How to use SmartSelect

SmartSelect in FlowDesigner is a specialized software feature used to select the most appropriate specifications from pipe and equipment manufacturers available in the database.

Except pipes, the selection process in the software is performed on nodes with case modes set to "Design". The software calculated specifications are indexed against data that closely matches available manufacturer specification in the database.

Upon successful calculation of a hydraulic model, SmartSelect performs the selection using a defined criteria to narrow down available options in the database.

Component	SmartSelect Criteria	Selection Criteria
Pipe	Economic Velocity Velocity Hydraulic Gradient	Generaux (Economic Velocity) Peters (Economic Velocity)
Centrifugal Pump	Efficiency	Selection basis Pump Type Selection Tolerance
Control Valves	Min - Max Opening Range	Valve Style Valve to pipe size ratio

Executing SmartSelect

1. Solve the hydraulic model

2. Engage SmartSelect pane

3. Select applicable component

4. Define selection criteria

5. Click "Run SmartSelect" button

6. From the SmartSelect results table, enabling "Push Mode" causes the hydraulic model to calculate once a specification has been selected.

7. Analyze software results once calculation has been completed in push mode.

8. Click "Discard" to close the SmartSelect results table and remove any "pushed" data.

9. Click "Keep" to permanently store the selected specification to the component's input definition.

SmartSelect quick demo