The following are some examples of standard ATexts:
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The material list heading ERECTION MATERIALS.
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The isometric connection messages CONN. TO and CONT. ON in the main drawing area.
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The BATCH REF and PIPING SPEC headings in the title block area.
Each of these are default AText words that are programmed in by Isogen but which you can re-program, if required, as explained in the following examples.
Example 1: ERECTION MATERIALS
You can find ERECTION MATERIALS as AText -310 (in Plotted Material and Cut Pipe List Heading Texts). To change the default heading (ERECTION MATERIALS) to CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, the entry - 310 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS must appear in the appropriate data input file.
Example 2: CONN.TO
CONN TO. is an example of a composite message that is used at locations where pipelines are connected to equipment nozzles. You can find it as AText -208 (in Isometric Drawing Area).
To change the message CONN. TO to JOIN TO, the entry -208 JOIN TO must appear in the appropriate data input file. Information regarding the joined to component, that is, the nozzle name as extracted from the design database, is automatically appended to the AText by Isogen to form a composite message, such as JOIN TO D45-NZ12.
Example 3: BATCH REF
BATCH REF is another composite message example--AText -252 (in Title Block/Drawing Frame). The message is used to convey plant zone or area information in the title block area of the isometric where the contents of the BATCH (AREA) type record in the pipeline input data file is automatically appended by Isogen. An example of this kind of message is BATCH REF : AR-A/TF/N12.
To remove the batch reference entry from the isometric, set the AText entry in the input data file (IDF) to blank, thus: -252
Doing so removes the entire composite message from the isometric, both the AText BATCH REF : part and the following design database attribute that holds the batch reference information.