02 - Making C2 Your Own

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CAESAR II

Making CAESAR II your Own

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Introduction

A majority of time allocated to pipe stress analysis is used in building models

Many users use the software right out of the box even though there are many ways to improve input ease and efficiency Screen organization Program content Default settings Display Output Display and Management

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Program Structure/Organization

Executables - 1(the program)

System folder - 2 Registry Data Folders - 3

[Registry]

C:\Program Files (x86)

\Intergraph CAS\CAESAR II 2013 R1

x1x\ProgramData

\Intergraph CAS\CAESAR II

\6.10\SYSTEM

x2x\Data Folders

x3x

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Program Structure

Executables(the program) C:\Program Files (x86)

\Intergraph CAS\CAESAR II 2013 R1

No reason to touch this

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Program Structure

System folder C:\Program Data

\Intergraph CAS\CAESAR II\6.10\System

These files are under your control

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Program Structure

System folder Data

(.FIL) Units (.FAT) Fatigue data (.FLG) Flange rating [ASME-

2003.G gasket diameter] (.EQL) Equipment data (.FRP) Fiberglass data (.UMD) User Materials C2RPTTMPL.XML stores

custom output reports

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Program Structure

System folder Control

(.INP) Input report format (CAESAR.CFG)

Configuration file

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Program Structure

Registry Manages screen presentation (e.g. Element List) Do not fool around here!

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Program Structure

Data Folders Use to segregate

projects Different settings to

override defaults supplied by SYSTEM

Set local control CAESAR.CFG

(configuration) Set local units

UNITS.FIL

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Data Sources for CAESAR II

Control switches Configuration File (current folder or System)

Program content Material data (program and user data) Nominal values Valve/Flange Data; Expansion Joint Modeler

The piping model Special Execution Parameters And, of course, your input model

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The CAESAR II Configuration (CFG) File

The Configuration File (i.e. CAESAR.CFG) holds many general CAESAR II settings

A program installation dialog will establish the CFG file and store it in SYSTEM

If no CFG in the local folder, CAESAR II will use the SYSTEM CFG

Any changes to CFG in the local folder are stored locally

Use separate folders to separate differing CAESAR II settings

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The CAESAR II Configuration (CFG) File

Many program settings/switches are controlled in the configuration file.

Be aware of when the change occurs (activation point):

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Program Input Display

This is the initial screen layout with toolbars all around!

This window area contains the model graphic; there is no piping input spreadsheet here.

The piping input is currently rolled up in a tab.

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Toolbars My choice:

or build

your own!

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Building a Custom Toolbar

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Relocating Tools

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Update graphics (stored in CFG & Registry)

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Locating the Piping Input Spreadsheet

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Using Tearables

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Adjusting plot update CAESAR II will update the plot after each new

element is entered to include the entire model using the default view (southeast)

If you wish to stay focused on a particular section, turn off Refresh (This is automatically off on a return to an existing model.)

Very large models may take time to update. You may wish to turn off plot update altogether.

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Editing/Adding Stored Content

Material data Fatigue, equipment, flange, FRP Valve/Flange data Displacement sets Dynamic data

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Editing/Adding Stored Content- Material Data

CAESAR II has hundreds of materials But maybe not yours You can define these materials locally:

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Or, you can add your material to the CAESAR II database

Edit

Erase

Save

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Note that if you are creating a unique name, build it as All Codes (then follow with a specific Code, if desired)

Edit, then Search

Different data for different Codes

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Edit then Save

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Your work will not alter the CAESAR II data (stored in CMAT.BIN)

Instead, your data (stored in UMAT1.UMB) will overlay any existing data

These files reside in SYSTEM:

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Editing/Adding Stored Content- Fatigue, Equipment, Flange, FRP

Data sets in SYSTEM can be added or edited Fatigue Curves - *.FAT Equipment Limits - *.EQL Flange Classification - *.FLG Fiberglass Material Data - *.FRP

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Editing/Adding Stored Content- Fatigue, Equipment, Flange, FRP

Formats are similar Lines beginning with an asterisk are comments Every table has a multiplier for use as units conversion

or other factors (e.g. safety) Here is a set of fatigue data:

N S

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Editing/Adding Stored Content- Valve/Flange Data

Data Structure Class identifies

Specification

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Data Structure Spec points to the

data file

Here, flanged 150 Class gate valve data (1 - 30) is found in \150 in the file GAT_F

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Data Structure You can edit this data

Here, flanged 150 Class gate valve data (1 - 30) is found in \LIB_I\150 in the file GAT_F

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Edit data (Weights are generic)

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Editing/Adding Stored Content- Displacement Sets

Modular piping offshore can have many imposed displacements at many connection points requiring many displacement sets

This data entry can be automated

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Editing/Adding Stored Content- Displacement Sets Example

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Edit the .CSV file in Excel. Here, identify labels and enter the additional displacement sets.

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(Existing data sets table layout)

New data

Import modified data set

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Editing/Adding Stored Content- Dynamic Data

Applied dynamic loads in the form of response spectra and time histories can carry large amounts of data

Response spectra apply to all piping on a single floor of a structure or to and entire plant area building once and using often is an efficient approach

Transient hydraulic analysis tools can develop massive amounts of load vs. time data for direct use as CAESAR II input.

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Editing/Adding Stored Content- Dynamic Data

CAESAR II provides methods to store these dynamic data sets

This dynamic data, whether provided by the structures group, process engineers or produced by CAESAR II, can be stored on the hard drive and attached to any set of dynamic input.

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Editing/Adding Stored Content- Response Spectrum Data

A response spectrum data set is shown here

Two columns of data: period vs. g

Comment lines begin with an asterisk

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The response spectrum data can be linked to the dynamic input.

Here is the processed data.

The hash in front of the name indicates read from file.

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The response spectrum data can be read in directly.

This button will open the processor to acquire the data.

Spectrum name identifies the two columns of data.

Click here to bring in the data. Select the

data source.

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Site or floor data for use in many CAESAR II models.

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Building standard load case lists

Many firms have standardized their load sets In more and more instances, these are very

comprehensiveSeismic, wind, blastFPSOFatigue

and therefor, tedious and prone to error You can copy existing load cases from one job

to another

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Using Standard Load Case Sets

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Output

Graphics display Input Echo Sorting output Custom reports Table display using MS Word Post processing results

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Output Graphics Display

The overstress plot can be tuned in both color and the percentage (of allowable stress) it represents

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Output Graphics Display

Default Edited

>90% is blue

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Output Input Echo

The INP files set the format for the input lists. Here is the beginning of the default element report

format (ELEMENT.INP & ELEMENT0.INP):

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Output Input Echo

Here is another ELEMENT1.INP:

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Output Input Echo

CAESAR II uses the base .INP file without a numeric suffix (e.g. ELEMENT.INP)

The files with the numeric suffix are available for use (e.g. ELEMENT1.INP)

You can build your own format files as well Copy the selected file into the base name to

apply

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Output Input Echo Example

Selecting the Element List

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Using ELEMENT.INP (duplicate: ELEMENT0.INP)

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Copying ELEMENT1.INP into ELEMENT.INP

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Output Sorting Output

Using node labels

Choose your display

Select Node Name under Options

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Sorting displayed results Simply double-click once or twice on a column

heading:Original (sort by element) 1st double-click on ratio (small to big)2nd double-click on ratio (big to small)

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Very large models have too much data to review Reduce scrolling by adding filters to the output

report:

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Using filters

The entire, filtered, report

Filter displayed

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Output Custom Reports

Combine results in your own reports In this example the global X, Y, Z

displacements will be displayed in terms of South (X), West (Z), and Up (Y)

N

EX

YZ

versus

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Combine results in your own reports Start by clicking on Add new custom report

template

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Define your report content & format

Sample Display

Displacement in X will be in the first

column (after node), it will be

labeled South, Z is next, then Y

Identify report type

and title

Define titles (default)

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Using your reports

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Output Table Display using MS Word

You can control the style of tables in MS Word by manipulating OutWord.DOT (a template file) found in the CAESAR II SYSTEM folder

Set your table style and save as OutWord.DOTM

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Output Table Display using MS Word

: Default table format

Updated table format (stored in

OutWord.DOTM) :

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Output Post Processing Results

Post processing in MS Excel or MS Access allows you to manipulate results outside of CAESAR II

Here we will confirm the B31.1 expansion stress range formula used by CAESAR II

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Generate the local element force and stress report

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Output now in MS Excel

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Use those lists to perform additional calculationHere, comparing a hand calculation to CAESAR II reported stress:

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In this session we tailored:Screen organizationProgram contentDefault settingsDisplay Output Display and Management

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Questions? Comments?

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Thank You

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