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Creating a tube-map from a rectangular tube section

Using a rectangular tube section as a basis you can create virtually any type of tube layout in existence.
Start by selecting 'New' and 'Rectangular Tube Section' from the 'File' menu. After you do that the 'Tubefield Section Setup' window shown below will be displayed. From this window you can setup the basic data for the new section. The number of rows and tubes per row you specify can easily be changed after you have created the section using any of the editing tools at hand, and it's common to specify a larger number or rows and tubes than initially thought to be needed.

From this window you can also select the drawing and reporting templates that you want to use. These templates can be fully customized to fit a particular company, client, project or all of them. Reusing templates is a very fast way to get consistent reporting throughout an organization or project.



Shaping the Tube Section.
TubePro has numerous editing tools available for to speed up the creation of the tube section.

Click here for a list of them.

Below is an example of using the Poly-Line Delete tool. The layout below was crated by first selecting the tool from the toolbar and then clicking on the the tubes in the section that define the outline of  the pattern. Once the pattern has been completed you click on the first tube that defines the layout and then all the pattern is created. IF you click on the wrong tube while defining the pattern you can click on it again to unselect it.



If you discover that you have made a mistake in creating the layout pattern you can always press the 'Undo' button. This will take you back to where you were before. If the changes you have to make are minor then it might be faster to use one of the many editing tools that are available.

Mirroring of Sections
TubePro has some easy to use functions to mirror and reverse a tube section. In the example above you can easily duplicate a mirror image it by selecting 'Mirror Tubefield Section->Make Right half look like Left Half' from the "Tubefield' menu. The result from doing that can be seen below.

You can also copy 'Right to Left', 'Top to Bottom' or 'Bottom to Top'


Tube Inspection Reporting
You can assign the percent or actual wall loss to a tube in two three different ways:

Using The Mouse and Legend Key

Select a criteria button from the Legend Key and then clicking on the tube you want to assign the wall loss to. If you quickly want to assign a  wall loss of defect code to a range of tubes you first select the Select Range tool, select the range of tubes by clicking around them on the drawing, and then selecting a criteria button from the Legend Key. The Legend Key is fully customizable, inspection criteria's can be completely modified to fit the current project.

Follow this link for more information about the Legend Key.

Using The Property Window
Click on a tube and then type in the wall loss and defect code in tube properties screen.

Using the Tube Inspection Editor
Open up the Tube Inspection Editor and enter the wall losses and defect codes for the inspected tubes. Follow this link for more information about the Tube Inspection Editor and how to add custom tube inspection criteria's.

Adding Tubes
You can add tubes to a row by selecting the Add Tubes tool and then clicking on an existing tubes located next to where you want the new one. If you for example want to add a tube to the right side of row 5 you select the Add Tubes tool and then click on the last tube on row 5. You can also add entire rows by selecting either the Add Top Row or Add Bottom Row tools. If you select these tools from the button tool bar you should click on the tube section that you want to add a row to. If you select the tool from the Tubefield menu a row will be added to the active section.

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