Forecasting Spool Information for Manufacturing

You can forecast detailed information of spools and its members by generating an XML report without necessarily creating the spools. This functionality is integrated in the Create Spool Automatically command.

Before you begin: Open a product containing spools.
  1. From the Fluid Design section of the action bar, select one of the following:
    • Create Spools Automatically : the spool is created in preliminary design mode
    • Create Spool in Manufacturing Mode : the spool is created in manufacturing mode
  2. Select a product containing more than one element under the same assembly.
    The Automatic Spool Creation dialog box appears.
  3. Click Save and specify the folder and the name of the XML report you want to generate, containing information about the spool and its members.

    The xml report contains information about the spool and its members and also about elements for which no spool can be created.

    <SpoolForecastList>
<SpoolList>
<Spool LineID = "Piping Line ID_01" Mode = "Preliminary design" Number = "2" Name = "Spool-1">
<Member>
<Instance Name = "Rigid Pipe instance_221"/>
<Structure Path = "\Test_System_002 A.1\Rigid Pipe instance_221"/>
</Member>
<Member>
<Instance Name = "Rigid Pipe instance_222"/>
<Structure Path = "\Test_System_002 A.1\Rigid Pipe instance_222"/>
</Member>
</Spool>
<Spool LineID = "Piping Line ID_02" Mode = "Preliminary design" Number = "2" Name = "Spool-2">
<Spool LineID = "Piping Line ID_02" Mode = "Preliminary design" Number = "5" Name = "Spool-3">
<Spool LineID = "Piping Line ID_02" Mode = "Preliminary design" Number = "5" Name = "Spool-4">
<Spool LineID = "Piping Line ID_02" Mode = "Preliminary design" Number = "5" Name = "Spool-5">
<Spool LineID = "Piping Line ID_02" Mode = "Preliminary design" Number = "6" Name = "Spool-6">
</SpoolList>
<Listofotherparts>		
<ListofSingleElements>			
<Member Name = "Rigid Pipe instance_226"/>			
<Member Name = "Piping Cap instance_41"/>		
</ListofSingleElements>	
</Listofotherparts>
</SpoolForecastList>
  4. Optional: Select a spool or a spool row to highlight the spool or the spool members in the work area.
  5. Optional: Double-click a spool row to edit the name of the spool.
  6. Click Cancel to close the dialog box without creating the spools.
    Only the XML file has been generated. For more information about the automatic creation of spools, see Creating Spools Automatically.