Miscellaneous Configuration Category

The Miscellaneous Configuration Category is divided into three sub-categories:

• Settings Sub-Set

• Labels Sub-Set

• Validation Sub-Set

• Settings Sub-Set

The application pane is divided into seven sections.

- Miscellaneous Settings Section

This section contains the following settings:

• To turn on online validation (see 6.13.1: Label Validation against Lists of Valid Values), check the On-Line Data Validation checkbox.

• The Dialog Boxes checkbox controls whether or not dialog boxes will be in use for the project. If checked, a project will have dialog boxes and Properties dialogs in use. If unchecked, they will not be available.

• If VPE Workbench data placed on a drawing is to be automatically refreshed whenever a connection to VPE Workbench is made, the Auto Refresh VPE Workbench Data checkbox must be checked.

• If item labels are to inherit data from owning pipes the Inherit Item Labels from Owner Pipes checkbox must be checked. Checking this checkbox enables this facility for the entire project. Inheritance details are specified using the appropriate AVEVA P&ID Administrator Configuration Category, i.e. Instruments, Equipment (for inline equipment), Valves or Line Fittings.

• If an image of the symbol being labelled is to be displayed at the bottom of Properties dialogs, ensure the Use the Docviewer checkbox is checked.

• Select the non-plotting layer from the Non-Plotting Layer Name field. The list will consist of the names of layers as set up using the Drawing - Layers Sub-Set.

• From the Error Symbol Name field, select the name of the symbol which will indicate errors on project P&IDs.

- Text Position from Origin Section

In the Text position from origin fields, enter the X and Y coordinates that specify the position that error message text is placed in, relative to the error symbol.

- Setting Colour for Display During Synchronize

This section is used to specify the text colours of the error and warning messages that may be displayed on drawings when they are synchronized.

The Browse buttons adjacent to the Colour for warning and Colour for errors fields are used to select the colour.

On selection of the button, the colour selection dialog box is displayed:

The Colour Code can be selected using the following methods:

• Selection of one of the colours shown in the palette

• By double clicking the Assume Owner Colour hyperlink. Messages will automatically assume the colours of the item they are associated with

• By double-clicking on the Assume By Layer hyperlink. Messages will automatically assume the colours of the layers they are on.

• By manually entering the Colour Code field

Following selection, press OK. The selected colour code will then be displayed in the Symbol Colour field.

- Values to Remember from Last Nozzle Edit Section This section contains two checkboxes - Tag and Size.

A project can be configured so that a value entered in a field in a Properties dialog is

"remembered" by the same field when that Properties dialog is accessed again when labelling another, previously unlabelled, item of that type.

If, for example, the functionality is switched on for the nozzle Tag field, and a nozzle is labelled with a value of "N-0001". The next time a nozzle is labelled for the first time, when the Properties dialog for this item is opened, the Tag field will automatically be completed with the value "N-0001". This can be replaced by another value if required. This new value will then be the "remembered" value for the nozzle Tag field.

This functionality is switched on and off for individual Properties dialog fields by checking and unchecking the checkboxes in this section.

- Default OSnap Section

If the default object snap setting of the project is that snapping should be to the nearest point, ensure that the Nearest button is pressed.

If "smart" snapping is to be the default, ensure that the Smart button is pressed. Snapping will then default to End, Intersection, Perpendicular etc as appropriate.

If snapping is to be off by default, ensure that the Osnap Off button is pressed.

- Auto Save Section

This section is used to control the AutoCAD Auto Save facility.

To enable or disable this facility check or uncheck the AutoSave checkbox as required.

In the Save Interval field enter the interval between the automatic saves. This may also be set for individual users in the user start up routine (see 2.9: Customisation Guide).

- User Defined Directives Section

This section is used to set up the names and values of directives to be used in user-defined VBA macros.

Enter the names and values of each directive in the grid fields.

If a directive is to be added, select the button. The following dialog box is then displayed:

Enter a unique name and press the OK button. The dialog box will be closed and the entered new directive will be displayed in the grid.

To edit a directive name, select the button and enter the new value in the dialog that is then displayed.

- Directives for Export to ISO15926 Files

If data is to be exported from drawings to XML files in ISO15926 format, the following directives should be set up. These directives control the XML schema that is to be used, and the appearance of the SVG files used to view the exported drawings in P&ID Manager and PDMS.

Name Values Notes

USER_BACKCOLOUR BLACK or WHITE Specifies the background colour of drawings in SVG files

USER_LINEWEIGHTFACTOR Number Specifies the relative line width of lines in the SVG files compared to lines in AVEVA P&ID.

For example:

If 1 is entered the widths will be the same.

If 2 is entered, line widths will be multiplied by 2 in the SVG files compared to those in the AVEVA P&ID files.

If 0.5 is entered, they will be half the size.

USER_SCHEMAVERSION 3_2 or 3_3 Specifies the ISO15926 XML

schema to be used, 3.2.0 or 3.3.3.

3.3.3 should only be used if exporting to version 12.0 SP5 of PDMS or later.

• Labels Sub-Set

The application pane is divided into four sections.

- Auto-Labelling Section

If pipe labels and routes are to be validated automatically after they are drawn, ensure the Auto-Validate checkbox is checked.

The rest of the auto-labelling checkboxes control whether the properties sheets used for labelling items are to be automatically displayed or not after an item in a particular category of items is drawn or placed on a P&ID.

For example, if the Properties dialog for labelling pipes is to be automatically displayed after a pipe is drawn, check the Auto-Label Piping checkbox.

- Revision Symbols Section

The Label Offset from Symbol Origin fields on this pane define the X and Y coordinates which specify the position that revision triangles are placed in, relative to the insert point of the revised symbol.

If grid references of revised symbols are to be placed on P&IDs, ensure that the Place Grid-Reference of each Symbol checkbox is checked. Note that these grid references are not updated if revised symbols are subsequently moved.

- Typical Labelling Section

This section contains the following settings:

• The Typical Labelling checkbox is used to enable or disable the typical items function.

If it is checked, Typicals options will be enabled on item shortcut menus.

• If typical data is already on a P&ID and the checkbox is unchecked, then the data will remain on the P&ID, but the Typicals options will remain greyed out. The data will also be ignored when an output is performed from the P&ID with a warning message being displayed to indicate that typical data exists, but is not exported.

• The colours of typical pipes, pipe flags, instruments, equipment, SPPs, valves and nozzles are set in the following fields provided.

• Pipe Typical Colour.

When labelled as typical, the item labels will change to these colours. If these colours are changed at a later date, after typical data has been entered onto the drawing, the colours will be updated when AVEVA P&ID is re-loaded.

• The Browse button adjacent to the typical colour fields is used to select the colour this field.

On selection of the button, the colour selection dialog box is displayed:

The Colour Code can be selected using the following methods:

• Selection of one of the colours shown in the palette

• By double clicking the Assume Owner Colour hyperlink. Items will automatically assume the colours of the owning items, e.g., the colours of the lines they are inserted into. When there is no owning item, they will be set to the default colour.

• By double-clicking on the Assume By Layer hyperlink. Items will automatically assume the colours of the layers they are inserted into, as set on the Layers Sub-Set the Drawing Configuration Category.

• By manually entering the Colour Code field

Following selection, press OK. The selected colour code will then be displayed in the grid.

- Dialog Box Field Labels Section

The Dialog Box Field Labels section contains four fields, which are used to specify the boilerplate text to replace the defaults of Prefix, Tag, Number and Suffix on the Properties dialog for labelling Special Piping Items.

In the Delimiter After Field 1, 2 and 3 fields, enter the delimiters used to separate the fields.

Note that these delimiters are not displayed on P&IDs or in the Engineering Explorer. They are used to ensure tag format consistency when exporting to PDMS via the ISO15926/P&ID Manager interface.

• Validation Sub-Set

- Nozzle and Special Piping Items Label Field Validation Sections

These sections are used to specify the permitted format of entries into selected nozzle and SPP label fields.

In the fields provided, enter the following characters as required:

Code Description

A Upper Case Alpha Character [A-Z]

a Lower Case Alpha Character [a-z]

M Mixed Case Alpha Character [A-Z, a-z]

F Upper Case Free Character [A-Z, 0-9, white space]

For example, if AaN is entered for the Prefix Field field, when a user is completing this field in the SPP labelling Properties dialog, the first character must be an uppercase letter, the second a lower case letter, and the third a number.

The Advanced Format Options dialog is available from the button adjacent to each field.

To test how the validation will work in practice, make an entry in the Test Data field of the Test tab, and press the Test button. A message will be displayed indicating whether or not the test data would be a valid entry.

To directly edit the regular expression that comprises the validation entry, select the Advanced tab. The expression is displayed in the Regular Expression field and may be amended as required. For help on editing Regular Expressions, click on the help link displayed on this tab.

f Lower Case Free Character [a-z, 0-9, white space]

X Mixed Case Free Character [A-Z, a-z, 0-9, white space]

N Numeric Character [0-9]

Code Description