PARTsolutions Import (PE)

Plant Engineering > Part Data Tools > EditCL > PARTsolutions, Import

To import a PARTsolutions part, proceed as follows:

1. Create a new Plant Engineering drawing. This drawing is only needed during part import and needn't be saved.
2. Call the PARTsolutions, Import function. The PARTdataManager is started from the PARTsolutions software.
3. Select from the catalogue structure the required part from the appropriate catalogue.
4. In the toolbar of the PARTdataManager, click Export.
5. In the foreground the HiCAD window is re-displayed and the selected part is created in the drawing, near the origin of the coordinate system.

After completion of the part, the dialogue is continued. One distinguishes between two cases:

Case 1:
The attribute configuration of the external part to be imported is yet unknown to HiCAD 3-D Plant Engineering.

The Import part dialogue box is displayed. Proceed as follows:

1. Select the required entry from the Part type list box - for example, Flange.
2. Activate the Feature log checkbox if you also want to save the feature log together with the part.
3. Select the Parts2 or Parts3 Part directory. This will be the target directory for the KRA file of the part.
4. Choose Symbol > Select.
5. Select the file from which you want to take the symbolic representation of the isometry, e.g. Flange2.FGA. After selection of the file, a preview of the selected part is shown under Symbol is shown. If you want tot select another part, click Remove and repeat the previous step. Otherwise, exit the window with OK.

6. The dialogue is continued, and the Attribute assignment window is displayed.

Database attribute
This column contains the set of HELiOS database attributes intended for the selected part type. The coloured markings have the following meaning:

External attribute
This column contains either the names of the attributes of the external part which are assigned to the database attributes in the first column, or --, if no attribute has been assigned. In our example there is an assignment for the first two database attributes. This assignment originates from the pre-defined Set of database attributes.

Attribute value
This column contains the attribute contents. These can either originate from the attributes of the external part or entered interactively for the database attributes for which the part does not supply any corresponding information (e.g. ANSCHLUSSART = connection type).

Create the appropriate assignments by selecting the applicable attributes in the second column and assigning the pre-defined attribute values in the third column. After finishing you selection, the dialogue box may, for instance, look as follows:

7. Click OK to save the part, enter it in the HELiOS database (including part master and document master) and delete it from the drawing. After this, in can be used in HiCAD Plant Engineering.

Case 2:

If you want to import another flange of the same standard series, the dialogue windows Import part and Attribute assignment are already preset accordingly, as attribute configurations are saved once they have been used.

Please note the following:

The attribute names of the external part are identical with the parameters in the corresponding standards. However, equivalent parameters (e.g. the nominal diameters) may have different designations in different standards (e.g. NW, DN, DN1 etc.). This means that a general, universally valid assignment between the attributes of the external part and the database attributes is not possible.

When a part is saved, the attribute names used in the external part, the assigned names of the database attributes, the values for the ANSCHLUSSART (connection type) attributes, the part type and the name of the file for symbolic representation are saved together as a so-called "configuration". The key to the identification of a configuration is the attribute name list of the external part. If you now import another part, HiCAD first checks whether a previously saved configuration exists that matches the attributes of the new external part. If this is the case, the data assigned in the configuration will be applied to the two dialogue boxes.

Please note:

• This function is only available if the HELiOS Database is set as part data source (see Plant Engineering Settings, Part selection).
• You cannot use this function for the import of entire catalogues. You can only import parts from catalogues which are intended for the utilisation in Plant Engineering CAD programs. Only the parts from such catalogues contain the required Plant Engineering-specific connection and attribute data.

Part Data Tools (PE) • Plant Engineering Functions • HELiOS