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Start the DDP Export Utility.
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On the Dimensional Data for Piping Export Utility dialog box, click Preferences.
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Set your preferences for export of dimensional data for piping.
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On the Dimensional Data for Piping Export Utility dialog box, under SmartPlant Instrumentation domain, select the domain from which you want to export dimensional data for piping.
You cannot use the DDP Utility to export dimensional data from a SmartPlant Instrument
domain that uses the KKS naming convention.
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Under Target folder, accept the displayed path or click Browse to specify a different folder.
You must specify a path that does not include spaces. If the path that you specified
has spaces, the software cannot perform data export. There is a limitation in PDS where spaces are not permitted in file paths used by
PDS.
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Do one of the following:
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To overwrite previous export files, select Overwrite export files.
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To create new export files without overwriting previous export files, clear Overwrite export files.
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Click Export.
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On the Exporting Data dialog box that opens, click Start.
In the folder <SmartPlant Instrumentation home folder>\DDP\Output\, DDP Export Utility creates the following export files:
Neutral.dat
Instrument neutral file for the PDS Piping Job Spec Database (pdtable_204)
Mto.dat
Instrument material description neutral file for the PDS Specialty Material Description Library
ListFile.txt
List of files containing dimension tables for the PDS Physical Data Library
DD*.dat
Dimension tables for the PDS Physical Data Library. For each load file number, the utility exports four load files that store the dimensional data. For example, if the load file number is 1234, the files are named DD1234A.dat, DD1234B.dat, DD1234C.dat, and DD1234D.dat.