Overview

For OpenPlant Isometrics Manager, Pipe cut list requires End preparation details in isometrics. As per project requirement user may need to show some existing attributes.

Problem Description

In OpenPlant Isometrics Manager, the Pipe Cut List should include some specific end preparation details like BEVEL, SQCUT etc. in it. It can be done by customizing the BOM labels inside the schema and to get into Isometrics Manager by adding in its report definition file.

Please find below the steps to illustrate this example to include these attributes for both the AutoPlant Modeler and OpenPlant Modeler applications. Also note these are for the OpenPlant Modeler and OpenPlant Isometrics Manager applications.

Steps to Resolve

1. Navigate to Bentley OpenPlant Isometrics installation folder, as mentioned below:
   
   Program Files (x86)\Bentley\OpenPlantIsometricsManager V8i\OpenPlantIsometricsManager \config\LookupMap.txt.
   
   
2. In LookupMap.txt file, add below information to it.
   
   BW = Butt Weld
   PE = SQ.CUT
   
   Note: The original value will return when no matching entry would be found.
   
   
3. Open Bentley Class Editor.
   
   
4. Open ‘OpenPlant_CustomAttributes.08.11.ecschema.xml’ schema to get the desired custom attribute on certain class, as it contains the list of Custom Attributes.
   This schema can be found by navigating below path - %Project Root%\WorkSpace\OPModeler\schemas
   
   
5. Open Supplemental schema “OpenPlant_3D_Supplemental_Isometrics_ Isoextractor.01.04. ecschema.xml”.
   
   
6. Navigate to Pipe class in schema.
   
   
7. Right click on pipe class and add custom attribute using Add/Remove option. 
   
   
   
   
8. Select custom attribute ‘Specific BOM Labels’ and pull down to ‘Applied Custom Attributes’ fields as shown in below image. 
   
   
   
   Note - In case Custom attribute not present in list, then user may copy it from other existing class.
   
   
9. Add element from Attributes option from ‘Specific BOM Labels’. See image below for reference. 
   
   
   
   
10. Enter the value  IM.MapText(IM.GetPort (“1”,“ECX_END_PREP”)). It retrieves the shorthand end prep for port #1 (for instance BW or PE). See image below.
    
    
    
    Note: IM.MapText () maps a string to another string. Be careful when entering the value, quotes and spaces. It might not produce any results if not entered correctly. It is recommended that user could type in the value to avoid any error. The map is stored in Bentley OpenPlant Installation folder as shown in above.
    
    
11. Save & Close Schema.
    
    
12. Generate Isometrics and verify results. The information will display under ‘Show Component Tag’  dialog  box. See below. 
    
    
    
    
    
    

See Also

In recent release of OpenPlant Isometrics Manager, user may try below wiki article link as reference.

http://communities.bentley.com/products/plant/design___engineering/w/plant_design_and_engineering__wiki/23915.how-to-add-piping-component-properties-on-weld-reports

http://communities.bentley.com/products/plant/design___engineering/w/plant_design_and_engineering__wiki/17463.add-end-type-information-in-isometric-bill-of-material-cut-list

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