Tutorial: Export from Hydrosym to HydroMan

Goal:

Exportinga part of your hydraulic diagram to HydroMan to design a manifold.

Solution:

Steps

Select the link: (/missing-article)[I-Border]
Right-click the I-border and navigate to: [I-Border > Create Hydroman File…]{.menuchoice}

Note

If the HydroMan options aren’t available in your HydroSym, see link:/missing-article[Enable HydroMan]

Change configuration (see section_title) and press OK when you’re ready to export.
If there are any issues with your HydroMan file it will give you errors. For example; if a sub-group is used on multiple connections; all connections need unique sub-groups for exporting to HydroMan.
If everything went OK, HydroMan should open and you can start designing. Please see the attached HydroMan – Quickstart.pdf for the most used functions.

The ‘Create HydroMan File’ dialog offers several options to customize the generated HydroMan file.

Create HydroMan File dialog

Start from scratch – use HydroMan’s default template
Use a template – use a template from your library
Update an existing manifold file – Update a file previously exported from HydroSym to apply changes.

Create ToDo list only – when exported you’ll start with an empty manifold and all parts in a ToDo list.

Tip

This is often used for very large manifolds to start with only the large valves

Open created Hydroman file automatically – Opens HydroMan directly after exporting.
Ask to open the created Hydroman file – asks whether to open HydroMan after exporting or not.
Use single quotes for hole texts – port engravings will be shown on the drawing as MB instead of “MB”, and in the drilling list as ‘MB’ instead of “MB”
Use faces that are set in the components – if you have already defined component locations in HydroSym (using F after selecting a component), it will export to HydroMan to that face.
Place not defined components on the manifold – if faces are used; it will place all undefined components directly on the manifold after exporting; otherwise they go into the ToDo list.
Use only hole texts (don’t add text to remark) – doesn’t indicate the port engraving in the drilling list; only on the drawing.