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SmartPlant Foundation / SDx Version
10
I-Configure Version
6.0(2016)
Isogen Version
13.0(2016)
Smart Isometrics Version
7.0(2019)
Spoolgen Version
9.0(2019)

Spoolgen is an editor of POD files. Usually, a POD file is a single pipeline database that contains both graphical and non-graphical data. The graphical data is usually a drawing sheet (or sheets) created by Isogen. The non-graphical data are the pipeline components, information items, and the related properties.

The pipelines that you create using Smart Isometrics are automatically saved as POD files. To produce a POD file in Spoolgen, you must process IDFs and PCFs through Isogen. The format of the resulting POD file is the same.

The following graphic shows the basic workflow for using the software to work with piping design file:

As the pipeline is processed through Spoolgen, it is assigned a status that is recorded by the project database. The status indicates the current stage of the pipeline within the context of the Spoolgen workflow. The three statuses are listed below.

  • Pending indicates that the design file has been imported only.

  • In Process indicates that the piping design file has been imported and is checked out.

  • Complete indicates that the piping design file has been imported, checked out, and is now checked in.

Spoolgen reference data

Spoolgen is a specification-driven application. Before a piping project can begin, you must define the reference data, including piping specifications and catalogs. Depending on how reference data is managed, you use the Intergraph Material Editor software to build a single comprehensive materials catalog, often referred to as a “master” catalog, or several catalogs. A materials catalog usually consists of a database of component types, including pipes, flanges, bolts, gaskets, fittings (such as elbows, tees, and reducers). The database contains detailed size information about each component, such as bores and dimensions. It also contains information regarding the material item or stock code, component weight, schedule, rating, and end type, as well as any number of user-defined materials and component attributes.

While the number of components included in a typical piping specification can be in the hundreds, or even thousands, a materials catalog is much larger, with several thousand individual components. You can think of a specification as a subset of all the components in a materials catalog. A catalog includes all the components that you can use at any given time, but the specification includes only those components that you can use in a piping design project. The table below outlines the basic differences between a piping specification and a materials catalog.

Piping Specification

Materials Catalog

Contains hundreds or thousands of components.

Contains several thousand components.

Contains only those components that you can use in a particular project

Contains all the components that you can use at any given time.

  • A sample material database is delivered to the local computer during installation. However, we recommend that you use this database only for instructional purposes and not for live projects. To create, edit, and manage the reference data needed for Spoolgen, you must use the companion product, Intergraph Material Editor. This software provides a single environment in which you can customize the additional material, bolts, coupling, supports and welds that are used to edit and detail the pipelines that you import into Spoolgen to produce spool sheets and isometric drawings. Refer to the Material Editor Help for more information about using Material Editor to create a customized material database.

  • If you do not specify an alternative material database in the project defaults, Spoolgen uses the sample database by default. For more information, see Project Defaults and Attributes in the I-Configure Help.