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Thanks for the upgrade. Custom components work perfectly with your instructions which adds a whole new dimension to PiperSuite. Once I have created any custom catalogues I will be happy to share them on your site.
The degree symbol is a bonus. For some reason I find this magical and amusing. °°° Thanks for incorporating it in component editor.
Again I appreciate the time and effort you have devoted to your response.
You have been thoughtful and this tool keeps getting better.
I have been a design/draftsman for over thirty years and began when Smoley’s Tables and slide rules were the norm and my greatest joy was to unzip my compass from it’s leather case, sharpen it with a sanding block, place a small piece of masking tape on the paper so as not to make a hole and then make the perfect arcs. Before putting the compass away I would wipe off any fingerprints on the shiny chrome with a piece of felt and admire it and the circle for a brief moment. I still have the same sense of respect and awe for calculators which are largely taken for granted.
In short…gotta love this tool.
With Thanks
Darryl

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…..a good beginning but I ‘ll be more specific with the problem. My input so far is detailed below but I’m missing a step.
1 -Click on “Tools”, scroll to “Custom component editor”
2-Add description and dimension ie. (6″ 90 deg. 5d bend + 762mm)
3-click “Validate item”
4- click “Insert item”
5- click “Save catalog” (I have fumbled thru to this point by trial and error)
6-I now have a “5D Bend_metric.cmp file (along side some other .cmp valve files already in program)
that I have added several size 5d bends for experimentation.
(Incidental to this learning exercise I have noticed the 5d bends already in program are limited to
a ” 2″and 3″ only. Am I missing a file? Also how do you input the degree symbol? I have not
seen a keyboard with a deg.symbol)
Sorry for the tangent. Now back to Item 6.I have now created a custom component file.
How do I enter data from .cmp file into “FitCalc” ? My expectation was that if I then clicked on “Custom”
button on lower right of FitCalc my entrys would magically appear and I would highlight whichever component
I wanted to add to tally .Obviously not the right direction.Custom only opens a blank sheet
which I am unable to add text or anything else.What is Custom button for and how do I make use of
custom component files that I create? Are they related functions?
I have used this program daily since version 1.0 and it is the best software value available.When I can navigate thru the yellow brick road of custom catalogdom it will be awesome.
Thanks for your time and effort.
Darryl (df)

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