Specification pages are the primary templates for spec forms, on which your specs are based. Spec pages enable you to categorize data within a specification form. For example, a specification form can contain a thermowell specification page, a control valve specification page, and a large note page.
Smart Instrumentation provides a default library of spec pages you can use in spec forms. A spec is always associated with a specific process function. If needed, you can select a different process function for a page, provided that this page is not in use in specs. A spec page contains a number of data fields, which correspond to table columns in the database, and contains field headers, which correspond to column headers in the database. You can customize the data fields and the field's headers to fit specific requirements. You cannot, however, create new pages in Smart Instrumentation.
All spec pages are based on the A4 print sheet size. It is also possible to use the Letter print sheet size when printing specs.
If the title block assignment method in the current domain is defined as Standard (used in all modules), you need to adjust your title block before printing specs using the Letter size.
For details, see Spec Title Blocks.
You open and manage spec pages in the Page Editor of the Specifications module. Then you can use the Edit Fields and Headers floating toolbar options to modify the spec page field layout without having to use a third-party interface, such as InfoMaker. Note, however, that if you want to assign new select lists or drop-down data window to spec page fields, you must use InfoMaker.
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To view special characters in specification fields, for example & (ampersand), you must use two characters to view the one. For example, if you want to display &U&, then you need to enter &&U&&.
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The character ~ (tilde) cannot be placed in specification fields at the end of a string, you must place another character after the ~. Without the extra character the field does not appear in the specification.
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To use double quotes “” at the begging of a field, you must enter a space before the quotes. For example, instead of “A dimension” you enter <space>”A dimension”.