Equipment list

The equipment list represents all layout objects in the form of a table and provides an overview of the object attributes. Transport networks or dimensioning objects, for example, are not specified. It is possible to apply filters to the list, and it can be exported to an Excel workbook and re-imported.

Display and filtering

To be able to request specific information about the objects in a layout, you can apply a filter to browse the equipment list for identifiers and attributes.

Procedure

Proceed as follows to call the equipment list, to apply filters to browse for certain criteria and to highlight user-specific attributes.

1. Start the Equipment List by clicking on the entry with the same name in the Task Menu.
   
2. Type the search term in the Filter field to apply the filter. All objects are shown whose designations match the filter or which possess an attribute whose value matches the filter. All the other objects are filtered out.
   
3. Several terms are to be delimited by way of spaces. These terms are linked by way of a logical OR.
   
4. Click on View to hide the standard attributes (position and dimensions).
   
   

Export

The complete equipment list can be exported as a Microsoft-Excel workbook to the xlsx format. The complete list is exported. The currently set filter is ignored.

Procedure

Proceed as follows to export the equipment list of the layout as a Microsoft Excel workbook.

1. Start the Equipment List by clicking on the entry with the same name in the Task Menu.
   
2. Click on Export.
   
3. Select the storage location (folder).
   
4. Select a file name.
   
5. Select the file type Excel Workbook(*.xlsx).
   
   

Import

If e.g. the information of an equipment list was modified in an external application (e.g. Microsoft Excel), it can be accepted in the corresponding layout. When an equipment list is imported, only objects are refreshed which occur both in the layout and in the equipment list to be imported. When an equipment list is imported, no new objects are generated. The following information is accepted from the imported equipment list in the layout:

• Color,
  
• Area type,
  
• Layer,
  
• All user-specific attributes.
  
  

Procedure

1. Start the Equipment List by clicking on the entry with the same name in the Task Menu.
   
2. Click on Export.
   
3. Select the file which is to be imported and represents the equipment list of the appropriate layout. Initially, only the contents of the window of the equipment list are refreshed. Check the values of the modified objects where necessary.
   
4. Click on Accept Changes to update the objects of the layout with the versions in the list.
   
5. Then you can quit the Equipment List window.
   
   

See also:

• Properties, own attributes
  
• Import: Block Layout
  
• Model Library, Stacking plan catalog