This topic tells you how to create a preliminary list and populate the grid on the Contract Prelim Listing - Details form by importing prelim marks from a CAD generated report, a coma separated values (.csv) file, or a tab separated text (.txt) file. STRUMIS has a wizard that automatically creates a Contract Prelim Listing form (the basic, unpopulated list) and leads you through the import process. Launch the Import Prelim Wizard in one of the following ways:
§ Go to Contracts Management > Import Preliminary Listing.
§ If you have already created a Contract
Prelim Listing
form, open it (see Find
and edit a prelim listing).
Click Actions (button) > CAD
Interface.
The wizard is described below.
This is simply a welcome screen and you can click Next immediately to continue to the next screen.
This screen is displayed only when you launch the wizard from Contracts Management > Import Preliminary Listing.
Select the Contract
to assign the Prelim Listing
to. You can create a Contract if you do
not have one set up already. To do this, click the Ellipsis
button. See Create
a contract.
Click Next to continue to the next screen.
Use this screen to specify the CAD file needed to obtain the information for the Prelim Listing. You must first select a CAD Interface from the drop-down list. This is the type of file to be imported and depends on the software that was used to produce the CAD file. You can then browse for the CAD file to be imported.
There is also the option to utilise CAM Splitter Functionality during the import of a Prelim Listing. This can be activated by selecting the tick box, which in turn will activate the settings featured below it regarding the source of the data.
For further information see Prelim CAM Splitter Functionality.
Click Next to continue to the next screen.
This screen lists the Prelim Marks in the CAD file. They are divided into tabs to show the Prelim Marks that have a match in the item library and those that are Unrecognised by STRUMIS and need further definition.
You can also assign numeric or alphabetic identifiers to the Prelim Marks, allocate them to phases, and batch them for Nesting and Ordering.
For full details, see Import Prelim Wizard - Item Listing.
Click Next to continue to the next screen.
This screen allows you to review any amendments that you made.
For full details, see Import Prelim Listing - Revisions.
Click Next to continue to the next screen.
This screen allows you to make some final decisions about the Prelim Listing before it is loaded and saved. These include the option to continue immediately to Nesting and Ordering, and instructions about how to deal with changes in the CAD file if you re-import it.
When you have selected the relevant options, click Finish to load the Prelim Marks into the Contract Prelim Listing - Details form.
For full details, see:
Import Prelim Wizard - Create Prelim List
Contract Prelim Listing - Details