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General

  • To use the auto transfer, we recommend that you install PDS version 12.00.01.16 or higher. You must also install the Smart3d PDS Data Access component.

Reference Data and Catalog Data

  • The catalog data must be the same for both Smart 3D and PDS for the export to yield correct results. For more information, see Define Matching Reference Data.

Piping

  • Stock parts in Smart 3D which do not meet the minimum pipe length criteria in PDS, result in a piping placement error after importing.

  • You must resolve all Smart 3D To Do List items before exporting. Unresolved To Do List items can cause unexpected results in PDS. For example, pipe bends modeled incorrectly in Smart 3D might result in irrelevant graphics when imported.

  • The number of pipelines created in PDS by the export process might be higher than the number of pipe runs exported from Smart 3D.

  • The pipe part symbols and their default orientation should be same in Smart 3D and PDS.

  • When you export spectacle blinds to PDS without setting the base part of the spectacle blind feature to either spectacle blind is in open position or spectacle blind is in closed position, the software creates an open blind in PDS by default.

  • Flex pipes from Smart 3D are exported to PDS as specialty items. To map the Smart 3D identifier value of this pipe part with PDS Model Code in the SpecialtyModelCodeMap worksheet, the S3D Identifier value should be defined by the S3D short code value followed by "_FlexPipe".

  • You must define the Commodity class to successfully export the piping components to PDS. Commodity class can be defined in the property page of an object in Smart 3D.

Dimensional Data Mapping

  • For a Smart 3D piping specialty or instrument, you must define or create a corresponding specialty symbol in PDS. The symbol must be designed so that any dimensional data (DIM1, DIM2,and so on through DIMn) required to place the piping specialty or instrument in PDS can be mapped to the attribute data on the Smart 3D specialty object.

  • You must map the Smart 3D specialty tag or part number of the piping specialty or instrument in the mapping file to corresponding PDS commodity name in the SpecialtyModelCodeMap and InstrumentModelCodeMap worksheets.

  • Map the tutorial form name for the piping specialty or instrument to the TUT attribute in the DimensionalDataMapMapForSpecialty and DimensionalDataMapForInstrument worksheets. Map the rest of the dimensions to appropriate Interface.Attribute values. You must refer to the symbol definitions in both Smart 3D and PDS to decide which dimension to map to which Interface.Attribute.

  • The following figure is an example of dimensional-data mapping for the piping specialty STRB1 (Basket Strainer) which is mapped to the CSBasketStrainer4 specialty in Smart 3D.

    The tutorial form that accepts the dimensional data input for STRB1 is PSA018.fb.

    DIM1=Dimension A, which is equal to the CollarThickness attribute available on the IJUASpecialtyStrainer interface of the CBastketStrainer specialty in Smart 3D.

    Similarly,

    DIM2=Dimension B = BasketLength attribute on the IJUASpecialtiyStrainer interface,

    DIM3=Dimension C = BasketEndDiameter attribute on the same interface,

    DIM4=Dimension D = CollarEndToCenter attribute on the same interface.

    Interface.Attribute must be surrounded by square braces as shown above.

Taps

  • Load the taps' data into the PDS project to ensure that the taps are imported through the APL file correctly.