PDMS to Navisworks - translucent insulation

 

Try running one export with insulation on to its own file, i.e. Pipes-with-insul.rvm and then one without insulation on, i.e. Pipes.rvm.  You can then append the 2 into one nwd, i.e. Pipes-review.nwd.  This will allow you to hide the one with insulation when required as in the selection tree you will have to main elements.  As for the PDMS attributes you could do as suggested with 2 rvms but convert each rvm to nwd before you append them together.  Make sure Pipes.rvm have the attribute file in the same folder when creating the nwd and the Pipes-with-insul.rvm doesn't have the attribute file in the same folder.  Then when you append the 2 nwds into one you should only see attributes on the Pipes.nwd.

Hi cshupe, thank you for suggestion. I will try!

It generally works - using two nwd files (one with pipes+insulation and second with pipes only) I can set hide/show what I want to see and set translucent collor to insulation. Disadvantage this solution is:
- doubled geometry (I cannot export insulation only but insulation + components geometry)
- bigger model which works slower
Thanks!

Hi there, my first day and first post in this forum, so please forgive if i´ve not found a thread which answers my question.

I´m creating RVM files (for use with NavisWorks Simulate 2014) out of PDMS 12.1.SP2.25[8251]   (( I know that more actual Service packs do exist, but our IT works slow  :numbness: ))

I have managed now to get a translucent representation of all insulation in my RVM file: I set the representation for INSULATION and OBSTRUCTION to 99 percent translucency


My "problems":

When i only set INSULATION to 99% translucency, all TUBI elements stay SOLID in the RVM file ...

The INSU and OBST volumes are colored black - not according to the AUTOCOLOUR RULES - and they are translucent - that´s why I use 99%, so it´s possible to see (imagine) the Colors of e.g. piping below the insulation.
I´d prefer to get the (translucent) insulation (and obstruction) in "AUTOCOLOUR" also.

I tried the "EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR DISPLAYEXPORT ON" command, but it does not Change the representation of the RVM file to my wished result.

Can anybody give me a useful hint?

P.S. I do all exporting with PML, I don´t use ">Utilities >Export..."

[QUOTE=Model-Man;86863]Hi there, my first day and first post in this forum, so please forgive if i´ve not found a thread which answers my question.

I´m creating RVM files (for use with NavisWorks Simulate 2014) out of PDMS 12.1.SP2.25[8251]   (( I know that more actual Service packs do exist, but our IT works slow  :numbness: ))

I have managed now to get a translucent representation of all insulation in my RVM file: I set the representation for INSULATION and OBSTRUCTION to 99 percent translucency


My "problems":

When i only set INSULATION to 99% translucency, all TUBI elements stay SOLID in the RVM file ...

The INSU and OBST volumes are colored black - not according to the AUTOCOLOUR RULES - and they are translucent - that´s why I use 99%, so it´s possible to see (imagine) the Colors of e.g. piping below the insulation.
I´d prefer to get the (translucent) insulation (and obstruction) in "AUTOCOLOUR" also.

I tried the "EXPORT AUTOCOLOUR DISPLAYEXPORT ON" command, but it does not Change the representation of the RVM file to my wished result.

Can anybody give me a useful hint?

P.S. I do all exporting with PML, I don´t use ">Utilities >Export..."

Your Problems and possible solutions as follows
1. [COLOR=#333333]When i only set INSULATION to 99% translucency, all TUBI elements stay SOLID in the RVM file ...
Sol: Is it the same case when you change percentage of translucency to ant other val such as 50% if so, please check if you have set insulation spec to all of your components and branch level.

2. [/COLOR][COLOR=#333333]The INSU and OBST volumes are colored black - not according to the AUTOCOLOUR RULES - and they are translucent - that´s why I use 99%, so it´s possible to see (imagine) the Colors of e.g. piping below the insulation.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333]I´d prefer to get the (translucent) insulation (and obstruction) in "AUTOCOLOUR" also.
[/COLOR]Sol: Have you set autocolour rule for Insulation and obstruction vol? If not please set it and see if you get desired output.

[COLOR=#333333]Please check and revert your comments on the same.


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Thanks for your answer kunalcjadhav

Is it the same case when you change percentage of translucency to ant other val such as 50% if so, please check if you have set insulation spec to all of your components and branch level.

--> I have tried many percentual values before, only the grade of translucency changes (of course), but there is no effect to the described Problem. The TUBI elements are shown with insulation, but the insulation is shown with a solid representation. And: Yes, all elements (PIPE, BRAN, BRAN-Members) do have a valid ISPEC reference.

Have you set autocolour rule for Insulation and obstruction vol? If not please set it and see if you get desired Output.

--> That sounds interesting. I´m going to search for a description of a definition of a autocolur rule for insulation, I never knew that something like that exists. Until now, for purposes in PDMS DESIGN itself, our autocolour rules for element type PIPE also worked well for the piping insulation. So, when I understand you right, there is another Kind of rule that effects the RVM export in an other way?!
Until now I have not found any description for that, I'll continue searching...

share the answer once succeed
not able to export Obstruction and Insulation to RVM file

[QUOTE=atish;86889]share the answer once succeed
not able to export Obstruction and Insulation to RVM file

Hi atish

I´m sorry, but that´s simply not true. Of course it´s possible to export OBSTRUCTION and INSULATION into a RVM file.

The current (DESIGN / Graphics mode) representation settings will be exported into the RVM file when the export option "EXPORT REPRE ON" is used.

Or did I understand you wrong - and what you wanted to say is, that you are not able to export OBST and INSU to RVM?