Menu Items
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Description
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New
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Opens a new drawing grid in the Drawing Pane.
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New Tab
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Opens a new drawing grid in a new tab. Tabbed Design Sheets let you work on multiple systems simultaneously. Up to 4 different systems may be worked on concurrently using the ‘Tabbed’ system feature.
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Open
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Displays the Open dialog. Select a .pfe file and click the Open button to open a pipe system drawing in Pipe Flow Expert.
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Open Examples
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Opens the Example Systems dialog. Select an example and click the Load Example System button to open an example system drawing in Pipe Flow Expert.
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Save
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Saves your changes to the pipe system drawing.
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Save As
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Opens the Save As dialog. Browse to where you want to save the pipe system, name the .pfe file, and click Save.
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Save Screen Image
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Save an image of the visible drawing area as a jpeg file.
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Save Screen as EMF Metafile
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Save the drawing as an Enhanced Metafile.
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Email System
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Opens a new email message with a .pfe file of your current design attached to an email.
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Email Screen Image
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Opens a new e-mail message with a jpeg of the screen image attached to the e-mail.
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Create PDF – System Drawing
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Create a PDF document of the system drawing.
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Create PDF – Customized Report
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Create a PDF customized report, including cover sheet with logo image, system drawing and results tables. Including a high resolution pump graph with performance curves.
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Print
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Opens the Printing Drawing dialog. Type the page title and click the Print button to print the image currently visible in the Drawing Pane.
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Print Setup
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Opens the Print Setup dialog. Define your printing preferences and click OK.
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Import Image
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Opens the Import Image dialog. Allows browse of folders and files to select import of image file on to the system drawing.
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Import Pipe Data
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Opens the Import Pipe Data – Select Files dialog. Allows browse of folders and files to select and then import pipe data from disk into the pipe database.
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Import Fluid Data
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Opens the Import Fluid Data – Select Files dialog. Allows browse of folders and files to select and then import fluid data from disk into the fluid database.
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Recover from AutoSave Files
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Pipe Flow Expert will automatically save a backup of your current design at approximately 5-minute intervals. In the event of a problem, you can try to load the most recent backup file to try and recover your system.
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Purge Auto Saved Files
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Delete the files created by the auto save feature.
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Exit
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Closes the application.
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