ISODRAFT
User Guide
Catalogue Requirements : Component Descriptions
The texts used to describe components in the material list are stored in the Catalogue DB as text elements. The relevant part of the DB’s hierarchy is:
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Figure 3:1.
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where: ADTE to SDTE are detail text (DTEXT) elements and AMTE to SMTE are material text (MTEXT) elements.
Text elements are created as described in the Catalogues and Specifications Reference Manual. For example:
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The geometric description, e.g. 90 degree butt weld elbow
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The material description, e.g. ASTM A-234
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Optional attached text, e.g. UDA and/or other attribute settings (defined by the ATTEXTS command)
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Attached text allows the user to append text defined by an expression (typically the setting of one or more UDAs or other attributes) to the descriptions of elements whose GTYPs comply with a predefined selection rule. The syntax to define the text and its associated rule is
