Merge File Format

Primarily, merge files are created during a model compare (see Comparing Models ) and it’s contents implemented in a model merge. However, you may use an externally created merge file to import a collection of object renames or deletions. Each element change is specified on a separate line in the merge file (.mrg).

The general form of a merge file is:

(:SCRIPT NIL (<merge-command>*))

Each object to be renamed is formatted as follows:

(dpar-rename-pmb-object "<current component name>"
		"<new component name>")

Different objects have different delete commands:

Equipment
```
(DPAR-GUI-EQ-DELETE "<equipment name>")
```

Nozzles

(DPAR-GUI-NOZ-DELETE "<equipment name" "<nozzle name>")

Pipelines and cables

(DPAR-GUI-PIPELINE-DELETE "<pipeline name | cable name>")

Boundary Components

(DPAR-GUI-BOUNDARY-DELETE "<boundary component name>")

Named Inlines

(DPAR-GUI-NAMED-INLINE-DELETE "<inline name>")

Connectivity

(DPAR-GUI-REMOVE-CONNECTIVITY "<pipeline name>")

Obstacles

(DPAR-MS-DELETE-OTHER-OBSTACLE "<obstacle name>")

Structure Sections

(DPAR-MS-DELETE-PEDESTAL-SECTION "<structure name>"
   "<section name>")

Pipeway Sections

(DPAR-MS-PIPEWAY-SECTION-DELETE "<pipeway name>"
   <pipeway section number>)

Structure Pipeway Sections

(CPR-GUI-PIPEWAY-SECTION-DELETE "<structure pipeway name>"
   <structure pipeway section number>)

Vertical Pipeway Sections

(CPR-GUI-VERT-PW-DELETE-SECTION "<vertical pipeway name>"
   "<vertical pipeway section number>")

Vertical Chases

(DPAR-RI-VERT-CHASE-DELETE "<structure name>"
   "<structure section name>" "<vertical chase name>")

Floor Penetrations

(DPAR-GUI-DELETE-INT-DROP-ZONE "<structure name>"
   "<structure section name>" <structure floor number>
    "<floor penetration name>")

PlantWise components that are not user named, such as Independent Structural Members, should not be removed from a model via a merge file.