CADWorx 2013

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

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CADWorx 2013 Specification Editor

The new specification editor will open 2 different files:

Projects

Catalogs

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Catalogs files
Catalogs store enhanced data tables
Data tables replace the data files in CADWorx 2012 Global Industry Company 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)

There are 3 types of catalogs

There are 5 different ways to populate a catalog

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Specification Editor store enhanced data tables

Approximately 10,000 data files existed in CADWorx 2012

3 Types of Catalogs exist in CADWorx 2013

Set Size Table

Library Data Files

Industry .IDS

Global .CAT
Company .CMP

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

Size Table

Material Table

Schedule Table

Thickness Table

End type Table

Data Tables

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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

Industry

Company

Oil and Gas

Exxon

Global

Exxon

Global (.CAT) has NO optional base catalog reference NO UPDATES CAN BE PUSHED DOWN TO GLOBAL

Industry (.IDS) has an optional base catalog reference Base catalog can be a global or industry catalog.

Company (.CMP) has an optional base catalog reference Base catalog can be a global or industry catalog.

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Create new Catalog

NAME YOUR CATALOG Type the name of your industry or company catalog SELECT BASE CATALOG where you can select the base catalog you need for your own used

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 Projects and individual specs can reference different catalogs. Default component descriptions and part number sequences can be added globally to a project. These default settings will carry over to new specifications. Create New Spec Import Spec Transfer Spec from another Project file Each specification has a branch table

What are base catalogs Create new project

There are 3 different ways to populate projects

Define a branch table

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Specification Editor Project

Approximately 90 specifications existed in CADWorx 2012

In CADWorx 2013 project files store all specifications

150.spc 600.spc

Project
900.spc 150 300 600 900

300.spc

A project will reference a Base Catalog. The following component data is retrieved from the Base Catalog when adding components a specification:

Sizes

Materials

Schedule Thicknesses
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End types

Components

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Review Sample Project: Inch_CS_Specs.prj

Component List

Project Specification List

Component Edit Data Form

Branch Table Tab

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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 Legacy Specification

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

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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

SPEC TAB

You can have more than 1 branch connection in the table

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Thank you

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