Create a Template Reference in a Specification
- Last UpdatedSep 25, 2023
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To create a Design Template reference in a specification, the user must enter the Catalogue Explorer. The user can then modify an existing Specification (SPEC) by creating a new Specification Component (SPCO) and defining the Tmpref attribute to reference the Design Template.
On the Home tab, in the Navigate group, click Catalogue to display the Catalogue Explorer.

The user can navigate to the Specification Selector (SELE) and create a Specification Component (SPCO).
For example, to create a new SPCO in the Panel Fittings Specification, navigate to MASTER/STLCATA > SPWL STRUT/PENI/SPEC > SELE 1 > SELE 3.
To create a new SPCO using the Command Window, on the Home tab, in the Windows group, click Command Window to display the Command Window.

To create a new SPCO named KICKPLATE input the following command into the Command Window:
NEW SPCO /TMPL/SAMPLE/KICKPLATE
The modify the Tmpref attribute to KICKPLATE-1, input the following command into the Command Window:
TMPREF /Kickplate-1
The template now exists in the Design database and a new specification component, pointing to the template, is added into the Catalogue database.
The user can enter the Structures application and create a Panel Fitting by selecting KICKPLATE from the list of available Fitting Specifications. Refer to Structural Design User Guide, for further information.