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On the Windows Start menu, point to the PD Shell program group and select PD Shell.
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In the Plant Design System Environment window, in the list box, select the PDS project to which you want to import dimensional data for piping, and select Reference Data Manager.
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Select Piping Job Specification Manager.
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Select Instrument Data.
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Under Instrument Data, do the following:
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In the Node Name box, type the computer name for the <Smart Instrumentation home folder>\DDP\Output folder.
After you type data in a PDS text box, remember to press Enter before continuing.
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In the File Path box, type the path to the <Smart Instrumentation home folder>\DDP\Output folder.
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Do one of the following:
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To append data that you exported from Smart Instrumentation DDP to instrument specifications already in the project, select Load.
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To delete any existing instrument specifications before loading, select Replace.
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In the File Name box, type neutral.dat.
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On the toolbar, select
to load the instrument specifications to the reference database.
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On the toolbar, select
.
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If your PDS project uses both unapproved and approved libraries, on the main Piping Job Specification Manager window select Unapprove ==> Approve. On the toolbar, select
.
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In response to the warning message that spec records will be overwritten, in the message box select OK, and on the toolbar, select
.
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On the toolbar, select
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In the Reference Data Manager, select Material Description Library Manager.
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Select Specialty Description Library.
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Under Specialty Material Description Library, do the following:
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Select Load/Revise Interactive.
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Under Types, select Instruments.
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On the toolbar, select
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Under Specialty Material Description Library, do the following to load the material descriptions:
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In the Node Name box, type the computer name for the <Smart Instrumentation home folder>\DDP\Output folder.
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In the File Path box, type the path to the <Smart Instrumentation home folder>\DDP\Output folder.
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In the File Name box, type mto.dat.
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On the toolbar, select
.
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If your PDS project uses both unapproved and approved libraries, select Unapprove ==> Approve. On the toolbar, select
.
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On the toolbar, select
.
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In the Material Description Library Manager window, on the toolbar, select
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In the Reference Data Manager window, select Physical Data Library Manager.
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Under Library/Data Management, do the following:
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From the list to the right of the command buttons, select the practice (for example US Practice).
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On the toolbar, select
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Do the following:
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In the Node Name box, type the computer name for the <Smart Instrumentation home folder>\DDP\Output folder.
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In the File Path box, type the path to the <Smart Instrumentation home folder>\DDP\Output folder.
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Select Create / Interactive Data.
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To the right of the command buttons, toggle the Single button to display List.
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In the box to the right of List, type listfile.txt.
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On the toolbar, select
.
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If your PDS project uses both unapproved and approved libraries, select Unapproved ==> Approved. On the toolbar, select
.
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On the toolbar, select
.
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In the Physical Data Library Manager window, under Library/Data Management, on the toolbar, select
.
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In the Reference Data Manager window, on the toolbar, select
.
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In the Plant Design System Environment window, select
to exit PDShell.