CADWorx 2013 Sneak Peek 3 of 3 Catalog and Specification Explorer

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CADWorx 2013 Intergraph CADWorx 2013 Sneak Peek (3 of 3): Catalog and Specification Explorer

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CADWorx 2013 Specification Editor

Projects Catalogs

The new specification editor will open 2 different files:

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Catalogs files

Catalogs store enhanced data tables

– Data tables replace the data files in CADWorx 2012

There are 3 types of catalogs

– Global

– Industry

– Company

There are 5 different ways to populate a catalog

– Create New

– Transfer by Drag and Drop from base catalog reference

– Transfer by Drag and Drop from other catalogs

– Import data by specification (CADWorx 2012 version)

– Import data by data flies (CADWorx 2012 version)

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Specification Editor store enhanced data tables

Set Size Table

Library Data Files

Size Table Material

Table

Schedule

Table

Thickness

Table

Approximately 10,000 data files

existed in CADWorx 2012

End type

Table Data Tables

The catalogs store the following data inside a single XML file:

3 Types of Catalogs

exist in CADWorx 2013

Global

.CAT Industry

.IDS Company

.CMP

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There are 3 types of Catalogs

This catalog contains

all industry data. Subset of Global Catalog

Smaller subset specific

to company or project

Global

Company (.CMP) has an

optional base catalog reference

• Base catalog can be a

global or industry catalog.

Industry

Oil and Gas Exxon

Global Exxon

Company

Industry (.IDS) has an optional

base catalog reference

• Base catalog can be a

global or industry catalog.

Global (.CAT) has NO optional

base catalog reference

NO UPDATES CAN BE

PUSHED DOWN TO GLOBAL

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Create new Catalog

SELECT BASE CATALOG

where you can select the

base catalog you need for

your own used

NAME YOUR CATALOG

Type the name of your

industry or company catalog

DESCRIPTION & LOCATION

where you can select the base

catalog you need for your own used

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There are 5 different ways to populate a catalog

A catalog can be populated with information using the following options:

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Project files

Projects store specifications

– Components are added to spec from the base catalog

What are base catalogs

– Projects and individual specs can reference different catalogs.

Create new project

– Default component descriptions and part number sequences can be added globally to a project. These

default settings will carry over to new specifications.

There are 3 different ways to populate projects

– Create New Spec

– Import Spec

– Transfer Spec from another Project file

Define a branch table

– Each specification has a branch table

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900.spc

Specification Editor Project

Sizes Materials Schedule

Thicknesses

Approximately 90 specifications

existed in CADWorx 2012

Components

A project will reference a Base Catalog. The following component data is

retrieved from the Base Catalog when adding components a specification:

End types

Project

600.spc

300.spc

150.spc

900

600

300

150

In CADWorx 2013 project files

store all specifications

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Review Sample Project: Inch_CS_Specs.prj

Component List

Component

Edit Data Form

Branch Table Tab

Project Specification List

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Create a new project

SELECT BASE CATALOG

Here you can select the

base catalog you want to

use for this project. In this

case Inch_CS_Catalog.cat

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Import 150.spc from C:\CADWorx 2012\Plant\Spec

Import Legacy Specification

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Create a new Specification

Name: A1

Class: 150

Temperature: 175 F

Pressure: 205 PSI

Add components

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Transfer spec from different project

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Define a branch table per spec

You can have more than 1 branch

connection in the table

SPEC TAB

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Thank you