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About Flow Direction in Piping
A pipeline has specific flow direction requirements based on the process flow requirements of the fluid inside the pipeline, such as gas, water, or fuel. A default flow direction is assigned automatically based on the modeling intent and predefined flow direction rules. You can disable the flow direction during the modeling of the pipeline in the active assembly.
Using Piping Flow Direction, you can perform the following tasks:
Display the currently assigned flow direction of the following:
A specified pipeline series
All series in a pipeline
Specified extensions
Reverse the assigned flow direction of a specified pipeline series and automatically reverse the direction-specific fittings on the series. A direction-specific fitting is identified by the FLOW_CONSTRAINED part parameter.
Reverse the assigned flow direction of all series in the specified pipelines and automatically reverse the appropriate direction-specific fittings.
Reverse the assigned flow direction of specified pipeline extensions and automatically reverse the direction-specific fittings on the series.
Decide the NEAR and FAR placement locations during fitting insertion.
Place flow-direction specific fittings during fitting insertion.
Automatically replace fittings during automatic propagation.
Generate from-to- reports during pipeline reporting.