About Fluidic System Bill of Materials Native Report

This section describes the usage of Fluidic System BOM Native Report.

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See Also
About Data Setup for Drafting Template Design

Overview

The Fluidic System BOM Native Report lets you create the Bill of Materials (BOM) for Piping or HVAC systems.

If the sheet template does not point a specific BOM table template, a Native Report is created in the drawing.

Rules are created using the Enterprise Knowledge Language (EKL) scripts for the native reports. You can modify these scripts or define a specific table template.

This Native Report lets you list all the piping parts and rigid pipes of an input spool, reporting the following properties: position number, description, quantity, and weight.

Parts are grouped by description reporting the following data: position number, part description attribute, part count of the group, and total weight of the parts.

Pipes are listed individually reporting the following data: position number, pipe description attribute, length of the pipe, and total weight.

Report Specification

Structure and Content

The Fluidic System BOM report structure consists of the following elements:

  • A HeaderBlock static element: Its content is made of the following reported properties: position number, description, quantity, and weight.
  • A PartBlock section: This section filters the objects of type Piping_Part.

    In this section, objects are grouped by a computed description property. A PartItem element is generated for each unique generated group.

    Note: You can configure the description property.

    PartItem elements: Such elements contain a link to each part of the group.

    Its content is made of the following values: a computed position number, the grouping criterion (Part Description), the number of objects in the group, and the total weight of objects in the group.

  • A PipeBlock section: This section is filters the objects of type Piping_Rigid_Pipe (or PipRigidPipe).

    In this section, each object generates a PipeItem element.

    PipeItem elements: Such element contains a unique link to the pipe object.

    Its content is made of the following values: a computed position number, a computed description of the pipe, the length of the pipe, and the total weight of the pipe.

    Note: You can configure the description property.

Configurable Attributes and Rules

The table template can be configured by the administrator.

Report Attributes
  • The rule to compute the description property for part, pipe, and spool is configurable by modifying the following drawing profile parameters: BOMPartDescription, BOMPipeDescription, and BOMSpoolDescription.

    The sample provides the following modes:

    • Direct usage of the Description attribute of the product (V_Description).
    • Usage of the Product Title attribute.
    • Add other modes as required. For example, support a switch in different languages, or different levels of detail.
    • By default, values are computed using the following pattern:
      • For Parts: PartSubType + " - " + NominalSize+ " - " + EndStyle + " - " + Rating + " - " + Material.
      • For Pipes: "PIPE - " + NominalSize + " - " + OutsideDiam + "x" + WallThick + " - " + EndStyle + " - " + Rating + " - " + Material.
  • Display of the Length and the Weight Magnitude is configurable through several attributes such as: BOMLengthUnit, BOMLengthNbDigits, BOMWeightUnit, BOMWeightNbDigits, BOMLengthUnitAppend, and BOMWeightUnitAppend.
  • Grouping parts by categories (such as fittings and flanges) is enabled using the BOMGroupByCategory attribute.
  • Grouping pipes by description can be made using the BOMPipeGrouping attribute.
  • Position Number can be customized to the Alphabetic or the Numerical display using the BOMPositionNumberDisplayType attribute.
NLS Attributes
HeaderBlock HeaderBlock_position_number, HeaderBlock_description, HeaderBlock_quantity, and HeaderBlock_weight.
PipeBlock Category_Pipes
PartBlock Category_Parts, Category_Branches, Category_Fittings, Category_Flanges, Category_Valves, Category_Legacy, and Category_Instrument.
Note: These values must match with the values returned by the PipingEntity_Category EKL rule.

Default Table Layout

After selecting the native report, it automatically configures the table layout attributes of the report template with the following values:

  • Global Attributes:
    • Layout Type: Vertical
    • Column Count: 4
    • Column Sizes: The attribute value is Dynamic (0) for all columns.. This value may be changed for each column.
    • Default Row Size: The attribute value is Dynamic (0) for all rows. This value is used by the PartItem and PipeItem elements. The HeaderBlock element defines its own value.
    • Default Cell Alignment: Middle-Center. This value is not used as the value of the Element Class attribute is independent in every case.
    • Default Text Properties: Font: DS ISO 1, Size: 2.5mm.
  • Element Class Attributes:
    • HeaderBlock:
      • Row Size: Dynamic (0).
      • Cell Alignments: All cells are TopCenter.
    • PartBlock: No attributes are provided.
      Note: PartBlock element does not define any content, its purpose is only to organize the report (Part first, Pipes next).
    • PartItem:
      • Row Size: is driven by the Global attribute.
      • Cell Alignments: By default, all cells are Middle-Center, except the second cell (Description) which is Middle-Left.
    • PipeBlock: No attributes are provided.
      Note: The PipeBlock element does not define any content, its purpose is only to organize the report (Part first, Pipes next).
    • PipeItem:
      • Row Size: is driven by the Global attribute.
      • Cell Alignments: By default, all cells are Middle-Center, except the second cell (Description) which is Middle-Left.
Note: The attributes in italic cannot be modified.