Automatic Naming of Production Sketches

Description

Hull production programs running in batch can create receipt sketches which are given automatically generated names. With this release a new set-up tool is introduced for a uniform customisable naming of production sketches.

Users may now define how the sketch names should be put together by a set of rules. The naming rules are stored in a file referenced by the logical variable SBH_DWGNAME_RULES. Naming rules are defined individually for a number of applications. Each rule consists of a keyword identifying the application, followed by a number of attributes defining how the name is built up.

The naming rule attributes are applied in the order they are given. Only rule attributes valid for the application may be given. First rule attributes are interpreted and the resulting values for each attribute are concatenated to form a sketch name. The rules are of mainly three types:

1. Names (Current object name, part names, block name and computer name).

2. Numbers (Next global sequence number for the application, job numbers and counters local for the application)

3. Other (Free text, page number)

Benefits

Naming of production sketches may be customised in a uniform way.

Compatibility Constraints

Old techniques for generating automatic sequence numbers for the Parts List and WCOG applications are not valid any more. The keyword NAME_METHOD in the profile restriction file may not be used anymore and should be removed.

For More Information

Refer to User Guide Hull Detailed Design / Manufacturing / Production Program Interface / Automatic Naming of Production Sketches.

Affected Programs

AVEVA MarineProduction Programs.