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Contents

SPEARS® Software Licensing Agreement Introduction System Requirements and Installation AutoCAD® 2000/2000i/2002 - Setup & Configuration AutoCAD® 2004 - Setup & Configuration AutoCAD® 2005-2012 - Setup & Configuration AutoCAD® 2013 - Setup & Configuration Pipe & Fitting Layout Software for AutoCAD® - User Guide

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AutoCAD® LT 2D CAD library - Setup & User Guide Microstation® 2D CAD library - Setup & Configuration Pipe & Fitting Layout Software for Microstation® - User Guide

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SPEARS® SOFTWARE LICENSING AGREEMENT

NOTICE: BY INSTALLING THIS SOFTWARE IN YOUR SYSTEM YOU HEREBY AGREE AND ACCEPT ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT

SPEARS® Software for piping system layouts is provided free of charge for end user use as detailed in this agreement. The term “Software” includes any versions, modifications, or updates of this software package. You should carefully read the terms and conditions of this Agreement before installing and using the software. This agreement supersedes all previous licensing agreements. Upon acceptance of this agreement, SPEARS® grants you the nonexclusive license to use the Software, provided that you agree to the following:

1. Use of the Software

•You may install and use this Software on a hard disk, file server, or other storage device of one or more computers for a single company or individual to whom this Software is licensed.

2. Restrictions

•You agree not to modify, translate, adapt, reverse engineer, de-compile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover or alter the source code or the database content of this Software other than by those means specifically provided for user customization of the SPEARS® program.

•You agree not to distribute this Software or any copies thereof.

3. Governing Law

This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California, USA. This Agreement may be modified only by written permission from SPEARS® Manufacturing Company, Inc.

4. Copyright and Trademark Rights

This Software & the Library Blocks are owned by SPEARS® Manufacturing Company, Inc. and its structure, organizations and code are valuable trade secrets of SPEARS®. You may use the SPEARS® trademark (logo) only in printed output produced by this Software, in accordance with accepted trademark practices. Such use does not give you any right of ownership to the SPEARS® trademark. This Software is also protected by United States Copyright Law and International Treaty provisions.

5. No Warranty

THIS SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE SUPPLIED TO YOU “AS IS” AND WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, AS TO ITS PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SPEARS® Software Copyright © 1997-2009 SPEARS® Mfg. Company, Inc. All rights reserved. AutoCAD® is a registered trademark of Autodesk Inc. Windows® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. Viton® is a registered trademark of DuPont Dow Elastomers. Microstation® is a registered trademark of Bentley System.

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Introduction

SPEARS® Manufacturing Company now offers a complete Process Pipe and Fitting Layout Software add-on package for AutoCAD® and Microstation® used as a tool for any thermoplastic CAD piping layout design.

The SPEARS® product line of fittings and valves is represented graphically in AutoCAD®

(2D and 3D) or Microstation® (2D). Various utilities allow for placement of pipe, querying fitting data, and bill of material (BOM) generation.

SPEARS® would welcome any input from the customer on what new features customers

would like to see in software, what features can be enhanced, and identification of any bugs that might be encountered. This product is intended to be customer oriented, so all feedback or input is extremely important and very much appreciated.

If you have any questions regarding installation or usage of this product, please contact us at:

Engineering Software Support SPEARS® Manufacturing Company

15853 Olden Street Sylmar, California 91342

Toll Free Phone: (800) 862-1499

Phone: (818) 364-6766 Fax: (818) 364-5894

E-Mail: engineering@spearsmfg.net

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System Requirements and Installation

System Requirements SPEARS® Process Pipe and Fitting Layout Software add-on package software will function

only on PC with Windows® Operating System Windows® 2000/Xp/Vista(32bit) and with most AutoCAD®-based software. For non-AutoCAD® user, the SPEARS® fitting 2D Library block is available for Acad® LT and Microstation® V8/SE/J/POWERDRAFT.

If your CAD platform is AutoCAD® LT or Microstation®, you need to fill out and fax/mail the enclosed Block Library Distribution receipt to SPEARS® prior to the installation to receive your installation password. Installation The SPEARS® Installation program will automatically create a new subdirectory C:\SPEARS and its subsequent subdirectory corresponding to selected program of choice. Note : Please remove or uninstall any previous version of the SPEARS® software from your hard disk before beginning installation. Insert SPEARS® disk in CD Rom Drive and the program will start automatically or if your

CD-ROM drive is not configured for Autoplay, Run the Setup.exe from where the SPEARS® CD is located and follow instructions as prompted.

Read the SPEARS® Software Licensing Agreement. Fill-in your company / personal information as requested. No serial number is needed. Select the program of choice: Tech Info, Acad2000, Acad2004, Acad2005/10 and

Microstation®. For Acad LT® and Microstation® installation password is required. Please fill out and fax/mail the enclosed Block Library Distribution receipt to SPEARS® prior to the installation to receive your installation password.

Click Finish to finalize your installation and remove the SPEARS® CD from your drive and

keep it in the safe place. The SPEARS® program is completely installed and you are ready to do the configuration

setup according to the CAD platform of your choice. If you have any problem or difficulty with the installation, please contact the following number for assistance:

Engineering Software Support

SPEARS® Manufacturing Company Toll Free Phone: (800) 862-1499

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AutoCAD® 2000/2000i/2002

SETUP and CONFIGURATION

SPEARS® Piping layout software must be configured after installation in order to be used with AutoCAD® Release 2000/2000i/2002. SPEARS® software is using an external database file that all pipe and SPEARS® fittings are linked to. The following steps will guide through the setup process. Windows® 2000/WinXp users: Open the “Control Panel”, select “Administrative Tools” then select “Data Sources (ODBC)”. The ODBC Data source Administrator Dialog will appear.

From the “User DSN” tab select “Add” and the “Create New Data Source” dialog will appear. (For System Administrator please use the “System DSN” instead of User DSN).

Select the “Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)” from the list. Then click the “Finish” button and the “ODBC Microsoft Access Setup” dialog will now

appear.

a. In the “Data Source Name” edit box type in capital letter “SPEARS2000”. b. In the “Database” section pick the “Select” button to navigate to the

“C:\SPEARS\COMMON” directory and select/highlight the “SPEARS.mdb” file, c. Click “OK” to select it. d. Click “OK” to close the “Access Setup dialog”. e. Click “OK” to close the “ODBC Data Source Administrator Dialog”.

Start AutoCad®

Under the “Tools” menu, select “dbConnect” submenu which will open the DBCONNECT MANAGER dialog window.

Right Click at the Data Sources Icon and select the “Configure …” sub menu and the Configure a Data Source” dialog window will appear.

In the “Data Source Name” edit box, type in capital letter SPEARS2000 and click “OK”. On the Provider Tab, select Microsoft OLE DB for ODBC Driver as the provider and click

the “Next” button. On the Connection Tab: under the “Use data source name”, type in: SPEARS2000 or select

from list box by clicking the drop down arrow. Skip and leave Item # 2 blank. Under item # 3 type in C:\ SPEARS\COMMON\SPEARS2000 or use the drop down

arrow to select from the list. Click the Test Connection button to check the Data Link and it should return the successful

connection message. Click “OK” to close the Data Link Properties dialog window. Close the DBConnect Manager Window.

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Next the AutoCAD® search path directory must be added to the AutoCAD® environment path.

From the “TOOLS” pull down menu, select “OPTIONS”. Under the Files tab, Select/expand the “Support File Search Path” option, Click the “Add” button and a new blank file path will appear. Type in the path

C:\SPEARS\ACAD2000 or use the browse button to navigate to C:\SPEARS\ACAD2000. Click the “OK” button to close the dialog box.

A custom SPEARS® menu and toolbar has been supplied to execute all SPEARS® software commands. This menu file supplements any existing menu structure. To load this menu:

From the “TOOLS” pull down menu Select “Customize” and “Menus…”. In the “File Name:” edit box type in C:\SPEARS\ACAD2000\SPEARS.MNS or use the

“Browse” option to find “SPEARS.MNS” file in the C:\SPEARS\ACAD2000 folder. Click “Load” button and SPEARS® toolbar will dock into the AutoCAD® 2000 screen. Select the “Menu Bar” Tab. Select “SPEARS®” from the “Menu Group” pull down. In the Menu Bar dialog selection box highlight the position you would like to place the

SPEARS® pull down menu and select “Insert”. SPEARS® menu will now appear in the menu bar. Close the Menu Customization dialog box and close and restart the AutoCAD®.

The SPEARS® Process Pipe and Fitting Software for AutoCAD® 2000 now has been installed and fully configured. The SPEARS® toolbar button and menu will not function unless it has been initialized. You can initialize it by clicking at the “INIT” (green-circle) button or you can use the SPEARS® menu and select INITIALIZE.

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AutoCAD® 2004

SETUP and CONFIGURATION

SPEARS® software must be configured after installation in order to be used with AutoCAD® Release 2004. SPEARS® software is using an external database file that all pipe and SPEARS® fittings are linked to. The following steps will guide through the setup process. Windows® 2000/WinXp users: Open the “Control Panel”, then “Administrative Tools”. Then select “Data Sources (ODBC)” icon. The ODBC Data source Administrator Dialog will appear.

From the “User DSN” tab select “Add” and the “Create New Data Source” dialog will appear. (For System Administrator please use the “System DSN” instead of User DSN).

Select the “Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)” from the list. Then click the Finish button and the “ODBC Microsoft Access Setup” dialog now appear.

1. In the “Data Source Name” edit box type in SPEARS2004 for Acad2004 user In the

“Database” section pick the “Select” button to navigate to the “C:\SPEARS\COMMON directory and select/highlight the “SPEARS2002.mdb” file.

2. Click “OK” to select it. 3. Click “OK” to close the “Access Setup dialog”. 4. Click “OK” to close the “ODBC Data Source Administrator Dialog”

Start AutoCAD® 2004

Under the “Tools” menu in Acad 2004 and select “dbConnect” submenu. A DBCONNECT MANAGER window will appear.

Right Click at the Data Sources Icon and select the Configure Data Source menu. “Configure a Data Source” dialog window will appear. In the “Data Source Name” edit box, type in capital letters SPEARS2004 and click “OK”. On the Provider Tab select “Microsoft OLE DB for ODBC Driver” as the provider and

click “Next” button. In the Connection Tab: under the “Use data source name”, type in capital letters :

SPEARS2004 or select from list box by clicking the drop down arrow. Skip and leave Item # 2 blank and under Item # 3 type in

C:\ SPEARS\COMMON\SPEARS2002 or use the drop down arrow to select from the list. Click the Test Connection button to check that the Data Link Properties is properly set and it

should return the successful connection message. Click “OK” to close the Data Link Properties dialog window. Close the DBConnect Manager Window.

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Next the AutoCAD® search path directory must be added to the AutoCAD® environment path.

From the “TOOLS” pull down menu select “OPTIONS”. Under the Files tab, Select/expand the “Support File Search Path” option, Click the “Add” button and a new blank file path will appear, type in the path

C:\SPEARS\ACAD2004 or use the browse button to navigate to :\SPEARS\ACAD2004. Click the “OK” button to close the dialog.

A custom menu and toolbar has been supplied to execute all SPEARS® software commands. This menu file supplements any existing menu structure. To load this menu:

From the “TOOLS” pull down menu Select “Customize” and then “Menus..”. In the “File Name:” edit box type in C:\SPEARS\ACAD2004\SPEARS.MNS or use the

“Browse” option to find “SPEARS.MNS” file). Click “Load” button and the SPEARS® toolbar will appear or dock into the AutoCAD®

2004 screen. Select the “Menu Bar” tab and select “SPEARS®” from the “Menu Group” pull down. In the Menu Bar dialog selection box highlight the position you would like to place the

SPEARS® pull down menu and select “Insert” and SPEARS® menu will now appear. Close the Menu Customization dialog box and restart the AutoCAD®.

The SPEARS® Process Pipe and Fitting Software for AutoCAD® 2004 is installed and fully configured. The SPEARS® toolbar button and menu will not function unless it has been initialized. You can initialize it by clicking at the “INIT” (green-circle) button or you can use the SPEARS® menu and select INITIALIZE.

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SPEARS® Pipe & Fitting Layout Software for AutoCAD®

User Guide

Initialization SPEARS® software must be initialized before the add-on tools can be used. You can initialize from the SPEARS® pull down menu or from the SPEARS® toolbar. If you try to select an option from the toolbar other than “initialize” you will get an error message. Always initialize first when entering any AutoCAD® drawing or after opening an existing drawing. Initialization will establish a connection between your drawing and the SPEARS® database. Select “Initialize” from the SPEARS® pull down menu or the SPEARS® toolbar. You will be prompted with “About SPEARS®” dialog that has information on the company and software version you are using (see illustration below.) You also can access this dialog by selecting the “About” submenu on the SPEARS® pull down menu or the “SPEARS®” icon on the SPEARS® toolbar. Remember you must initialize every time you enter a new AutoCAD® session or when a new AutoCAD® drawing is loaded.

About SPEARS®Initialization Dialog. After you initialize the software for the first time the variables are kept permanently until you change them again. This way you will be consistent in drawing in U.S. units in 2D with maximum pipe tolerance until you wish to change the default.

There are four main configuration settings that need to be set for drawings when SPEARS® Software is initialized. Most SPEARS® customers use Schedule 80 fittings with US drawing units in a 2D environment. Maximum pipe bend tolerance is also used. The pipe tolerance tool allows you to set the “Bend” allowed when placing pipe to minimum or maximum. This prevents pipe from being placed incorrectly between two fittings that are not aligned horizontally or vertically. Minimum settings give very little bend while maximum allows some bending. You can change these settings in other dialogs while using the software by clicking on the SPEARS® Icon on the toolbar, but the saved setting will always be restored when entering a different drawing.

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Fitting Insertion

You are now ready to begin selection and insertion of SPEARS® fittings on the construction centerlines. Different fitting types (tee, elbow, union,…etc.) can be selected from either the SPEARS® pull down menu or toolbar symbols. On selection, a dialog box will appear with various options for selecting size, configuration type, material, etc., plus “View” options for initial orientation of the fitting in the drawing (3D drawing layout does not use views. See section on 3D layout). Grayed out selection buttons indicate that the option is either not applicable to the fitting type or not currently available within software. The picture in the dialog box is a representation of how the fitting will appear on the drawing according to the selected options. The picture is updated whenever changes are made to the selected options, such as “View”. The “Multiple” option allows the user to make repeated placement of the same configuration without going through the dialog box each time. To place a tee on the construction centerline of our sample drawing, select the “Tee” from the SPEARS® pull down menu, toolbar or by command line entry. Following the example below, choose the dialog box options for a PVC Tee, Front view, ½”, SXSXS, Schedule 80, 2D. On completion of the option choices, select “OK”.

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A command line prompt to “Place Tee” will appear. The tee can be placed at any location on the construction centerline of the drawing. For our sample, place the tee at the left terminal end point of the lower centerline. The snap modes are automatically set for “INT, ENDP, NEAREST”, in that order. However, you can manually override this by selecting your own snap options. Once the tee is placed it is up to the user to select the desired rotation. Either type in a value at the command prompt or pick a point on the screen. When the command is finished, the fitting is automatically linked to the database.

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The “Query” utility demonstrated earlier, also shows the cut length of a pipe when selected.

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A side view of a pipe may also be placed by selecting the “Side” option, and length (The length is used for querying and report calculations). The following illustration shows an enlarged area where the 45º elbows and pipes were placed. Some of the layers have been turned off for clarity. After a 45º drop has been made you cannot branch off the 45º pipe with another fitting. This is due to the limited views of angled fittings available in a two dimensional drawing environment (The 3D drawing functions shown later, eliminate this limitation). Since pipe length is determined from centerline placement, this solid line irregularity has no effect on pipe length calculations in the Summary Report.

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45º elbows and pipe drops

To erase fittings or pipe simply use the AutoCAD® “erase” command and select the fitting. Since the pipe entities are now represented as groups, they may be erased by selecting any entity within that pipe group, even if some layers such as the hidden line layer (SPEARS_H) are shut off. The grouping of pipe also allows for the AutoCAD® “stretch” command to be used to lengthen or shorten piping system layouts. See the AutoCAD® online documentation for “stretch” command.

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MicroStation®

SETUP and CONFIGURATION

The SPEARS® Cell Library for Microstation® will work for Microstation® V8, SE, J and Powerdraft. Placement of SPEARS® fittings is accomplished by selecting the desired fitting from the various SPEARS® toolbars. Some basic configuration is required to obtain access to the SPEARS® fitting cell library toolbars.

Using Windows Explorer copy the folder C:\SPEARS\MICROSTATION\SPEARS_CFG to

the WSUI directory where Microstation® was installed. For example, if Microstation® SE was installed using the default installation parameters on the

C: drive of your computer, then you would copy the SPEARS_CFG folder to C:\WIN32APP\USTATION\WSUI. For Microstation® J User, the SPEARS_CFG file is copied to C:\BENTLEY\WORKSPACE\INTERLACED\MICROSTATION.

If Powerdraft was installed using the default settings then you would copy the SPEARS_CFG

folder to C:\WIN32APP\DRAFT\WSUI. Your installation may vary so check with your System Administrator.

Copy the resource file C:\SPEARS\MICROSTATION\SPEARS_CFG\SPEARS.RSC to the

directory C:\WINAPP32\USTATION\WSMOD\DEFAULT\SYMB. Again, the location and name may vary according to Microstation® product and directory path. For Microstation® J User, the resources file is copied to C:\BENTLEY\WORKSPACE\PROJECTS\98001\SYMB. (Please note that The 98001 subfolder has to be manually created.)

Start Microstation® and from the “Microstation Manager” dialog select the “Interface” pull

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styles that are used in the SPEARS® Fitting Cell Library. Note: The SPEARS® Software Cell libraries are 2D drawing based on Working Unit settings of : “ft” for Master Units, “in” for Sub Units, 12 in per ft Resolution, and 8000 Pos Units per inch.

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