Items added and updated with CADWorx Specification Editor 2020 R2 (20.2):
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CADWorx Plant has been upgraded to support the newest versions of CADWorx software.
Items added and updated with CADWorx Specification Editor 2020 R1 (20.1):
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You can now export a spec or catalog without a template. For more information, see Export a single specification to Excel.
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CADWorx Plant has been upgraded to support the newest versions of CADWorx software.
Items added and updated with CADWorx Specification Editor 2020 (20):
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CADWorx Spec Editor has been upgraded to support the newest versions of CADWorx software.
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Isogen Message and Type can be catalog default and spec component properties. For more information, see Data Table.
Items added and updated with CADWorx Specification Editor 2019:
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You can select which reduction sizes your specification allows on reduction components. For more information, see New and Edit Component Pane and Select Size Dialog Box.
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Updated keywords information to clarify content. For more information, see Legacy Keywords.
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You can import bolt diameter and bolt length from SRD data, and the CADWorx Specification Editor adds the BOLTDIA, and BOLTLEN columns to your tables. For more information, see the SRD documentation as of the SDB 2019 release.
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You can enter data to rotate the x-axis, flip the y-axis, and disable the topworks for a valve. These options relate to the display of the valve when in a graphic overlay. For more information, see Valves.
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You can save to 2017-2019 project file format in the Save As option.
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You can use commas in data table names. For more information, see Data Table.
Items added and updated with CADWorx Specification Editor 2017 R1:
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Added support for the following SPRD interface imports, defined in the SPRD export content:
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Component connection class and rating.
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Custom fields.
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You can use Move Up and Move Down to sort the custom data list items. For more information, see List Items Dialog Box, List Items Dialog Box.
Items added and updated with CADWorx Specification Editor 2017:
Software Enhancements
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You can set the Selection Code for your gaskets and bolts, and then assign Applicable Gaskets and Applicable Bolts to your flange components, clamp components, flanged end-types, and clamped end-types. For more information, see Data Table, End Type Table, New and Edit Component Pane, and Common Component Properties.
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You can specify an alphanumeric designator to display for your bolts. For more information, see New and Edit Component Pane.
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Added the SELECTION_CODE_CMP_TBL format in Component Tables list of the Long, Short, Tag, and Part Number Format Dialog Boxes, and Description Format Dialog Boxes. This format allows you to add the gasket and bolt selection codes to your description formats in Gaskets or Bolts.
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You can set default values for BOM Type, Layer Name, Color Index, Topworks, Sort Sequence, Isogen Identifier, Isogen SKEY, Optional Component, Applicable Gaskets, Applicable Bolts, and Connection Settings for Start, End, Branch 1, and Branch 2 when creating a data table. For more information, see Data Table and Add a new data table to a category.
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You can set default values for Isogen Symbol, Applicable Gaskets, Applicable Bolts, Component Class, Temperature Rating, and Pressure Rating when creating an end type table. For more information, see End Type Table and Add a new end type table.
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You can set default values for BOM Type, Layer Name, Color Index, Topworks, Sort Sequence, Isogen Identifier, Isogen SKEY, Applicable Gaskets, Applicable Bolts, and Optional Component when creating a user shape in the Spec Editor. You can also add user shapes to any group folder when in Group List Mode. For more information, see New User Shape Table and Add new user shape .
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You can add custom end types to the catalog and specification. Custom end types allow you to transfer the data with the Transfer Data panel options; disable automatic gasket, weld, and bolt insertion for specific components; and setting the custom end types in the Matching End Type Table. For more information, see End Type Table, New End Type, New and Edit Component Pane, Add single new component to a spec, Add Multi Component Pane, Add multiple new components to a spec, Matching End Type Table Dialog Box, and End Type Tables Properties.
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You can view your list of components in the specification by category or group. For more information, see Spec List Mode Panel.
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You can view your data tables by category or group. For more information, see Data Table List Mode Panel.
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You can add groups that list multiple component types to the data tables folder. There are no restrictions to how you can define your groups. For more information, see New Group Table, Group Data Table Manager Dialog Box, and Common Component Properties.
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You can create custom end types, such as stub end end type components, with the new end type feature. For more information, see New End Type.
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You can add multiple sizes to create user shapes with multiple reductions. For more information, see User Shapes.
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You can add a .png or .gif with the Image Path option under Picture Description in the Properties pane of custom pipe supports, custom topworks, and user shapes. For more information, see PipeSupport, Topworks, and User Shapes.
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Updated component images in the Specification Editor Properties pane for Flange Slip On, Flange Reducing Slip On, Flange Threaded, Flange Reducing Threaded, Nip-O-Let, and Strainers. For more information, see Flanges, O-Lets, and Strainers.
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You can define the default size of a pipe support assembly component to insert on a specific nominal pipe size. For more information, see Component Size Setup.
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Sort order of the Data Tables saves with the catalog. Click the column header to sort by that column. Press SHIFT and click the column header to set a secondary sort order.
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Updated the Default OTAP SKEY from TTSO to TSSO.
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Enhanced custom data.
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You can change the default value of the project level custom data field individually at each specification level by typing a new value in the column in the Main Spec List View.
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You can reset the specification level default values of the project level custom data fields after you change them when editing Project Custom Data.
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You can update default values in project custom data to overwrite all values or only the values matching the original value.
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Project Custom Data displays in your specification custom data.
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Default value override is also available for pipe support libraries and assemblies.
For more information, see New Field Dialog Box and Edit a project custom data field.
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Enhanced the Properties pane. Your properties pane now stays at the same scroll location when you switch between tables under the same table folder.
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Added the Sub Folder option to the Topworks data table folder to make managing topworks easier. For more information, see New Topworks Table, Add Sub Folder, Topwork Sub Folder Manager, and Add new topworks table.
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Enhanced the tool tips for the Specification Editor fields such as data tables, end types, and more. When you hover over a name that extends beyond the boundary of the window, a tool tip displays the full name of the item.
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You can create graphic overlays of your coupling components in CADWorx Plant. In the CADWorx Spec Editor, you can specify the Subdirectory, the drawing name (DWGNAME), and the rotation around the X axis (ROTATION_X_AXIS) to define the graphic overlay on your coupling component. This works in much the same way as you would define graphics for your custom topworks. You can also create graphic overlays with the Graphics Overlay Editor in CADWorx Plant. For more information, see Couplings. Also see Graphics Overlay Editor in the CADWorx Plant Users Guide.
User Guide Revisions
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Updated information for direction and alignment vectors when creating custom pipe supports. For more information, see Edit Pipe Support Component Pane.
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Enhanced the documentation on the pipe supports. For more information, see Edit Pipe Support Component Pane, Example of Direction and Alignment Vectors using Pipe, Example of Direction and Alignment Vectors using Other, and Example of Direction and Alignment Vectors using Steel.
Items added and updated with CADWorx Specification Editor 2016:
Software Enhancements
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Improved the specification-level material assignment. You can set a material for each size of each component. You can define a material assignment setup at the all component level based on sizes, at the component group level based on sizes, and at the component type level based on sizes. The software still includes the previous material assignment options. For more information, see Material Assignment Setup, Set material assignment for all components, Set material assignment for all components based on size, Set material assignment for a specific component, Set material assignment for a specific component with a specific end type, Export a material assignment setup, Import a material assignment setup, Display the material assigned to the component in CADWorx Plant and Material Table.
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You can assign any Material Assignment Setup applicable to a component in the Material list in the New and Edit Component pane. You can also add a new material assignment setup with the Add Material Setup option in the Material list of the New and Edit Component pane. For more information, see New and Edit Component Pane.
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You can now change the default OTAP SKEY using the specification or project level Default OTAP SKEY property. For more information, see Project Properties, and Specification Properties.
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You can save the project files to a previous version. You can then open them in CADWorx Spec Editor or CADWorx Plant for versions 2016, 2015, or 2014. For more information, see Save As.
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You can upgrade your projects and catalogs to the current version of the Specification Editor. This upgrade also adds the new features such as the Default OTAP SKEY to the upgraded specification. For more information, see Upgrade Previous Version Project and Catalog Files.
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You can only use the Pipe Set Back (PSB) parameter to set the gap between the pipe and the socket weld flange. For more information, see Flanges.
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Improved the Excel export. You can create your own export template or use one of the provided default templates to export your specifications. These export improvements enable you to import specifications from Excel back into the Specification Editor. For more information, see Export/Import Data Panel, Export to Excel, Cell Name Reference - Specification Properties, Cell Name Reference - Component Properties, Export multiple specifications or an entire project to Excel, and Export a single specification to Excel.
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You can import specifications exported to Excel back into the Specification Editor. You must import an exported specification back into the same specification. For more information, see Import Update From Excel, and Import data from Excel to a specification .
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Enhancement of pipe supports. You can create new pipe support libraries, save your pipe support data as a separate libraries file, create new assemblies, and edit the parts of those assemblies. You can edit the pipe support parts connection points and set description formats for pipe supports. For more information, see Pipe Support Library File Home Tab, Pipe Support Library File View Tab, Pipe Support Panel, and Pipe Support Library.
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You can transfer data from a pipe support libraries file to the pipe support data in a project or to another pipe support libraries file. For more information, see Support Data.
User Guide Revisions
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Updated information on the SUBDIRECTORY for PipeSupport, Topworks, and User Shapes topics. For more information, see PipeSupport, Topworks, and User Shapes.
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Due to the enhancements of the Excel export, the text export became a separate topic and the development team created a new icon. For more information, see Export to Text.
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Added a Glossary of common terms.
Items added and updated with CADWorx Spec Editor 2015 SP1:
Software Enhancements
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Enhanced the import of the Smart Plant Reference Data (SPRD) specifications. This enhancement now includes importing the Ident, Short, and Option codes when the SPRD specification includes those codes. For more information, see Import Specification From SRD File.
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When SPRD specifications include the unit basis applicable to the specification contents, then the CADWorx Specification Editor SPRD import automatically sets the conversion units accordingly. SPRD specification unit basis was not previously available in the SPRD specification files. Previously, you were required to specify the unit basis for the conversion manually. The SPRD import now only requires you to specify the unit basis when the SPRD specification source file does not contain the relevant unit details. For more information, see Import Specification From SRD File.
User Guide Revisions
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Improved instructions for displaying the bolt length and bolt diameter part numbers in CADWorx. These instructions detail a workflow from the catalog, to the project, and then to the drawing. This procedure allows you to display the part numbering of the bolt lengths and the bolt diameters. For more information, see Display the bolt diameter part number in CADWorx Plant, and Display the bolt length part number in CADWorx Plant.
Items added and updated with CADWorx Spec Editor 2015:
Software Enhancements
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You can now add bolt length tables and bolt diameter tables to the Size Tables folder by clicking Bolt Diameter Table or Bolt Length Table in the Add Table panel on the Home tab, or by using the right-click options Add Bolt Diameter Table and Add Bolt Length Table. For more information, see Add Table Panel, Edit Table Features, Bolt Diameter Table, Add a new bolt diameter table, Bolt Length Table, and Add a new bolt length table.
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You can now select the bolt length and bolt diameter tables in the Specification Properties. For more information, see Specification Properties.
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You can now add end prep tables to the Miscellaneous folder with the right-click option Add End Prep Table or from End Prep Table on the Add Table panel. For more information, see Add Table Panel, End Prep Table, Add a new end prep table, Edit end prep table, Miscellaneous folder, and End Prep Tables Properties.
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You can now select the end prep table in the Specification Properties. For more information, see Specification Properties.
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You can now select the Isogen symbol for end types in the New and Edit Component Pane. For more information, see New and Edit Component Pane and Add single new component to a spec.
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You can now use the index code tables in your long, short, tag, and part number description formats. For more information, see Description Format Dialog Boxes and Long, Short, Tag, and Part Number Format Dialog Boxes.
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You can now add custom data and property details to your pipe support components in Support Component of the Properties. For more information, see Pipe Support Assembly and Component Properties.
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You can now select Straight Tee/Cross + Reducer in the branch table. Select Straight Tee/Cross + Reducer to insert crosses and tees based on the size of the branch. For more information, see New and Edit Component Pane.
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You can create a pull-down list of items for custom data. For more information, see New Field Dialog Box and List Items Dialog Box, List Items Dialog Box.
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You can now use spaces and underscores in the description formats. For more information, see Description Format Dialog Boxes.
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You can now add Component Class, Temperature Rating, and Pressure Ratings for Start, End, Branch 1, and Branch 2 end points for Valves. For more information, see New and Edit Component Pane.
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You can now use the OD_RED_SIZ_TBL and the DESCRIPTION_CMP_TBL schemas in the Description Format Dialog Boxes.
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Improved import of AutoCAD Plant 3D specifications and catalogs. For more information, see Import AutoCAD Plant 3D Specification Data, Import a single specification using an AutoCAD Plant 3D catalog, Import a single specification using a CADWorx catalog, and Import multiple specifications using a CADWorx catalog.
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You can now cancel the Add User Part Number Column message box.
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Improved the load time of the description format dialog boxes.
User Guide Revisions
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Added the bolt length and bolt diameter properties to the properties descriptions. For more information, see Specification Properties, Bolt Diameter Table Properties, and Bolt Length Table Properties.