Material Text

Catalogues and Specifications Reference Manual

Catalogue Database Elements Setup in PARAGON : Material Text

Material Text (SMTE) elements contain descriptive text describing the material(s) from which the physical component is constructed, and is used during the construction of drawings, reports, take-off sheets etc. An SMTE element exists at the same level in the Catalogue database hierarchy as a Component element (i.e. it is a member of a Section or Category) and is referred to from SPCOM elements in the Specification.

An SMTE element (which will usually be named) is created simply by typing, for example:

NEW SMTE /5L-S-80

The text itself exists as an attribute of the SMTE element; namely one of the attributes XTEX, YTEX or ZTEX. The text is input simply by typing the attribute name followed by the text itself in quotes, for example:

XTEX ’SCM.80 API 5L GR.B SMLC’

The choice of attribute name depends on the AVEVA E3D™ module which is to use the related text, the attribute to be used being specified from that module. XTEX is used by ISODRAFT.