ticks section of the Auto Tick Param dialog click in the Do First Last By field until SEC is displayed June 2005 MakeComp 63 EddyVision M 6 0 STEP 4 In the Row Ticks section of the Auto Tick Param dialog click in the Inc field until 5 is displayed STEP 5 In the Row Ticks section of the Auto Tick Param dialog click in the Tick Length field until 1 0 is displayed STEP 6 Inthe Row Ticks section of the Auto Tick Param dialog cli
76. n the row of interest and click Select Row on the Popup menu The row becomes selected i e all tubes in the row are now highlighted in green To select multiple row hold down Shift and repeat the procedure for each additional row Popup Edit Tube ID This function is used to assign a different tube identification to a given tube Tube identification is usually in the format of SEC ROW COL For example in Figure 50 the cursor is pointing to a tube with a tube identification of OUT 1 1 If the Sec Name field on the Parameters tab of the main Parameters dialog is left blank then tube identifications will be in the format ROW COL To assign a different tube identification for a given tube click Edit Tube ID on the Popup menu The Edit Tube ID dialog shown in Figure 50 appears Click on the tube you wish to re identity A green cursor box appears around the tube Next click or right click in the SEC ROW and TUBE fields as necessary to dial in the new Tube ID Continue this process until all the tubes of interest have been re identified This function though rarely used is extremely valuable in setting the Tube IDs of seal table thimble tubes as shown in the example in Figure 51 June 2005 MakeComp 48 EddyVision M 6 0 The INC ALL TUBE IN ROW button on the Edit Tube ID dialog shown in Figure 50 simply increments all the tube col values in the selected row The button has no effect on the sec or row values in the selected row Em
77. n tri pitch tubesheets o Edit Delete All Ticks deletes all row and column tick marks from the currently displayed tubesheet map in the main MakeComp window Use Edit Undo afterwards if desired June 2005 MakeComp EddyVision M 6 0 o Edit Delete Selected Tubes deletes all currently selected tubes from the tubesheet map in the main MakeComp window Use Edit Undo afterwards if desired o Edit Auto Compute Sec Labels automatically calculates the size and location of section labels watermarks on a tubesheet map The section labels will only be visible in Print Preview and or on the printed tubesheet map Furthermore for the section labels to be visible Draw Sec Labels must be enabled on the Parameters tab of the main Parameters dialog Click the Parameters button on the main window to display the Parameters dialog To change the location and or size of section labels see Parameters Button Tube Labels Tab later in this manual o Edit Set Periph Tubes provides the user a method of identifying the periphery tubes of a tubesheet map Depending on the tubesheet map and component periphery tubes may differ from user to user For example one user may consider the periphery tubes for a typical feedwater heater to be only the outer tubes around the whole tube bundle Another user may consider the periphery tubes to be the outer tubes around each pass inlet amp outlet of the tube bundle Still others may consider the pe
78. ncluding Upper Left Upper Right Lower Left or Lower Right The origin for the group that makes up the inlet leg bottom half of the feedwater heater tubesheet shown in Figure 1 should be Upper Left MakeComp 37 EddyVision 6 0 ZOOM Button The ZOOM button provides a way to zoom in out or auto fit while working in the Adding Group dialog when greater or lesser detail is desired to be viewed The button is used as follows Click zooms in to the center of the building grid Continue clicking to zoom in until the level of detail is achieved Right click zooms out and centers the building grid Continue right clicking to zoom out until the level of detail is achieved Middle click resets the building grid to fit within the Adding Group window HORZ OFFSET Button The HORZ OFFSET button shown in Figure 36 allows the user to move enabled tubes to the left or to the right on the building grid Care should be exercised when using this feature since enabled tubes will be deleted if moved beyond the perimeter of the building grid The button is used as follows Click moves enabled tubes on the building grid one column to the left Continue clicking until the desired location is reached Right click moves enabled tubes on the building grid one column to the right Continue right clicking until the desired location is reached VERT OFFSET Button The VERT OFFSET button shown in Figure 36 allows the user to move enabled tubes u
79. o9o969696 o 609696969696969696 S oc D oco9o9o9o9o9o690909696 o e co p El a H n E d E H d o o El m 2B E n 9 E 2 o o w t MakeComp Figure 1 The Main MakeComp Window L le KS Ek 20 21 1 660 Tubes June 2005 EddyVision M 6 0 All functions of the MakeComp software are accessed from the main window shown in Figure 2 Various functions are accessed via pull down menus along the top left of the window specialized buttons just below the pull down menus and a popup menu accessed by right clicking within the working area of the main window Figure 2 points out and offers Description of the Main Window 0020900020209 Gee ora coe 0 026262526252625 090962026200262005 OOO ALL AG 0852525252525 S BDSOEOOCOEOUS Review the figure in order to 1 GROUP 1 LANDSET 1 INDEX 830 0n0 02626252526 26252 3098980808030303000000 S pda S 08282828280505059505 98080808080805959595 00908080900000900000 099 2030099980099 O 260 1 TUBE SEC OUT ROW a L F k 2 a E rd 7 2 9 o m N a 6 0 FWH Indicates the currently open project Title Bar C Projects File Edit View Util Help X 1 19 Y 0 81 PARAMETERS ADD GROUP REFRESH Component 1 660 Tubes 21 2 M 1 down Menus N Special Buttons a amp tube number and g Pull Shows total tube Status Bar count
80. ocation on the building grid for the group the tube resides in the tube group number that each tube resides in and the landmark set assigned to each tube e Parameters for model FWH123 1 x Parameters Landmarks Lengths Tube Labels Attributes Groups Tubes TUBE ID LENGTH CENTER SEC ROW COL STRAIGHT UBEND 500 0 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 500 000 219 D 033 845 658 471 285 097 723 536 349 163 976 788 601 415 Br 040 854 667 292 oan CQ MN on no 4 CO PO PO KA m O wo D m o 12 m w BH ko H ta N m an Ka w BRR ceo d BRR n n E ps wo Ka nan 2 20000000000000000000 PORRA HH HH pp RR KA KA KA KA pl pl pl Ka Ka Ka ojojojojojojolojojojojojojojojojojojo KaK HH HH HH H HR HR HR HR pp RH HH H 20000000000000000000 N e m co Figure 35 Tubes Tab on the Main Parameters Dialog June 2005 MakeComp 31 EddyVision M 6 0 ADD GROUP Button Group dialog ing shown in Figure 36 to appear The circles in the window indicate possible tube Selecting the ADD GROUP button in Figure 21 causes the Add locations A circle represents a disabled tube location on the building grid while a black filled circle indicates an enabled tube This dialog is u
81. odules These tube numbers will appear only on the hard copy printout as shown in Figure 23 a Has Ubends When enabled green the length of each U bend is automatically calculated The accuracy of these calculations is based on certain values entered on the Attributes tab and on the Group Parameters dialog for each tube group If U bends don t exist in the component or all straight lengths of a U bend component are visible in MakeComp do not enable this function since it can have an adverse effect on the auto landmarks feature in the Analysis software module Use Tube Labels was enabled for this printout Note that all the tubes shown contain tube labels or numbers inside each tube The arrow is pointing to tube number OUT 19 13 Draw Sec Labels was enabled for this printout Note the section label or watermark OUT Figure 23 Examples of Tube Labels and Section Labels Watermarks June 2005 MakeComp 18 EddyVision M 6 0 Landmarks Tab Figure 24 shows the Landmarks tab of the main Parameters dialog Landmark is a term used to describe the various internal support structures that many of the tubes pass through These landmarks are easily detected during eddy current inspections Most have a classic signal signature which is easy to discern from other signals of interest i e tube wall loss If it is desired to use the auto locating feature of the Analysis software it will be necessary to build a landmark table
82. on the lower half of the tubesheet map while landmark set 1 is assigned to all the would now see the result in Figure 53 This indicates that the EV pattern of tubes is no longer using landmark set 0 In addition to using manual select as shown in this example Select Group Select Section and Select Row may also be used with this Landmark Set Number field Clicking OK on this dialog will cause the selected EV feature tubes to be reassigned to a new landmark set numbered Q Popup Set Landmark Set This feature provides way for the user to assign any selected tubes Pan oO o QD N O an x Ny 9 285 D S SS 90275 i 8 943285 OO O9 G n Danaa G H OOO 3 ERTO E O090 cQo D d 3c Z 0090900002020 d S lt LL QSLSLSLSLSLSLS SLSLSLSLSLSLSQ 5 33 Fr DR aloe 2 E S E e LSLSLSLELSLSLS A 3 ces BORO ROLE NOONE ROM ORONO eee desea e BS d ous Gees Os OO cao BLELSQEQSQEQELS gt Sz S DLELELELSLOLSLSLS GLSLELSLOLSLSLSLS D S sS OG X OO OLSLSELSLSLELSLSLSL A ao ORELEQELELSLSLSLSLSEL LQELELSELSLSLSLSLSLSEL Nn a IRSA SKORSKSKSLOLSKSROLS 33 3 BLBCELSELSLELELALALS SESLSELSLALSLALSLSLS av ag o ORELELELELSLSLSLSLSEL QELELELGLSLSLSLSLSEL iz o o I OC OO OCIO 3 290 G OLO LOLO LOLOTO LOLOL SESLELSLSLELSLSLSLS 5 m QELHQLGLSLSELELALSELELS SLSELSLSLSLELSLSLSLSL g HONS 6s BLELELELELSLSLSLSESL QELELELSLSLSLSESLSLS D G LS QELELALSLS SLELSELSLSLELSLSLSLS a Oo So QROKELSLSLSLSELALELSLS SQBMSQLOLSOSRS
83. p click on the first tube to highlight it green and then Shift click the remaining tubes Alternatively pressing Shift any arrow key selects sequential tubes in the direction of the arrow key pressed Shift click a highlighted tube to deselect it Click a tube to view statistics about the tube in the Status Bar at the bottom of the window Statistics include the tube identification the X Y coordinates of the tube the group the tube belongs to and the landmark set assigned to the tube Other Tips for Use in the Main MakeComp Window a a a June 2005 Enable and disable the floating ID box by toggling View Show Floating ID Select File Import to copy an existing external cmp file into the current project The copied file name becomes project cmp Select File Export to save a copy of the current cmp file to a location other than the current project Any user defined filename may be used during Export MakeComp 53 EddyVision M 6 0 Tutorial Building a Simple Heat Exchanger The following procedures will take you through a systematic process to create a project and then build a simple 2 pass heat exchanger component file for use in the new project using MakeComp Creating a New Project In EddyVision v6 0 a project is simply a directory which contains all of the information associated with a given component There are several ways to create a project This procedure will show you how to create a new proj
84. p or down on the building grid Care should be exercised when using this feature since enabled tubes will be deleted if moved beyond the perimeter of the building grid The button is used as follows Click moves enabled tubes on the building grid up one row Continue clicking until the desired location is reached Right click moves enabled tubes on the building grid down one row Continue right clicking until the desired location is reached June 2005 MakeComp 38 EddyVision M 6 0 Edit Menu Adding Editing Group Dialog As shown in Figure 41 the Edit menu on the Adding Group dialog contains seven 7 choices Each item is explained below Edit View Dupe Group Flood Fill Flood Clear Set Tube Offset Null Tube Offsets Reset Landmark Sets Clear All Figure 41 Edit Menu in the Adding Group Dialog a Edit Dupe Group This is one of the most powerful features in MakeComp As the name implies Dupe Group does exactly that Since many tubesheet maps contain groups which are symmetrical or mirror images of each other a duping feature can increase map creation dramatically Row Ticks Col Ticks Edit Group Move Group Select Group Delete Group Select Section Select Row Edit Tube ID Select Landmark Set gt Set Landmark Set Reset Landmark Sets Radial Array Cancel Figure 42 Popup Menu on Main MakeComp Window Right click Map To duplicate an existing
85. pleted in order to fine tune the final appearance of the main tubesheet map Q Num Col Enter a number slightly greater than the actual number of tubes in the longest row of the group being built For example the feedwater heater shown in Figure 1 has a total of forty six 46 tubes in the longest row Row 3 in the inlet leg lower half For this group a value of fifty eight 58 would work well in the Num Col field as shown in Figure 37 This value simply defines the number of columns that will be available on the resulting building grid in the Adding Group window If there are non existent tubes i e stay rods vent gaps etc along a given row on a tubesheet map it will make the building process easier if they are included in the Num Col value They can be easily removed on the main MakeComp window later For example in Figure 1 Row 3 has forty six 46 tubes and two 2 missing tubes at the vent gaps So consider Row 3 as having forty eight 48 tubes for the purpose of determining the value for the Num Col field June 2005 MakeComp 33 EddyVision M 6 0 a First Row Enter the row number of the first row in the group The default is 1 one however additional groups may begin with a row number other than 1 one In Figure 38 ten 10 groups of tubes are shown all assigned to the same section Note that each group begins with a different First Row number Figure 38 is a portion of a complex main condenser tubesheet m
86. required in either the Angle or FB INT columns POS values are cumulative from the tube end Since each section is treated independently Inlet must be used in the LEG column in both landmark sets even in Landmark Set 1 for the outlet section The Cold leg of a feedwater heater is the inlet while the Hot leg is the outlet hence the C and H used in the Names Landmark types TEC and TSC are only used in either straight tubed components OR in U tubed components where only one half of the component is used as the tubesheet map i e steam generators MakeComp 68 EddyVision M 6 0 Let s get started by entering the landmarks for Landmark Set 0 STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 Assuming the tutorial project FWH3A is opened in MakeComp click the Parameters button at the top of the main MakeComp screen Click the Landmarks tab on the Parameters dialog In the Set list box select 0 We ve already assigned Landmark Set 0 to Group 0 which was assigned to Section 1 All this was done in the Group Parameters dialog for the lower half of the component Click in the Name field of the first row of the Landmark table and type TEI Tube End Inlet STEP 5 Click in the Type field of the first row of the Landmark table and type TEH TEH TSH SP BAF BW AVB FB RB VS TSC and TEC are reserved landmark types For auto locate to work properly during analysis TEH STEP 6 STEP 7 STEP 8 STEP 9 STEP
87. rior angles of triangle are 60 O PO OW O es Pitch Angle1 Pitch Anglez O X Pitch Angle1 Pitch Angle2 Square pitch 45 90 or 90 45 Equilateral Tri pitch 60 60 June 2005 Figure 39 Symmetrical Tube Pitch Designs The tube pitch provided on most specification drawings is not the horizontal tube pitch x but rather the tube pitch y along either side of a triangle created by selecting a tube in any row and drawing vectors down to the 2 adjacent tubes directly below it In the first graphic of Figure 39 this action creates a right triangle with either leg being equal x y In the second graphic an equilateral triangle is created with all sides being equal x y All the interior angles of the equilateral triangle are 60 while the interior angles of the right triangle are 45 45 and 90 In both of these cases the horizontal tube pitch x is the same as the vertical tube pitch y as shown However a common tri pitch design used in some heat exchangers is referred to as 30 30 tri pitch In this case the resulting triangle is not equilateral and the interior angles are 30 30 and 120 as shown in Figure 40 The y dimension shown along one of the legs of the triangle is typically the tube pitch value given on manufacturer s specification drawings MakeComp needs the horizontal tube pitch x to accurately calculate the position of the tubes on the building grid Interior base angles of triangle
88. riphery tubes to be more that just one tube in from the perimeter of the tube bundle This option was included so that each user could make his her own determination of what constitutes the periphery tubes for a given tubesheet map on a case by case basis To use this function first select all the desired tubes by holding down the Shift key on the keyboard and clicking each tube to be set as a periphery tube Once all desired tubes are selected select Edit Set Periph Tubes The selected tubes will now be displayed as darker or bold circles as shown in Figure 12 The bold circles are for display only and do not print out in either MakeComp or DBMS Identifying the periphery tubes is not a requirement of tubesheet map design but rather an option If you are using CoreStar s DBMS database management system software the periphery tubes will be identified in the Tubes table once the component file has been uploaded to a database In DBMS there is an alternative method for identifying special groups or sets of tubes For more information about the DBMS software please see the EddyVISION32 DBMS User Manual June 2005 MakeComp 10 EddyVision M 6 0 a E z y A 2 a E rd u or m D M Ld m N n S I 2 M 2 a Component C a ae a to uc rr o i a T 5 a a a GC rr m x E a File Edit View Util OPERERER S SOOO LLL LLL LS S S S Lae
89. rst tube in the row enter the number of tubes in the row using the numeric keypad and then press the Insert key on the keyboard The specified number of tubes will be enabled in a positive direction based on the Origin selection in the Group Parameters dialog see Figure 37 Disabling a Row of Tubes To disable a whole row of tubes at once on the building grid position the cursor on any tube in the row and press Shift Delete on the keyboard Running Enable Holding down the Shift key while pressing any of the arrow keys on the keyboard continuously enables the tubes that the cursor passes over in the direction of the arrow key pressed Free hand Enable While holding down the Shift key click amp drag the mouse over tubes to enable them Running Disable Holding down the Control key while pressing any of the arrow keys on the keyboard continuously disables the tubes that the cursor passes over in the direction of the arrow key pressed MakeComp 43 EddyVision 6 0 a Free hand Disable While holding down the Control key click amp drag the mouse over enabled tubes to disable them Q Symmetrical Insert This is an extremely powerful feature of MakeComp for creating symmetrical tubesheets maps which includes most feedwater heat exchangers To use this feature Position the cursor over the first tube in the first row of the building grid typically 1 1 2 Enable the first row of tubes using the Enabling a Row of
90. sed to build a group of tubes to be added to the main tubesheet map specify details about a group of tubes edit existing groups of tubes gt specify the numbering system and origin specify the rotation angle for a given group of tubes specify the section a group of tubes belongs to duplicate an existing group of tubes specify tube pitch and angles lol xj z00m HORZ OFFSET VERT OFFSET e Adding Group 0 Edit View PARAMETERS 9000000000 090000000000 o o o o o o o o o o o 0000000000000 00000000000000 000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000000 o o o o o o o o o o o o 9900000000000 00000000000000 000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000000000000000 000000000000000000 000000000000000000 0000000000000000000 00000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000 0000000000000000000 00000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000 000000000000000
91. serve that the offset tube is still colored blue Select Edit Null Tube Offsets and click Yes on the message box that appears All tubes on the building grid are now reset to their normal location on the building grid and all the enabled tubes are black default June 2005 MakeComp 40 EddyVision M 6 0 Resets all tubes to their originally assigned a Edit Reset Landmark Sets landmark sets This same selection is available on the popup menu in Figure 42 Using the Set Landmark Set on the popup menu in Figure 42 allows the user to assign existing or create new landmark sets for a single tube individually selected tubes group s of tubes sections or whole tubesheet maps Reset Landmark Sets provides a way to reset all landmark sets to the way they were originally assigned in the Group Parameters dialog Figure 37 when each group was built Choose this selection to reset all the enabled tubes on the t Clear All i building grid to disabled a Ed Adding Editing Group Dialo View Menu ing Editing Group dialog the Add the View menu on contains two 2 choices Each item is explained below As shown in Figure 43 V S 2 5 i e gt a o E E T S es 5 o E E o E Figure 43 View Menu in the Adding Editing Group Dialog I flips or mirrors ica Vert Irror V Selecting View Mi a View Mirror Vertical O x Editing Group 0 Edit View
92. t will be seen in the Editing Group dialog Click OK on the Editing Group dialog to return to the main MakeComp window Note that the inlet pass has been rotated 30 clockwise Repeat steps 1 through 4 for the outlet Pass upper half of the tubesheet map Finally all that s left to do is add the row tick marks by selecting Edit Auto Compute Ticks Notice how the row tick lines line up to the axis of the rows If you wish to return to the original tubesheet perspective before any rotation was applied to the tubesheet map above you may choose either Edit Undo several times or simply exit MakeComp without saving however the latter assumes that you saved the cmp file in the previous topic June 2005 MakeComp 72 EddyVision 6 0 Timesaving Tips The following timesaving tips are offered by the author based on past experiences a The quality of the source tubesheet maps used to build from is directly related to the time it takes to complete the task Clear concise source maps will greatly reduce the time required Inversely poor quality or faxed maps can be a nightmare to build from Make a scale for your source tubesheet map for measuring the number of tubes per row Fold a piece of paper in half line the edge up with the longest row of tubes on the source map and mark the location of the center of each tube along the row on the edge of the scale Number your scale every fifth tube or so Now you can quickly measure each
93. that the current group is assigned to Remember that sections can have more than one group of tubes The first Sec number is 0 zero Land Set Enter the landmark set discussed earlier that this group of tubes will use The first Land Set number is 0 zero Numbering Click the drop down box and select the desired column tube numbering scheme The choices include Grid Column numbering based on the building grid On a square pitch building grid if the first tube enabled on the building grid is grid location row 1 col 25 then the first tube in Row 1 for the current section on the main tubesheet map will be 1 25 not 1 1 June 2005 Row Count Spaces Column numbering where the first tube in each row begins with 1 on the main tubesheet map however any spaces along a row where no tube exists is counted as well These spaces typically include vent gaps amp stay rods Row Skip Spaces Column numbering where the first tube in each row begins with 1 and continues along each row counting only locations where a tube actually exists This is the most common column tube numbering system used for most balance of plant heat exchangers Origin Click the drop down box and select the origin relative location of the first tube in the first row of the group of tubes being built Looking at a map sketch or picture being used to build the tubesheet map from select one of the four available choices in the drop down i
94. the tubes change from normal U bends to square bends Figure 32 points out the concept of square bend tubes If these types of tubes do not exist in the component set this field to a large number i e 999 default In addition if Has Ubends on the Parameters tab is disabled this field will be ignored Inlet Outlet Hot Leg Cold Leg Figure 33 Determining Batwing Values on the Attributes Dialog MakeComp 29 EddyVision M 6 0 Groups Tab In MakeComp tubes make groups groups make sections and sections make tubesheet maps Figure 34 shows the Groups tab of the main Parameters dialog This dialog simply displays the details about the groups of tubes that exist within the current cmp file The majority of these values are self explanatory These values cannot be changed in this dialog but rather are displayed for information purposes only If one or more of the parameters for a specific group of tubes is edited the change s for that group can be viewed here Various details for each group of tubes are shown in this dialog including the section each group of tubes is assigned to the rotation angle for each group the X Y offset for each group the horizontal tube pitch for each group the pitch angles for each group and the ID and OD of the tubes within each group The Groups tab shown in Figure 34 is from a complex main condenser cmp file which contains 26 groups of tubes each with its own individual parameters P
95. to other tubes a Pitch Angle2 Enter the right interior base angle of the triangle created as shown in Figure 39 or Figure 40 For square pitch and equilateral tri pitch Pitch Angle2 is 45 or 90 for square pitch dependant on how the triangle is drawn and 60 for equilateral tri pitch For asymmetrical tri pitch Figure 40 enter the actual base angles In the example shown in Figure 40 a value of 30 would be entered in this field See Pitch Anglel above for addition details TIPS e 30 30 pitch is simply 60 60 pitch rotated 90 e When the actual horizontal tube pitch for a 60 60 tubesheet isn t readily available simply add 0 188 inch 3 16 inch a common ligament value in many heat exchangers to one tube diameter and enter this sum as the Tube Pitch value in MakeComp June 2005 MakeComp 36 HINT Q EddyVision 6 0 Tube ID Enter the inside diameter ID of the tubes in this group in decimal format Tube OD Enter the outside diameter OD of the tubes in this group in decimal format This value controls the size of the circles displayed as tubes on the tubesheet map therefore be sure it s entered accurately Material Select the tube material from the drop down list If the Material list box is empty this is because there are no entries in the Materials project lookup table Please refer to the EddyAdmin User Manual for details on editing Project Lookup Tables Sec Enter the section number
96. tware modules when the project is open that uses the cmp file containing the name For steam generator cmp files sections are typically not used since the leg is used instead to identify the pass i e INLET HOT LEG OUTLET COLD LEG etc In these cases you would leave the Sec Name field blank Inlet Name Enter the term you wish to use for the name of the inlet tube end in the cmp file The name INLET is common for most heat exchangers however HOT COLD EAST WEST NORTH etc may be used as well The name you enter will appear throughout the Eddy Vision software modules when the project is open that uses the cmp file containing the name MakeComp 17 EddyVision M 6 0 a Outlet Name Enter the term you wish to use for the name of the outlet tube end in the cmp file The name OUTLET is common for most heat exchangers however HOT COLD EAST WEST SOUTH etc may be used as well The name you enter will appear throughout the EddyVision software modules when the project is open that uses the cmp file containing the name a Draw Sec Labels When enabled green section labels or watermarks will be printed on the hard copy map by the MakeComp amp DBMS software modules These watermarks will appear only on the hard copy printout as shown in Figure 23 Q Use Tube Labels When enabled green tube numbers will be printed within each tube on the hard copy tubesheet map in the MakeComp amp DBMS software m
97. u Component C Projects_6 0 FWH 123 config system project cmp File Edit View Util Help PARAMETERS ADD GROUP REFRESH Q Q Q Q 25 CS v 326 OG ad ORO 3080 One exe ORO Ns Sowers SOROSO S G S 8958 ene G 2525 G Q 5 O Co oo Seo ROSSO REOOO LOOS QOO OOo Me eo eo e e a oe OLSLSLSLSLELELELELO ORE RO KS Tes OO LOCC BLSLSLSLHLELSLSLSLS OREO C CHO A A A 1 660 Tubes X 12 99 Y 9 77 a Figure 48 Popup Menu Row Ticks Align Group 46 MakeComp June 2005 EddyVision M 6 0 Add Selected allows the user to add row tick marks manually To add row ticks manually click the first tube in the row where a row tick is desired Shift click additional first tubes in other rows if more than one row tick is desired Select Popup Row Ticks Add Selected The Manual Ticks Parameters dialog shown in Figure 49a is displayed Adjust the parameters as desired and then click OK Figure 49b shows the row tick results based on the settings in Figure 49a Se 0000 SX 00000 SOG Row Ticks OG OOK OO Tick Length A LOI OO ax Len SS sen Kam Tube SBS xe TUBE OD 0 625 30 SAS O OOOOOO a 900000 Manual Row Ticks Parameters Dialog a Manual Row Ticks Applied b a Figure 49 Using Popup Row Ticks Add Selected Delete Selected allows the user to remove or delete selected row tick marks manually To remove row ticks manually click the first tube in a row where

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