13. Close the utility by selecting the Exit button
2.3 AVEVA P&ID Project Administration Program
2.3.2 Project Configuration Category
The Project Configuration Category is configured using a single application pane:
The application pane is divided into seven sections:
• Project Number Section
The Project Number field is used to set the identifier of the project, and is established when the project is generated using the project wizard but can be changed if required. The project number provides security when a synchronisation with VPE Workbench procedure performed and prevents accidental transfers to the wrong project within VPE Workbench.
• Project Units Section
This section is used to specify two settings:
• The Drawing Units field displays the drawing units specified by the project wizard.
Drawing units should never be changed once the project is under way, as they affect the size of drawings, line thicknesses, symbols etc in AutoCAD, and so the field is read-only.
• Select either the Metric or Imperial Label Units button. This setting controls whether sizes entered as part of item labels are in metric or imperial units, and which list of values file is used to validate the entries. Label units may be changed part way through a project as required. Drawings will be automatically updated with the new units when they are reloaded.
Note: Changes to drawings resulting from the label units being changed are not automatically implemented when project drawings are loaded. The user must trigger these changes "manually" in each drawing after it has loaded. See 8.2.5: Convert Project Label Units.
• Project Paths Section
During the procedure for installing AVEVA P&ID, directory paths are set up. These can be edited using the fields in the Project Paths section. The Browse buttons adjacent to each field may be used to search for a new file path.
• The P&ID Installation Path field is used to specify the directory into which the AVEVA P&ID software was installed.
• The AVEVA Data Path field is used to specify the output directory into which drawing output files are saved. AVEVA P&ID also imports instrument loop numbers from VPE Workbench via this directory, if the project is configured to do so.
• The Validation Directory Path field is used to specify the location of the files that contain on-line validation data (lists of valid values against which item labels are checked on entry). These validation files can be exported from VPE Workbench, in which case they should not be edited locally.
• The Project Tag Data Path field is used to specify the location of the Access database to which data could be exported in previous versions of AVEVA P&ID. This path is used when upgrading a project to the current version.
• The Standard Metric Symbol Pat is used to specify displays the directory in which standard metric symbols are located.
• The Project Metric Symbol Path field is used to specify the directory in which project symbols are located.
• The Standard Imperial Symbol Path field is used to specify the directory in which standard imperial symbols are located.
• The Project Imperial Symbol Path field is used to specify the directory in which project imperial symbols are located.
• The Helpfile Path field is used to specify the location of the Online Guide.
• The Monitor File Path field is used to specify the location of the monitor file generated each time an export takes place.
• The Drawing Location field is used to specify the directory in which project drawings are located. Drawings can only be opened from this folder and from sub-folders in this folder.
• The Assemblies Path field is used to specify the directory in which assemblies are located.
• When P&ID data is transferred to VPE Workbench, a copy of the P&ID drawing may be made available for use by AVEVA Model Management. In the Save Path field, specify the interface directory into which the copies of the P&IDs are to be saved
If the project is set to use Metric drawing units, the Standard Imperial Symbol Path and the Project Imperial Symbol Path fields will be 'greyed out'. If the project is set to use Imperial drawing units, the Standard Metric Symbol Path and the Project Metric Symbol Path fields will be 'greyed out'.
• Symbol Search Priority Section
It is possible to create a project symbol with the same name as a standard symbol supplied with the installation. If this occurs, it is necessary to determine which directory, and which version of the symbol, is to be searched for first and be the preferred version for the project.
See the 2.3.10: Symbols Configuration Category topic for details of symbol creation.
Select either the Project or Standard button to determine the symbol search priority. The search priority also affects which directory any assemblies are created under, either standard or project.
It is recommended that in normal circumstances the search priority is set to Project so that project assemblies are created in the project directories.
• Update Graphical Changes Automatically on Start Up Section
If drawings are to be automatically updated when opened for the first time after changes have been made to graphical Project Administration settings, check the Update checkbox.
If the user is to prompted to choose whether or not the changes are to be implemented when opening the drawings, uncheck the checkbox.
The checkbox controls how changes to the followings settings are implemented:
Pipe Tags Equipment Tags Pipe Styles Signal Styles
Item Type properties changes (Layers and Colours)