where is the Actuator data stored?

[Anonymous]

As we know ,most of these data are stored in the piping.dcf file.

But for Valve actuator ,we can't find its data in the piping.dcf.

So where it is stored?Xdata??

Could you pls show me?

thanks and regards.

[KenFauver]

Actuator data is stored in the valve catalog.

[Anonymous]

Valve catalog is the source data.But we have created a valve including the actuator in a drawing, then the data of actuator must not be stored in the catalog.

where we can find it?

thanks.

[Anonymous]

Valve catalog is the source data.But we have created a valve including the actuator in a drawing, then the data of actuator must not be stored in the catalog.

where we can find it?

thanks.

[sergey.utkin]

Hello,

in the 'Piping.dcf' file all actuator data is stored in the values of the fields 'ActuatorType', 'ActuatorHeight', 'ActuatorWidth' of the 'Valve' table just as it's shown in the Plant 3D 'Properties' palette. But it is just a cache-file. And if you change, say ActuatorHeight from '700' to '300' in the dcf-file, then open the drawing, you'll see the change in the 'Properties' palette, but the valve's graphics will still be as if ActuatorHeight is '700'.

So the 'real' actuator data is stored in the dwg-file.

If you are interested, i can post here how to view this data in the dwg-file using 'ARXDbg' util.

And if you are common to Plant 3D and AutoCAD API, there are some methods and properties to work with valve actuator described in the reference documentation. Never applied these concrete methods myself.

[Anonymous]

Pls show me how to view this data in the dwg-file using 'ARXDbg'

And could you pls share with me those API reference documentions

thanks and regards

Rong([email protected])

[sergey.utkin · Accepted solution]

Hello,

To view how the actuator data is stored in dwg-file prease do the following:

• Run the 'ARX' command to load the 'ARXDbg' util.

• Run 'SNOOPENTS' command and select a valve with an actuator.

• Click 'References...' in the shown window.

• Select '<AcDbBlockTableRecord ...>' and click 'XData...'.

• In the shown window 'DA' stands for 'ActuatorWidth' and 'HA' - for 'ActuatorHeight'

• As for 'ActuatorType' it's not so obvious to get this data. But if you really need it you can dig the dwg-file further. It must be stored in this file.

To get the actuator data ('ActuatorWidth', 'ActuatorHeight', 'ActuatorType'), using AutoCAD and Plant 3D API, you can use the second code i posted here: http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/autocad-plant-3d-general/how-to-get-p3d-object-name-entity-name-after-...

The 'special' instruments to work with actuators, i mentioned earlier and you requested, are described in the documentation found in Plant 3D SDK by the following link: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=15460551

[PeterQuinn]

Please use the API to get the data rather than digging through the DWG file data. The SDK is publicly available, you'll probably save yourself some headaches and it will be a lot more supportable.