Print a Parts List in Different Languages

Vertex supports printing a parts list in a drawing in several different languages. This requires the following:

  • The Vertex Word Book contains translations for the description texts.
  • The drawing sheets have headers in which the language has been taken into consideration.
  • The language into which the drawing's description text is translated has been defined in the parts list settings.
  • Each language has an output format defining the collection of the parts list.

Implementing a multilingual parts list requires editing the Vertex environment.

Phrase Translator

A Word Book enables multilingual description texts. The translations are managed using a Vertex database which can be complemented and edited by the user.

  • Enter translations for different languages in the Description fields of the Word Book.
  • You can add three translations for the base language.
  • The user adds the translations.

Dictionary for Description Texts

Drawings on sheet

The drawing sheet includes a table into which the parts list is collected.

The sheet is of the Automatically Updated Sheet type. The parts list is automatically updated when the sheet is imported to a drawing.

The implementation can be either of the following:

  • There is a separate drawing sheet for each language. You can copy the table to another sheet and edit the table.
  • All languages on one drawing sheet.
  • You can display the desired language in the parts list by setting a certain drawing layer visible.

    For example, open the Layers menu and select default layers (Finnish), English (31) or other language (32) visible.

    Select Layers from List

Replacing a description with a translation

Make an additional entry in the output definitions of the parts list settings, replacing the description texts in the drawing sheet's table with the translations, in the desired language.

  • The description text refers to the contents of the Description field.
  • You can replace only one field in the table in this way.
  • The translation is retrieved from the Word Book, in which translations are defined for description texts.

Output format

Output formats are defined separately for each language, defining which data is collected onto the parts list.

You can find sample output formats as follows:

  1. Select the Collect Parts List.
  2. Select either of the following as the output format:
    • Parts List to Drawing - English texts.
    • Parts List to Drawing - Foreign language texts.

Setup

The following files are included in the delivery of Vertex.

  • Parts list output formats for three different languages. You will find in the file ..system/setup/KOMPOT.

    The line defined in the file:

    substitute= "TRANSLATE DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DESCR_E"

    When collecting a parts list, it replaces the content of the DESCRIPTION field for the content of the DESCR_E field of the TRANSLATE database.

  • Basic drawing sheets in three languages, allowing you to display the different languages in a drawing by editing the visibility of layers.
  • Add the keyword set.update.all_plists=1 in the user/Setup setup file. All parts lists on the sheet will then be updated when the drawing is updated, including when the F5 keyboard command is used.