PS_Export KISS file

Hi Daff,

Thanks for posting your query in Bentley Community Forum.

Please find below our comments against your queries.

1. Can you someone please explain what the following message shown below is when creating a KISS file?

Comment:

This is the material name you used while placing the member. You can map other material from the mapping table by clicking the third button from left.

2. Also what are the letters highlighted in the KISS file shown below referring to?

Comment:

These are nothing but Shape prefix, like here W means W Shape, FB means Flat Bar, L means Angle. These are coming from the Shape table.

Hi Sandip,

Can the shape prefix be modified in anyway? 

Eg. I want W to be replaced with UB?

Cheers

Hi Daff,

The shape prefix is hard coded and according to KISS file standards. Are you getting any issue with that?

To answer your previous question regarding imperial units as output, the explanation is you need to change variable in Part name Tab of the KISS file dialog. Use md instead of if. By default it is there as imperial units

where m denotes Metric and d denotes Decimal and no at end indicates decimal points or precision.   

For detail information you may refer the following Wiki Link.

Thanks Sandip regarding the imperial and metric units question. 

I have a client that’s still questioning the shape prefix in the KISS file. For Australian sections he’s saying he requires them to be what’s shown below. 

Is there anyway around this ?

cheers

Hi Sandip,

Further to my question above are you able to also answer the following:

1. What data should be appearing between the commas where the red dots is shown below?

2. What is driving the field where NONE is highlighted below?

I have a client that is wanting to use a KISS file from Prosteel in FabSuite but is having a few issues. Has anyone been successful with supplying KISS files for FabSuite?

Cheers

Hi Sandip,

Further to my question above are you able to also answer the following:

1. What data should be appearing between the commas where the red dots is shown below?

2. What is driving the field where NONE is highlighted below?

I have a client that is wanting to use a KISS file from Prosteel in FabSuite but is having a few issues. Has anyone been successful with supplying KISS files for FabSuite?

Cheers

Hi Daff,

Please find below our comments.

1. What data should be appearing between the commas where the red dots is shown below?

These are dedicated for Drawing No and Drawing revision ref.

2. What is driving the field where NONE is highlighted below?

If there is any note then there will reflect that.

Hi Daff,

In your last query, the highlighted one at the end "None " is coming from the part Description field.

When your description field is selected one suitable description one, you will find that in KISS file output

Hi Sandip,

Can a drawing number and revision be manually entered for a part within the model? I need to populate this info in the KISS file.

Regards

Daff

Hi Daff,

Drawing No and Revision no can be controlled via Drawing Information Table either via Automatic process when you generate drawings through DC Express or you can put manually in Drawing Information table.

In DC Express this can be read by FRM file, otherwise you need to put manually.

When you say manually enter it are you referring to just manually changing the KISS file via the windows note book program?