I for inline component

In this context the term "Inline Component" refers to a component which is directly constructed from geometric primitives such as cylinders and cones, without a component template. This text block describes every geometric primitive individually.

The format of this text block is:

  • Type of the text block.

  • Tags of the model object, optionally exported.

  • Information about the node point(s), optionally exported and preceded by .k5 tag.

  • Number of entities, normally 1 in the exported file.

  • Description of the entity.

  • # character to end the text block.

I/* type of text block */

obi 176e69ee-b570-4935-8fc9-858149497e02;sid 7;pli Water-14;.k5 1; /* model object tags */

NOD 1;P -5 -52 14;D 0 -1 0;LX 1 0 0;CT 1501;NDI 100 0;;  /* node */

  1/* number of entities */

cyl 5.15 148 -52 -12.22 19 0 1 0 /* entity description */

#

I

obi e43d4eb7-3811-4041-aed2-4bddc6de47a3;sid 7;pli Water-14;.k5 1;;

  1

tor 152 57.15 1.5708 -5203.49 -1204.22 1409.52 0 1 0 1 -0 0

#

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obi f9eeb623-a36b-44ea-b105-de5125f94e77;sid 7;pli Water-14;.k5 1;;

...

Nodes for inline components

For inline components the node info is embedded in the same tag record that holds object level tags. Node info begins after tag I3DD_TAG_BEGIN_NODES (.k5).

Note: because the node information is preceded by .k5 tag, use e.g. the .k6 tag to export the insulation specification name of the entity (in context of insulation the tag .k5 indicated the specification to be used). See the example below.

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obi 9e75c296-111d-4f51-bf98-bd37314f4c5e;sid 19;pli Hot_Water-01;k6 UseLamella;.k5 1;

It is also possible to collect multiple entities of the same type together in the 3DD file and set the number of components >1, as shown in the example below. In Plant Modeller cylinders, as well as toroids, are represented as one object.

I ;

  3

cyl 84.15 313.383 -5636.41 -574.992 3079.91 0 1 0

cyl 84.15 283.537 -5407.41 -32.6095 3079.91 1 0 0

cyl 84.15 453.216 -4894.88 -261.609 3079.91 0 -1 0

#

I ;

  2

tor 229 84.15 1.5708 -5636.41 -261.609 3079.91 0 1 0 1 -0 0

tor 229 84.15 1.5708 -5123.88 -32.6095 3079.91 1 0 0 0 -1 0

#