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Advanced Spec Building

Techniques for Better Designs

Sonia Delgadillo

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Specification Editor

Projects

Catalogs

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Catalogs files – a closer look

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 many different ways to populate a catalog

Transfer by Drag and Drop from catalogs

Import data from legacy specification

Import data from legacy data flies

Create New Catalog

Import from AutoPLANT and AutoCAD Plant 3D

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Catalog makeup

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 stores the following enhanced data inside a single XML file:

3 Types of Catalogs

exist in CADWorx 2013

Global

CAT Industry

IDS Company

CMP

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Industry (IDS)

• Optional base catalog reference

• Base catalog can be a global or

industry catalog.

There are 3 types of Catalogs

Global Industry Company

Global

Company (CMP)

• Optional base catalog reference

• Base catalog can be a global or

industry catalog.

Oil and Gas

Global Exxon

Global (CAT)

• NO optional base catalog reference

Global

Catalog contains all industry data Subset of global catalog Subset specific to company project

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Catalog Review

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There are many different ways

to populate a catalog

A catalog can be populated by drag and drop method, by importing

from other systems and by creating from blank.

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AutoPLANT Catalog Import

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AutoCAD Plant 3D Import

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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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Specification Editor

Projects

Catalogs

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Project files – a closer look

Projects store specifications

Components are added to a spec from the base catalog

What is a base catalogs

Projects can reference a catalog

There are many different ways to populate projects

Create new spec

Import a legacy spec

Drag and drop a spec from another project

Import a spec from another system

Default project settings for specs

Default component descriptions and part number sequences can be added globally to

a project. These default settings carry over to new specifications.

Define a branch table

Each specification has a branch table

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900.spc

900.spc

Project makeup

Sizes Materials Schedule

Thicknesses Components

A project will reference a base catalog. The following component data is

retrieved from the base catalog when adding components to a specification:

End types

900.spc

Approximately 90 individual

specifications existed in

CADWorx 2012

600.spc

300.spc

150.spc

Project

In CADWorx 2013 project files

store all specifications

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Project Review

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_2013Catalog.cat

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

Import Legacy Specification

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Transfer spec from different

project

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AutoPLANT Spec Import

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AutoCAD Plant 3D Spec Import

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Create a new Specification

Name: A1

Class: 150

Temperature: 175 F

Pressure: 205 PSI

Add components

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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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Assembly Manager

Piping Configuration Maintain Consistency - Built Once

Inserted by All Designers in a Project

Insertion will Match Size and the Spec of the Piping being attached to.

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User Shapes

Key to Speed, 3D Objects

Ask Vendors for 3D AutoCAD files.

Look for Outside Sources for 3D Blocks

STEAM TRAP

FLOW METER

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Define User Shape Dialog

User Create Dialog Steps

1. Give Component a Name

2. Long Description

3. Isogen Symbol (SKEY)

4. Select the Shape to use

5. Define the end

Connections

Save User Shapes to

1. Specs

2. Catalogs

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Things to be aware of…

BEST WORK PRACTICES

First create a catalog

Create the catalog from blank instead of import

(There will be no duplicate data if catalog is created from scratch)

C2 OUT/IN works with the same release components

RATING SECTION IN PROJECT SPEC

This is available for future reports

CONVERTENHANCED (CEE)

Displays enhanced mode

CONVERTFROMPRJDATA

Updates to latest data from project/catalog

A temporary fix is to open a different drawing

CWEXPLODE

Will convert CADWorx components to AutoCAD 3D solids

LEGACY CONVERT