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    BS3 catalog use in BS4

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    06-27-2003 06:17 AM
    I was hoping to use my old catalogs from BS3 in BS4
    until a new catalog can be prepared using the BS4 generic catalog.  The
    problem I'm having is that BS4 will not recognize the Grooved connector when I
    try to use grooved pipe.  Is the Grooved connector name changed somehow
    that BS4 doesn't recognize it?  Is there something I can change in the
    catalog to make it work?

     

    Thanks,
    Mike
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    Re: BS3 catalog use in BS4

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    06-30-2003 11:46 PM in reply to: *Mike
    Can anyone from Autodesk help out about this
    problem?  It should be an easy enough fix, how can I get my grooved
    connection from ABS3 piping to work in Plumbing 3D?  Is there a way to add
    this connection type to the plumbing catalog?   Is it just an XML edit
    or some other more hidden process?

     

    Thanks,

    Mike


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    I was hoping to use my old catalogs from BS3 in
    BS4 until a new catalog can be prepared using the BS4 generic catalog. 
    The problem I'm having is that BS4 will not recognize the Grooved connector
    when I try to use grooved pipe.  Is the Grooved connector name changed
    somehow that BS4 doesn't recognize it?  Is there something I can
    change in the catalog to make it work?

     


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    Mike
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    *[Autodesk], Hakan Wikemar

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    07-01-2003 04:21 PM in reply to: *Mike


    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hi Mike!
    lang=EN-GB>



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    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Just to be clear: The grooved pipe
    still exist in ABS4 but in the original Pipe catalog.
    lang=EN-GB>



    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">If you want the grooved pipe to
    exist in the Plumbing 3D catalog as well it’s as you say a more hidden
    process, but easier :smileyhappy:



    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The easiest way of accomplishing
    this would be just to copy the content from the original place into
    the catalog structure of 3D plumbing and do a catalogregen on the pipe
    catalog.



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    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">That is if you would like to copy
    the grooved Connection type for Schedule 40 from ABS3 (or ABS 4) into your
    plumbing 3d pipe catalog you would have to copy the:
    lang=EN-GB>



    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><C:\Program Files\Autodesk
    Building Systems 3\Aecb Catalogs 3\Pipe
    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">US
    lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Imperial\Schedule
    40\Grooved>



    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Catalog and paste it into
    the:



    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><C:\Documents and Settings\All
    Users\Application Data\Autodesk\Autodesk Building Systems 2004\R16.0\enu\Aecb
    Catalogs 4\Pipe
    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">US
    lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Imperial\Schedule
    40>



    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Catalog
    lang=EN-GB>



    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">(This is if you have
    installed your content in the default location,
    lang=EN-US
    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">otherwise
    lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> use your custom
    paths)



    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Then you will have to do a
    CatalogRegen on the pipe catalog, and then your parts should be
    available.



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    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">You can also use the Catalog editor
    if you want to and drag and drop/copy paste things between different
    catalogs.



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    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">hth
    lang=EN-GB>



    style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">/Hakan
    lang=EN-GB>


     


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    Can anyone from Autodesk help out about this
    problem?  It should be an easy enough fix, how can I get my grooved
    connection from ABS3 piping to work in Plumbing 3D?  Is there a way to
    add this connection type to the plumbing catalog?   Is it just an
    XML edit or some other more hidden process?

     

    Thanks,

    Mike


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    I was hoping to use my old catalogs from BS3 in
    BS4 until a new catalog can be prepared using the BS4 generic catalog. 
    The problem I'm having is that BS4 will not recognize the Grooved connector
    when I try to use grooved pipe.  Is the Grooved connector name changed
    somehow that BS4 doesn't recognize it?  Is there something I can
    change in the catalog to make it work?

     


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    *[Autodesk], Hakan Wikemar

    Re: BS3 catalog use in BS4

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    07-01-2003 04:33 PM in reply to: *Mike
    Hi Mike!

     

    I just changed my catalog in options to use the
    ABS3 Pipe catalog and I can use the grooved connector...

    Is it just the grooved connector that you can't
    use? If you go into the pipe preferences and change to grooved connector,
    can you see anything in the table or is it empty?

    Have you tried and do a catalogregen after
    switching catalogs? (I didn't have to, but you never know)

    If you use the ABS2004 Pipe US Imperial Catalog can
    you use the grooved connection then?

     

    If nothing of this helps could you zip and post/or
    send me your catalog and I'll try it and check and see if I can
    find anything wrong with it. 

    Thanks

     

    /Hakan



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    I was hoping to use my old catalogs from BS3 in
    BS4 until a new catalog can be prepared using the BS4 generic catalog. 
    The problem I'm having is that BS4 will not recognize the Grooved connector
    when I try to use grooved pipe.  Is the Grooved connector name changed
    somehow that BS4 doesn't recognize it?  Is there something I can
    change in the catalog to make it work?

     


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    *Mike

    Re: BS3 catalog use in BS4

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    07-01-2003 08:12 PM in reply to: *Mike
    Hakan,

     

    I posted a picture of the error message and a
    small file of Acid fittings in the Autocad.customer-files area with the same
    subject.  If you put the Items in your piping folder then try to use them,
    you will most likely get the same error I get.

     

    Thanks,

    Mike

     

     
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    *[Autodesk], Lars-Ake Johansson

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    07-08-2003 12:03 AM in reply to: *Mike
    Hi Mike,

     

    I tested the parts that you posted under customer
    files...

     

    There is one vital part missing - the connector.
    Don't know if you have it on your computer and just missed to attached it to the
    file, but if I defined the connector, your parts worked on my
    computer.

     

    Attaching a zip file to the posting in customer
    files.

     

     

    Regards

    Lars-Ake Johansson

    Autodesk QA

     


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    Hakan,

     

    I posted a picture of the error message and
    a small file of Acid fittings in the Autocad.customer-files area with the same
    subject.  If you put the Items in your piping folder then try to use
    them, you will most likely get the same error I get.

     

    Thanks,

    Mike

     

     
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    07-13-2003 08:50 AM in reply to: *Mike
    Thanks for the fix.  I didn't need the
    connector part in the old BS3 catalogs, so didn't think to add them here, but
    that fixed the problem.  Sorry that I didn't thank you earlier, but I
    managed to get away on a short vacation.   Thanks again.

     

    Mike


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    Hi Mike,

     

    I tested the parts that you posted under customer
    files...

     

    There is one vital part missing - the connector.
    Don't know if you have it on your computer and just missed to attached it to
    the file, but if I defined the connector, your parts worked on my
    computer.

     

    Attaching a zip file to the posting in customer
    files.

     

     

    Regards

    Lars-Ake Johansson

    Autodesk QA

     


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    Hakan,

     

    I posted a picture of the error
    message and a small file of Acid fittings in the Autocad.customer-files
    area with the same subject.  If you put the Items in your piping folder
    then try to use them, you will most likely get the same error I
    get.

     

    Thanks,

    Mike

     


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