Change Text in Material List Descriptions

A complete item description in a material list consists of the geometric description (derived from the attributes of a DTEXT element) and the material description (derived from the attributes of an MTEXT element).

For example, a material list description might be a combination of the DTEXT

ELBOW 90 - BUTT WELD SCH.40

and the MTEXT

ASTM A105 FORGED

giving a complete description of

ELBOW 90 - BUTT WELD SCH.40  ASTM A105 FORGED

The text in MTEXT and DTEXT elements is defined in PARAGON by setting the attributes of MTEXT and DTEXT to the text required. Both elements have three attributes which can contain text:

• The three attributes of DTEXT are RTEXT, STEXT and TTEXT.

• The three attributes of MTEXT are XTEXT, YTEXT and ZTEXT.

The default attributes whose text will be displayed on the material list are RTEXT and XTEXT. If the other attributes have been set in the DESIGN database, the user can choose to display the STEXT or TTEXT using the DTEXT command, and the YTEXT or ZTEXT using the MTEXT command.

Different attributes can be used, for example, to produce descriptions in different languages.

The MTEXT elements in item descriptions can be suppressed completely by the MTEXT IGNORE command. For example:

ELBOW 90 - BUTT WELD SCH.40  ASTM A105 FORGED

with MTEXT elements suppressed would be shown as

ELBOW 90 - BUTT WELD SCH.40

Similarly, the DTEXT elements can be suppressed using the DTEXT IGNORE command.