Reporting the Weight and COG Information for Pipe Segments
Spec-Driven Piping calculates the weight of a pipe segment based on the following:
• Density information specified in the piping specification database
• Outer diameter of the pipe segment
• Thickness of the pipe segment
• Length of the pipe segment
Spec-Driven Piping uses the value of the density that you specify in the MATL_DENSITY column of the Piping Material file to calculate the weight of the pipe segment.
Spec-Driven Piping determines the center of gravity (COG) of the pipe segment based on the geometric details of the segment. The x-, y-, and the z-coordinates for the center of gravity are reported based on the start location of the pipeline.
The pipeline report, which is stored in your working directory as a text file named pline_info.dat, reports the weight and COG information for the selected pipe segment.