{"id":81,"date":"2015-06-30T08:25:27","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T08:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/06\/30\/how-to-add-an-instrument-to-a-catalog-and-a-spec\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T15:11:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:11:11","slug":"how-to-add-an-instrument-to-a-catalog-and-a-spec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2015\/06\/30\/how-to-add-an-instrument-to-a-catalog-and-a-spec\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add an instrument to a catalog and a spec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When clicking &quot;Create New Component&quot; in the Catalog Editor, it is not possible to select an instrument in the &quot;Component Category&quot; or in the &quot;Piping Component&quot; selection lists. Is there another way to make it possible to create an instrument to a catalog? At the end the component should be added to a project drawing and when looking on its properties, the class &quot;InlineInstrument&quot; should be shown.&#160;<\/p>\n<p>To solve this challenge we need to go an indirect way. The indirect way uses the Catalog Builder.<\/p>\n<p>These are the steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the Spec Editor select from menu &quot;Tools &#8211; Launch Catalog Builder&#8230;&quot;<\/li>\n<li>In the&#160;section &quot;Catalog Templates&quot; of the&#160;dialog click &quot;Create New&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Select a path and type a name for the template and set the unit type<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d1303ad7970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dialog1\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d1303ad7970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d1303ad7970c-320wi\" title=\"Dialog1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a new valve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c7a6ce0e970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dialog2\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c7a6ce0e970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c7a6ce0e970b-320wi\" title=\"Dialog2\" \/><\/a><br \/>\u200b<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select a parametric graphic of your choice and fill the values<\/li>\n<li>Click &quot;Export to Excel&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Open the Excel-file<\/li>\n<li>Select all columns and choose from context menu &quot;Unhide&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Select tab &quot;Review&quot; and click there in group &quot;Changes&quot; the command &quot;Unprotect Sheet&quot;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d1303af9970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Excel1\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d1303af9970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b8d1303af9970c-500wi\" title=\"Excel1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search for column &quot;PartCategory&quot; and replace the value &quot;Valves&quot; with &quot;Instrument&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Search for column &quot;PnPClassName&quot; and replace the value &quot;Valve&quot; with &quot;InlineInstrument&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Save the file<\/li>\n<li>Go back to the Catalog Builder and click &quot;Build Catalog&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Browse for this Excel-file<\/li>\n<li>In the dialog &quot;Build Catalog&quot; click &quot;Save as New&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Enter a name for the catalog and click &quot;Save&quot;<\/li>\n<li>Open a spec of your choice in the Spec Editor<\/li>\n<li>Open the new catalog in the Spec Editor and add the new instrument component to the spec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c7a6ce56970b-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spec\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c7a6ce56970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201b7c7a6ce56970b-500wi\" title=\"Spec\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the project you will note that the instrument is listed in the category &quot;InlineInstrument&quot; in the tool palette.&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201bb084addc2970d-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Project\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d835007d0b69e201bb084addc2970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201bb084addc2970d-320wi\" title=\"Project\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>Look also for this article to include the instrument to the isometric BOM:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/knowledge.autodesk.com\/support\/autocad-plant-3d\/troubleshooting\/caas\/sfdcarticles\/sfdcarticles\/How-to-include-instruments-in-the-isometric-BOM-in-AutoCAD-Plant-3D.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to include instruments in the isometric BOM in AutoCAD Plant 3D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When clicking &quot;Create New Component&quot; in the Catalog Editor, it is not possible to select an instrument in the &quot;Component Category&quot; or in the &quot;Piping Component&quot; selection lists. 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