PDMS is a 3D modelling software for modelling civil structures, process equipments and piping networks as well as various electrical and instrument components. Here is a list of shortcuts to help you increase your productivity in PDMS.
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 1 | SAVEWORK | To Save Current Work |
| 2 | AXES OFF | Axes Switch Off |
| 3 | ADD CE | Add Current Element To Display |
| 4 | REM ALL ADD CE | Remove All From Display And Add Current Element |
| 5 | ALP REQ CLEAR | Clear The Command Line |
| 6 | REM ALL | Remove All From Display |
| 7 | REPR HOLES ON UPDATE | Holes Representation On & Update In Graphical Window |
| 8 | REPR HOLES OFF UPDATE | Holes Representation Off & Update In Graphical Window |
| 9 | Q ATT | To Display The Attributes Of The Current Element |
| 10 | STAT | To Display The Status |
| 11 | UNCLAIM ALL | Uncliming All To Allow The Other User To Work |
| 12 | Q POS $Q | Help |
| 13 | MARK CE | To Display The Name Of The Component Of The Element |
| 14 | UNMARK ALL | To Remove All The Markings From The Graphical Window |
| 15 | ENHANCE CE COL RED | To Change The Colour Of The Current Element |
| 16 | REN /NAME COPY PREV | Copu And Rename The New Component |
| 17 | QUIT | Exits The Pdms Application Without Saving |
| 18 | FINISH | Exits The Pdms Application With Saving |
| 19 | Q MDB | Display The Current Multiple Database |
| 20 | Q USER | Display The Current User Name |
| 21 | Q MEM | Display The Members Of Current Site/Zone/ .. Etc. |
| 22 | F1 | Help |
| 23 | F2 | Zoom In/Out |
| 24 | F3 | Pan |
| 25 | F4 | Perspective/Parallel View |
| 26 | F5 | Rotate |
| 27 | F6 | Walk On/Off |
| 28 | F7 | Rotate Wrt Eye/Model |
| 29 | F8 | Wire Frame/Solid |
| 30 | F9 | Scroll Bar On/Off |
| 31 | F1&F3 | Zoom In |
| 32 | F7&F9 | Zoom Out |
| 33 | F4/LEFT ARROW | Pan/Rotate Left |
| 34 | F6/RIGHT ARROW | Pan/Rotate Right |
| 35 | F2/DOWN ARROW | Pan/Rotate Up |
| 36 | F8/UP ARROW | Pan/Rotate Bottom |
| 37 | $M | For Loading A Macro File (Project Data) |
| 38 | ADD ALL WITHIN VOL CE 1000 | All All The Components With In The 1000 Distance All
Around The Ce |
| 39 | Q ATT IDP@ | For Getting The Possition Of A Current Element |
| 40 | AXES AT IDP@ | Places The Axes At The Current Element P-Point |
| 41 | AXES ON | Make The Axes To Display |
| 42 | CHOO ALL | Reselect |
| 43 | DIR N 45 E | To Orient The Component In The Direction Of N 45 E |
| 44 | Q IDP@ WRT /* | Details With Respect To World |
| 45 | NEW EQUI / COPY / | For Copying & Renaming An Equipment As New |
| 46 | REN / / | |
| 47 | REPR OBST ON UPDATE | Make The Obstruction Area To Display |
| 48 | LOCK ALL | Lock Any Hierarchiy |
| 49 | MATCH WITH (NAME,’*ABC*’) | Rule For Making Mto Report |
| 50 | Q MEM | To Query The Member |
| 51 | Q OWN | To Query The Owner |
| 52 | THRO CE | Through Current Element |
| 53 | THRO ID@ | Through Id Cursor At |
| 54 | THRO IDP@ | Through Id “P” Point |
| 55 | Q U IN /* | To Find The Elevation Of Origin With Respect To World |
| 56 | Q SESSION | To Find Out Mdb, Update Date, User Name |
| 57 | Q TEMP | To Query The Temperature |
| 58 | REM ALL | To Remove All From Display |
| 59 | Q DRAWLIST | Summary Of The Site |
| 60 | Q NAME | To Find The Selected Object Name |
| 61 | Q XYPOS | To Know The Xy Position Of The View |
| 62 | UPDATE ALL | To Update The All Views Of The Sheet As Per The Design
Modification |
| 63 | AT @ | For Relocating The View |
| 64 | BY @ | For Relocating The View With Base Point |
| 65 | LVISI T | View Display On |
| 66 | LVISI F | View Display Off |
| 67 | LFRA T | Borders Of View On |
| 68 | LFRA F | Borders Of View Off |
| 69 | DTOFFSET | For Moving Dimtext Location |
| 70 | PLTXT | Projection Line Text |
| 71 | PLTXT ‘#DIM-0’ | For Giving The Nozzle Orientation |
| 72 | PLTXT ‘-C OF #OWN(C2:)’ | To Mark Center Line Of Equipment |
| 73 | PKDIST | Clearance From The Origin |
| 74 | PKEY TOS | Set The Extension Line As Tos |
| 75 | PLTXT ‘BOP EL+ #POSU(C2:)’ | To Mark Bop Of Pipe |
| 76 | PLTXT ‘TOS EL+ #POSU(C2:)’ | To Mark Tos Of Structure |
| 77 | NEW GLAB COPY PREV DDNM ID@ | Copy Previous Tag |
| 78 | BTEXT ‘#NAME (C2:)’ | For Changing Lable Text (Use Required Option In Place Of
Name) |
| 79 | SPREAD REMOTE | For Spreading The Lable Tags Outside The View Limits |
| 80 | ADEGREES 90 | To Rotate The Lable Tag By 90 Deg. |
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 81 | DELETE BRAN | Delete Branch |
| 82 | Q HSTU | To Display Branch Head Side Tube Attributes |
| 83 | Q LSTU | To Display Component Leave Side Tube
Attributes |
| 84 | Q ABORE | To Display Arrive Bore Of A Component |
| 85 | Q LBORE | To Display Leave Side Bore Of A Component |
| 86 | ADD HREF TREF | Add Head & Tail Reference |
| 87 | Q HBORE | To Display The Head Side Bore Of A Branch |
| 88 | Q TBORE | To Display The Tail Side Bore Of A Branch |
| 89 | Q SPRE | To Display The Specification Of The Component |
| 90 | Q PSPEC | To Display The Specification Of The Pipe |
| 91 | NEW ELBO CHOO | Create New Elbo |
| 92 | NEW ELBO SEL WITH STYP EA | To Create The Elbo With Specific Selection Type |
| 93 | AXES AT HPOS | Axes At Head Possition Of The Branch |
| 94 | AXES AT TPOS | Axes At Tail Possition Of The Branch |
| 95 | NEX TUBI | Asking For Tube Being On The Component |
| 96 | Q ITLE | To Display The Length Of The Tube Between Two
Components |
| 97 | Q HREF | To Display The Head Reference Of A Branch |
| 98 | Q TREF | To Display The Tail Reference Of A Branch |
| 99 | Q DIR | To Display The Direction Of The Selected
Component |
| 100 | CONN PH TO FIR MEM | Connect Branch Head To The First Member Of
The Branch |
| 101 | CONN PT TO LAS MEM | Connect The Branch Tail To The Last Member Of
The Branch |
| 102 | Q ORI | To Display The Orientation Of Selected
Component |
| 103 | DIST | Giving The Distance Between Two Component
Centers |
| 104 | CLEA (SPOOL) | Giving The Spool Distance Between Two
Components |
| 105 | Q CATREF | To Display The Catalogue Reference At
Component Level |
| 106 | CONN | Connect |
| 107 | FCONN | Force Connect |
| 108 | Q STYP | To Display The Component Selection Type |
| 109 | Q DTXR | To Display The Detail Text(Description Of The
Component |
| 110 | DRAG BY E 1000 | Strech The Component By East 1000 (Not
Prefered) |
| 111 | Q MTXX | To Display The Material Of The Component |
| 112 | Q MODE | To Display The Mode Of Direction (For/Back) |
| 113 | FOR | To Set The Forward Mode |
| 114 | BACK | To Set The Backward Mode |
| 115 | FIRST MEM | To Navigate The First Member |
| 116 | LAST MEM | To Navigate The Last Member |
| 117 | FIRST FLAN | To Navigate The First Flange In Hierarchy |
| 118 | Q PARA | To Display The Parameters |
| 119 | Q ACONN | To Display The Arrive Connection Detail Of A
Component |
| 120 | Q LCONN | To Display The Leave Connection Details Of A
Component |
| 121 | DIR TOW NEX | Direction Towards The Next Component |
| 122 | Q REF | To Display Reference |
| 123 | INCL | Include |
| 124 | ORI AND P3 IS UP | Orient P3 Of Tee To Up (Specified Direction) |
| 125 | OWN | Navigate Owner |
| 126 | GOTO OWN | Go To Owner Of The Selected Component |
| 127 | Q ABOP/LBOP | Details Of The Arrive/Leave Boptom Of Pipe |
| 128 | Q ANGLE | Details Of A Angle Of An Elbo |
| 129 | Q ATLE | Length Of First Tube Of A Branch |
| 130 | ATTYPE CCNN | Comment Attachment Without Dimension |
| 131 | ATTYPE CCCC | Comment Attachment With Dimension |
| 132 | ATTYPE XXXX | Atta For Setting The Isometric Limit |
| 133 | CH CE | Check Current Element (For Consistency Check) |
| 134 | DIR TOW NEXT ELBO | Align A Elbo With The Next Elbo |
| 135 | DIR TOW ID@ | Align The Elbow |
| 136 | EXTEND 100 START/END | Extend By 100 The Start/End Of A Cross Member |
| 137 | Q HCON/TCON | Details Of Head/Tail Connection Of A Branch |
| 138 | Q HDIR | Direction Of The Flow From The Branch Head |
| 139 | Q HPOS/TPOS | Details Of Head/Tail Possition Of A Branch |
| 140 | Q ISPE | Insulation Specification |
| 141 | ISPEC NULREF | For Removing Insulation |
| 142 | SPKBRK T | For Removing Insulation (Use In Case Fof Atta) |
| 143 | LOOSE | Used By Isodraft Where Flange Is Supplied Loose |
| 144 | MTOC DOTD | Mto Component Dotted With Dimension |
| 145 | MTOC DOTU | Mto Component Dotted With Out Dimension |
| 146 | MTOC OFF | Mto Component Off |
| 147 | NEX CONN | Next Connect |
| 148 | NEX THRO CE | Move The Current Componet To Next |
| 149 | ORI AND P3 IS TOW ID@ & DIR TOW ID@ | Aligning The 3Rd P-Point Of A Tee Towards Next Elbow |
| 150 | Q P3 | Details Of P-Point P3 (In Case Of Tee Only) |
| 151 | Q PA/P1 | Details Of The P-Point 1 |
| 152 | Q PL | Derails Of The P-Point 2 |
| 153 | STEXT ‘TEXT’ | Setting The Comment Text |
| 154 | TCONN OPEN | Tail Connection Type Open (Ce Should Be Branch) |
| 155 | TDIR | Direction Of The Flow From The Branch Tail |
| 156 | ISPEC /W | To Give The Insulation |
| 157 | Q LBORE | To Query Leave Bore |
| 158 | Q TBORE | To Query The Tail Bore |
| 159 | THRO PH | Through Pipe Head |
| 160 | THRO PREV | Through Previous |
| 161 | THRO PT | Through Pipe Tail |
| 162 | Q TPOS | To Query Tail Position |
| 163 | Q HCON | To Query The Head Connection |
| 164 | Q TCON | To Query The Tail Connection |
| 165 | Q ACON | To Query Arrive Connection |
| 166 | Q LCON | To Query Leave Connection |
| 167 | ATTYPE FLOW | To Create Flow Direction Of Attachment |
| 168 | DIR N | Direction Of Component Towards North |
| 169 | BACK CONN | Backward Connection |
| 170 | MTOC UNSET | To Freeze The Component From Mto Report |
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 171 | Q PARA | To Display The Parameters |
| 172 | Q CATREF | To Display The Catelogue Reference |
| 173 | Q SPRE | To Display The Specification Reference |
| 174 | Q CREF | To Display The Connection Reference |
| 175 | ADD CREF | To Add The Connection Reference |
| 176 | NEW BOX XLEN 100 YLEN 100 ZLEN 100 | To Create New Box With X-Length 100, Y-Length
100 & Z-Length 100 |
| 177 | NEW CYLI DIA HEI | To Create New Cylinder By Specifying Diameter
And Height |
| 178 | NEW SITE | To Create New Site |
| 179 | NEW ZONE | To Create New Zone |
| 180 | NEW EQUI | To Create New Equipment |
| 181 | NEW SUBE | To Create New Sub Equipment |
| 182 | NEW STRU | Create New Structural |
| 183 | NEW FRMW | To Create New Framework |
| 184 | NEW SBFR | To Create Sub Framework |
| 185 | NEW CYLI COPY PREV BY N 1000 | To Create New Cylinder From Previous Cylinder
By North 1000 |
| 186 | Q POS IDP@ | For The Position Of Identified P-Point |
| 187 | AXES AT P1 | Axes At “P” Point 1 |
| 188 | AXES AT P2 | Axes At “P” Point 2 |
| 189 | NEXT AXES AT CE | Axes At Next Current Element In Hierarchiy |
| 190 | NEW VERT COPY PREV | Copying The Previous Vertex |
| 191 | DELETE VERT | To Delete The Vertex |
| 192 | MARK WITH (NAM) ALL NOZZ FOR CE | To Mark Nozzle Name |
| 193 | Q LEVEL | To Query The Current Element Level |
| Sr | Shortcut | Command |
| 194 | AXES AT CE | Axes At Current Element |
| 195 | Q CUTL | Cut Length |
| 196 | Q BANG | To Display The Beta Angle |
| 197 | Q POSS WRT /* | To Display The Start Position Wrt World |
| 198 | Q POSE WRT /* | To Display The End Position Wrt World |
| 199 | Q ORI | To Display The Orientation |
| 200 | Q POS WRT /* | To Display The Position Wrt World |
| 201 | BY W 1000 WRT /* 8 | Move The Selected Item To West 1000 Wrt World |
| 202 | EXT END 300 | To Extend The End By 300 |
| 203 | Q NAME | To Display The Name |
| 204 | NAME /NEW NAME | To Remane The Old Name |
| 205 | Q CE | Display The Current Element |
| 206 | Q DESC | To Display The Grid Mark & Also Change The
Grid Mark |
| 207 | MARK WITH (DESC) ALL SCTN FOR CE | To Dispay All The Grid Markings |
| 208 | Q JUS | To Display The Steel Justification |
| 209 | UNLOCK ALL | To Unlock |
| 210 | AXES AT POSE | Axes At End Possition |
| 211 | AXES AT POSS | Axes At Start Possition |
| 212 | CTYE | Connection Type At End |
| 213 | CTYS | Connection Type At Start |
| 214 | DESP | Design Parameter |
| 215 | DRNE | Cutting Plane Direction At End |
| 216 | DRNS | Cutting Plane Direction At Start |
| 217 | EREEL | End Release |
| 218 | JLIN | Joint Line |
| 219 | JOLE | Joint Reference At End |
| 220 | JOLS | Joint Reference At Start |
| 221 | JUSLINE / JUSL | Justification Line |
| 222 | NPOS | Node Position |
| 223 | SREL | Start Release |
| 224 | ZDIS | Distance Along Z-Axis Of Owning Section |
| 225 | JUSLINE TOS | To Match The Top Of The Structure With The Existing Or Selected Structe |
| 226 | JUSLINE BOS | To Match The Bottom Of The Structure With The Existing Or Selected Structe |
