Create a Format - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

Use this procedure to create a format for multi-tag specs. You create a format based on a spec form, which in turn is based on a spec page. You can build an unlimited number of formats based on a given form. When creating a format, you can edit the headers of the columns that appear in the spec see list, and fine-tune the order and width of columns.

1. On the Specifications Window module menu bar, select Edit > Format Editor.

2. On the Format Editor menu bar, select Actions > Open Format.

3. On the Select Specification Form dialog, select a form and select OK.

4. On the Select Format dialog, under Format, type the name of the new format and select OK.

   If the form that you selected on the Select Specification Form dialog has existing formats, select New before typing the new format name.

5. Do the following for each field that you want to appear on the spec see list:

   1. In the field selection area of the form (usually on the right), double-click the field.

   2. To display the original form header in the active row of the Edit Headers pop-up window, select the form header after the cursor changes its shape to .

   3. In the Edit Headers pop-up window, edit the header as necessary.

   4. The background color of the active field changes to magenta.

   5. Fields already added to the Edit Headers pop-up window are highlighted in cyan.

   6. The icon in the left column of the Edit Headers pop-up window points to the header input box for the active field. If you are working from a library form, the form header was automatically copied to this field.

6. On the Format Editor toolbar, select to generate the format.

7. To change the see list column position of a header and its field, do the following in the Edit Headers pop-up window:

   1. Select the header for which you want to change the column position.

   2. Select Move Up or Move Down as necessary.

   The order of the headers in the Edit Headers pop-up window determines the left-to-right column order on the Multi-Tag List tab the spec.

8. To change the width of columns as they appear in the spec see list, do the following on the Format dialog:

   1. Select portrait or landscape print preview.

   2. Set the cursor on the border between two headers.

   3. Drag the border to the left or to the right as necessary.

   4. Select to save the new format.