Catalog Parts

Catalog Parts are used to bind the geometry to certain dimensions and to provide information such as materials and standard to the following objects:

piping components
standard components
joint materials
beams
plates
cable tray parts

Typically, this data appears on bill-of-material lists extracted from the model.

You can get this data also to the P&ID database when the integration is in use.

All the components that refer to the same Catalog Part share the same general information concerning the material, description, rating, and so on. Size-dependent data is separate for each component. The physical dimensions of a component (including weight) are stored in the Dimension Table—see Dimension Tables. Several parts can refer to the same Dimension Table, for example with a different material.

Creating a new catalog part

You can create new Catalog Parts as needed.

Do the following:

In the Project Environment dialog, browse to [library] > Components > Catalog Parts > Catalog Parts.
Select New > Catalog Part. Alternatively, you can make a copy of an existing part, and then rename and open the new copy. The Corporate Catalog Edit dialog opens.

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You can import the values for the new part from Microsoft Excel as described in Creating catalog parts by import from Excel, or you can define the values manually as described below.
Enter a description for the part.
Select the Dimension Table to use.
Select the connection faces.
Right-click the Keyword field to select the keyword.
Right-click the Standard field to select the standard.
Right-click the Rating field to select the rating, if needed.
Right-click the Material field to select the material.
Right-click the Dimension Format field to select the Dimension format to use, or type the format directly into the field.
In the Dimension Table section, select the sizes. (This cannot be done before Dimension Format is defined.)
Select the isometric symbol, if needed.
Click Attributes to assign attributes and set their values for the Catalog Part.
Click OK to save the new part.