Settings on PDS 10.02 - Intergraph Smart Materials - Version 10.1 - Administration & Configuration - Hexagon

Intergraph Smart Materials Integration (10.1)

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Select a specification type, and click the Next Block button to open Window 2.

Each element of the PCD can be configured by three parameters:

  • the default value

  • the physical order sequence

  • the PDS order sequence

The picture below shows an example of the TsG attribute, with 5 as the default value, 8 as the physical order sequence, and 11 as the PDS order sequence.

PDS uses neutral files with the single spacing method in order to distinguish between two attributes in one ASCII file. Single spacing means that a blank is followed by a new attribute.

You can determine by the check box which attributes will show up in the PCD and which ones will not. This feature is particularly important if special part classes or instrument board classes will be generated.

You can enter default values into the PCD for attributes for which you want to get fixed values, or that cannot be determined by Smart Materials.

Furthermore, you can determine the physical arrangement in the structure of the PCD.

PDS can identify each attribute in the PCD by given numbers. These numbers can change from one PDS version to another. Therefore, you must determine the order sequence of the commodity code, for example.

These definitions are carried out per specification type and project. You can define a specification type in a product group and have two different configurations: one in project A and another in project B, assuming that both projects are based on the same product group.

Each configuration from the project or associated product group can be copied from another specification type to the one you are in. Additionally, you are allowed to distribute your actual configuration to other specification types in the same project/product group. Use the radio button at the bottom to determine the copy direction and use the field on the right to designate the target or source. The LOV displays all available specification types.

Copying always presupposes that the source specification type has a configuration, and the destination specification type has none.