The File > Import > Structure command in SmartPlant 3D imports a CIS/2 file into the model. This command recognizes Global User Identities (GUIDs) to uniquely identify objects and manage the electronic exchange with the other software package.
Note
• Members imported using this command are standard SmartPlant 3D members. However, there are no frame connections or relationships defined for any of the members on import. Assembly connections are created if that information is provided in the CIS/2 import file.
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System - Select the system to which to assign the objects being read. You can define new systems in the Systems and Specifications task. Select More to display all systems defined in the workspace or the model.
Coordinate System - Select the coordinate system to which to assign the objects being read. If needed, you can create a new coordinate system in the Grids task.
New - Loads any object in the CIS/2 file that is not in the model. Use the All On or All Off commands to select or clear all checkboxes.
Modified - Loads any object that exists in both the CIS/2 file and the model that has changed in the CIS/2 file. Use the All On or All Off commands to select or clear all checkboxes.
Members - Select to read into the model the linear members defined in the CIS/2 file.
Openings on members are not imported.
Slabs/Plates - Select to read into the model the slabs and plates defined in the CIS/2 file.
Walls - Select to read into the model the walls defined in the CIS/2 file. All walls are imported as slabs.
Openings - Select to read into the model the openings (holes) defined in the CIS/2 file for slabs, walls, grating, and checker plates.
Connections - Select to read into the model the gusset plates, clip angles, and other plates and standard sections used to connect members. The detailing software marks these objects as connection parts in the CIS/2 schema during export.
Assemblies - Select to read into the model the assemblies defined in the CIS/2 file.
All On - Click to activate all New and Modified check boxes.
All Off - Click to clear all New and Modified check boxes.
Defaults - Activates a dialog box where you define properties to use when the object being imported does not have a recognized property.
• Type Category - Select the type category to use when a member being imported does not have a recognized type category. You can define a custom member type category on the Structural Member Type sheet in the AllCodeLists.xls workbook.
• Type - Select the type to use when a member being imported does not have a recognized type. The properties change depending on the member type that you select. You can define a custom member type on the
Structural Member Type sheet in the AllCodeLists.xls workbook.
• Section Name - Select the cross-section to use when a member being imported does not have a recognized section. Sections are defined in the reference data.
• Material Name - Select the material to use when a member being imported does not have a recognized material.
• Material Grade - Select the material grade to use when a member being imported does not have a recognized material grade.
• Type - Select the slab type to use when a slab being imported does not have a recognized slab type.
• Composition - Select the slab composition to use when a slab being imported does not have a recognized slab composition.
CIS file - Define the file name and folder path of the CIMsteel Integration Standard file to read.
Include mapping file - Select this option to use a section name mapping file when importing the members from the CIS file. A mapping file swaps the third-party software name for a section (for example, L3.5X2.5X1/4) with the SmartPlant 3D name for a section (for example, L3-1/2X2-1/2X1/4). You must create the mapping file using the File > New Mapping File Command before you can use the mapping file in this command. Sample mapping files for the FrameWorks Plus AISC table are delivered with the software in [Product
Directory]\3D\SmartPlantStructure\Symbols\StructureImportExportMaps. For more information, see New Mapping File Command, page 53.
Mapping file - Specify the mapping file to use if the Include mapping file option is selected.
Log file - Specify a log file name. You can view the log file by clicking View Log.
Action - Select whether to import or preview the contents of the CIS/2 file. Select Import to import objects from the CIS/2 into the model. Select Preview to identify problems with the CIS/2 file before the actual import is attempted. Objects in the CIS/2 file that have not been imported cannot be previewed.
Filter - Specifies how you want to preview the CIS/2 file. This option is only available when Action is set to Preview.
• Objects in CIS file with unknown sections, material, or type - Select this option to help identify potential problems with the CIS/2 file before you attempt the import. After using option, you can add unknown sections, materials, and types to the mapping file.
• Objects in DB that exist in CIS File - Select this option to identify objects that are in both the model and the CIS/2 file.
• Objects in DB that are modified in CIS File - Select this option to identify objects that are in both the model and the CIS/2 but that have different attributes (such as section size) in the CIS/2 file. This option is useful when "round tripping" between SmartPlant 3D and other software package.
Option - Specifies how you want to import objects from the CIS/2 file. This option is only available when Action is set to Import.
• Use no defaults - Select this option to import only those objects with known to SmartPlant 3D (known either in the software or in the specified mapping file) sections. Objects with unknown sections are not imported into the model but are noted in the log file.
• Use defaults if needed - Select this option to import all objects in the CIS/2 to the model. Objects with sections not found in the software or in the mapping file will be given the sections defined in the Defaults dialog box. Objects imported with default sections are noted in the log file.
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