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Isogen Isometric Drawing Options Reference

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Smart 3D Version
11 (2016)
Isogen Control Panel Version
2.0(2016)
Isogen Version
13.0(2016)

User Defined

Specifies whether Isogen creates a standard material control file or uses the user-defined properties to control the data that Isogen outputs to the material control file.

Select the check box to create the material file using the user-defined properties. To create a standard material control file, clear the check box.

Defines:

Option Switch - 23, Pos 4
I-Configure - MaterialList.SummaryFile.UserDefined

The column headers must match the column positions that you have set in the Material List Definition (MLD) file.

Report Creation

Defines whether the file is opened in appended mode or overwrite mode.

  • Append to report appends the file.

  • Overwrite report overwrites the file. This is the default setting.

Individual Entries

Controls whether Isogen outputs individual entries to the material control file when material accumulation is being used on the material. List. This allows components with different attributes to be listed correctly but avoids non-accumulation of materials which can often create overflow drawings.

Select the check box to output individual entries to the material control file. To suppress this output, clear the check box.

Defines:

Option Switch - N/A
I-Configure - MaterialList.SummaryFile.IndividualEntries

Include Bolts

Controls whether Isogen includes bolts in the material control file.

When this check box is selected, the software includes bolts in the material control file. This is the default setting. To exclude bolts from the material control file, clear the check box.

Defines:

Option Switch - 65, Pos 3
I-Configure - MaterialList.SummaryFile.IncludeBolts

Header Output

Controls whether there is a single output of material headings or for each pipe/drawing.

  • Pipeline outputs headings for each pipeline.

  • Drawing outputs headings for each drawing.

  • Single outputs a single output of the headings.

Defines:

Option Switch - N/A
I-Configure - MaterialList.SummaryFile.FileFormat

Unique Delimiter

Defines the separator used to delimit part number data on the user-defined material parts list.

You are only required to set this option if you have defined UNIQUE-PT-NO-SUFFIX-LIST or UNIQUE-PT-NO-LIST as columns in the material list output. Supported delimiter characters are listed below.

  • Blank

  • Comma ( , )

  • Semi-colon ( ; )

  • Colon ( : )

Example 1: UNIQUE-PT-NO-SUFFIX-LIST (Materials are accumulated and unique part numbers are enabled)

This example illustrates using the PT-NO field, with UNIQUE-PT-NO-SUFFIX-LIST showing a delimited list of suffixes. The sample output indicates that there are three pipes and two elbows that have matching properties and have been accumulated. Unique Delimiter is set to use a comma ( , ).

PART NO.

PART LIST

ITEM CODE

1

1,2,3

PIPE1

2

1,2

ELBOW1

Example 2: UNIQUE-PT-NO-LIST (Materials are accumulated and unique part numbers are enabled)

This example illustrates an alternative to using the combination part number and unique part number suffixes. The sample output indicates that there are three pipes and two elbows that have matching properties and have been accumulated. Unique Delimiter is set to use a colon ( : ).

PART NO.

ITEM CODE

1.1:1.2:1.3

PIPE1

2.1:2.2

ELBOW1

Example 3: UNIQUE-PT-NO-LIST (Materials are not accumulated and unique part numbers are not enabled)

The following example output contains a delimited list of part numbers that have matching attributes. This option is particularly useful in avoiding extending material lists that can cause overflow drawings. Unique Delimiter is set to use a semi-colon ( ; ).

PART NO.

ITEM CODE

1;2;3

PIPE1

4;5

ELBOW1

  • On the material list, you use UNIQUE-PT-NO-SUFFIX-LIST with PT-NO. You use UNIQUE-PT-NO-LIST instead of PT-NO.

  • Setting this option is not required when the report type Format is set to Fixed.

Defines:

Option Switch - N/A
I-Configure - MaterialList.SummaryFile.UniqueDelimiter