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The specification item screen (Window 2) opens when double-clicking on the spec code on S.50.06.

Here are the notable fields in the spec item window:

Short Code

The short code is a spec-independent abbreviation for spec materials. The short code is a mandatory field, whether it is highlighted green or not. The short code’s main purpose is to provide a quick and easy option to create manual estimations. Manual estimations are often made at a very early project stage, when specs are not yet prepared or the commodity codes are not yet assigned to a spec. The short code allows you to insert bill of materials (BOM) data based on spec code, short code, sizes, and quantity. When commodity codes and subsequent idents are added to the specification, Smart Materials is able to find the appropriate ident based on the above mentioned values.

The short code is created and managed on the S.10.08 Short Codes screen. Double-clicking the Short Code field on S.50.06 Window 2 opens the S.10.08 screen.

Special features for short codes include:

  • Short Code as group/part filter when creating new spec items

    S.10.08 includes a second window with the following tabs:

    • Parts to Short Codes

    • Allowed Option Codes

    • SP3D Short Codes

    • Group Short Codes

    • Sheets to Short Codes

      Enter groups and parts on the Parts to Short Codes tab to filter the available groups and parts on S.50.06 depending on the previously selected short code.

  • The short code defines header geometrics for specific spec items. For example, the branch table header geometric definition can work with all items that have a short code of "BR90" or "BR45." With this definition, you can make sure that only branches are filtered by the branch table, in contrast to the wall thickness filter table with which the branch table doesn’t work.

  • The short code "%" is a special short code in Smart Reference Data. This short code is normally used for a general filter table for wall thickness in the spec header geometric definition. This placeholder, therefore, can be used to assign a filter table to all specification items. For the detailed workflows, read Create Standard Piping Classes.

Group/Part

These are mandatory fields; the commodity group and part are required for a spec item.

Option

The default option code is 1, which is set automatically when creating a new spec item. Another code besides the given default must be set in case you add spec items with an identical short code (group/part) and an identical or overlapping size range.

Commodity Code

As mentioned above, the commodity code can be added later. To create a specification item, the commodity code and the size range are needed. The commodity code and size range allows you to build or assign the specification item idents.

Geom1

Geom1 (Geometric 1) is not a mandatory field. When you assign a commodity code to the spec item, this field is automatically populated with the first available geometric table that has a geometric relation with the selected commodity code. Depending on the type of specification items and on the method used to standardize the idents, the results will be unique spec item idents only if the idents are created from a geometric table containing unique diameter input values. If this is not the case, a filter table must be assigned.

From1/To1

Size range for the first nominal size of a component. You can use the LOV on both fields.

From2/To2

Size range for the second nominal size of a component. This field only has to be filled in very rare cases such as for nipples and weldolets. In all other cases, the component is used for all size2 sizes depending on the assigned filter or ident table.