Provides a link between the design contractor's item code that appears in the Piping data file and the location of the corresponding entry for that component in the COMPONENT-INFORMATION-FILE.
This FDF section defines:
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Design contractor's item code
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Alternative item code
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Alternative description
The section heading COMPONENT-INFORMATION-SELECTION is followed by the identifiers listed:
ITEM-CODE-INPUT data
ITEM-CODE-OUTPUT data
DESCRIPTION data
Where data is either a start column or file position, depending on whether the component information file is a delimited file. The minimum requirement in this section is the input item code:
COMPONENT-INFORMATION-SELECTION (section identifier)
ITEM-CODE-INPUT 1
Alternatively, if item code transposition and material description substitution are being used, the file resembles the example below:
COMPONENT-INFORMATION-SELECTION section identifier)
ITEM-CODE-INPUT 1
ITEM-CODE-OUTPUT 51
DESCRIPTION 76
Or for a delimited file:
COMPONENT-INFORMATION-SELECTION(section identifier)
ITEM-CODE-INPUT 1
ITEM-CODE-OUTPUT 7
DESCRIPTION 10