Specification Transfer - Intergraph Smart Materials - Version 10.2 - Administration & Configuration - Hexagon

Intergraph Smart Materials Integration (10.2)

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Create a standard Specon file or an Insulation Spec (PDMS 10.02 Create PDMS Spec-File screen).

In addition to the Specon file, you can create various files on the PDMS 20.01 Create PDMS Files screen. The files are: PDMS_D.DAT, PDMS_C.DAT, PDMS_B.DAT, PDMS_BS.DAT, and PDMS_M.DAT. For more information, see Ident Transfer.

The ways you want to work in PDMS and use your existing PDMS data determine the files you need. A PDMS expert should help you make this decision.

Select the Delta check box on PDMS 10.02 to compare the spec against a delta result. Four files are created:

  • The new file containing all lines from the actual spec.

  • The insert file containing all lines that are added (new NAMEs) compared to the delta result.

  • The modify file containing all lines that have the same NAME but other attributes changed.

  • The delete file containing all lines that were removed in comparison to the delta result (NAME).

Double-click in the Spec Code field to open PDMS 10.03 Show Log Entries to view the job marked as the delta job. After the spec transfer finishes, the actual job will become a delta job.

Generally, delta creation depends on the setting of the 'Spec Rev Delta Handling' item. If it is set to 'Autonomous' and the spec transfer has finished, the delta indicator of all jobs of the same spec revision (except the actual one) is cleared, but the delta indicator of other revisions is left. If a new job is started afterwards (in another revision) and it will pick up a delta, it first looks if there is a delta job in its own revision and only if not, looks in a lower revision. Revisions are autonomous related to another (multiple delta indicators are allowed per spec, one per each revision).

If 'Spec Rev Delta Handling' is set to 'Merge', and the spec transfer has finished, the delta indicator of all jobs of the same spec (code, type, project) is cleared (except the actual one). If a new job is started afterwards (in another revision) and it will pick up a delta, it looks from the latest to the oldest revision of the same spec and compares the job to the first delta job found. The revisions are merged related to another with respect to the delta creation.

If you plan to transfer the same spec in different revisions in the same run, the delta job indicator will be updated as soon as a spec is transferred. The delta job can also be in another spec revision than the actual one, so you might get unexpected results running the same spec in different revisions in the same run.

You can check Reset to let the update-file contain all current lines, not only those that changed.

The Copy option tells the transfer to read the Smart Materials spec or copy the result set of a job that is marked as 'Master' on PDMS 10.03. If you choose Copy, the contents of the actual Smart Materials spec do not play any role.