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This page contains answers to common questions on the CIS, along with some tips and tricks that we have found useful and presented here as questions.

 

Modelling Implementation General
Who ... ? What ... ? Where ... ?
When ... ? How ... ? Why ... ?

Who ... ?

Who contributed to the CIS? (The CIMsteel Collaborators, Credits)

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What ... ?

What is a 'flavour'? (Reply)
What is involved in developing a CIS translator? (Reply)
What does the CIS offer suppliers and manufacturers? (Reply)
What type of products are 'proprietary items'? (Reply)
What is the difference between instancing a wall as an 'element_surface_plane' or an 'element_surface_complex' and using 'plane' for surface_definition? (Reply)
What is a complex entity instance? (Reply)
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Where  ... ?

Where is the SCI? (Location map)
Where can I find entities for assemblies and parts? (Reply)
Where can I find the mechanism for decomposing assembly_manufacturing into parts? (Reply)
Where can I find the constructs for modelling processes? (Reply)
Where can I find sample translator code available for downloading? (Reply)
Where can I find the detailed properties of a structural_frame_item that has been assigned an item_reference? (Reply)
Where can I find the standard, proprietary and library items definitions? (Reply)
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When is ... ?

When is the next meeting of the CIS User Group? (meeting announcement)
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How ... ?

How do I get to the SCI (Location map)
How does the CIS fit in with IAI & STEP (Reply : The CIMsteel Legacy)
How do I refer to an element as a 'beam'? (Reply)
How do I map from elements to assemblies? (Reply)
How do I map from elements to parts? (Reply)
How do I differentiate between a beam and a horizontal brace? (Reply)
How do I locate parts and assemblies? (Reply)
How do I use the assembly_manufacturing_child? (Reply)
How do I model labour operations? (Reply)
How do I get the detailed properties of a structural_frame_item that has been assigned an item_reference? (Reply)
How do I get to the standard, proprietary and library items definitions? (Reply)
How do I differentiate between a translator that can pass information 'by reference' and one that can't? (Reply)
How can we distribute our product information electronically? (Reply)
How do I populate an ANDOR supertype? (Reply)
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Why ... ?

Why should software vendors offer CIS compatibility?  (Reply)
Why should component manufacturers be interested in the CIS? (Reply)
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See Also

The slides from the first AISC Workshop
The questions raised at the first AISC Workshop
The slides from the Second AISC Workshop
CIS/2 Discussion Area

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