Set Up Procedure - Detailed

This section lists the steps you can take to configure the Piping & Tubing Design apps. Completing all these steps enable users to take full advantage of the functionality of the apps. However, you can ignore some of the steps in design situations where full functionality is not required.

  1. Create resource files:
    1. Create common resource files.
    2. Create file-based resource files.
    3. Create Engineering Specification resource files.
    4. Create resource files for equipment.
    5. Create resource files for export to .pcf (ISOGEN).
  2. Create 3D components:
    1. Create 3D parts.
    2. Create 3D support parts.
    3. Create 3D equipment.
    4. Create 3D insulation.
  3. Create 2D representations of 3D components:
    1. Create 2D symbols.
    2. Create 2D text templates.
  4. Create catalogs:
    1. Create catalog of 3D components.
    2. Create catalog of 2D representations.
  5. Assign resources and bind to projects:
    1. Create resource tables.
    2. Assign resource files to resource tables.
    3. Assign catalogs to resource tables.
    4. Bind resource tables to projects.
  6. Create Line IDs.
  7. Create templates:
    1. Create templates for knowledge packages.
    2. Create templates of reports.
    3. Create templates of text.
    4. Create templates of equipment product knowledge.
  8. Configure export to .pcf (ISOGEN).
  9. Validate the setup.