Pipeline Standards Editor > Save, Import, Export Standards

The list of standards and corresponding parameters are stored in file PipeStandards.xml inside the folder ..T-FLEX Parametric CAD 17\Program. To manage this file, use the following commands available in the File section of the connection types editor's textual menu:

 

•Save
Rewrites the PipeStandards.xml file in accordance with changes made in the editor. The changes are also saved upon pressing the Apply button, and when you exit the editor by pressing OK.

•Import
Replaces the current list of standards and corresponding parameters with the contents of an .xml file specified by the user. Importing process is described below.

•Export
Saves the current list of standards and corresponding parameters into a new file, whose name and location should be specified, upon calling the command.

•Close
Closes the editor window and discards non-saved changes. Non-saved changes are also discarded, upon exiting the editor, using the Cancel and buttons.

Import

Upon calling the Import command, you should specify a name and a location of a file to be imported. If there are non-saved changes in the current list of standards and corresponding parameters, then, upon selecting a file to be imported, the system will suggest to export the current data before overwriting it with the imported data. Upon exporting the current data or refusing to export, the import dialog window pops up. The upper section of the window previews the list of standards to be imported. In the bottom section of the window you can select on of the following importing modes:

•Replace
Current standards will be completely replaced by the standards from the external file. In this mode the upper section of the import dialog previews the full content of the list to be imported

•Add
The user will be prompted to select the standards, that need to be imported, by enabling their checkboxes. The list preview will be filtered not displaying the standards that already exist in the current list. Following buttons can be used for quick enabling or disabling checkboxes:

- select all standards;

- cancel selection of all standards;

- invert standards selection.