UDAs

Structural Design User Guide

SDNF Export/Import : Technical Information : UDAs

There is a number of UDAs defined for the interface.

An attempt has been made to keep the unique abbreviation to 6 characters. The UDAs for this interface are:


Name	Type	Len	On	Description
:SDNFED/ATE	TEXT	20	SCTN PANE	Date of Export
:SDNFET/IME	TEXT	20	SCTN PANE	Time of Export
:SDNFID/ATE	TEXT	30	SCTN PANE	Date of Import
:SDNFIT/IME	TEXT	30	SCTN PANE	Time of Import
:SDNFRE/VNO	INT	1	SCTN PANE SITE	Revision Nr (0)
:SDNFRE/VNO	INT	1	SCTN PANE SITE	Transfer index(1)
:SDNFTRR/VNO	TEXT	10	SCTN PANE SITE	Revision Text
:SDNFEX/CLUDE	LOG	1	SCTN PANE SJOI PJOI	Exclude flag (f)
:SDNFSTA/TUS	TEXT	10	SCTN PANE	Status text
:SDNFCD/ATE	TEXT	30	SCTN PANE GENSEC	Date of Creation
:SDNFMD/ATE	TEXT	30	SCTN PANE GENSEC	Date of Modification
:SDNFCT/IME	TEXT	30	SCTN PANE GENSEC	Time of Creation
:SDNFCM/TIME	TEXT	30	SCTN PANE GENSEC	Time of Modification
:SDNFFT/HICK	REAL	1	SCTN GENSEC PANE	Fireproofing Thickness
:SDNFFD/ESC	INT	1	SCTN GENSEC PANE	Fireproofing Description
:SDNFFS/TART	REAL	1	SCTN GENSEC	Fireproofing Start
:SDNFFE/ND	REAL	1	SCTN GENSEC	Fireproofing End

Structural Data


Name	Type	Len	On	Description
:SDNFHO/LD	INT	1	SCTN PANE	Hold Status (0)
:SDNFPS/PEC	INT	1	SCTN PANE	Paint Spec (0)
:SDNFMG/RADE	TEXT	24	SCTN PANE FRMW	Material Grade
:SDNFMA/RK	TEXT	24	SCTN PANE	Object Mark Nr.
:SDNFEMA/RK	TEXT	24	SCTN PANE	External Mark


Name	Type	Len	On	Description/default
:SDNFEF/ID	TEXT	80	SITE ZONE STRU	'Engineering Firm Id'
:SDNFCL/ID	TEXT	80	SITE ZONE STRU	'Client Id'
:SDNFSTI/D	TEXT	80	SITE ZONE STRU	'Structure Id'
:SDNFPR/ID	TEXT	80	SITE ZONE STRU	'Project Id'
:SDNFMO/DNR	INT	1	SITE ZONE STRU SCTN PANE GENSEC	Model Number
:SDNFDE/CODE	TEXT	80	SITE ZONE STRU	'Design Code'
:SDNFSO/URCE	TEXT	64	SITE ZONE STRU	Data Source
:SDNFTA/RGET	TEXT	64	SITE ZONE STRU	Target Contractor
:SDNFEL/IST	REF	100	SITE ZONE STRU	Export Item List
:SDNFED/ATE	TEXT	20	SITE ZONE STRU	Date of Export
:SDNFET/IME	TEXT	20	SITE ZONE STRU	Time of Export
:SDNFID/ATE	TEXT	30	SITE ZONE STRU	Date of Import
:SDNFIT/IME	TEXT	30	SITE ZONE STRU	Time of Import

:SDNFEXCLUDE is a flag that you can set on the items indicated. It is using this flag that you can control what is exported to the SDNF output file. By default the flag is false, indicating that the item is not excluded from the Export process.

:SDNFEMARK is the reference number by which the external 3D steel detailing system identifies the item. If the item originated in AVEVA Model then this value is the AVEVA E3D™ reference number with the leading equals sign, =, removed.

:SDNFMARK is the Design reference number. It may not be the same as :SDNFEMARK if the entity originated in the external system.

:SDNFSTATUS is used to give you a view of the current status of the element. It has 4 different settings: AVEVA E3D™ to signify the item originated in Model; ADDED indicates that the item has been added to the model externally, by Merging; CHANGED means that the item has been modified externally; and DELETED means that the item was in the original Design model but has not returned from the external model. The last case may occur for one of several reasons. The item may not have been exported in the first place; it may have been added after the model was exported or it was deleted by the external system for some reason.

On Export, the :SDNFELIST attribute on the Header element is amended to contain a list of all elements exported. The list appears in the Export List window on the main AVEVA SDNF Export window. It is not the final expanded list of SCTN and PANE elements to appear in the SDNF output file.

Managing SDNF UDA visibility

For various reasons, the UDAs that are created to manage the SDNF data are normally hidden. If you wish to see them on a one-off basis in the main product you can use the function !!sdnfshowuda( ). To inspect an element, identify and locate the element, type !!sdnfshowuda( ) in a command window and the SDNF UDAs listed are listed. To modify their visibility more permanently in LEXICON use the function !!sdnfvisibleudas( ). This has several arguments because this function also works on ABSI UDAs. ABSI UDAs have FAB as their prefix, SDNF interface UDAs have SDNF as their prefix.

		!!sdnfvisibleudas( !prefix, !globalVisibility, !localList )


!prefix	= \|SDNF\| or \|FAB\| For SDNF or FAB - goes to either /SDNF-UWRL or /FAB-UWRL
!globalVisibility	= true or false To set ALL SDNF or FAB UDAs visible or invisible
!localList	= A space separated string list of UDAs to be visible whatever, for example: \|SDNFEMARK SDNFCRDATE\|

!!sndfvisibleudas( |SDNF|, false, |SDNFEMARK| ), this would hide all SDNF UDAs except :SDNFEMARK.

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