Document

Document group

On the Weld tab, the Document group includes the following tools.

Edit

You can create a weld document for the active weld group if the document does not exist yet, or open the existing document for editing. This enables the weld-specific drawing functions described in Welds.

Note: Although you can use the standard Plant Modeller Document browser to manage weld documents (browse, regenerate, publish, and so on), opening a weld document from the document browser does not enable the weld-specific drawing functions.

Prerequisites

  • The project administrator has defined Weld Drawing settings for the project.

Do the following:

  1. Select the required Logistic 3D space and Weld group.

  2. Select Weld tab > Document group > Edit.

  3. If the weld document does not exist yet, the Create New Drawing dialog opens.

    Specify the properties for the new document:

    • Name – Enter a descriptive name for the document.

    • Attributes – By default, a new document has attributes defined as Recommended in the 'Drawing' COS object. You can click Select Attributes to add or remove attributes.

      Specify a value for each included attribute.

    Then click OK.

  4. The weld document opens in the Document editor, displaying one drawing view named 'Plan_view'; for more details on this view type, see Create plan view. You can use the standard editing tools and the weld drawing-specific editing tools described in Welds to edit the document.

  5. Save and close the document. The document editor closes and the Weld tab re-appears.

Export

You can export a weld report into a Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) workbook.

Prerequisites

  • The project administrator has defined an ICGD that generates a Microsoft Excel file. See ICGDs.

Do the following:

  1. Optionally, open the Weld List dialog and use it for selecting the welds to include in the report. For details, see List.

  2. Select Weld tab > Document group > Export.

  3. If not using the Weld List to select the welds, select the welds now from the 3D model. You can, for example, use the context-menu command Select by type to select all welds in the project. Then, press Enter to confirm the selection.

  4. In the ICGD for Weld Excel Report dialog, select the ICGD to use, and click OK.

  5. In the Select Folder and Filename for the New Report dialog, specify the filename and saving location, and click Save.

  6. The program generates and displays the weld report.