The Specifications module provides the means to efficiently generate detailed specification documents (often referred to as Specs). This is helpful for engineering and ordering procedures and provides a useful permanent record for checking installed instruments. The Specifications module also incorporates data from the Instrument Index, Process Data, and Calculation modules into generated documents.
You can generate any type of specification (that is, single-tag instrument spec, composite spec, multi-tag spec, and so forth) in the Specifications module. Also, it is possible to generate single-tag instrument specs in the Domain Explorer. Note, however, that if you want to generate a spec in the Domain Explorer, you must first assign a specific spec form to the instrument type profile. A generated specification automatically appears in the Domain Explorer, under the items for which you generated the specification. You can open an existing spec either from the Domain Explorer, Specifications module, or from an EDE View.
When printing a specification, we recommend that the print sheet size be either A4 or Letter. Note, however, that 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.
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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”.