Surface Treatment Definition

Catalogues and Specifications User Guide

General Application Tools : Utilities : Surface Treatment Definition

The Surface Treatment Definition form allows the user to define new surface parameters.

Select Utilities > Surface Treatment > Define from the main menu to display the Surface Treatment Definition window.


Surface Treatments	where all the available surface treatments for a project are specified.
Selected Coatings	when the allowable paint types and manufacturers are specified.
Paint definition	where the paint type, the coating thickness and the order in which the coatings are applied is specified.

Creating the Surface Treatment List

The Surface Treatments sub window is used to create a list of allowable surface treatments which will be used when defining the specifications.

The options at the bottom of the Surface Treatments area provide the following functions:

Create

Creates a new entry in the surface treatments list, into which the following data is entered:

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The NAME of the surface treatment

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The material of the surface to which the surface treatment applies (SURMAT)

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The shop primer attribute (SHOPRI), set to true or false, indicating whether or not a primer coating is required.

Copy

Creates a copy of the selected (highlighted) entry.

Delete

Removes the selected entry from the list.

Refresh

If the Command Line is used to make changes to any of the surface treatment details, clicking this option updates the list to reflect the changes.

The Create, Copy and Delete operations are also available from the right-click options menu.

Note:

Surface treatments can be imported in from CSV and XLS (Excel) files via the Import Data utility (Utilities menu).

Creating the Paint Definitions

The Paint Definition sub window is used to define a list of allowable paints. Each entry in the List of PAINT Elements may be referenced by one or more entries in the surface treatment specification.

Paint Definitions are created in a similar way to Surface Treatment Definitions:

Create

Creates a new entry in the List of PAINT Elements, into which the following data (paint definition attributes) is entered:

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The NAME of the paint definition.

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A description (DESC) giving details of the type and colour of the paint.

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The manufacturer (MAKER) of the paint.

The Create, Copy and Refresh options perform similar functions to the Surface Treatment options.

The Create, Copy and Delete operations are also available from the right-click options menu.

Note:

Paint Definitions can be imported in from CSV and XLS (Excel) files via the Import Data utility (Utilities menu).

Specifying the Coatings

The Selected Coatings sub window is used to specify the paint coatings that are required for the Surface Treatment, and the order in which they are to be applied.

Select a surface treatment and the required paint elements from the paint definition window. Click ADD to add the details to the Selected Coatings list.

Specify the coating Thickness (this is the Dry Film Thickness in microns) and click UPDATE. The value will be copied to the THICKNESS (MICRONS) field in the Selected Coatings list.

The Thickness value can later be changed by selecting the required row, entering a new Thickness value and clicking UPDATE.

If any details in the Paint Definition list are modified, clicking UPDATE updates the Selected Coatings list with the new data.

The Move Coating arrow icons are used to change the order in which the coatings appear in the Selected Coatings list (i.e. the order in which the coatings are to be applied). The Move Coating operations are also available from the right-click options menu. There are also options for removing a selected coating or all coatings.