valve & operator help

[Anonymous]

Hello all

is it possible to have a valve with different operator symbols in iso creation, without creating a different famly groups with a different skey for each?

looking inIsoSkeyAcadBlockMap autodesk are stating that:

<ValveToSpindleSkeyMap ValveSKEY="VT??" SpindleSKEY="01SP" />

can VT?? also have and 20SP (custom actuator)

E.G. one gate valve with say a manual hand wheel, motor actuator & air actuator.

from what i can see each operator needs a valve family with a different skey to work, which means is there much point to operator additions to valves?

[VinodBalasubramanian]

Hi,

You can add SKEY value for gate valve only. You can try creating another spec for the same gate valve and change the SKEY for that to a different one based on the mapping available in the iso xml file.

If that doesn't suit, you can change it inside plant under the properties before running an ISO. I would still recommend the first approach. Do let me know, if you want more details.

[Anonymous]

so for a gate, ball, dbb, needle, globe valves with air actuator, soleanoid, hand wheel, air actuated with hand wheel, digraghm, motor....  makes about 100 odd items for a spec.. thats just not smart, not much point in operator symbols then.