SPECON is difficult to understand...
Need to know how the table infomation will be spreaded into DB hierarchy.
And also need to know nature of the piping components, correct classification by PDMS GTYPE, ISODRAFT SKEY mapping, etc....
I trained number of peoples, but I couldn't know trainees are fully understand my explanation, or, not.
I have just read the Specon manual (admittedly I was half-listening to the cricket commentary from Perth at the same time...) and done my first paragon and specon tweaks :)
All I have to do now is dive into the heart of PDMS to make the new bends work...
[quote=TimSharrock]I have just read the Specon manual (admittedly I was half-listening to the cricket commentary from Perth at the same time...) and done my first paragon and specon tweaks :)
All I have to do now is dive into the heart of PDMS to make the new bends work...
[QUOTE=Rhino;4184]Although it is possible to create your spec "manually", I'm sure most people would advise against typing each line into the command line. I found this in the Specon manual:
NEW SPECIFICATION /RF300
MATREF =0
FLUREF =0
RATING 0.000
LINETYPE NUL
HEADING
TYPE NAME PBOR0 SHOP CATREF DETAIL MATXT CMPREF BLTREF
- - - =
TUBE */20TU 20.0 TRUE /TUEE /DTUB1 /MTUB =0 =0
TUBE */25TU 25.0 TRUE /TUFF /DTUB1 /MTUB =0 =0
...
HEADING
TYPE NAME PBOR0 STYP SHOP CATREF DETAIL MATXT CMPREF BLTREF
- - - PE =
FTUB */20FT 20.0 PE TRUE /FTEE /DFTUB /MFTUB =0 =0
FTUB */25FT 25.0 PE TRUE /FTFF /DFTUB /MFTUB =0 =0
You need to put your information(see above example) into a text file and then use the syntax
$m c:\temp\mySpec.txt
to create the spec.
You obviously need to learn how to output an existing spec in either old or new format. New format creates a new spec and old format modifies an existing spec, although it is possible to mix the two. If you already have a spec, you would use
OLD SPECIFICATION /RF300
For a new spec:
NEW SPECIFICATION /RF300
When you get to the heading, new format shows TYPE and then NAME as in the example above. Think of the syntax:
NEW SPCO /RF300-ELBO-6"
Notice how you state the element type and then the name.
If you are modifying a selector, the NAME column comes before the TYPE column.
You can search the Specon manual for "Outputting a Specification" to get some info on what to type to get a file to start from, assuming that you have an existing spec that you can "copy" and then modify.
Is it possible to modify existing spec by using modified spec in text format ?
Yes, you can modify spec using speconmode output into text file=>then editing txt and uploading back.
What exactly do you need to modify in Spec?
Add new components or modify existed?
