This will open up the Edit Parts Dialog Box. We will start with the piping, so locate the pipe section in the spec and double click on the Pipe itself.
However, everything we are doing can be performed on the out-of-the-box CS150 spec as well as any other spec you might want to try this on. I only mention this so that when you see some of these in the images, you don't email me to complain those items are not in your spec. The exception is that I have added additional sizes beyond 24", slip-on flanges, removed some valves I didn't need and added some custom Instruments. I am using the CS150 spec, which is, for the most part, out-of-the-box. Open the Spec Editor and then open the specific Spec you would like to modify. I have found that things just seem to work better that way. My personal opinion is that you close Plant 3D when you modify a project spec, but that is your call. The majority of our work takes place in the Spec Editor mainly because that is where we will initially input all the data. Sounds simple, but there are a couple of tricks that you need to know to pull this off, and we are going to use this example to walk you through step by step with Custom Spec Property Definitions and Custom Project Property Definitions. Then pass that information right into the components within your drawings, annotations, reports, etc. The solution? Define a property in the Spec that you can input the correct metric size for each Imperial size of pipe, flange, valves, fittings, and even bolts. Plus, there is not a method in the calculating property to round, and even if there were rounding a straight conversion like that would not always give you the correct actual metric pipe size. The problem with this method is while you can multiply 8 x 25.4, the result would be 203.2, which would not be a valid metric pipe size. Their first thought was to define a calculating property that converts the size to metric. There is not an out-of-box method to show the Metric Size in brackets, just like the dimension. However, when they use the Ortho Annotation to add something like the Nominal Diameter to pipe, flange, reducer, tee, and valve, the only option is to show the Imperial Size. Recently I had a client who was using Alternate Units in his dimensioning to show the Imperial dimension with the metric conversion in brackets like the 2'-10 1/4" dimension in the image to the right.
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You can use that information in custom tags, annotations, BOM's, Iso's, Reports, or anywhere in the software that you use any out-of-box properties.
Plus, once it is set up, it can be passed from project to project when you use the "Copy Project" function. Most people who have done any customization in Plant 3D are familiar with creating Class Properties in the project, but what if you want to pass preset information from the Spec into those Class Properties? Though it may feel like it’s a bit time consuming to populate in the Spec, it is not that difficult to do, and in reality, it does not take that long either.