I'm trying to find out if the catalogs in the Mechanical section are something we can use for something. Is it possible to setup some rules – for example can it be setup to show a list of the available sizes of duct(without going the the Manufature catalog...), and is it possible to get it to select the correct bend radius for the selected size… I have tried using the delivered UK_DW144.mdb. it works fine with one value per size but i can't get is to with multiple systems per systems per size.(Example with 2 diffent Elbow radius, each is created as a system- so one system is call "80" and the other "80-R1". The naming is the same in both the Elbow and duct table)
Elbow table:
'ID;Product Code;Manufacturer;Type;Material;D1;D2;standardAngle;ANGLE;R/D;R;L1;L2;EndType1;80;Noro;PRESSED AND FOLDED BENDS 90°;GALVANISED;80;80;90;90;2;160;0;0;"fl-6;fl-6;"17;80-R1;Noro;SHORT PRESSED AND FOLDED BENDS 90°;GALVANISED;80;80;90;90;1;80;0;0;"fl-6;fl-6;"
Duct table:
'ID;Product Code;Type;Manufacturer;Material;D11;80;Round Elbow;Noro;GALVANISED;8082;80-R1;Round Elbow;Noro;GALVANISED;80
Problem is that is seams to just pick the first in the row with the same dimension without looking at the "Product Code".
I have tried to find some information / guides in how to get started – but failed… Is there somewhere I can read more about setting this up?
I'm not sure I understand exactly what it is you're trying to do, but in order to filter query values the object does have to use a manufacturer's catalog.
For reference, you can add the Radius parameter to the query criteria in order to get a record specific to that Radius value in UK_DW144.xml file:
<QueryCriteria NumOfParams="3" Param1="ANGLE" Param2="D1" Param3=”R”/>
However, in the latest ABD you no longer have to manually edit the XML to do so (although you still can):