Using the PDS Translator - Intergraph Smart 3D - Administration & Configuration - Hexagon

Intergraph Smart 3D PDS Conversion to Smart 3D

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English
Product
Intergraph Smart 3D
Subproduct
Plant Design System
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Administration & Configuration
Smart 3D Version
13.1
Smart Interop Publisher Version
17

The PDS (Plant Design System) Translator allows you to migrate your PDS piping specifications to Smart 3D piping reference data. The tool also allows you to populate dimension table name rules and to update industry commodity codes.

The PDS translation process requires the specification writer to make some manual edits to complete the conversion.

Workflow

  1. Create PDS Export Data Files.

  2. Edit the Piping Translation Rules Workbook.

  3. Populate Dimension Table Name Rules.

    Populating the dimension table name rules is performed only once, before the translation process.

  4. Translate PDS Reference Data.

    You may need to run the translation step a number of times.

  5. After translation, define necessary manual information. For information on defining manual translation, see Define Manual Information after Translation. For information about required reference data, refer to Required Worksheets.

  6. Create Commodity Codes (optional).

  7. Bulkload the translated workbooks: piping specification data, piping commodity data, and codelist data.

  8. Run the Verify Consistency Report Command in the Catalog task. See the Catalog Help.

  9. Run the PDS Model Data Exporter, and import the PDS model data into the software.

See Also

PDS Piping Reference Data Translator Dialog Box