CADWorx 2013

Intergraph CADWorx 2013 Sneak Peek (3 of 3): Catalog and Specification Explorer

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CADWorx 2013 Specification Editor

The new specification editor will open 2 different files:

Projects

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Catalogs

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Catalogs files

Catalogs store enhanced data tables

There are 3 types of catalogs

Data tables replace the data files in CADWorx 2012

Global
Industry
Company

There are 5 different ways to populate a catalog

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Create New
Transfer by Drag and Drop from base catalog reference
Transfer by Drag and Drop from other catalogs
Import data by specification (CADWorx 2012 version)
Import data by data flies (CADWorx 2012 version)

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Specification Editor store enhanced data tables

Approximately 10,000 data files

existed in CADWorx 2012

3 Types of Catalogs
exist in CADWorx 2013

Set Size Table

Industry
.IDS

Library Data Files

Global
.CAT
Company
.CMP

The catalogs store the following data inside a single XML file:

Size Table

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Material
Table

Schedule
Table

Thickness
Table

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End type
Table

Data Tables

There are 3 types of Catalogs

This catalog contains
all industry data.

Smaller subset specific

to company or project

Subset of Global Catalog

Global

Industry

Company

Oil and Gas

Exxon

Global

Exxon

Global (.CAT) has NO optional

base catalog reference

Industry (.IDS) has an optional

base catalog reference

Company (.CMP) has an

optional base catalog reference

NO UPDATES CAN BE
PUSHED DOWN TO GLOBAL

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Base catalog can be a

global or industry catalog.

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Base catalog can be a

global or industry catalog.

Create new Catalog

NAME YOUR CATALOG

Type the name of your
industry or company catalog
SELECT BASE CATALOG
where you can select the
base catalog you need for
your own used

DESCRIPTION & LOCATION

where you can select the base
catalog you need for your own used

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There are 5 different ways to populate a catalog

A catalog can be populated with information using the following options:

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Project files

Projects store specifications

What are base catalogs

Default component descriptions and part number sequences can be added globally to a project. These
default settings will carry over to new specifications.

There are 3 different ways to populate projects

Projects and individual specs can reference different catalogs.

Create new project

Components are added to spec from the base catalog

Create New Spec

Import Spec
Transfer Spec from another Project file

Define a branch table

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Each specification has a branch table

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Specification Editor Project

In CADWorx 2013 project files

store all specifications

Approximately 90 specifications
existed in CADWorx 2012

Project

150.spc
600.spc

900.spc
600

150
300

900

300.spc

A project will reference a Base Catalog. The following component data is

retrieved from the Base Catalog when adding components a specification:

Sizes

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Materials

Schedule
Thicknesses
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Components

Review Sample Project: Inch_CS_Specs.prj

Component List

Project Specification List

Branch Table Tab

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Component
Edit Data Form

Create a new project

SELECT BASE CATALOG

Here you can select the
base catalog you want to
use for this project. In this
case Inch_CS_Catalog.cat

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Import Legacy Specification

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Import 150.spc from C:\CADWorx 2012\Plant\Spec

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Create a new Specification

Name: A1
Class: 150
Temperature: 175 F
Pressure: 205 PSI
Add components

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Transfer spec from different project

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Define a branch table per spec

SPEC TAB

You can have more than 1 branch

connection in the table
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Thank you

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