Exercise 3 Drawlist Library
7.1 Entering Sheet Library Administration Mode
To be able to create or modify Backing or Overlay Sheets the Administrator enters the Sheet Library application.
Select Draft > Sheet Libraries… from the main menu.
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All menu selections specified in the remainder of this chapter refer to this Sheet Library menu unless otherwise stated.
7.1.1 Creating a Sheet Library – A Worked Example
To create a new Sheet Library (SHLB), navigate to an appropriate LIBY or create a new LIBY from the appropriate DEPT, in this case DEPT TT/Project_Libraries.
Select Create > Library… from the main menu.
The Create LIBY form is displayed.
Enter the name /TT/AVEVA-LIBY and click the OK button.
Now, select Create > Sheet Library… from the main menu.
The Create SHLB form is displayed.
Enter the name /TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS and click the OK button.
The Sheet Library form is displayed.
The SHLB is effectively a drawing sheet template, which aligns with the Backing Sheets (BACK) and Overlays (OVER) which it owns.
The dimensions must be specified, either explicitly or by selecting a standard sheet size. Select A0.
Click the Apply button.
The Ruleset Reference on the Sheet Library form is for member VIEWs on OLAY elements only.Attributes can be defined at the SHLB level by clicking the Attributes… button. The Sheet Library Attributes form is displayed.
Dismiss the Sheet Library Attributes form and the Sheet Library form.
Current Layer Note Current Backing Sheet
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7.1.2 Creating a Backing Sheet & Content – A Worked Example
To create and display a new BACK, navigate to the appropriate SHLB level.
Select Create > Backing Sheet… from the main menu to display the Create BACK form.
It is recommended that the new BACK is given a name that will make the content obvious to the user. Name the BACK /TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS/AVEVA-A0.
Click the OK button to display the Backing Sheet form.
Click the Dismiss button.
The Backing Sheet (BACK) is a drawing sheet on which one or more NOTEs will be positioned. Each of the NOTEs may comprise any combination of 2D primitives, text primitives (TEXP) and existing symbol instances (SYMB).
To create each NOTE select Create > Note > Back/Over…
from the main menu to open the Create NOTE form.
The Name of the Note is entered e.g. /TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS/AVEVA-A0/SN1 and applied by clicking the OK button.
Depending on the detailed design required, the Backing Sheet Note is formed using the Draw >
Primitives... options, accessed via the main menu or toolbars.
It will be easier to position and align individual NOTE components i.e. primitives, text and/or symbol instances, if a working grid is displayed with a fairly small spacing (10 mm) and the snap function is set to ON.In order to best demonstrate the workflow in creating a backing sheet, navigate to the supplied Backing Sheet BACK TT/DRA/MAS/BACKS/MET/A0 as shown by the below hierarchy:
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Using the right-click context menu Copy the NOTE TT/DRA/MAS/BACKS/MET/A0/FRAME and Paste beneath the newly created Backing Sheet.
Rename the note to: TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS/AVEVA-A0/FRAME.
In order to see the effects of adding individual NOTEs, open a 2D View window and add the BACK to the display.
The following demonstrates the use of 2D Primitives in the forming of the Backing Sheet.
Navigate to NOTE TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS/AVEVA-A0/FRAME and, in turn, select the Single Straight and Text Primitives via Draw > Primitives… from the main menu or directly from the Lines and Text Toolbars.
Use the selected Primtives to create and position a ‘Notes’ title and box as shown below.
In a similar manner, navigate to the TEXP ‘REFERENCE DRAWINGS’ in the Main Display to make the text primtive the Current Element.
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Using the Modify Text form, accesed from the main menu by selecting Edit > Primitive…, alter the section title to: REFERENCE DRAWINGS & DOCUMENTS.
In order to further demonstrate the workflow in creating a backing sheet and the use of Intelligent Text and Symbols, navigate to the supplied Backing Sheet BACK TT/DRA/MAS/BACKS/MET/A0.
Using the right-click context menu Copy the NOTE TT/DRA/MAS/BACKS/MET/A0/TITLE and NOTE TT/DRA/MAS/BACKS/MET/A0/LOGO and Paste beneath the newly created Backing Sheet.
Rename the respective Notes to:
TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS/AVEVA-A0/TITLE and TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS/AVEVA-A0/LOGO.
Expanding NOTE TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS/AVEVA-A0/LOGO reveals a Symbol element (SYMB). In this instance the Symbol represents the AVEVA logo and is held as a Template reference:
TT/DRA/MAS/BACKS/LOGO/CADC.
Using a similar reference, the Logo could be substituted for a bespoke company or customer symbol.Expanding NOTE TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS/AVEVA-A0/TITLE demonstrates the use of intelligent text within the created backing sheet to allow detail to be extracted from the database rather than being simply
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For example, and as shown below, the Drawing Title is populated upon the User defining the Drawing Title (#TITL<FR DRWG>) and Sheet Title (#TITL<FR SHEET>) during Drawing creation.
Similar Intelligent text can be applied to the Revision version information – as seen with NOTE TT/DRA/MAS/BACKS/MET/A0/REV-TEXT.
The backing Sheet TT/AVEVA-LIBY/BACKS/AVEVA-A0 will now resemble the following: