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1. How to Quickly Build a PIPE-FLO Model
   PIPE-FLO has many time saving features to help you get the piping system model created quickly. This Knowledge Base article describes three steps on how to quickly start a PIPE-FLO project. The following features will help you quickly build a PIPE-FLO model: Start a system by using Design File ...
2. Copying Identical Paths on the FLO-Sheet
   Often in a piping model multiple identical paths are present and must be entered in PIPE-FLO. Using PIPE-FLO's advanced drawing features piping systems with multiple paths can be created quickly. This article describes how to use the group copy, attaching nodes, and adding vertex features of P ...
3. How to Share Selection Lists in PUMP-FLO Premium
   You can share a PUMP-FLO Premium selection list with anyone who has an email account. Share recipients don’t need a Premium subscription to view the list, but will need to create a user account if they don’t have one. Share recipients who have Premium subscriptions will be able to ma ...
4. Creating Custom Shapes in ESI Symbol Editor
   Using the ESI Symbol Editor, you can create custom symbols for use with devices in the PIPE-FLO and Flow of Fluids software. This article describes how to create, save, and use your own custom symbols. Anywhere that you see the name "PIPE-FLO", you may substitute "Flow of Fluids" as the directio ...
5. ESI Symbol Editor Basics
   Program Basics The ESI Symbol Editor is a tool for creating custom device symbols for use in Engineered Software's line of piping design software programs. Every device on the FLO-Sheet is represented by a symbol that indicates what kind of device it is. Example devices include tanks, pumps, co ...
6. How to Generate a System Resistance Curve on PUMP-FLO.com
   There are three ways to specify a System Resistance Curve (SRC) on www.PUMP-FLO.com. A. The first method is to use the automatic system curve generator that draws a 2nd order curve from zero flow / zero head through your design point. To use this feature, simply check the 'Generate SRC' box bef ...
7. Getting the Most From a PIPE-FLO System Model
   Design and operating documents are created to design, build, operate, and maintain a plant piping system. These documents are used throughout the life of the plant, for that reason they are often referred to as life cycle documents. This Knowledge Base article includes examples of how to use t ...
8. Working with Links
   The typical piping system has a large number of design documents associated with it that support and document the system design. Often these documents are available in electronic form on a Local Area Network (LAN) or the Internet. Using the Link feature in Flow of Fluids, you can immediately ac ...
9. Positive Pipe dP
   Customers often wonder how a pipeline can have a positive dP or how PIPE-FLO can calculate flow going from a lower pressure to a higher pressure. The simplest answer is that in order for there to be a positive dP calculated in a pipeline, there must be an increase in elevation head between the ...
10. Zoom & Pan with the Mouse Thumbwheel
    The zoom tool in PIPE-FLO lets you quickly zoom in and out on the FLO-Sheet. You can pan on the drawing by using the scroll bars on the side of the FLO-Sheet. This option requires you to choose the zoom tool, or move your mouse to the scroll bars. Many of you have requested the ability to eas ...
11. Isometric Drawing Option
    These steps allow you to turn on and off the Isometric drawing orientation feature. 1. Click the Tools option in the toolbar. 2. Select Drawing Options in the drop-down list that appears. (This will open a window titled "System Settings & Properties") 3. The Drawing Options tab should be selecte ...
12. Program Shortcut Key List
    This list of shortcut keys are used in the latest version of PIPE-FLO and Flow of Fluids 2009. Some of these can be used in older versions of the PIPE-FLO and Flow of Fluids programs, including PIPE-FLO Compressible and PIPE-FLO Stock, although we make no guarantees. Calculate "Control" + " ...
13. Improving the Presentation Quality of the FLO-Sheet
    The FLO-Sheet is a drawing similar to a piping schematic that shows the pumps, tanks, components, controls, and interconnecting pipelines of a piping system. PIPE-FLO 2007 and above includes many new features to increase the presentation value of the FLO-Sheet. The FLO-Sheet looks like a Proces ...
14. Saving header information with version 8.0 and above
    With the release of version 8.0, two header lines and a multi-line footer on all reports were made available for users to enter project specific information. The software installation requests the company name, which is inserted into the first line of all headers. Some users have requested tha ...
15. Design Files Overview
    Design files contain default information for the system units, pipe specifications, and fluid zones. If the same units, fluids, and pipe materials are used from one project to the next, rather than defining these properties each time a new project is started, the design file can be opened and t ...
16. Writing Excel Macros for use with PIPE-FLO .txt File
    You can save your PIPE-FLO system design data and calculated results to a text file and then import them later into word processing or spreadsheet programs. A sample Excel macro is provided that demonstrates how to read and use the data in the text file. get PF data.xls Macro The macro containe ...
17. Importing a DXF file containing blocks
    Many DXF files contain block records. Using blocks, shapes can be defined once and used repeatedly throughout a CAD drawing. However, PIPE-FLO does not import the blocks portion of a drawing. Therefore, when you are importing a DXF file containing blocks it is important to 'explode' these block ...
18. Changing Fluid Properties between Lineups
    Within lineups, you can change the type or physical properties of the fluids running through your system. This step-by-step article discusses how to set up your system to support this as well as how to change fluids per lineup. When you initially create your system, one of the first things you ...
19. PIPE-FLO LAN Overview
    A Local Area Network provides many advantages for PIPE-FLO uses. Some of these features only apply to the LAN version of PIPE-FLO, but many apply to both the LAN and stand-alone version when connected to a LAN. This article describes how to take advantage of available LAN resources when runnin ...
20. Adding and Removing Vertices from a Pipe Segment
    Often it is necessary to add or remove a vertex from a pipeline. With PIPE-FLO you can add and remove vertices from pipelines on the FLO-Sheet. ADDING A VERTEX To add a vertex to a pipeline on the FLO-Sheet: Press down and hold the Ctrl key.. Highlight the pipeline on the FLO-Sheet to add the ...