Add Part Classes to New Classification Folders - Intergraph Smart 3D - Reference Data

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  • Before you begin this procedure, you should create a symbol definition for the part class that you will add. You can use Visual Basic or Solid Edge to create the symbol definition. For more information about symbols, see the Smart 3D Symbols Reference Data Guide available from the Help > Printable Guides command in the software.

  • In the Excel workbook for your task, copy and rename an existing sheet with the name of the part class that you want to add. The example in this procedure uses MyDistillationColumn as the part class.

  • It is helpful to draw a picture of the reference data hierarchy that you want before following this procedure.

  • This picture shows the hierarchy in the procedure example.

  1. Open a reference data workbook in Microsoft Excel.

  2. On the ClassNodeType sheet, insert a row before the End keyword, and type a name for the classification folder in the ObjectName column. For example, if you want to add a part class called MyDistillationColumn to the hierarchy, this part class can be grouped under a classification folder that contains distillation columns. In our example, type DistillationColObj in the ObjectName column.

    The object name of the classification folder is important because you will use it again in this procedure.

  3. On the ClassNodeType sheet, type the user interface name for the classification folder in the Name column. This name appears in the Catalog task user interface. In our example, type DistillationColumns.

  4. On the R-Hierarchy sheet, relate the folder object names in the hierarchy. In our example, CatalogRoot is a parent to RefDataEquipmentRoot. The default hierarchy contains CatalogRoot in the RelationSource column and RefDataEquipmentRoot in the RelationDestination column.

  5. Also on the R-Hierarchy sheet, in another row, type RefDataEquipmentRoot in the RelationSource column and DistillationColObj in the RelationDestination column.

    All folders must be related in the hierarchy on the R-Hierarchy sheet, except the classification folder and the part class (these folders are related on the R- ClassNodeDescribes sheet).

  6. On the R- ClassNodeDescribes sheet, relate the part class to the classification folder above the part class in the hierarchy. In the RelationSource column, type DistillationColObj. This name matches the object name of the classification folder that you entered on the ClassNodeType sheet. In the RelationDestination column, type the name of the part class, MyDistillationColumn.

  7. Mark all of the rows that you added on the ClassNodeType, R-Hierarchy, and R-ClassNodeDescribes sheets with the letter A.

  8. Bulk load the workbook in the Add/Modify/Delete mode.

    Bulk Load Database with Data

See Also

Adding Part Classes to the Catalog
Add Part Classes to Existing Classification Folders