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PDM Interface Start and Create See Electrical Projects-V6R1 To V8R2
PDM Interface Start and Create See Electrical Projects-V6R1 To V8R2
option to give a user the right to carry out changes or not according to the rights
defined in the PDM-Software.
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /V <harddisk:>\<path>\<projectname.sep>
for example:
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /V C:\Data\Example.sep
If necessary, the kind of document (circuit diagram, cabinet) function, location and
page index are to be specified like follows:
/PT = page type (circuit diagram: 1000, cabinet: 1100, house installation: 1010 etc.,
optional, default is 1000 (circuit diagram)
/PF = page function (optional, default empty)
/PL = page location (optional, default empty)
/PG = page number
/PI = page index (optional, default empty)
5) Open a project specified by name, open the first page in this project, print all pages
and close the application (if a project is to be printed, the command that opens the
project is not /P any more, but /PO; despite of this, the rules defined in point 4 are
valid):
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /PO <harddisk:>\<path>\<projectname.sep>
for example:
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /PO C:\Data\Example.sepj
or for example open project specified by name and open page specified by number in circuit diagram
and then print and close application
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /PO C:\Data\Example.sep /PG 3 /PF D1 /PL A2 /PT 1000
6) Open a project specified by name and open a page specified by component name (or
print this page and close application):
If there are master and slave components it is the page where the master is located
that’s opened (for example for coils and their contacts), if a component with the name
specified is found more than once, the first page where it is found will be opened.
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /P <harddisk:>\<path>\<projectname.sep> /CN <component name>
for example if component Q2 is to be searched for:
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /P C:\Data\Example.sep /CN Q2
If a project with function/location is to be processed, the component name has to be inserted in accents
for example `-Q2`:
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /P C:\Data\Example.sep /CF E1 /CL A1 /CN `-Q2`
If the project is be opened or printed and the program is directly closed, choose with
the parameters /P or /PO.
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If necessary, the kind of document (circuit diagram, cabinet) function, location of the
component can be specified as follows:
/PT = page type (circuit diagram: 1000, cabinet: 1100, house installation: 1010 etc.,
optional, default is 1000 (circuit diagram)
/CF = component function (optional, default empty)
/CL = component location (optional, default empty)
/CN = Component name (have to be in accents ` ` if using function location)
7) Open a project specified by name, open the first page in this project, print all pages
and close the application (if a project is to be printed, the command that opens the
project is not /P any more, but /PO; despite of this, the rules defined in point 4 are
valid):
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /PO <harddisk:>\<path>\<projectname.sep>
for example:
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /PO C:\Data\Example.sep
or for example open project specified by name and open page specified by number in circuit diagram
and then print and close application
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /PO C:\Data\Example.sep /PG 3 /PF D1 /PL A2 /PT 1000
9) The following command allows PDF files to be generated from command line, if the
Intelligent PDF generator module is licensed:
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /P <harddisk:>\<path>\<projectname.sep> /CMD workspace2PDF
<harddisk:>\<path>\<projectname.pdf>f
for example
\CAEMANAGER.EXE /P c:\example.sep /CMD workspace2PDF c:\example.pdf
This command will start SEE Electrical, open the workspace Example.sep and start
the command to generate the PDF file. After this is done, SEE Electrical is closed.
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For general management or in combination with PDM-systems like EPDM from SolidWorks it
is sometimes useful to have the possibility to create a SEE Electrical project directly from the
Windows Explorer. By default this is not possible because a SEE Electrical project with the
file size = 0 is created. So the trick is to have the possibility to define the default project
template that will be the base for the newly created project. In fact the operating system has
built-in functionality to control this. Follow these steps:
1. Create a new registry key called Shellnew, if it does not already exist in the following
registry key Hkey_Classes_Root\.sep
2. Create a new string value called Filename under the registry key that you created in
step 2.
3. Modify the Filename registry value that you created in step 2 so that it is assigned the
name of the template project that you want to use as a base for all new project. As
example Standard.sep
4. Now copy your Standard.sep file to either c:\windows\SHELLNEW (Windows XP) or
for Win 7 and newer, check the folder location in this registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Templates
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5. Now you are ready to create a project directly from file explorer. This works for all
versions of SEE Electrical.
The creation and customization are made with Customizer.exe which is delivered with your SEE
Electrical installation. The file is found in the SEE Electrical folder.
Execute the Customizer.exe from Windows Explorer by double clicking the file.
Use the "Select module" field to choose the part of the program from which you want to take the
commands for the user defined category.
The "General" module provides commands available when no page in a module like "Circuit
diagram EN" or "Circuit diagram IEEE" or "House Installation" is open.
Click Load.
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You can choose from the "Basic categories" available in the left part of the dialogue or from the
commands available in the "Commands Explorer" or add an external command for example
Microsoft Word or the PDM software.
Open the "User Defined Categories" on the right side in the window.
When you right click to the "User Defined Categories" entry, you can add a new category.
When you right click a category you can either edit the name of the category or add a new
panel.
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When you right - click a panel you can either edit the name of the panel or add a new external
command like Notepad, Microsoft Work, Text processing software like Microsoft Word or your
PDM software to your SEE Electrical panel.
Define the SEE Electrical commands that shall appear in your user defined panels.
Define the necessary entries such as the path to the external command and its name.
Since the functions are inside your PDM system, we do not know how to access them. We just
can give an example of how an external program like Microsoft Word can be started from inside
SEE Electrical.
In the Command line in this window, add the path to the program to start:
In the example we searched for the WINWORD.EXE and (with the help of ) and added that.
So you can open your PDM system. It is not opened inside SEE Electrical but as a separate
program.
If there is the possibility to have an argument how to tell the PDM to give only the functionality to
"check in" for example, you can add this argument to the Arguments line in this window.
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The example above will create a function that starts WORD with the file TEST.DOC, that is
stored directly on C:\.
Now you can define the commands for another module of the software.
If you try to open the project with Microsoft ACCESS 2000, you can look into the structure
(make a copy of a project if unsure because you can do a lot of damage to a project using
Access!) If you do not have ACCESS 2000, you can also use ACCESS 2003, but then
answer the question "do you want to convert with "no" and make no changes.
Please make sure you only read from the tables or queries!
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Other information from type database available too, please refer to IDs
in type database (open Type database, choose "Functions" in menu,
then choose "Settings" in this menu, in the window appearing then, you
can see the IDs of the values.
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2. Partlist for wires: the information you find in the query "Export_3063".
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6.2 Write type information from ERP system to SEE Electrical type
database directly (no user must work with SEE Electrical when
done)
Access 2000 database is used in SEE Electrical. So DO NOT convert to higher
versions.
If you open the database with Microsoft ACCESS 2000, you can look into the structure
(Please for the first approach make a copy of a the file, because in Access you can do a lot
of damage to it!) If you do not have ACCESS 2000, you can also use ACCESS 2003, but
then answer the question "do you want to convert with "no" and make no changes.
The type information is found in the file TYPES.SES inside the folder for the symbol libraries.
The file can be opened with Access 2000 directly, you do not need a key word.
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1) Supplier information
Open table "Supplier" by double clicking.
The link to the different properties for a certain type is made by the "Counter".
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You can get the meaning of the different "TypepropertyIDs" by opening the table
"Typepropertydescription" inside the Access database.
General information about the equipment (like part number, order number,
description, height, width, voltage, power, … and user specific like company internal
number used in the ERP system can be added here from outside SEE Electrical. SEE
Electrical specific information like for the channel information should be added from
inside SEE Electrical.
5) Type property description
Open table "TypepropertyDescription" by double clicking.
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