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  1. cadiehl

    Pipeline Transition Piece

    I'm doing a pipeline project. Only my second one. Been a piping designer in shipbuilding and various plants for over 30 years. I have a situation where I have 10" STD wall (.365") pipe going to an 8" SCH80 wall (.500") pipe. I am told I need a transition piece. I just figured this would be a...
  2. cadiehl

    Golden Welds and Pressure Test

    So I understand the application of Golden Welds. Let's say I am replacing a 10' long damaged segment of 3" ips piping in a 600 psi Liquefied Natural Gas system. There is no feasible way to pressure test the 2 buttwelds required to perform this task. Am I required to separately pressure test the...
  3. cadiehl

    STS-1 Stack Strake

    Can someone please review that attached sketch and tell me if I am interpreting section 5.3.1 of STS-1 concerning strake pitch correctly? Thank you, CD
  4. cadiehl

    Tank Fill Setup

    I have a 100,000 gallon water tank with a 6" fill line. We are modifying the system to provide automated tank fill capability. We need to do this without electronics if at all possible. The new fill valve will need to open after 1000 gallons of water has been pumped out of the tank, and close...
  5. cadiehl

    Coupon information

    I have a low pressure (about 25 psi, 120 deg F) cooling water system that my client wants to have corrosion coupons installed in. I need to have a retractable system that will allow the system to remain online while changing coupons. Can somebody tell me where I may find something like this...
  6. cadiehl

    specifying fasteners

    I am trying to find a quick reference manual or something that I can use to help me specify proper bolts/nuts/washers for various pipe flange connections depending on materials, system fluids, pressures, etc. Does anybody know of where I can find such a thing?
  7. cadiehl

    Plotting

    I am trying to figure out if Acad2002 can plot using linetypes to drive the lineweights, regardless of color. In otherwords, hidden, center, phantom will be thinner than continuous lines, even if they are all the same color, and on different layers. Is it even possible to do this? I have read...
  8. cadiehl

    Who is the Pro on this Site????

    Can anyone figure out why this code will not work in ACAD2000i? I had it working fine in R14... I need this stamp to be on the elec drawings, that is why I do not want to use the plot stamp tool in R2000... Thanks in advance for all of your help... CD OPEN YOUR ACAD.MNL OR ACADFULL.MNL FILE IN...
  9. cadiehl

    MNL file function will not work !!

    I have a "namedate" stamp routine written for acad14 placed in my MNL file that will not work with acad2000i. Anybody have any clue how I can convert it to work with acad2000i? I do not know lisp... so I am clueless on what could be wrong... all and any help would be greatly...
  10. cadiehl

    plot to file

    Can anyone tell me how to setup a printer in acad14 to enable me to plot to file. I print to an 11 x 17 HP printer at the moment and have never set up a plot to file printer. I need this to print to a full size D drawing also. HELP!!! this is driving me nuts.... CD

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