Composite Spec for Instrument with Cases: Generation Workflow - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

In this scenario, you create an instrument composite spec containing three process data cases of an instrument with the Flow process function. You use the library form Orifice Plate Composite as a source for creating a new form and assigning a new composite spec page to this form.

1. In the Instrument Index module, or using the Domain Explorer, create a flow instrument.

2. In the Process Data module, create three cases for the instrument and define process data for each case.

3. On the Specifications Module window menu bar, select Edit > Form Editor.

4. On the Form Editor menu bar, select Actions > Restore Form and then restore form Orifice Plate Composite (form number 88).

   When restoring the form, the software restores its page and enables you to work with sections that this page includes.

5. On the Specifications Module window menu bar, select Edit > Section Editor and modify the fields of the following sections as you require:

   • Flow Orifice Header (header section)

   • Flow Orifice Data (data section)

6. On the Specifications Module window menu bar, select Edit > Page Editor.

7. On the Page Editor menu bar, select Actions > New Composite Page.

8. On the New Composite Page dialog, select Header section and data section.

9. On the Select Sections for Composite Page dialog, select the following sections:

   • Flow Orifice Header

   • Flow Orifice Data

10. In the Page Editor working area, position the sections one under the other.

11. Save the page with the name Orifice Plate Composite Test.

12. Open the Form Editor and select Actions > New Form, select the Orifice Plate Composite page for the form, and then name the new form as Orifice Plate Composite Test and specify a form number.

13. On the Specifications Module window menu bar, select Actions > Open Specification and do the following:

    1. From the Item type list, select Instrument.

    2. In the Item number box, enter the tag number of the flow instrument that has cases.

    3. In the Form number box, enter the number of the Orifice Plate Composite Test form and select OK.

    4. Select a case to assign it to the instrument composite spec you are creating and select OK.

    5. On the New Composite Specification dialog, beside Flow Orifice Data, select Assign and assign the two remaining cases to the Flow Orifice Data section.

    6. Select OK to generate and open an instrument composite specification.

    In the composite spec, the sections that show case data appear from left to right. The sections are sorted in ascending order according to case sequence defined in the Process Data module (governing case is always the left-most section).

See Also

Principles of Generating Specifications