If the Pipe material you are using in the pipe system does not exist in the Pipe Flow Expert Pipe Database, you can quickly add the material to the database by clicking the Add New Material button on the Pipe Data screen.


NOTE: Be sure to enter the values for the Pipe material’s properties in the units displayed next to the field. For example, if you are using metric units, and mm for millimetre is displayed next to the Internal Roughness field, enter the internal surface roughness in millimetres.


To add new material to the Pipe Database:


  1. Select a Pipe in the pipe system and click the Material button in the Pipe Pane, or click the Material button on the Pipe Data tab of the Configuration Options dialog to open the Pipe Data screen with the material database displayed.


  1. Click the Add New Material button.


  1. Clicking the Add New Material button opens the Add Pipe Material section in the Pipe Data screen.


  1. Type the material name in the Material field.


  1. Type the material’s schedule or class in the Schedule/Class field.


  1. Type the material’s internal roughness, expressed in the units displayed in parenthesis, in the Internal Roughness field.


  1. The Pipe Size Range value is automatically calculated when new pipe sizes are added for the material.


  1. Click the Save New Material button to save the new material data to the database and the materials list.


If the current system contains materials that do not exist in the Material Database, the Unknown Pipe Data information panel is displayed on the Pipe Data screen.  To commence the importing of pipe data from the current system, click the Import Pipe Data > From Current System on the Pipe Data Screen or select Tools > Import Pipe Data From Current System on the main menu.  

See Section: Pipe Data Import > Importing Pipe Data from Current System for further information.


Pipe materials can also be added to the Pipe Database by importing them from pipe data files on disk.  See Section: System Amendments and Group Updates > Pipe Data Import for further information.