{"id":754,"date":"2014-06-04T20:45:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T20:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/?p=754"},"modified":"2022-02-03T11:25:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T17:25:02","slug":"specification-generator-spec-gen-talk-sys-ids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbsolutions.com\/projects\/specification-generator-spec-gen-talk-sys-ids\/","title":{"rendered":"Specification Generator or Spec Gen Talk about Sys IDs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Bentley article that talks about components not getting updated with <a href=\"https:\/\/communities.bentley.com\/products\/plant\/design___engineering\/w\/plant_design_and_engineering__wiki\/4225.components-are-not-updating-when-using-update-from-spec-tn.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spec Gen and how the sysId plays into this<\/a>. It is a great discussion about how sysId&#8217;s are generated used and how they affect things. 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