Exercise 4 - Create a drawing explicitly
6.2 Creation of user defined VIEW
6.2.3 User Defined View (Graphics menu)
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6.2.3 User Defined View (Graphics menu)
The Graphics form menu enables the user to create and modify Drawlists as well as setting the Drawlist Reference for the view.
A Drawlist holds a list of Design elements that determine what will be displayed in the view. Drawlists are independent of the views, therefore, a sheet may contain several views that refer to the same Drawlist or several views that refer to different Drawlists.
Drawlists (IDLI elements) are stored in Drawlist Libraries (DLLB elements). When a Drawing is created, a library containing a default Drawlist Library is automatically created and may be used as the Drawlist for any views created on Sheets owned by that Drawing. Specific Drawlists for specific views may also be created and stored in the default Drawlist Library or in another Drawlist Library located elsewhere in the project, depending on the set-up by the Draft Administrator.
The menu has the following options:
• Drawlist
• Drawlist Ref
6.2.3.1 Graphics>Drawlist
Displays the Drawlist Management Form
The Drawlist Library pull down list gives a list of the available Drawlist Libraries.
The Drawlists window is a scrollable list of all the Drawlists available within the selected Drawlist Library. In the example above only the default drawlist, created automatically during Drawing creation is shown
The Reference List Members window displays the Design Members of the current MDB, if selected from the scrollable list.
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If Drawlists is selected from the scrollable list, the available Drawlists will be displayed.
If Lists have been previously defined, they will be available for selection. If there are no Lists defined, or a list is required, clicking the Lists button will display the List/Collection form.
Having defined a new List, clicking the Update button will display all defined Lists in the scrollable list for selection.
For information on Lists please refer to TM-1001 AVEVA Plant (12 Series) PDMS Foundations
The Drawlist Members window displays the Design elements or Drawlists that have been selected to be members of the current Drawlist. In the example above, no members have been selected yet.
Items are added to the Drawlist by selecting them from the Reference Members List, or a List / Collection name from the scrollable list, and clicking the Add button. This creates an Add Element (ADDE) element in the Drawlist Members window. Specific items may also be removed from the Drawlist by selecting them in the Reference Members List, or a List/Collection name from the scrollable list, and clicking the Remove button. This creates a Remove Element (REME) element in the Drawlist Members window.
For example, all equipment except /1301 may be required to be displayed in the view. Rather than adding each piece of equipment separately, the zone /EQUIPMENT may be added and the specific piece of equipment /1301 subsequently removed from the Drawlist.
The Navigation form menu offers an alternative method of navigation. The options are similar as those available from the Navigation pull down menu of the Members list. Note: If the Members list is displayed, it will be removed while the Draw List Management form is displayed.
The buttons to the right of the Drawlists window, control the creation and deletion of Drawlists:
• Create – creates a new empty drawlist
• Create Copy – creates a copy of the drawlist selected from the available drawlist libraries
• Delete – deletes the currently selected drawlist
• Clean Up – removes any drawlist members with Null or Bad references
The Delete Entry and Delete All buttons, delete the current highlighted entry from the Drawlist or all Drawlist members respectively.
The Volume Defined and Limits buttons, enable the addition of all elements that are positioned wholly within a defined volume. Clicking the
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Limits button will display the Drawlist Limits form.
The limits are set by entering appropriate co-ordinates for opposing corners of the limits volume. After setting the limits clicking the Volume Defined button adds all elements wholly within the entered co-ordinates. If required, the Remove or Delete Entry buttons may be used to amend the Drawlist.
6.2.3.2 Adding Design Elements to the Drawlist (Example)
Display the Drawlist Graphics > Drawlist Navigate to the EQUIPMENT Zone in the STABILIZER Site
Select the Add Button
The Equipment zone will be added to Drawlist Members
Repeat the process for EQUIP-STRU and PIPEWAY
6.2.3.3 Graphics>Drawlist Ref
Displays the Drawlist Management Form
This form enables you to reference the current view to a Drawlist so that the Drawlist Members are displayed in the view. It should be noted that a view may only reference one Drawlist.
The Options scrollable list allows the owning Sheet’s or the owning Drawing’s Drawlist to be used. The VIEW’s current Drawlist may be used, or the Drawlist reference may be unset.
The Drawlist Library scrollable list allows you to choose from a list of Drawlist Libraries, as set up by your Draft Administrator. The ‘Drawing’ selection, as shown above,
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refers to the Drawlist Library created automatically when the views owning Drawing was created.
The Drawlist Contents window displays the contents of the selected Drawlist when the Display button is clicked. This allows you to check the contents of the Drawlist you have selected.
The Modify button displays the Drawlist Management form enabling you to modify or create a new Drawlist as described previously.