How to Enable OpenPlant Isometrics Manager to Read AutoPLANT Spool Number

Introduction

Currently OpenPlant Isometrics manager in Isometric generation does not pull the same Spool ID’s as assigned in the AutoPLANT Modeler. OpenPlant Isometrics manager automatically assigns spools based on flange and other connection criteria. Below steps can be used to get spooled from AutoPLANT to Isometrics.

1. Mapping for Spool relation value.
2. Modifying spool label definition in OpenPlant isometrics Configuration Manager.

Steps to Accomplish

Adding Property in the Schemas:

1. Open schema OpenPlant_3D.01.06.ecschema In class editor and find “Device” class in the “Classes” tree and select it:
2. With “Device” selected, in “Properties” tab, click the “NAME" property and copy it.
3. Paste this property, change name to APSPOOLID and edit Property Name value in AutoPLANT_PDW_Property_Map custom attribute.
   
   
   
   
4. Save the schema file and close the class editor.

Updating the Spool Label Definition 

1. Start AutoPLANT Project Administrator and open the project node of your active project.
2. Go to the sub node for OpenPlant Isometrics>Settings and click the Create/Modify button.
   
   
   
   
3. On the Isometrics Configuration dialog select the “Isometrics Style” tab and then select the appropriate Style, e.g. “IFC”.
4. Select User Labels> Pipe Spool Labels and check Text property. Make sure that property name is APSPOOLID.
   
   
   
   Note:-You may want to change the graphics of the label cell “SPOOLID” or Select a different cell to be used e.g.”NOTE”. For directions how to create new cells, please check the OPIM Help documentation – “Cell Creation Tool”.
   
   
5. Also, report.def will have to be modified to accommodate SPOOL info in the BOM.
6. Select Advanced section and then Open Report Definition
7. In opened file, add new report for your SPOOLs and add to show it together with other reports:
   

   #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # A sample AutoPLANT SPOOLID report
   #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   REPORT = APSPOOLID
     INCLUDE  = IE_TYPE = CT_PIPE
     INCLUDE = IE_FIELD=0  
     INCLUDE = IE_FIELD=
     COLUMN   = 15:C:APSPOOLID
   
     GROUP   = APSPOOLID
     SORT    = APSPOOLID
     SEP = @
   SORTHEADERS = 0

       TEXT = @ ------------------
       TEXT = @  AutoPLANT Spool IDs
       TEXT = @ ------------------
       Write =
   END

   #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # The COMBI report combine the SHP and FLD and APSPOOLID report into a single report
   # and attaches it to textnode 60 in the isometric
   #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   REPORT = combi
      WRITE = shp
      TEXT  = @
      TEXT  = @
      WRITE = fld
      TEXT  = @
      TEXT  = @
      WRITE = APSPOOLID
      NODE = 60
   END

8. Open your AutoPLANT Modeler Model, click Piping>Piping Tools>Assign SpoolIDs and reassign Spool IDs for required components again.
9. Generate Isometrics model and verify the results.
   
   
   

See Also

http://communities.bentley.com/products/plant/design___engineering/w/plant_design_and_engineering__wiki/23034.fixing-spec-change-cell-file-in-openplant-isometrics-manager

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