Datamatic setup
Piping specifications
Support Designer uses the specifications of the object to be supported to select a component for the primary support. We recommend that user organizations create separate specifications just for the primary supports, if possible.
Selecting a primary support depends on how freely it can be used. Typically, the same physical component may be used as a "free slide" and as a "guided slide". However, these must be separated in the selection.
Each support type should have its own piping specification Short Code.
Corporate catalog
A single Catalog Part cannot be used for several different support functions. Using the example in the Piping Specifications section above, there must be separate entries in the Corporate Catalog for the "free slide" and the "guided slide".
Isometric symbols
If primary supports are shown in isometric drawings, the isometric symbol may need to show the function of the support.
To avoid the situation that even the Dimension Tables would have to be duplicated, we suggest that user organizations would use the mechanism to override the isometric symbol (defined in the Dimension Table) at Corporate Catalog level.
For all primary support components in the Corporate Catalog, use "Iso -Override symbol in dimension table" (Isn) in corporate parts to define the correct support function specific isometry symbols.
Drawings and ICGDs for listings
In general, drawing sheets and ICGDs are set up normally for Plant Modeller. The only exception is "embedded" materials which are not stored as Plant Modeller objects, but via an attribute value.
If these materials are to be listed, a separate m-file post-processor script must be made.
Embedded materials
As an extension to the normal material data management of Plant Modeller, the script EditEmbeddedMat.mac implements a tool for managing "embedded" material information.
Embedded material data is simply a set of data records, one per part ID, listing the part ID and the corresponding quantity.
Format of the embedded mat record:
<pid>:<quantity in pieces>%<pid .... ;
The percentage sign "%" functions as the record separator and the colon ":" functions as the field separator.
In Support Designer these records are stored in the attribute "Support Fastening Material" (Sfm).