Extract and organize data from PDS - Intergraph I-Convert - Help - Hexagon

The basic workflow for extracting and organizing data from PDS is shown below:

1. On the local machine, create the folder structure shown below:

   

2. Click Reference Data Manager > Graphic Commodity Library Manager> Extract > Extract All > Accept to extract all the commodity data as neutral files, and then place the files in the PDS project Commodity folder.

   The files are extracted with the name PD_gcnnnn and an index file named PD_gc_list is created to show the relationship of these names to the real PDS data references.

   A Massage utility is provided to rename the data files. For more information, see Use the Massage utility to prepare PDS data.

3. Click Reference Data Manager > Physical Data Library Manager > European-Din > Accept > Extract Data > Extract All > Accept to extract the PDS physical data files as neutral files, and then place the files in the PDS project Physical folder.

   The files are named PD_tblnnnn and an index file named PD_tbl_list are created with them. You can rename these files using the Massage utility.

   Repeat this for all practices referenced in your specifications.

4. Click Reference Data Manage r> Piping Job Specification Tables > Extract > Extract All > Accept to extract the PDS diameter and gasket separation tables, and place the tables in the SpecTabs folder.

   You can rename these files as needed using the Massage utility.

5. For each specification for which I-Convert catalogs are to be created, place a copy of the Piping Commodity Specification Data file (PDS file 202) into the PDS project folder.

6. Place a copy of the piping material class file(s) (PDS file 201), which includes these piping specs, in the PDS project folder.

7. Click Reference Data Manager > Material Description Data Manager > Short Description Library > Report > Commodity > Accept to extract the short descriptions file that maps commodity codes to commodity descriptions.

8. Type the file name, and click Return > Accept > Create Neutral File > Accept to put the file in the PDS project Dat folder along with a copy of the file that maps Isogen SKEYs to PDS model codes.

   You can find the name and location of this file in the Files section of the PDS defaults file against the description PDS to ISOGEN Map.

9. If the short descriptions file contains references to PDS labels, use the PDS Reference Data Manager to extract the following files and place them in the PDS project Dat folder.

   1. Click Reference Data Manager > Label Description Library Manager > Report Label Data > Save > Accept to extract the PDS Label Definition file.

   2. Click Reference Data Manager > Standard Note Library Manager > Extract, select 17 Intergraph Corporation in the list and then click Accept, to extract the Standard Note file for Geometry Standard (575).

   3. Click Reference Data Manager > Standard Note Library Manager > Extract, select 575 in the list, and then click Accept to extract the Standard Note file for Materials Grade (145).

      In some cases, component descriptions in the short descriptions file are mapped to unique commodity codes that do not appear in the Piping Commodity Specification Data file. These unique codes are found in the Size Dependent Data file mapped to the commodity code from the Piping Commodity Specification Data file and the primary and secondary nominal sizes of the component. If indirect commodity codes are used, extract the Size Dependent Data file and put a copy in the PDS project Dat folder.

      The example below shows the resulting project hierarchy for a viable PDS project.

      

• A top-level project folder is mandatory, but the name is user-specified. In the example, the name of the project folder is PDS Project.

• The Catalogues, Commodity, Dat, Physical and Spectabs folders are mandatory, fixed-name folders.

• Safe is an optional folder, but it is normally used to store the project (.icp), massage.ini, SKEY Redefinition and SKEYUser.tbl files.