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PDMS User Bulletin Version 11.6.SP5
pdms1165/PDMS Bulletin Issue 311008
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Final draft for PDMS 11.6.0
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Final amendments for PDMS 11.6.SP1 – marked *sp1*
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Amendments for PDMS 11.6.SP2 – marked *sp2*
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Amendments Amendments & additions for defects
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Amendments Amendments for PDMS 11.6.SP3 – marked *sp3*. Along with program program corrections corrections and minor enhancements enhancements (see chapter 8), changes include: Piping Application Enhancements Other Design Enhancements (see chapter 3) Changes to support Global 2.4 Support for AutoCAD 2005, 2006 in AutoDRAFT In addition page headers have been corrected.
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Amendments for PDMS 11.6.SP4 – marked *sp4*. Along with pro program gram corrections and minor enhancements (see chapter 11), 11), major enhancements include: Pipe bending checks & pipe sketches Parameterised Property Attributes (new Chapter 6) Weights on Isometrics New options for flow arrows on Isometrics Intellectual P Intellectual Property roperty protection for PML applications A new chapter 10 covers 10 covers updates to standard projects: Australian Steel Catalogue Catalogue MDS Lexicon database Chapter 1 (Introduction) has also been updated, notably the sections on ‘Support status’ and ‘Future considerations’, along with minor corrections and improvements throughout. • • • •
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Improvements related to Global 2.4.sp1 are also detailed in this document:
Query Global Global Network status from all modules (section 2.8) 2.8) Admin queries for Remote data da tabases bases and purging transaction commands (Chapter 7) Amendments for PDMS 11.6.SP5 – marked *sp5* •
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Includes enhancements to Isodraft, Admin (primarily for Global) and an additional section on fixed defects.
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Introduction...................................................................................................1-1
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4
Overview....................................................................................................................1-1 Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6........................................................................1-2 Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP1 *sp1*..................................................... 1-3 Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP2 *sp2*..................................................... 1-3 1.4.1 Support for Final Designer..............................................................................1-3 1.4.2 Support for Laser Model Interface..................................................................1-3 1.4.3 Miscellaneous Improvements..........................................................................1-4 Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP3 *sp3*..................................................... 1-4 1.5.1 Piping application ............................................................................................ 1-4 1.5.2 Draft 3D view...................................................................................................1-4 1.5.3 Support of Global 2.4 ....................................................................................... 1-4 1.5.4 Miscellaneous Improvements..........................................................................1-5 Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP4 *sp4*..................................................... 1-5 1.6.1 Pipe bending checks & sketches......................................................................1-5 1.6.2 Parameterised Property Attributes ................................................................ 1-5 1.6.3 Weights on Isometrics......................................................................................1-6 1.6.4 Australian Steel Catalogue ............................................................................. 1-6 1.6.5 Intellectual Property protection for PML applications..................................1-6 1.6.6 Changes to related products............................................................................1-6 Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP5 *sp5*..................................................... 1-6 1.7.1 Isodraft Enhancements ................................................................................... 1-7 1.7.2 Changes to related products............................................................................1-7 Documentation *sp1* *sp2* *sp5* ........................................................................ 1-7 Operating System and Hardware Environment *sp4* ........................................ 1-8 Upgrading from previous releases *sp5* ............................................................... 1-9 Compatibility (update) *sp3*............................................................................ 1-10 Notice of change in support status (update) *sp4*................................................1-10 1.12.1 PDMS 11.4 and earlier ............................................................................. 1-10 1.12.2 PDMS 11.5 (update) *sp4* ............................................................... 1-10 Future considerations ............................................................................................. 1-10 1.13.1 AutoCAD integration (update) *sp4*................................................. 1-10 1.13.2 Windows versions (update) *sp5* ..................................................... 1-10 1.13.3 Use of UNIX servers (update) *sp5*.................................................... 1-11 1.13.4 PML features (update) *sp5* ............................................................ 1-11 1.13.5 Design Comparison with Schematics *sp5* .......................................... 1-12 1.13.6 ISODRAFT symbol files *sp5* ............................................................ 1-12
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2.1 Glossary ..................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Application framework............................................... ............................................... 2-3 2.2.1 Toolbars ............................................................................................................ 2-3 2.2.2 Dockable Windows ........................................................................................... 2-3 2.2.3 Floating Windows ............................................................................................ 2-3 2.2.4 Status Bar ........................................................................................................ 2-3 2.2.5 Session Settings ............................................................................................... 2-4 2.3 Tabbed Graphics form...............................................................................................2-4 2.4 Database Explorers...................................................................................................2-5
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2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8
2.4.1 History..............................................................................................................2-5 2.4.2 Explorer Settings ............................................................................................. 2-6 2.4.3 Filters ............................................................................................................... 2-6 2.4.4 Copy rules.........................................................................................................2-6 2.4.5 Drag-and-drop..................................................................................................2-7 2.4.6 Mouse Actions .................................................................................................. 2-9 2.4.7 ToolTips ............................................................................................................ 2-9 2.4.8 Updates.............................................................................................................2-9 Drawlist ..................................................................................................................... 2-9 My Data ................................................................................................................... 2-10 UNDO / REDO ........................................................................................................ 2-10 Information about Global network status *sp4* ................................................. 2-10
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PDMS Design Changes ................................................................................3-1
3.1 3.2 3.3
General GUI improvements ..................................................................................... 3-1 Element Selection (update) *sp4* ......................................................................... 3-3 Quick Pipe Routing ................................................................................................... 3-4 3.3.1 Improvements for PDMS 11.6.sp3 *sp3*..................................................... 3-4 Pipe Component modification...................................................................................3-5 Pipe Component creation..........................................................................................3-6 Pipe Component Reselection .................................................................................... 3-6 Equipment Editing....................................................................................................3-6 Design Areas..............................................................................................................3-6 New Piping Pseudo Attributes ................................................................................. 3-7 3.9.1 Branch Surface Area........................................................................................3-7 3.9.2 Range of Angles or Radii ................................................................................. 3-7 3.9.3 Data Consistency ............................................................................................. 3-8 New Attributes for Material Management .............................................................. 3-9 3.10.1 Status attribute for use in MTO output .................................................... 3-9 3.10.2 Additional attributes for spool MTO........................................................ 3-10 3.10.3 Additional attributes for Piping Specifications ....................................... 3-10 Extract Refresh ....................................................................................................... 3-10 Add to Drawlist tool bar *sp1* .......................................................................... 3-10 Piping component (e.g. flange) alignment *sp1* .................................................. 3-10 3.13.1 New attribute for PTCA, PTAX, PTMI, PTPOS......................................3-11 3.13.2 New pseudo attributes for branch members ........................................... 3-11 3.13.3 Connection Command...............................................................................3-11 3.13.4 New Datacon warning messages..............................................................3-11 HVAC application – new components *sp1*......................................................... 3-11 Pipe bending checks *sp4*................................................................................. 3-12 3.15.1 Definitions.................................................................................................3-12 3.15.2 Design Database additions (update) *sp4*........................................... 3-12 3.15.3 Production Pipes Check Form..................................................................3-13 3.15.4 Setting up Production Checks..................................................................3-16 3.15.5 Running a Production Check....................................................................3-17 3.15.6 Automatic Flange Alignment ................................................................... 3-20 Laser model and its manipulation *sp2* ............................................................. 3-21 Check Isometrics ..................................................................................................... 3-21 Look Explicit *sp3* .......................................................................................... 3-22
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Piping Isometric Enhancements .................................................................4-1
4.1 4.2 4.3
General GUI improvements ..................................................................................... 4-1 Parameterised MTOL & MTOQ...............................................................................4-1 Use of temperature and pressure for selection........................................................4-1 4.3.1 Standard Bolt Hole DB Change ...................................................................... 4-1 4.4 User-defined Material Lists......................................................................................4-2 4.5 Spooler – Pulled bend numbering *sp1*................................................................ 4-2 4.6 Isodraft – Pulled bend numbering *sp1* ............................................................... 4-2 4.7 Weights on Isometrics *sp4* ............................................................................... 4-2 4.7.1 User Interface .................................................................................................. 4-3 4.7.2 Command Syntax.............................................................................................4-3 4.7.3 OUTPUT...........................................................................................................4-3 4.7.4 Example Material List.....................................................................................4-4 4.8 Flow Arrow settings *sp4*................................................................................... 4-5 4.9 Isodraft SKEY Enhancements *sp5* .................................................................... 4-5 4.9.1 New UNBW SKEY...........................................................................................4-5 4.9.2 New FY** SKEY .............................................................................................. 4-6 4.9.3 Tee/Olet SKEY Enhancement.........................................................................4-6 4.10 Improved Continuation Sheet Options *sp5*......................................................... 4-7 4.10.1 New Annotation Options ............................................................................ 4-7 4.11 Placing of Dimension Labels *sp5* ....................................................................... 4-9 4.12 Improved Dimensioning – Oriented Welds *sp5* ................................................ 4-10
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Drawing Production Enhancements ...........................................................5-1
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General GUI improvements ..................................................................................... 5-1 5.1.1 Merged sub-applications..................................................................................5-2 5.1.2 User utility menu.............................................................................................5-3 5.1.3 Dimension and 2D drawing forms .................................................................. 5-3 5.1.4 Labelling rationalisation ................................................................................. 5-3 Use of the 3D features in DRAFT (update) *sp1* .................................................. 5-4 5.2.1 3D Commands..................................................................................................5-4 5.2.2 3D user interface..............................................................................................5-4 5.2.3 Managing 3D view content (Drawlist)............................................................5-5 5.2.4 Multi Selection ................................................................................................. 5-6 5.2.5 Scale control ..................................................................................................... 5-8 5.2.6 UNDO/REDO ................................................................................................... 5-8 5.2.7 Modify Star.......................................................................................................5-8 5.2.8 3D to 2D (Update Design)................................................................................5-8 5.2.9 2D to 3D............................................................................................................5-9 5.2.10 Display of 2D view frame in the 3D view gadget ...................................... 5-9 5.2.11 Update control...........................................................................................5-10 5.2.12 View Type .................................................................................................. 5-10 5.2.13 Section Planes ........................................................................................... 5-10 5.2.14 Representation in 3D view ....................................................................... 5-10 5.2.15 Viewfinder Shortcut menu. ...................................................................... 5-11 5.2.16 3D view Shortcut menu additions related to view finder. ...................... 5-11 Template drawings..................................................................................................5-12 Section planes..........................................................................................................5-12 5.4.1 Improvements for *sp3* ................................................................................ 5-12
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5.5 Background processes.............................................................................................5-13 5.6 AutoCAD integration with Final Designer............................................................ 5-13 5.7 UNDO/REDO *sp1* ......................................................................................... 5-14 5.8 Pipe Sketch ADP *sp4*..................................................................................... 5-14 5.8.1 Producing Pipe Sketches ............................................................................... 5-14 5.8.2 How to Use the Pipe Sketches Form.............................................................5-14 5.8.3 Pipe Sketch Administration .......................................................................... 5-17 5.8.4 Styles .............................................................................................................. 5-19 5.8.5 Common Object .............................................................................................. 5-19 5.8.6 Log Messages ................................................................................................. 5-20 5.8.7 Table Definition Example..............................................................................5-20 5.8.8 Dimensions.....................................................................................................5-21 5.8.9 Tags ................................................................................................................ 5-21
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Parameterised Property Attributes .............................................................6-1
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Introduction *sp4*..............................................................................................6-1 Property attributes affected *sp4* ........................................................................ 6-1 Upgrade Requirement *sp4* ............................................................................... 6-2
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Admin enhancements for Global.................................................................7-1
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Querying Remote databases *sp4*........................................................................ 7-1 Purge Transaction commands *sp4*..................................................................... 7-4 User Interface enhancements *sp5* .................................................................... 7-5 7.3.1 Admin elements Form ..................................................................................... 7-5 7.3.2 DB Allocation (By Location/By Database) Forms .......................................... 7-5 7.3.3 Create DB Form...............................................................................................7-5 7.3.4 Create Location Form......................................................................................7-6 7.3.5 Extract Control Form ...................................................................................... 7-6 7.3.6 Main Tool bar ................................................................................................... 7-6 7.3.7 DICE Form.......................................................................................................7-6 7.3.8 Transaction Command Timings Form............................................................7-6 7.3.9 Create MDB Form ........................................................................................... 7-6
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Customisation...............................................................................................8-1
8.1 Application switching............................... ................................................................. 8-1 8.2 Forms & Menus (PML) Enhancements ................................................................... 8-1 8.3 Further PML (Forms & Menus) changes *sp1* ..................................................... 8-3 8.3.1 Gadget layout management ............................................................................ 8-3 8.3.2 Form enhancements ........................................................................................ 8-4 8.3.3 New SLIDER gadget........................................................................................8-4 8.3.4 New radio group facility .................................................................................. 8-4 8.3.5 List gadget enhancements...............................................................................8-5 8.3.6 Option gadget enhancements..........................................................................8-5 8.3.7 Miscellaneous...................................................................................................8-5 8.4 Internationalisation .................................................................................................. 8-6 8.5 Localisation ............................................................................................................... 8-6 8.6 PML Encryption *sp4*........................................................................................ 8-7 8.6.1 Decryption ........................................................................................................ 8-7 8.6.2 Encryption........................................................................................................8-7 8.6.3 Buffering...........................................................................................................8-8
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Incompatible PML changes..........................................................................9-1
9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6
Summary ................................................................................................................... 9-1 Functional changes at 11.6.......................................................................................9-1 Layout changes at 11.6 ............................................................................................. 9-2 Functional changes *sp1*.................................................................................... 9-3 9.4.1 Multi-selection list – Extra Start and Stop meta-events...............................9-3 Layout changes *sp1* ......................................................................................... 9-4 Parameterised Property attributes *sp4*.............................................................. 9-4
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Updates to standard projects ....................................................................10-1
10.1 Supports catalogue for MDS *sp4* ..................................................................... 10-1 10.2 Australian Steel Catalogue *sp4* ...................................................................... 10-1
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Product Faults and User Requests ...........................................................11-1
11.1 Known faults and Outstanding Issues...................................................................11-1 11.1.1 Windows fault – correction available.......................................................11-1 11.1.2 Windows faults – file locking....................................................................11-1 11.1.3 Microsoft .NET Framework Hotfixes KB886903 & KB886904.............. 11-1 11.1.4 PDMS faults & limitations – future corrections (update) *sp4* ............ 11-2 11.2 Faults corrected and minor enhancements ........................................................... 11-4 11.3 Faults corrected and minor enhancements *sp1* ............................................... 11-17 11.4 Faults corrected and minor enhancements *sp2* ............................................... 11-22 11.5 Faults corrected and minor enhancements *sp3* ............................................... 11-28 11.6 Faults corrected and minor enhancements *sp4* ............................................... 11-38 11.6.1 Corrections to Global 2.4.SP1 (issued with PDMS 11.6.sp4)................11-46 11.7 Faults corrected and minor enhancements *sp5* ............................................... 11-47 11.7.1 Corrections consolidated from previous fix releases:............................11-48 11.7.2 Corrections to Global 2.4.SP2 (issued with PDMS 11.6.SP5)...............11-52
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Introduction This bulletin describes the new and enhanced functionality available in the fifth service pack (SP5) for PDMS 11.6, including information about the earlier releases of PDMS 11.6. It gives an overview of the major changes at 11.6, which are described in full in new and revised User Documentation. Minor changes and enhancements are also described in this Bulletin. There are no major changes to PDMS itself in the various service packs. There are, however, changes in some of the related products, together with corrections, small changes and enhancements, and revisions to some of the User Documentation. The most significant changes in this document for the various service packs are indicated as appropriate: .
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Overview PDMS has long led the way for 3D Plant Design. It has always been object-based, using the concept of building a computer model of the plant, in order to ensure that the design works in every detail. Deliverables are always consistent as they are derived from this model. Interaction with this model has used realistic colour-shaded images for over 15 years. PDMS 11.5 introduced the first steps of a programme to build the Next Generation user interface for PDMS, based on the latest Windows technology. PDMS 11.6 brings a further leap forward in the graphical user interface. Major new features introduced at PDMS 11.6 include: •
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Use of the latest Microsoft .NET technology to provide Windows graphical user interface (GUI) standards for familiarity and ease of integration. This gives an appearance, and many GUI features, similar to Microsoft’s Office 2003. A simpler mechanism for the various add-in applications for DESIGN, both those produced by AVEVA and by customers. Extension of the new Model Editor, introduced at PDMS 11.5, and provision of a new Plant Editor for Piping and Equipment. Refer to the VANTAGE PDMS Version 11.6 Graphical Model Manipulation Guide for details. Future work will provide further specialist discipline-oriented ‘Editors’ to support the workflow for engineering design.
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A new GUI for DRAFT, including a 3D view, to simplify the creation and annotation of drawings.
The first service pack provided improvements, based on early use of some of these new features, notably in DRAFT. In addition, there were many enhancements made to ease migration of PML applications to PDMS 11.6 and the .NET environment. PDMS 11.6.SP1 also shared technology with AVEVA’s new VANTAGE Marine Outfitting product. PDMS 11.6.SP2 enabled the use of two new add-on products: Final Designer 1.3 and Laser Model Interface. These both integrate PDMS with a third party product. Final Designer enables the use of AutoCAD as an alternative editor for PDMS Draft drawings. Its use is described in its on-line help and in its Getting Started with Final Designer manual. The Laser Model Interface enables PDMS Design to link to third party laser model software to enable the point cloud survey data to be visualised, measured and checked for clashes. PDMS 11.6.SP3 brings further refinements, particularly to the new piping application, as well as various priority enhancements and corrections. It also adds support for the updated release of Global, version 2.4. PDMS 11.6.SP4 brings further improvements, as well as various priority enhancements and corrections. Particular attention has been paid to performance of the system, and in particular graphical picking. This document also notes a few refinements in Global, in its first service pack since the release of version 2.4. PDMS 11.6.SP5 is provided to consolidate defect corrections and to support a further update to Global, Global 2.5. This has many GUI improvements as well as a major boost to update performance – please see separate bulletin.
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Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6 The changes fall into 3 main categories: •
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The PDMS Application Framework, with its new .NET GUI. This brings improved ways of integrating users’ GUI customisation. PDMS Design, with its enhanced Design Explorer and a new Plant Editor, for Piping & Equipment.
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PDMS Draft, with its new .NET GUI, 3D View and provision for integration with AutoCAD.
Further work has been carried out on support of international languages, though further improvements are planned for future releases. Details are given in chapter 8 of this document. There are many other minor improvements throughout the product and much of the documentation has been updated.
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Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP1
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PDMS Design, with a new Add to Drawlist tool bar to specify the colour of objects added using the Design Explorer. PDMS Draft, with improvements to the usability of the new 3D View, including section planes, and implementation of UNDO/REDO. The PDMS customisation environment (PML Forms & Menus) has further improvements for the definition of user interface gadgets.
In addition, changes have been made to support new releases of the other VANTAGE Plant Design products, notably: VANTAGE Plant Design Router 2.4 VANTAGE Plant Design Global 2.3 VANTAGE Multi-Discipline Supports 11.6 Corrections and improvements for many issues raised by customers in PDMS 11.6 and earlier releases are also included in the service pack.
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Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP2
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1.4.1 Support for Final Designer The new VANTAGE Plant Design Final Designer product provides a fully integrated AutoCAD editor for DRAFT, thus enabling its use on drawings produced directly from the PDMS model.
1.4.2 Support for Laser Model Interface This new product enables point clouds from laser surveys to be used in PDMS Design, thus enabling them to be viewed, measured and clash checked alongside the PDMS model. It requires the use of a third party
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system from the specialist survey company, with which it integrates closely. The system is designed to be open, but is expected to become available initially from BitWyse, Leica (Cyra), Mensi/Trimble, Quantapoint and Zoller+Fröhlich (Z+F). There is a reference manual explaining the new commands associated with the interface, but for full details it is necessary to consult the appropriate third party vendor.
1.4.3 Miscellaneous Improvements Corrections and improvements for many issues raised by customers in PDMS 11.6 and earlier releases are also included in the service pack.
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Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP3
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1.5.1 Piping application In addition to correction of issues raised by customers in their use of earlier releases of PDMS 11.6, there have been various improvements to the usability of the piping application. These are noted in section 3.3.1.
1.5.2 Draft 3D view A number of enhancements to the new 3D view in Draft, notably to the use of stepped section planes. See section 5.4.1.
1.5.3 Support of Global 2.4 PDMS 11.6.SP3 supports the use of a new release of Global; use with Global 2.3 is not supported. This new release uses additional features in the Global daemon (2.4) to allow a number of significant enhancements. These include several aimed at providing better feedback to users, as well as some giving additional control of Global functions. The robustness of the daemon itself has been improved to minimize the number of occasions it needs to be re-started. The new features in Global are fully documented in a release bulletin and updated versions of its other manuals. Please note that many of the features of Global 2.4 are also available in Global 2.2.SP2 for users of PDMS 11.5, in conjunction with a new service pack SP2 for the latter. However, those which depend on additional database attributes are not available.
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1.5.4 Miscellaneous Improvements Corrections and improvements for many issues raised by customers in PDMS 11.6 and earlier releases are also included in the service pack. These are noted in section 11.5.
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Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP4
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This service pack addresses a number of points raised during the use of earlier releases of PDMS 11.6, along with corrections to faults found during testing and use of earlier releases of PDMS. Details of these changes can be found in Section 11.6. In addition, there are some additional features, which are summarised here and described in more detail in separate sections of this document. The sample projects have also been updated, to include a steel catalogue for Australia & New Zealand (see Section 1.6.4) and a dictionary database for MDS (MASTER/MDSDICT) – please see Chapter 10. SP4 is accompanied by updates of some of the add-on products, notably: VANTAGE Plant Design Router 2.4.SP4 VANTAGE Plant Design Global 2.4.SP1 (see Section 1.1.1.1) VANTAGE Multi-Discipline Supports 11.6.SP4 (see Section 1.1.1.2)
1.6.1 Pipe bending checks & sketches Allow the designer to check that a given pipe spool may be manufactured by a particular machine, if such a machine has been defined in the database. These pipes may then be detailed for fabrication using scal e drawings complete with fabrication information. Please see Sections 3.15 and 5.8.
1.6.2 Parameterised Property Attributes This allows attributes in the property database to use parameters in their definition, which can simplify the calculation of properties such as weight. Please see Chapter 6.
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1.6.3 Weights on Isometrics This allows the user to add a weight column to the isometric material list and provide a summary total for the fabrication and erection material s plus an overall total for isometric material weight. Please see Section 4.7
1.6.4 Australian Steel Catalogue This is a new catalogue in the standard project, structured in a similar manner to the AISC one. Please see Chapter .
1.6.5 Intellectual Property protection for PML applications A separate utility is available to encrypt PML macros. Encrypted macros are automatically detected and decrypted as required. Please see Section 8.6.
1.6.6 Changes to related products 1.1.1.1 Global 2.4.SP1
Improvements to the user interface include: •
Remote database session querying in ADMIN
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Transaction purging appware in ADMIN
In addition, Network status is now available in all modules. Please note that there are also corrections noted in section 11.6.1. 1.1.1.2 MDS
MDS 11.6.SP4 provides an interface to the design applications provided by various pipe support vendors: Lisega, Carpenter & Paterson, Pipe Supports Ltd. Please refer to MDS documentation for details.
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Summary of Changes at PDMS 11.6.SP5
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This service pack addresses a number of points raised during the use of earlier releases of PDMS 11.6, along with corrections to faults found during testing and use of earlier releases of PDMS. Details of these changes can be found in Section 11.6.
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In addition, there are many enhancements to Admin, mostly aimed at simplifying the use of Global. The changes mean that it is important to use Global 2.5.
1.7.1 Isodraft Enhancements Significant Isodraft enhancements have been made since PDMS 11.6.SP4; they were first issued in PDMS 11.6.SP4.11. •
SKEY Enhancements
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Improved “Continuation Sheet” Functionality
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Alternate Placing of Dimension Labels
These are documented in sections 4.9, 4.10, 4.11. A further enhancement was included in PDMS 11.6.SP4.12. •
Control component dimensioning on either side of a weld
This is documented in section 4.12.
1.7.2 Changes to related products 1.7.2.1 Global 2.5
Global 2.5 has many improvements, notably to update performance and to the handling of offline satellites. Please note that the performance improvements have necessitated a change to the format of the data passed between locations, so 2.5 cannot be mixed with versions of 2.4. 1.7.2.2 PDMS Nuclear Applications
There are two new product options available with PDMS 11.6.sp5: Nuclear Concrete Design and Nuclear Room Manager . At present, these applications are shipped and documented separately.
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Documentation
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This bulletin outlines the major changes at both the original PDMS 11.6 release and its service packs: it is updated for each service pack. Most of the manuals were updated for PDMS 11.6; many had significant changes that are noted on a Revision History page at the front of the manual.
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The Pipework design using VANTAGE PDMS manual, which was not included in the original release, was updated for PDMS 11.6.SP1. The following manuals were also updated for SP1: •
PDMS Installation Guide
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Drawing Production Using VANTAGE PDMS 11.6
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PDMS Software Customisation Guide
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PDMS Software Customisation Reference Manual
Many of the other manuals had minor amendments and corrections. For PDMS 11.6.SP2, there were again amendments to 4 manuals: •
Drawing Production Using VANTAGE PDMS 11.6
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PDMS DESIGN Reference Manual Part 1:General Commands 11.6
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PDMS ISODRAFT User Guide 11.6
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PDMS ISODRAFT Reference Manual 11.6
The release also contains updated Design and Draft online help files: updates were also supplied as a fix release PDMS11.6.SP1.2. PDMS 11.6.SP5 also includes updates to some of the manuals, notably for Admin.
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Operating System and Hardware Environment
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PDMS 11.6 is supported for use on Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP Service Pack (SP) 1, 2 or 3. It is not supported on the new Windows Vista – please see section 1.13 below. There is no UNIX version of PDMS 11.6. Windows XP SP2 requires changes to the default settings. The Internet Connection Firewall (ICF) should be turned off or configured to enable access to the database & licence servers. In addition, Group Policy changes (which alter the registry) are required for users of Global projects to ensure that RPC requests do not require authentication. Details are given in the Installation Guide. PDMS 11.6 requires Microsoft’s .NET Framework 1.1, which is supplied on the CD-ROM and installed if required. This is used for the PDMS graphical user interface. Please note that PDMS 11.6 is not compatible with .NET Framework version 2.0 or later; if later versions are required for other applications, it is necessary to install them in addition to version 1.1. Further information is available on Microsoft’s web-site, for example, see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s80xxs7s.aspx.
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PDMS 11.6 should run successfully on Windows NT4, but it has not been tested under Windows NT4 and is . Please note that Microsoft no longer offers mainstream support for either Windows NT4 or Windows 2000; it no longer offers even extended support for NT4. A minimum of 512 MB of memory is recommended for this release. PDMS 11.6 will operate with less, but system performance will be compromised. A screen resolution of at least 1024x768 is recommended. Users running Windows XP are recommended to use the XP rather than Classic theme. These should be set using Display Properties. Due to the rapidly changing list of hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics cards commercially available, an up-to-date list of supported graphics cards is not included in the documentation released with PDMS. However, the AVEVA Web pages (http://www.aveva.com) contain a current list of both tested and supported graphics cards.
1.10 Upgrading from previous releases
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PDMS 11.6.SP5 is fully compatible with earlier releases of PDMS 11.6 and requires no upgrade. Please note, however, that Global should be upgraded at the same time – see above. PDMS 11.6 itself requires no change to the PDMS database structure from that used at PDMS 11.4 & 11.5. Upgrade scripts are provided to upgrade projects from all previous releases of PDMS 11 on the Windows platform, i.e. 11.2, 11.3, 11.4 & 11.5. The upgrade scripts take account of a change at PDMS 11.4SP1, when the standard database definition files were moved to the PDMS executable directory (PDMSEXE). This simplified the upgrade process required to add new attributes and elements to databases. It is no longer necessary to copy these files (also known as virgin database files) to the project data areas in order to gain access to new elements and attributes. Users’ own PML customisation and applications from PDMS 11.4 or 11.5 should continue to work, after being amended to use the n ew application switching mechanism. Please see Customisation chapter 8. It is possible that some form layouts will be adversely affected by the change to the standard Windows proportional screen fonts, though this depends on the way the forms have been defined. There is also scope for enhancement by using the new facilities offered by PML, such as toolbars and docking forms. Many of the AVEVA applications have been upgraded in this way, so users who have revised the AVEVA applications should review their changes in the light of this work.
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1.11 Compatibility
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PDMS 11.6.SP3 AutoDRAFT and DXF output functions have been designed and tested with AutoCAD ® 2004, 2005 and 2006. Final Designer (version 1.3) is compatible with AutoCAD ® 2005 and 2006.
1.12 Notice of change in support status
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1.12.1 PDMS 11.4 and earlier PDMS 11.4 changed to ‘inactive’ support status in June 2006, which means that it is not normally be supported with releases of any kind. At the same time, all earlier versions were ‘withdrawn’, which means that customers no longer have the right to use them. In exceptional circumstances AVEVA may be prepared to negotiate continued use and critical problem support. Full definitions of support status can be found on http://support.aveva.com/support/United_Kingdom/index.htm in the section on PDMS releases.
1.12.2 PDMS 11.5
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PDMS 11.5.SP1 was superseded by 11.5.SP2 during summer 2006. It was accompanied by an updated version of Global, 2.2.SP2: both should be used together and are fully supported, with previous versions of 11.5 now at ‘inactive’ support status.
1.13 Future considerations 1.13.1 AutoCAD integration
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Final Designer interfaces with AutoCAD and may provide an improved method of performing some of the older AutoDRAFT functions. However, there is no longer any plan to withdraw AutoDRAFT. The DXF output feature is also unaffected, though it may be less necessary in future.
1.13.2 Windows versions
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for PDMS 12.1.SP1 (target May 2009) and subsequent releases. We will drop support of Windows 2000 at the same release. Almost all development at AVEVA is now carried out using Windows XP (service pack 1, 2 or 3), which is currently the preferred option.
1.13.3 Use of UNIX servers
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AVEVA has been supporting the use of Samba on IRIX servers to allow users the opportunity to use their old servers for an interim period. This is still supported for PDMS 11.6 but is not supported at the next major release, PDMS 12.0, because of changes to allow larger PDMS databases. Testing for PDMS 11.6 has used Samba 2.2.8a.
1.13.4 PML features
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Various changes are included in the next major release, PDMS 12. The improvements to provide a more powerful customisation environment, which complies better with Windows standards, mean that certain older features can no longer be supported and will be removed: this may well necessitate changes to some users’ PML applications. Those writing PML applications should particularly note the following: 1.13.4.1
RADIO gadget
This gadget has been deprecated and has not been documented for several years. It is no longer available in the PDMS 12 release. Any usage should be replaced by the new FRAME and RTOGGLE gadgets, which include its features and should offer a simple upgrade path. 1.13.4.2
RGROUP gadget
The RGROUP gadget, which replaced the RADIO gadget, has itself been superseded by the radio group capability of the FRAME gadget in conjunction with RTOGGLE gadgets. It still exists and continues to work, but its use is discouraged; it will be removed in a future release. 1.13.4.3
Toolbar based OPTION gadget field reselection
Reselection of the selected field of an Option gadget on a toolbar will no longer constitute a change of value. This provides better conformance with expected behaviour in a Windows style GUI. The effect is that the
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gadget’s SELECT call-back will not be run (a SELECT event is NOT notified to PML). 1.13.4.4
Form based OPTION gadget field reselection
Reselection of the selected field will no longer necessarily constitute a change of value. There will be an optional attribute ‘NoReselection’, which is the recommended behaviour (as for Toolbar option gadgets above). However, the default is ‘Reselection’, for upwards compatibility. 1.13.4.5
LIST gadget field Reselection
Reselection of the selected field no longer necessarily constitutes a change of value. There will be an optional attribute ‘NoReselection’, which is the recommended behaviour (as for OPTION gadgets above). However, the default is ‘Reselection’, for upwards compatibility. 1.13.4.6
SAVE and RESTORE using .bin files
Binary save and restore is to be replaced by the combination of session layout serialisation files and view content (.disp) files.
1.13.5 Design Comparison with Schematics
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PDMS 12 offers a new option for integration and comparison of 3D designs with schematic diagrams, such as P&IDs, from a variety of systems. This initially covers equipment, piping, and HVAC and will be extended in future to cover electrical cable. As a result, the old Design Compare option (Compare module) has been removed.
1.13.6 ISODRAFT symbol files
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PDMS 12 has a change to the format of ISODRAFT symbol files generated by DRAFT. Those used in version 11 or earlier will not be readable by ISODRAFT, so they will need to be regenerated from the DRAFT database. Manually created symbol files are not affected.
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PDMS GUI – General changes PDMS 11.6 uses the Microsoft .NET environment including WinForms based user interface components. Using this state-of-the-art technology enables docking forms and toolbars in PDMS and provides a robust foundation for the future provision of standard application programming interfaces. All modules with a graphical user interface (GUI) now use this new technology, which is presented in an Application Framework and has several new or updated components. The use of docking windows and toolbars means that PDMS will appear more familiar to users of Microsoft Windows XP and Office and reduce the number of dialogs obstructing the 3D graphical view, enabling more effective use of screen space. Many windows are now resizable, simply by dragging their edges or corners in the usual Windows manner. PDMS 11.6 also enhances the database explorer and drawlist with the addition of filters and a more intuitive interface and – at SP1 – a colour picker for objects dragged from the explorer. The use of .NET has a significant impact on the number of program files that comprise each PDMS module. For example, Design now consists of the following files: des.exe, des.dll, wrappers.dll and these make use of a large number of other files, including a large number of other .dll files. This will have an impact on the way that bug fixes are issued: in future, it is likely that fix releases will be cumulative. For example, fix release 11.6.0.5 will include all the changes in the preceding 4 fix releases. Further information is given in the PDMS Installation Guide.
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Glossary The new Application Framework introduces some new concepts and terminology, which are introduced here, along with other terms used in this document. PDMS terminology is covered in the Getting Started with PDMS manual. Add-in
An add-in provides a means of adding functionality. An add-in application appears on the Applications menu, which provides a method of switching to it.
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CE
“Current Element” – the single PDMS object that is acted upon by the PDMS command line and by many of the user interface gadgets. See Selection.
Combo box
Standard Windows control that combines a text box and interdependent list box.
Culture
The .NET term for the various local settings for language etc. – similar to the Windows .
Docking
This describes windows and menu bars that can be attached in appropriate places to the frame of the main PDMS window.
Dockable Drag-and-drop
Select with mouse and then drag (holding the mouse button down) to a different place.
Form
Input window – see window.
MDI
Multiple document interface: a set of child windows constrained to a single primary or parent window.
Menu bar
A horizontal bar below the title bar containing menus.
My Data
A new storage area for remembering PDMS data for future use. Typically used for IDLists to copy from one module to another.
Selection
Many of the user interface gadgets can now work on a selection of objects defined using the 3D graphical view.
Shortcut menu
This context sensitive pop-up menu is activated by use of the secondary (usually right-hand) mouse button.
Tab control
Allows multiple, usually related, forms (windows) to be overlaid, with a simple switching mechanism similar in appearance to a notebook or file divider.
Tabbed form Title bar
The top, containing a title, of any particular window, which can also be used to drag the window.
Toolbar
A frame containing controls, typically icons, to trigger GUI actions
ToolTip
A small pop-up window containing descriptive text, which typically appears when hovering over an icon.
Window
A separately controlled area of the screen. PDMS has one primary or main window and many secondary windows: some of these are often called forms.
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Application framework The PDMS 11.6 application framework provides the primary or main application window with its associated main menu bar and toolbars as well as support for docking windows. The framework also allows for applications to be extended via the use of “Add-ins”, such as the Explorer, and provides a GUI, based on the Microsoft Office 2003 look and feel.
2.2.1 Toolbars The application framework supports toolbars, which can be floating or docked to any of the sides of the primary window. Picking the title bar of a toolbar and dragging away from the window frame will undock it. Dragging it back to an appropriate place will re-dock it. The position and state of toolbars and other windows are automatically saved between sessions. . Some toolbar tools cannot be displayed when a toolbar is docked vertically.
2.2.2 Dockable Windows The application framework supports the creation of dockable windows. These may be dragged in a manner similar to toolbars and docked on any side of the primary window. They may also be unpinned, so that they auto-hide when not in use.
2.2.3 Floating Windows Graphical views are contained in windows that can be floated via a shortcut menu on their title bar. These floating windows can then be placed on a different screen to the primary window.
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2.2.5 Session Settings Various user interface settings for each PDMS module are automatically saved in files in the directory defined by the PDMSUSER environment variable. They can thus be restored on the next entry to that module, even between PDMS sessions. These settings can safely be reset to the default value by deleting the relevant file. This process is called Serialisation in Microsoft’s .NET environment and includes: •
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In general, the position and state of forms will be saved on exit from a module and restored next time the user enters the module. This does not apply to the contents of the main windows such as the 3D view, for which the existing display binary save and restore mechanism may be used. There are other exceptions: for example, the 3D view is not shown in Draft until required, though its position is saved.
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Tabbed Graphics form The user interface for Graphics has been completely overhauled using a standard Windows tabbed dialogue form to replace the original forms. Many minor improvements have also been incorporated. The new Graphics Settings form contains options previously on the 3D View Options, Colours, Representation, Steelwork Representation, P-line Representation and P-point Representation forms.
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The Load Settings and Save Settings buttons load from and save to the options files stored in %PDMSUSER%. The Design bar menu has been changed to remove references to old forms and to call the new one. The Graphics Settings form is accessible from Settings > Graphics…
2.4
Database Explorers Explorer views have now been extended from the Design Database to cover other modules and databases. The Application Framework manages their layout and dockability. They provide a consistent tree view of each database and module specific context menus. An important feature of the Explorers is the ability to allow flexibility in the presentation of the database hierarchy through the use of filters. These are different sets of filters for different Databases. Additional filters and other Explorer options are available on an Explorer Settings form. The user may Drag-and-drop elements within and outside the Explorer. There is now a separate Toolbar Add-in, which shows the current Element History. Explorers are available in the Design, Draft, Spooler and Isodraft modules, and replace the PML-based Members Lists. They are available from the Main Menu>Display menus in each module. Each Explorer is restricted to Elements of a particular database type.
2.4.1 History The History Add-in appears on the main toolbar in Design, Draft, Spooler and Isodraft. It displays the current element (CE), regardless of the database.
The user can set the CE either by typing the element name into the combo box, selecting a previously typed in element from the drop-down list, navigating through the CE history one element at a time using the backwards and forwards buttons or by selecting elements from the CE history list using drop-downs on the backwards/forwards buttons.
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When typing into the combo box the system attempts to auto complete the name by scanning the open databases for the first 15 matches and displaying them in a pop-up list. The user can then either carry on typing or select an element from the list. When docked vertically the toolbar displays only the backwards and forwards buttons; the combo box is not displayed.
2.4.2 Explorer Settings The Explorer Settings form is used to configure the behaviour of the Explorer and set additional filters. It can be found, where appropriate, from the Main Menu: Settings > Explorer… The settings are remembered between sessions for each user and module. All options are turned off by default apart from “Expand to CE” which causes the Explorer tree to expand, if required, to show the CE whenever the CE changes. A very useful option is “Auto Collapse Tree”, which applies to all active Explorers. If this is on, any expanded node not containing the CE is collapsed whenever the user changes CE. The remaining options apply to either the Design Explorer or the Draft Explorer. They control the visibility of elements: they can set elements as always hidden (e.g. non-writeable Template Worlds and LIBY’s) or allow previously hidden elements to be shown in the hierarchy (e.g. TUBI, ROD and Point Worlds).
2.4.3 Filters A predefined set of database filters is available to reduce the volume of information presented in the Explorers. These can be selected and turned on and off from each Explorer. When filtering is off the complete database hierarchy is displayed in the Explorer. Only one system filter can be active at any given time for each Explorer. Additional preset filters are provided via the Explorer Settings Form (see above) for “special case” elements. These can be toggled on/off regardless of whether the system filters have been set.
2.4.4 Copy rules An element (source) may be copied within the Explorer either by Dragand-drop, context menus or the keyboard shortcuts CTRL+C / CTRL+V either beside or below another element (target). Paste beside copies the element after the target. For a copy to be valid the following must be true:
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If either of these rules is broken, the Paste is invalid. TUBI elements cannot be copied or moved since they are implied by the system. Users may add their own additional checks by adding code to the following PML function: •
IsCreatable.pmlfnc
This logical function is stored in %PMLLIB%\common\functions directory and is called before the Copy.
2.4.5 Drag-and-drop The Explorer supports Drag-and-drop within the Explorer to copy elements, Drag-and-drop into the 3D view to add elements to the Draw List and Drag-and-drop into My Data to add elements to it. 2.4.5.1 Drag-and-drop within the Explorer
Selecting an element and dragging it, with either the primary or secondary mouse button down, initiates Drag-and-drop. •
Single elements may be moved or copied within the Explorer using Drag-and-drop (apart from TUBI if they are shown)
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The mouse pointer icon changes to notify the user of an invalid copy (e.g. between databases) All child elements are transferred with the dragged item. The Drag-and-drop action can be cancelled by pressing ESC at any time before dropping. A divider bar appears between elements to show where the dragged element will be inserted if dropped, i.e. before, after or below. Dropping directly onto an element assumes that the dragged elements are to be added to the beginning of the element’s child list.
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All connectivity attributes are lost in the copied elements. The names of all copied elements which are named are prefixed with “Copy-(n)-of-” (including copies of copies) where n >=2 (the first copy will have the prefix “Copy-of-“. Copy and Paste are available on the Explorer context menus.
After selecting an element and doing a Copy, the user may select a valid owning element and add the Copied element to it using Paste or select a valid sibling element and insert the Copied element after it using Paste Before or Paste After. Paste is greyed out if the Copy is invalid •
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Alternatively the user can perform Drag-and-drop with the secondary mouse button down. On mouse up, a context menu appears from which the user can select a valid Copy or Cancel. Finally, the user can use the CTRL+C and CTRL+V shortcuts to Copy and Paste respectively.
2.4.5.2 Drag-and-drop into the 3D view
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The user can select only single elements for drag & drop. All significant elements will be added to the drawlist along with the dragged element. The elements can be dropped anywhere within the 3D view. Elements cannot be dropped into place; they will appear in their correct 3D positions. The mouse pointer icon changes to notify the user of invalid moves The Drag-and-drop action can be cancelled at any time before dropping, by pressing ESC.
2.4.5.3 Drag-and-drop into My Data
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2.4.6 Mouse Actions Primary mouse click: Selects element, sets CE, (also expands/contracts tree if on node icon) Primary mouse double click: Selects element, sets CE, expands/contracts tree below element Secondary mouse click: Selects element, sets CE, displays context menu.
2.4.7 ToolTips Name, Type and Description are shown in ToolTips over each Element.
2.4.8 Updates The Explorers are kept in step with the database and CE. So, whenever the user does the following the Explorer is updated: •
Change CE
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Drawlist The Drawlist at 11.6 is a separate dockable window, managed by the application framework, and replaces the previous Drawlist, which was part of the Explorer. It appears only in the Design and Spooler modules and provides information about all elements currently added to the 3D View. It allows
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modification of the visual properties of the displayed elements, such as visibility, translucency and colour. It also allows the user to add selected Elements to My Data either from context menus or Drag-and-drop.
2.6
My Data The “My Data” Add-in is a dockable window, managed by the Application Framework, which provides a place for users to gather, organise and perform operations on all the data they require to complete their tasks. It contains collections of PDMS database Elements and single Elements. My Data is particularly useful for the transfer of Design Drawlist elements into Draft for the population of Drawings. The user can add items to My Data in a number of ways: via context menus on other components or via Drag-and-drop from other components. The contents of My Data are persistent and are reconstructed each time the user logs in. It is available in Design, Draft and Spooler modules from the Main Menu>Display menus. It consists of 3 components, namely a Collections Grid, an Actions Group and a Contents Grid. The Actions Group and Contents Grids are collapsible.
2.7
UNDO / REDO The operation of UNDO and REDO has now been extended and is now available to PML programmers for use in their applications. For details of the latter, please refer to PDMS Software Customisation Guide section 8.3.7 UNDO and REDO. Please note that UNDO is not yet available in modules other than DESIGN & DRAFT.
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Information about Global network status
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It is now possible to Query the communications status of remote Global locations in Design, Draft and Spooler. A form similar to that for Remote > Locking and Isolation in Admin allows the user to query Communication status and Project Lock and Isolation . These queries are available from the Query menu:
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They result in the following forms, which behave in a manner similar to the admin forms.
The user can ping locations by selecting them and using the Apply button and then Sort and Filter results. Results are appended until the Clear Results button is pressed.
The user can check locations by selecting them, toggling Lock , Isolation or both and pressing the Apply button. The status will be displayed below.
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PDMS Design Changes The Locator Handle, which manipulates the 3D model, has been enhanced to work in a variety of ways in a context sensitive manner. The new Piping editor includes a Pipe Routing Handle. Piping designers can route pipes interactively by dragging this Handle in the 3D graphics view and snapping to element features. The interface includes extensive graphical feedback to assist the designer and makes the pipe routing process easy to learn and use, and very quick in operation. The Locator Handle also provides features specific to piping components. For example: •
constraining the movement of piping components to the route of the pipe
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moving groups of connected piping components.
Piping designers can now create piping components through a new interface that uses docking windows to improve use of screen space. The new interface allows rapid creation and placement of components in a highly intuitive way, by interacting with the 3D graphics view. They can also produce check isometrics (on screen or paper) from within Design, thus simplifying the process of ensuring that the correct documentation will be produced. PDMS 11.6 extends graphical interaction to primitives below equipment and sub equipment, thus enabling the manipulation of, for example, nozzles using the Locator Handle. In addition, many of the Design forms have been improved by using the new facilities of the PDMS Workspace, such as tabbed forms.
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General GUI improvements Many forms in Design have been improved, for example: The Query form is opened by selecting Query > Attributes from the main bar. It has been made docking and resizable to allow easier viewing of query results. The Query > General form has been removed. The Query Project form is a tabbed form that replaces the existing User List , Team List , DB List , MDB and Stamp List forms. It contains a tab
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that shows the information that was previously shown on each individual form. The alpha view in the Data Consistency Check form no longer receives the I/O requests channel when it’s not needed. The layout of the forms has been improved. The View Control form has been made dockable – the menu bar has been replaced by buttons, with some of the functions, changing the background colour of views and deleting views, available on a shortcut menu. The layout of the Report Template form has been tidied up and tabs are now used instead of spaces to align columns in the list. After input from users, minor changes have been made: the form is not closed when a report is saved; the user is asked to confirm before overwriting the current data when modifying/creating a report; the user is asked whether they want to quit without saving the current template when clicking on the close icon. The Penetration Defaults form now uses tabs for its three sections. The Template Browser form has been made dockable. If open when Design exits, it’s now opened when Design restarts. The Control > Select CE TMPL menu option has been replaced by the CE TMPL button and the Display > Selected Template has been replaced by the Display button. A new form, Data Access Control , has been created to replace the User Rights form and add information previously found only on the Element Data Access Control (DAC) Errors List form in the Model Management product. The form has two tabs, displaying the information previously shown on the two forms. The first, User Rights, shows the Access Control Rights that apply to the current user, and information about their scopes and roles. The second, Element Access, allows the user to specify an element; for each attribute, it displays whether the user can modify that attribute and the error message that occurs if not. It also shows the operations (Claim, Issue, Drop, Create, Delete) the user is allowed to carry out on that element. The form is shown by selecting Query > Data Access Control from the bar menu. Toolbars have been added to the Hangers & Supports application to replace the current forms: the Utilities > Toolboxes > General and Utilities > General > Support Creation menus now indicate whether the toolbars are shown and toggle their visibility. The Router forms, PDMS Router , Routing Messages and Branch Detail , have been made resizable. This means there is no longer a need for a
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means of resizing the forms by rebuilding them, so the forms associated with that have been removed.
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Element Selection
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Unlike PDMS 11.5, element selection behaviour is similar whether or not Model Editor (Modify) mode is in use: the graphical selection set is highlighted at all times. [Note: this selection set is not necessarily the same as the Current Element or the object highlighted in the Explorer.] The highlighting differs according to the element’s Read/Write status: the default edge highlighting being Dashed Green for Read/Write and Dotted Red for Read only. When in Navigate mode (Model Editor not being used), the selected objects cannot be changed, so all objects appear in the Read/Write highlighting, even if they are Read only. A more detailed description of selection is given in the Graphical Model Manipulation Guide – Chapter 2. Model Editor button – toggles between Navigate & Modify modes There are two options for entering Modify mode. The first way is to click on the Modify button; the second is to use the pull-down menu Edit>Model Editor. The same two options are used to leave Modify mode. When in Modify mode with object(s) selected, a handle appears on the selection, which denotes the current interaction mode and guides the user to possible operations. The most appropriate handle is chosen whenever the selection changes. Where an alternative handle is available, the pop-up menu will allow the user to change from (for example) to a 3D handle from the constrained one. The objects selected by a graphical pick depend on the application, the Navigate/Modify mode and on various settings. Navigate to Element button – toggles Equipment selection level This toggle is available in Navigate mode only: when selected, the pick will select objects at equipment primitive level. When not selected, the selection will be at Equipment level. If you wish to edit the equipment, there is a fu rther popup menu ‘Edit Equipment’ while in Model Editor mode – see below. In the piping application, related objects are selected by default. For example, if a user selects a valve, the system by default selects the flanges and gaskets connected to the valve. If only a single object is required, the shortcut menu option “Select CE” can be used. VANTAGE PDMS Version 11.6.SP5 User Bulletin
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A status bar prompt (e.g. Identify Nozzle) appears when the system expects a 3D pick. If you wish to escape from this, it is necessary first to click in the 3D window.
3.3
Quick Pipe Routing The quick pipe routing function allows the user to define the path of a pipe wherever there is an ill-defined route within a branch, i.e. where the dotted line is displayed instead of implied tube. In defining a route the system will allow the user to perform the following: •
Orthogonal and non orthogonal leg definition
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Positioning: o Increment snapping o Explicit positioning o Feature snapping
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Centre line
Offsetting by OD of tube (including insulation)
Automatic completion of route o Where completion is predictable
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Where an extremity of a route is undefined, the system will allow the user to assign the end to the last defined point within the route or to designate an appropriate element to which the extremity is connected. Note: Where a component can not be selected from the spec, the shows a ‘blob’ to alert the user but does not display any other error alert.
3.3.1 Improvements for PDMS 11.6.sp3
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Several usability improvements have been made to Quick Pipe Routing. These include the following. Connection errors are handled better. The router tries to resolve the appropriate configuration of components when it creates a component, e.g. creating a flange will try and create the gasket as well. Under some circumstances, where the router cannot
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connect and position a component with the minimum spool length, the system will now return: Incompatible Connection error. Set Branch option now sets the current spec of the branch into the form, so that all component Selection is from the branch spec. Equal size tees with PBOR3 set to E in the relevant column of the spec no longer give a warning message. See also fault corrections – section 11.5.
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Pipe Component modification The pipe component modification function allows the user easily to rotate or position a single component or selection of connected components within the constraints of a pipe route. In modifying a component or components, the system offers the following functionality: •
Rotation about the tube centre line
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Constrained positioning along the path of the pipe route: o Increment Snapping o Feature Snapping
Components can only be repositioned where there is sufficient space to fit them in the route •
Automatic reorder of the elements within the hierarchy to suit the new position within the pipe route •
The ability to reposition the handle within the constraints of the component selection set (along the centre line of the pipe) •
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The initial orientation of a selection is maintained where possible
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The system does not try to resolve any inconsistencies that may occur from the repositioning of a component, e.g. if a reducer is moved into another leg of a branch, the components and tube between its original position and new position in the branch will remain the same.
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3.5
Pipe Component creation The new pipe component creation form allows the user to create a component or component group that is either connected or positioned along the route of a pipe. The system will automatically try to create a set of predetermined adjacent component types when certain component types are created, e.g. creating a valve will try to create the appropriate adjacent gaskets and flanges. This allows the pipe designer to define the major components of the pipe route, with the system creating the secondary components automatically. Once a component (or group of components) has been created the system will automatically select it, allowing the user, when in “Modify Mode”, to modify the component’s position or rotation.
3.6
Pipe Component Reselection Pipe components may be individually reselected using the reselection form.
3.7
Equipment Editing Equipment primitives may now be repositioned using the Equipment editing mode of Model Editor. This involves “drilling down” the hierarchy to the template, sub-equipment, primitive or negative primitive required. This mode can be entered by selecting an equipment item and using the pop-up menu to pick Edit Mode > Equipment Editing. To help selection, when an element in the equipment hierarchy is selected it is drawn solid, together with its children, and the rest of the drawlist is made translucent. When a positive primitive is selected, any negative primitives that it owns are drawn in wireline, which allows them to be picked: this would not be possible in HOLES ON mode.
3.8
Design Areas These are 3D volumes encompassing a portion of the plant model. For example, they might encompass a process or part process that can be worked on in isolation. In some industries, they are usually regularly
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shaped and aligned with major plant axes; in other cases, they are more likely to be irregularly shaped, positioned and orientated. New Design Database elements (top level AREAWL, AREASET, AREADEF, ABOX, ACYLI, ACONE, ADISH, ASLCY, ACTOR, APYRA and ASNOU) have been added for modelling Design Areas. These primitives are defined in a similar manner to the normal equipment primitives. Clash detection may be used to determine the contents of these areas. •
Which plant item origins are in a given Area?
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For a given item, which Area(s) contain its origin?
Collections have been enhanced to reference Areas: some of the geometric operations have been improved, including an EXCLUSIVE option for WITHIN. These Areas will be used in future PDMS applications and for improved integration with VANTAGE Project Resource Management.
3.9
New Piping Pseudo Attributes Several new pseudo attributes are now available for piping.
3.9.1 Branch Surface Area Branch internal area. Branch external area. These provide an approximate inside & outside surface area for piping and are valid for PIPE, BRANCH, BRANCH members and SPOOL elements. The following assumptions are made: •
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A Bend or Elbow is treated as a torus; any other Branch Element is treated as a cylinder or cone. If the CMPR on the SPCO is set, the OUTD (Outside Diameter) or ACBO (Actual Bore) will be used, otherwise P-Arrive and P-Leave bores and outside diameters will be used. Insulation is ignored.
3.9.2 Range of Angles or Radii Range of available angles. (Optional noun argument) Range of available radii. (Optional noun argument)
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These pseudo attributes, valid for branch and branch members, provide a list of available angles or radii for selecting bends and elbows. The information is derived from the branch PSPE and the bore of the previous element in the branch (head bore if the first element). The result comes from the “ANGL” or “RADI”, if appropriate – or is returned “unset”.
3.9.3 Data Consistency This set of attributes gives a measure of the quality of the pipe route: bores, connection types, offset and angle between a P-point and its neighbour are checked. Angle between a branch component and its previous component. Calculates angle between the P-point directions and also with the vector between the Ppoints and uses the greater. SPKBRK FALSE ATTAs are ignored Angle between a branch component and its next component. Calculates angle between the P-point directions and also with the vector between the Ppoints and uses the greater. SPKBRK FALSE ATTAs are ignored The offset between a branch component and its previous component. Returned in distance units. SPKBRK FALSE ATTAs are ignored. The offset between a branch component and its next component. Returned in distance units. SPKBRK FALSE ATTAs are ignored. Returns true if the connection between a branch component and its previous component is correct. Is also valid when CE is TUBI. Returns true if the connection between a branch component and its next component is correct. Is also valid when CE is TUBI. Returns true if the bore between a branch component and its previous component is the same. Does not consider TUBI.
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Returns true if the bore between a branch component and its next component is the same. Does not consider TUBI. Angle between specified P-point of a branch component and its adjacent component. Calculates angle between the P-point directions and also with the vector between the P-points and uses the greater. SPKBRK FALSE ATTAs are ignored. Attribute is valid for Branches. For branch members, only the arrive & leave P-points are valid. The offset between specified P-point of a branch component and its adjacent component. Returned in distance units. SPKBRK FALSE ATTAs are ignored. Attribute is valid for Branches. For branch members, only the arrive & leave P-points are valid. Return true if the connection between a branch component and its adjacent component is correct. Is also valid when CE is TUBI. Attribute is valid for Branches. For branch members, only the arrive & leave P-points are valid. Return true if the bore between a branch component and its adjacent component is the same. Does not consider TUBI. Attribute is valid for Branches. For branch members, only the arrive & leave P-points are valid.
3.10 New Attributes for Material Management The following attributes have been added, primarily to facilitate integration with VANTAGE Project Resource Management (VPRM).
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3.10.2 Additional attributes for spool MTO The following attributes have been added to the SPLDRG element: FAREA, FPLINE, FDRAWING, FREVISION, FRDRAWING
3.10.3 Additional attributes for Piping Specifications The following attributes have been added to the SPEC element: FISSUE, FINPUTBY
3.11 Extract Refresh Modifications in PDMS can cause the Spatial map for an Extract to change, resulting in the Map being updated on entry to Design. As a result the User will now need to do a SAVEWORK to save the changes before an EXTRACT REFRESH command can be executed.
3.12 Add t o Drawlist tool bar
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This enables the user to specify the visual properties of items added to the drawlist, for example by dragging from the Explorer to the 3D view. The options are Auto (rule-based) or Specific (colour, translucency and edges on or off).
3.13 Piping component (e.g. flange) alignment
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This development allows piping components to be connected so that by default their Z directions are aligned. This is particularly useful for ducting and cable trays etc. – or where flanges need to be aligned. The following changes have been made: •
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A PZAXIS attribute has been added to various ppoint elements in the catalogue. New pseudo attributes allow it to be queried in the design. The connect command has been enhanced to use the PZAXIS if set. Appropriate Datacon checks have been added.
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3.13.1 New attribute for PTCA, PTAX, PTMI, PTPOS PZAXIS – Z direction
3.13.2 New pseudo attributes for branch members •
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PZDIR – Alignment direction for specified ppoint. AZDIR – Alignment direction for arrive ppoint. LZDIR – Alignment direction for leave ppoint. PQAANG – Angle between alignment direction for specified ppoint and adjacent component. AQAANG – Angle between alignment direction for arrive ppoint and previous component. LQAANG – Angle between alignment direction for leave ppoint and next component.
3.13.3 Connection Command The syntax of the command is unchanged, but it now uses valid alignment directions in place of a default orientation. It checks that a PZAXI is set for the relevant ppoint of the current element and for the ppoint it is connecting to. If the element being connected to is a gasket or a weld and does not have a set PZAXI then the ppoint of the next element is used instead. If there are either one or two unset alignment directions, then the connection command functions exactly as before. If an orientation is specified, e.g. CONNECT AND P3 IS UP, then this will override the alignment direction.
3.13.4 New Datacon warning messages The following warnings can now be generated. They are not output if the branch is badly routed. D850 BAD ARRIVE ALIGNMENT GEOMETRY, ANGLE IS 15 D850 BAD LEAVE ALIGNMENT GEOMETRY, ANGLE IS 45
3.14 HVAC application – new components
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The range of components supplied with the standard application has been increased.
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3.15 Pipe bending checks
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PDMS 11.6.sp4 allows you to check pipe pieces and pipe spools for production readiness against welding machines, bending machines, pipe cut lengths on drawings and reports, and defined stock-lengths of tubing. Fabrication checks run against available stock length and fabrication machines. •
Fabrication machines are currently limited to bending and auto welding. •
These checks rely on a number of changes to the Design database that were introduced at PDMS 11.6.sp1. They were initially introduced for the marine product. Pipes designed and checked in this way may be detailed using the new pipe-sketch facility – but not yet with Isodraft. Please see section 5.8.
3.15.1 Definitions A pipe-piece is the lowest level of fabricated item in the pipe. It relates to a continuous piece of pipe tube that can be fabricated from stock material. The pipe piece holds references to the components at the start and end of the piece. The system derives pipe-pieces: users cannot create or delete them. Note that components on the end of the pipe pieces are not part of the pipe piece, but are referenced by it. A pipe spool is a prefabricated part of a pipe or branch, often welded together in a workshop before being sent to the ship to be fitted on-site. Pipe spools typically comprise a bent pipe with welded flanges at each end, but they can also be more complicated fabrications with branches, reducers and other components. The system derives spools: users cannot create or delete spools. PDMS 11.6 does not include gaskets in the spool.
3.15.2 Design Database additions
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3.15.2.1
Design grid
New top level element GRIDWL: used for ship coordinate system but not used in PDMS 11.6. 3.15.2.2
Fabrication machine definitions
New top level element FMWL. 3.15.2.3
Pipe pieces & pipe spools
New elements PPLIST (Pipe Part list) & PSLIST (Pipe Spool list).
3.15.3 Production Pipes Check Form To check pipe spools for production readiness, you need to be in the Design module and running the Pipework application. To display the Production Pipe Checks form, choose the Utilities>Production Checks option from the main menu bar. If appropriate, you will be prompted to select a PIPE (using the Explorer or 3D View) and then generate spools if this has not yet been done:
Once this is done, the main form will be displayed: it has five sections that allow you to control different aspects of the production check on the pipe and its spools: •
Spools for the currently selected pipe
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Tasks relating to the entire pipe
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Tasks relating to the currently selected spool
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Navigation relating to the currently selected spool
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Options for setting up production checks.
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3.15.3.1
Pipe Tasks
Runs production checks against entire pipe. The checks run for each spool in the pipe that requires validating Displays the production information currently associated with each pipe spool and pipe-piece Removes machine fabrication information from all pipe spools and pipe-pieces in the pipe 3.15.3.2
Spool Tasks
Function Runs production checks against the selected spool Displays production information currently associated with the spool and its pipe-pieces Removes machine fabrication information from the selected spool 3.15.3.3
Navigation
Function Sets up 3D View so the selected spool fits in it 3.15.3.4
Setup Production Checks
Function Allows you to define the fabrication machines to use when running production checks against pipe spools Sets options for automatically adding any excess needed as a result of a check against a bending machine Sets up length used in checks
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3.15.4 Setting up Production Checks You run production checks against fabrication machines and tube stock lengths you define using the options on the Setup Production Checks section of the Production Pipes Check form. 3.15.4.1
Select Default Fabrication Machines
If a pipe-piece does not have a bending- or welding-machine associated with it when the production checks run, the system checks the pipe-piece against all machines selected in the default machine list. This allows the system to identify and assign fabrication machines. To define the default bending- and welding-machines to use in production checks, click Select Default Fabrication machines. The lower pane displays a selectable list of the available fabrication machines.
Select the machine you want to use and click Apply; if you want to cancel the operation, click Back. To avoid choosing incompatible machines, you can pick out fabrication machines that can handle the pipe tubing in the selected spool. The system checks the bore, material, and length of the tubes to see which machines can handle the spool. To do this click For Spool x, (where x is the number of the selected spool) and the lower pane changes to display a list of the machines that can handle the pipe tube in the selected spool.
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Select the machines you want to use from the list and then either append them to the current default machine list by clicking Append to Default Machine List, or replace the entire list by clicking Replace Default Machine List.
Clicking Back will take you back to the previous screen. 3.15.4.2
Define Auto-Resolve Preferences
To define auto-resolve preferences click Define Auto Resolve Preferences. The lower pane changes to display the available preferences: If you check Include End Excess the system adds excess pipe to the end of the pipe-piece if needed. If you check Include Feed Excess the system adds feed excess to the pipe-piece if needed. 3.15.4.3
Define Stock Length
The system checks the final cut length of a pipe-piece against the available stock length. To define the stock length click Define Stock Length. This opens an edit-box you can use to change the stock-length value: Enter the new value then click Apply to accept the value, or Back to cancel and reset the form to the previous value.
3.15.5 Running a Production Check To run a production check against every spool in the pipe you want to validate, click Validate Pipe; to run the checks against a single spool, click Validate Spool. These options run the production checks and show the results in the lower pane of the form. Production checks run using the fabrication machines associated with the individual pipe-pieces of the spool. If no machines are associated with a pipe-piece, then the system checks it against all machines defined in the default machine list. When the checks have run, the spool list at the top of the form displays the results of the check for each spool. This can be one of the following three states: Meaning Production checks were successful. Some part of the production check failed. Spool had already been validated so was not rechecked.
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The lower part of the form shows the results for each pipe-piece of the selected spool. A list of pipe-pieces shows the production check results per piece, and each piece has one of the three states above associated with it. Selecting a pipe-piece from the list displays the detailed results of the check below the pipe-piece list. The information displayed in this part of the form depends on the results of the check. Some examples of different results follow. 3.15.5.1
Successful Check with no Modifications
You will see this result where the check succeeded against both bendingand welding-machines, if these machines were required, and the pipepiece didn’t have to be modified. The results panel shows which, if any, bending machine was used and which flanges, if any, can be pre-welded. 3.15.5.2
Successful Check with Modifications
In the different example below, you can see the check succeeded against both bending- and welding-machines, and some excesses were needed to make the pipe piece pass the checks. As well as the bending and welding machine information there is a list of excesses the pipe required. In the example above, you can see BM1 is suitable for bending the tube, no flanges can be pre-welded, and both the arrive and the leave of the tube required excesses. For each excess there is a link-label for the type of excess. If you click on this link the excess shows a tag in the graphics view so you can see where it applies to the pipe-piece. 3.15.5.3
Failed Check with Modifications Required
If the pipe-piece requires excesses to pass the checks but you have set up the auto resolve preferences not to include excess automatically, then the check will fail. In this case the results display the excess required. You can accept these excesses to make the pipe-piece pass the checks. You can also set the pipe to be manually bent and so ignore bending checks.
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3.15.5.4
Non Resolvable Failure
The pipe-piece may fail the production checks for a more serious reason. For example, it may not be possible to find a bending machine that can handle the pipe tubing the pipe-piece uses. In this case the results panel shows the system cannot resolve the failure by adding excess. To overcome this, you can set the pipe-piece to be manually bent. 3.15.5.5
Stock Length Failure
If the pipe-piece also fails a stock length check then this is reported in the lower part of the panel. 3.15.5.6
Expanding Machine Results Panel
You may be able to expand the bending machine and welding machine results in the results panel, to display more information. If there is more information to view then the Expand icon appears by the Bending Machine Result title. Clicking the title or the icon expands the bending machine results. 3.15.5.7
Modifying Production Information
You can also modify the production information applied to the pipe-piece. Click Modify Production Information… to display the required panel. Use this panel to change the bending or welding machines and modify the end excesses or apply minimum feed to a leg. 3.15.5.8
Changing or Assigning a Machine
To change or assign a bending or welding machine click the appropriate link. If no machine is associated with the pipe-piece then Change bending machine… will read Assign Bending machine…. If the tube is straight, there are no bending machine options. If there are no pre-welded flanges, there are no welding machine options. Select the required machine then click Apply. To cancel any changes and go back to the previous panel, click Back. After selecting a new machine click Accept Changes at the bottom of the panel to accept the changes. 3.15.5.9
Editing End Excess
To edit the end excess first expand the collapsible panel by clicking End Excess.
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You can add your own end-excess by entering a value in the User Defined text box. Click Accept Changes to accept the new value. 3.15.5.10
Applying a Minimum Feed to a Leg
To view the feed excesses applied to a leg between two bends, click Feed Excess to expand collapsible panel. For each leg there is an editable text box in which you can enter a minimum feed value for the leg. If you enter a new minimum feed value for the leg then the system recalculates the feed excess the next time it checks the pipe-piece. 3.15.5.11
Revalidating the Pipe Piece
After changing the production information you can revalidate the pipepiece by clicking Revalidate Pipe Piece. This runs a production check on the pipe-piece with the new values. 3.15.5.12
Finishing Viewing Results
To finish viewing the results of the production checks click Finish Viewing Results to return to the top level of the form. 3.15.5.13
Viewing Production Information
You can view the production information assigned to pipe-pieces of a spool without having to go through a production check. To do this, click on View Production Information for either the pipe or a spool. This displays a view of the production information assigned to each pipe-piece in the same way as does clicking on Modify Production Information from the production check results panel. 3.15.5.14
Removing Machine Information
To remove all machine information associated with a pipe spool or all the spools on a pipe click Remove Machine Info for either the pipe or the selected spool:
3.15.6 Automatic Flange Alignment For pipe-pieces and pipe spools that have been set up to be machinewelded, the system ensures it correctly orientates the piping model so flange-holes and spools align when assembled. The system checks flange-alignment as part of the pipe-checking and Datacon functionality.
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3.16 Laser model and its manipulation
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These options are only useful when the new Laser Model Interface is installed. Details are available in its documentation. The links to this external geometry are stored in new database elements XGEOM, XLCTN, XCELS. This enables the point cloud model to be visualized, measured and clash checked alongside the PDMS model.
3.17 Check Isometrics Check Isometrics can now be produced from within Design and Spooler. Extra syntax has been added to the command line: •
Isodraftmode switches into the Isodraft syntax.
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Exit returns the user to the Design/Spooler syntax.
The Utilities menu has been extended in the Design Pipework discipline. (A similar capability has been added to the Spooler module). Selecting Pipe Isometric… or System Isometric… at a Pipe, Branch, Spldrg, Spool or Field element will display a preview isometric (processed using a predetermined options file, which may be replaced by the user). There is a button to display the process time messages. Selecting Show Pipe System… at a pipe or branch element will highlight the connected system for that element in the 3D view. A Windows printing mechanism is also provided: it is possible to print single sheets using or all sheets using . There are similar icons for previewing single or multiple drawings and for saving them to file.
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3.18 Look Explicit
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The Explicit view direction option has been reintroduced in Design, on the Limits CE Options popup menu. The user can enter the required angle for the view direction, for example looking along a structural member.
The Look – 3D View form has a popup menu for setting view direction; this allows the user to use the orientation of picked graphical items to populate the Direction field.
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Piping Isometric Enhancements In addition to the new check isometric facility in DESIGN and SPOOLER, a number of improvements have been made to the ISODRAFT module, some involving data set up in other parts of PDMS. They are listed here for convenience.
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General GUI improvements ISODRAFT has a new Office 2003 style GUI, based on Microsoft’s .NET. This includes many new features such as window and toolbars docking, tabbing etc. Please refer to section 2.2 Application framework for further details.
4.2
Parameterised MTOL & MTOQ It is now possible to parameterise MTOL & MTOQ – for example, the following is now possible: MTOQ (PARA[3] + DESPAR[2] )
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Use of temperature and pressure for selection The temperature and pressure attributes from the owning branch can now be used as Spec selectors for choosing bolting items in ISODRAFT. Spec answers may use a specific value or give a range.
4.3.1 Standard Bolt Hole DB Change The bolt set BTSE now has some of the same attributes as a BLTP: BTHK, BDIA, BTYP as well as a new attribute: NOFF (number off), which is defined as for the SBOL element. If these entries are set, the program automatically creates an array with NOFF members which are the default bolts for this connection.
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This enables a drastic reduction in the amount of data that is required to define bolt requirements. However, if the new attributes are not set, the existing methods continue to work in exactly the same manner. BLTPs should still be used as members of a BTSE for those numbers where there is a deviation from the standard bolt as defined in the BTSE or if the bolt hole numbering is non continuous. Note that Jacking bolts must always be defined using BLTPs.
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User-defined Material Lists The restrictions on users defining their own material list format have been eased. It is no longer necessary to be using the PARTNUMBERS FROMDB option in order to do this. See MATERIALLIST command in the VANTAGE PDMS ISODRAFT Reference Manual .
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Spooler – Pulled bend numbering
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A new option has been added to the PARTNO command, for each of its CREATE, CHECK and UPDATE options, e.g. PARTNO CREATE PARTNO
This PBEND option (at the end of each command) will result in bends having unique part numbers and will ensure implied tube either side of the bend will have the same part number. Not all bends will be numbered using this syntax; zero length bends will not be numbered.
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Isodraft – Pulled bend numbering
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The syntax for PARTNO has been modified to include a new option for pulled bends: PBENDNUMBER ON PARTNO
This will use the part number rather than the bend number as the source of the Bend number on the drawing – and in the bend table if shown.
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Weights on Isometrics
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This new feature allows the user to add a weight column to the isometric material list and provide a summary total for the fabrication and erection material plus an overall total for isometric material weight.
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4.7.1 User Interface The user interface provides the following new options: 4.7.1.1 WEIGHT on the Material List Column Definition
The in the list of available
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4.7.1.2 Total Weight Option
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4.7.1.3 Weight Conversion Factor
In addition, a Conversion Factor (pre-populated with a value of 1.0) may be specified.
4.7.2 Command Syntax This mechanism generates the following syntax in the ‘Options file’: Column c OTHER Heading 'WEIGHT' WEIGHT with Width www [TOTAL FABRICATION] [TOTAL ERECTION] [TOTAL COMBINED] Factor f
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4.7.4 Example Material List
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Flow Arrow settings
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Isodraft places flow arrows on the isometric with their direction governed by the BRANCH attribute FLOWDirection. The function is controlled using the FLOWARROWS command (please see ISODRAFT Reference Guide). The arrows can be placed automatically or positioned using ATTAchments with their ATTYpe attribute set to FLOW. The settings for FLOWD are either BACK for flow from tail to head or FORW for flow from head to tail. Two new settings are now handled by Isodraft: OFF to allow the arrows to be turned off or BOTH to indicate a two-way flow. Any other setting will continue to be treated as forward. Examples of 2-way flow arrows are shown below:
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Isodraft SKEY Enhancements
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4.9.1 New UNBW SKEY A new SKEY UNBW (Butt Weld union) is now available. It has the same GTYPE, Plotted Symbol and P-points as the existing Socket Weld and Screwed Fitting Unions (UNSC and UNSW).
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4.9.2 New FY** SKEY A new SKEY FY** (‘Y’-type Filter/ Strainer with ** = BW, CP, SW, FL, SC, PL) is now available. Plotted
P-points
Symbol
This is in addition to the existing filter/strainer SKEYs FI**, FA**, FO** and FR** with ** = BW, CP, SW, FL, SC, PL.
4.9.3 Tee/Olet SKEY Enhancement Certain existing Tee/Olet SKEYS have been enhanced to allow the user to indicate the presence of an offset P3.The P3 connection of the tee/olet must be connected directly to a pipe/tube. Affected SKEYs are HC**, TS**, Y1**, Y2**, Y3** (with ** = BW, CP, SW, FL, SC, PL) and TPUL, TEBW, TESO, TERF, TESW. The default behaviour is that, if an offset P3 configuration is present, a new ATEXT characterising the offset is output on the drawing. This new ATEXT is number 233 in the list of ATEXTs and its default value is followed by the nonzero relative coordinates of the offset.
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4.10 Improved Continuation Sheet Options
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4.10.1 New Annotation Options
4.10.1.1
Show Coordinates across Sheets.
An extra clause ‘SHEET’ has been introduced to the ‘COORDINATES’ command to specify that spatial coordinates are to be shown at sheet breaks on the same isometric: Coor ds ON AT Sheet
This may be accomplished automatically by a new checkbox ‘Sheets’ option on the Annotation Options form (highlighted above as 1). Checking this box will display the appropriate coordinates. 4.10.1.2
Continuation Sheet Information at Sheet Breaks
A new CONTSHEETS command is introduced which takes effect when one isometric drawing is located on several sheets. It allows the User to specify that the sheet number of the continuation sheet be shown at the sheet break when the connection goes from one sheet of a drawing to another. This option may now be set using the new checkbox option on
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the Annotation Options form ( checkbox will toggle between:
). Clicking this
CONTSHEETS ON
Continuation sheet numbers between sheets are switched on. CONTSHEETS OFF
Continuation sheet numbers between sheets are suppressed. This is not to be confused with the CONTNOTES command which specifies continuation notes at the end points on drawings when the connection goes to another isometric. 4.10.1.3
Additional Attributes Shown at Sheet Breaks
An extra clause, ContUdefText (continuation user-defined text), has been introduced to the ‘CONTSHEETS’ command to specify that further pipeline attribute or user-defined attribute (UDA) information may be shown as part of the continuation sheet information displayed at sheet breaks. The format of the constructed text string is controlled by the User and may contain arbitrary text and carriage returns: CONTSHEETS ON Cont Udef Text ' LATTR1' ' ar bt ext 1' ' LATTR2' ' ar bt ext 2' ' '
where LATTR1 and LATTR2 are valid Pipeline attributes and arbtext1 and arbtext2 are two arbitrary text strings. The sheet number of the continuation sheet is automatically appended to the user-specified string. Therefore, the example specified above would output the string XXXXarbtext1YYYYarbtext2n for continuation sheet n where XXXX is the value of LATTR1 and YYYY is the value of LATTR2. This may be accomplished automatically by a new text box on the Annotation Options window (highlighted above as 3). In the text box the User is able to add something like:LATRR1’/’LATTR2’-‘
where LATRR1 and LATTR2 are valid Pipeline attributes This will generate XXXX/YYYY-n for sheet n where XXXX is the value of LATTR1 and YYYY is the value of LATTR2. A more concrete example of the use of the CONTNOTES, ContUdefText option (combined with the COORDINATES option) is as follows. The specified options: Coor ds ON AT Sheet Cont Sheet s ON Cont Udef Text ' ' ' Name=' ' NAME' ' Type=' ' TYPE' ' &/ Lock=' ' LOCK' ' Owner =' ' OWNER' ' PSPE=' ' PSPE' ' pg' ' '
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will display at the sheet break of an isometric: E 12250 N 13500 EL +2735 Name =100-C-10 Type=PIPE Lock= Owner=PIPES PSPE=A3B pg3 The COORDINATES option specifies the output of the first three lines. Note that the user-defined text occupies the last two lines because a carriage return ‘&/’ is specified. The value of the ‘Lock’ attribute is not output because, in this case, it is invalid. The continuation sheet page 3 specified indicates that this text would be expected to be located on sheet 2 of an isometric at the sheet break continuing onto sheet 3. Note that a valid non-null string specified by the ContUdefText option will always be output at sheet breaks, irrespective of whether the CONTSHEETS option, specifying whether the continuation sheet number is displayed or not, is set to ON or OFF.
4.11 Placing of Dimension Labels
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A new DIMLABELS command is introduced, which allows the User to control the appearance of dimension labels displayed on isometrics. This option may be set to either of the two options: DI MLABELS I N
Dimension labels are shown within the dimension line (the default). DI MLABELS ABOVE
Dimension labels are shown above the dimension line.
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This option may also be set by toggling between the two Dimension Labels options (IN/ABOVE) on the Dimensioning Options form (highlighted above). The effect of this option on the appearance of dimension labels is indicated below: ABOVE
IN
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4.12 Improved Dimensioning – Oriented Welds
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A new option allows the user to control the dimensioning of components on either side of a weld when the flow-through directions of these two components are non-parallel. In earlier releases such configurations could lead to inaccurate dimensions and skew/fall angles. These non-parallel configurations may now be accommodated correctly by using the WELDANGLES option. When this option is switched ‘ON’, it is necessary for the user to also specify an angle as the minimum at which the change of direction be considered significant. In other words, for all angles greater than or equal to that specified, the new behaviour for oriented welds occurs; otherwise, the old behaviour (equivalent to WELDANGLES OFF), occurs. This option may be set by using the new checkbox option on the Dimensioning Options form. Checking or unchecking this box will toggle between: •
WELDANGLES ON
Oriented Welds option on.
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WELDANGLES OFF
Oriented Welds option off.
When WELDANGLES ON is selected, the user may also specify the minimum weld angle, WELDANGMIN, in the data entry box next to the checkbox. The option WELDANGMIN takes the default value 0.10 degrees unless the user modifies it in the data entry box. Thus for the case WELDANGLES ON, the Oriented Welds option is fully specified by, for example, WELDANGLES ON WELDANGMI N 0. 08
The case WELDANGLES OFF is equivalent to the old behaviour and is the default.
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Drawing Production Enhancements For the PDMS Draft user, PDMS 11.6 provides access to a 3D colour shaded graphical view for use in the definition of drawings. The user can use it to define the contents of a drawing or to set the direction and limits of a 2D view. This feature has been refined at PDMS 11.6.sp1. For the PDMS Draft user, PDMS 11.6 provides access to a 3D colour shaded graphical view for use in the definition of drawings. The user can use it to define the contents of a drawing or to set the direction and limits of a 2D view. This provides a highly intuitive and productive user interface that will help to reduce drawing production times and enable users to work in a familiar 3D environment. Users can create and manipulate section planes in the 3D graphical view using direct graphical interaction, and apply these section planes to any view on the drawing. This displays in 3D the position of each part of the section plane and is therefore simple to use, even for complex stepped section planes. Further productivity improvement is achieved through the introduction of a dockable database explorer and presentation of key annotation features in a common application, removing the need for the user to switch applications when adding basic annotation to drawings. Isometric creation is typically performed as a batch job. However, for the piping designer it is highly beneficial to produce a check isometric or system isometric at various stages in the design process. PDMS 11.6 will allow the piping designer to produce a standard isometric or system isometric from within PDMS Design or PDMS Spooler, allowing the designer to stay focussed on the piping design whilst generating isometrics to assist in the design process. For further information, please refer to the section on Design.
5.1
General GUI improvements A new Office 2003 style GUI, based on Microsoft’s .NET, is now used in Draft. This includes many new features such as window and toolbars docking, tabbing etc. Please refer to section 2.2 Application framework for further details. In addition the Draft applications have been rationalised with the various sub applications merged into a unified environment.
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5.1.1 Merged sub-applications Dimensioning, Labels and 2D draughting applications have been merged into one General application, so that all utilities are available to the user without changing application or swapping menus. DRAFT applications maintain the layer options (on the main window) to enable the creation, in the appropriate place, of any 2D element, dimension or label. The Main Draft Menu has changed to remove the working sheet selection and add a new members list explorer, with a mouse shortcut menu to add a sheet to the 2D. The Dimensioning, Labelling and 2d draughting applications have been removed, as they are now all merged into the general application. The Utilities from the 2D Draughting menu have been added to the General Utilities menu, which is similar to the application utilities in DESIGN. Changes have been made to the Create and Modify menus as part of merging the applications, with all the 2D draughting menus added to the main menu. 5.1.1.1 Layers
The user can select a layer, but the application will select an appropriate one, if required, before creating any element. The layer gadget new has ALL the layers pertaining to the current sheet listed, and this gadget can be filtered by using the new gadget Filter, to list only those of the application the user is working on. If the user changing from Dimensioning to Labelling, the application will switch the layer gadget to list labels and select the first label type layer. The user can re-select a different layer if required. The Layer gadget will always change within the currently selected view, so if the user creates a dimension in view 1 and then creates a label, the layer will switch to a labelling layer in view 1. Navigation around the DRAFT db automatically exchanges the layer selection if a different view is selected. Clicking on a view has the same effect as navigation to it. Navigation to a dimension automatically changes the layer to a dimension layer and highlights the view to which the dimension belongs. This makes it easier to know where you are on the drawing and where you are likely to create the next element.
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5.1.1.2 Database Hierarchy
Sheets may now be added to or removed from the 2D window from the Explorer. This means it is necessary to check the position in the hierarchy before adding something to the 2D window. If the user is too high, i.e. above drawing level, then an error informs the user that the “REGI/DEPT is not a valid working sheet”. However, if the user is at drawing level, ALL the sheets are now added, even if there is more than one. A message is displayed to inform the user that there are several sheets, so they should check that they require them all to be added.
5.1.2 User utility menu A User application utility menu is now available in DRAFT, under the general application. This utility allows the user to create menus for his own use. The functionality is similar to that in DESIGN.
5.1.3 Dimension and 2D drawing forms These forms have been changed so that dimensioning and 2D draughting can be called from either form or toolbar. Some of the dimensioning functionality has been moved from the utility menu and put under the modify menu, to make it easier to find.
5.1.4 Labelling rationalisation Labels have been rationalised and made dockable wherever possible. This affects the Autotagging, Labelling and Gaps forms. The autotagging form has been redesigned in order to reduce its size and make it dockable. The regenerate tag button has been removed and replaced with a toggle, so that the update button is the only button used to execute the form. Checking the regenerate toggle and pressing update regenerates the tags. The labelling forms for SLAB (symbolic labels) and GLAB (General Labels) have been combined and redesigned to be dockable, so that they can be displayed all the time without obscuring the user’s view of the 2D drawing canvas. The main menu has been rationalised to show the new form, with the modify menu reduced and some of the attribute settings removed, as they are all covered in the new form.
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Use of the 3D features in DRAFT
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A 3D volume view is now available in DRAFT: it has similar properties to that in Design. This can be used to explore the 3D model and identify objects for drawing production. There are also 2 database browsers: for Draft and Design databases. The Design browser has a mouse shortcut menu option to add elements to the 3D view. You can also Drag-and-drop from the Design browser to the 3d view. Various improvements have been made to the usability of the 3D View at sp1, notably to the behaviour of the view frame and section plane features.
5.2.1 3D Commands DESADD & DESREM commands allow the Addition and Removal of Design elements to a 3D view gadget. These are similar to the ADD & REM commands in Design. The GENERATE MODEL command allows capture of a 2D view content and colour for addition to the 3D view. The GENERATE MODEL command allows capture of a 2D view content and colour for addition to the 3D view. A new IDLIST object is now available to transfer the 3D contents to the 2D IDLIST (ADDE and REME elements). A new SELECTION object provides a graphical aid of a 3D selection box. This is called using the mouse secondary button in the 3D view. A new VIEWFINDER object provides a graphical aid that represents the 2D view position, size and direction in the 3D view to allow interactive positioning of the 2D view through point and view direction.
5.2.2 3D user interface The new 3D view is similar to the 3D views in Design and may be initiated from these menus: 3D View... from the shortcut menu for the 2D view or Display > 3D View… from the main menu.
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Associated View
5.2.3 Managing 3D view content (Drawlist) (ToolTip 'Add to View') adds elements to the 2D Idlist and the 3D view. The Draft idlist ADDE elements are created at this time. This is done to help workflow so the user does not have to do an UPDATE DESIGN at this time. Updates could be done at anytime, even as a background process or overnight job. The element added to the idlist will generally be the current element, unless there is a multi selection active, when the selection will be added. Elements added to the ID List will be displayed in colour specified in the view representation rules. (Tooltip ‘Remove from View’) removes elements from the 2D Idlist and the 3D view. The Draft idlist REME elements are created at this time The element removed from the idlist will generally be the current element, unless there is a multi selection active, when the selection will be removed. (Tooltip ‘Show View Content...' ) Show a form displaying the 2d view Idlist (An UPDATE DESIGN may or not have been performed on this) . This button is a toggle button to show or hide the ID List Contents form.
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This toggle gadget on the form, when ticked, means that the Idlist will be amended appropriately when an element is added to (or removed from) the 3D view directly from the Design Explorer. This is seen in the 3D view in the correct representation colour. If the gadget is unticked, this means that the element is added to the 3D view only and the 2D Idlist is unchanged. Such items are added to the 3D view in grey colour. Therefore the significance of coloured items in the 3D view is that these items have been added to the idlist. Grey items in the 3D view indicates these items are in the 3D view but are not in the 2d idlist so even an Update Design will not recognise these elements.
5.2.4 Multi Selection The + and – buttons will add or remove the current element unless a Multi-selection has been made using the CTRL+pick or by dragging out a frame. A primary mouse button drag on the 3D view gadget will initiate a selection box as shown below. This allows the user to multi pick elements within or partially within a volume. The box can be resized by movement arrows indicated on each side of the box. The box can also be used as a clip box. Two separate examples are captured below.
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The following menu is presented when doing a secondary mouse button drag:-
When the box is displayed it appears as above. The box can be resized by dragging the arrows. Picking the arrows on the displayed selection box with a mouse click the following menu is shown.
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The background also has the following menu addition Clipping Planes On – This clips the graphics to the content of the selection box.
5.2.5 Scale control
The view scale can be specified using direct input or form. Any change of scale will be reflected in the 2D and 3D immediately. The Scale gadget displays a standard scale dialog to maintain a consistent feel in Draft.
5.2.6 UNDO/REDO Database marks have been included: 1. When an element is added to the View – The View Content form will be updated. 2. When an element is removed from the View – The View Content form will be updated.
5.2.7 Modify Star When the 3D View form initiates any database change such as: Change in scale; Add to View; Remove from View; Move viewfinder, (which modifies view through position) the form title changes from ‘3D View’ to ‘3D View*’ The * indicates that an Update Design is required using the Once the Update Design is done the * indicator is removed.
button.
5.2.8 3D to 2D (Update Design) (Tooltip 'Update 2D View from 3D view (i.e Update Design)') The Elements displayed in the 3D view that are in the IDlist can be transferred to a 2D view by simply pressing this button. At this time the user may be asked if he wishes to do an Update Design and warned that this can take a while. An Update can be done at this time or later by using the Background Process Manager.
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5.2.9 2D to 3D (Tooltip ‘Update 3D View from 2D View’) The contents of the current 2D view can be displayed in the 3D view by pressing this button. The associated view name is displayed next to this gadget. (Tooltip ‘Pick 2D View to associate to the 3D View’) This button can be used to retain the current 3D view contents, to be associate it to a different 2D view. The user is asked to identify a 2d view. This is useful when different views of similar content are required (e.g. Plan and Elevations)
5.2.10 Display of 2D view frame in the 3D view gadget
Figure 1
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5.2.11 Update control It is PDMS User interface philosophy not to have hidden UPDATE DESIGN operations. It is usually exposed so the user is aware that this is going to happen, because this can take some time to update. Therefore we have continued to separate this operation. The Update Gadget has 3 options: ‘On Demand’ meaning UPDATE DESIGN when the 3D to 2D button is pressed. ‘Background’ meaning UPDATE DESIGN as On Demand, by using the Background Process Utility . ‘Auto Update’ meaning UPDATE DESIGN dynamically when the 2D view changes (i.e. View Content, Scale, Direction, View Type, etc)
5.2.12 View Type
In the frame for update there is an option gadget to specify the type of view to be generated in the 2D. The options in the gadget are the full PDMS list of view types, ranging from Universal Hidden Line to Wireline. Selecting one of these will change the database. Note that section planes do not clip in wireline views.
5.2.13 Section Planes (Tooltip 'Show Section Planes') This toggle button activates the section planes and displays the Section Planes form. Note that section planes can be individually hidden or shown, so check settings on form.. (Tooltip ‘Indicate Section Plane clipping') This toggle indicates the clipping side of the section plane by graphically displaying a series of perpendicular lines behind the section plane.
5.2.14 Representation in 3D view It is possible to change the 3D representation, such as holes on/off, for 3D elements as in Design.
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5.2.15 Viewfinder Shortcut menu. Align Frame with 3D View – Used to modify the view direction. Adjust the 3d view to the desired view direction then use this option; and the view finder will snap to this new direction. Update Frame from 2D View – If the view has been changed using 2D appware the 3D could be out of date. Use this option to update the 3d view. Center Frame – Centres the frame in the centre of the view gadget. Rotate Frame > – Options for Up, Down, Left, Right which allow the view to be instantly inverted or turned through 90degrees. Resize Frame – (Toggle) Changes the mode of the View Finder so that is can be resized. (See the above section ‘Display of the 2D View in the 3D View gadget’ ) Lock Frame – This is a toggle that locks or unlocks the frame to prevent accidental movement of the view frame. There is always an undo option but the user may not be aware he has moved the frame. Hide Frame – Hides the frame by making it invisible. To reshow the frame there is a Show Frame option on the view background menu. Auto Update – If this toggle is on then each time the frame is moved, an Update Design is done. This should be used sensibly depending on view content because large data will take a long time to process. Frame Colour > White, Orange, Blue, Green, Magenta, Cyan, Yellow – Changes the frame colour to the selected colour toggle. The current colour will be ticked. Translucent Frame – Gives the frame a background translucency or no background. A translucent frame is easier to pick but can partially obscure some of the content.
5.2.16 3D view Shortcut menu additions related to view finder. Look >Through View Finder – This is a quick way to change the 3d view direction to look squarely through the view finder. View Finder>Show Frame – Reshows the view finder frame (The hide option is on the view finder menu itself) Highlight Frame – Highlights the view finder frame by flashing it. Similar to the Highlight CE in 2D view. Center Frame – Centres the frame in the centre of the view gadget.
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5.3
Template drawings Create>New Drawing from Template… utility. Key Features: •
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If the user is not at the correct hierarchal position, position, the system will attempt to navigate to an appropriate place to create a drawing, and ask the user to confirm if necessary.
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Templates made from DRWG or DRTMPL are valid.
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The Selection of the Template is more visual.
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5.4
The utility does not require the input of a name for the new drawing.
Once the drawing has been created, the user can then utilise the 3D view to define the view contents. See below. New ‘Drawing’ creation and New ‘Drawing Sheet’ creation are allowed. Default names or user names are allowed.
Section planes The User can now create, edit and view section planes in a 3D model window from within Draft, before adding these to a drawing view. This makes it easier for the user to work with section planes, but does not affect the existing working working methods. It does improve the presentation presentation of section plane information and their effect on the drawing. The Section Planes Planes window is initiated initiated from the 3D View View window. It enables the creation and editing of section planes, both simple and stepped, and their associated clipping lists.
5.4.1 Improvements for *sp3* Several improvements have been made to the operation of section planes, including: •
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Planes are now shown on the 2D view at same time as on the 3D view. There is now a new menu option (keyboard shortcut C) to cause an extra step to close the stepped plane profile. The axes and the drag plane can now be used to align the section plane to a feature.
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5.5
The Modify Section form now updates the 3D view when Apply is pressed. For example, if the plane is flipped, this is now shown in the 3D view.
Background processes Certain PDMS commands may take a long time to complete. PDMS 11.6 introduces a background process manager (BPM) for managing the UPDATE DESIGN command. This technology may be extended to other processes in future releases of PDMS. When the background process is updating a particular view, it is possible for the user to edit another view on the sheet. That is, there is no contention between the foreground and background processes. The BPM does NOT need to be active at the same time as the main PDMS session. For example, the user can submit any number of UPDATE DESIGN jobs and then exit before the BPM is started. The two processes are completely independent so that the BPM can run overnight, for for example. However, once a BPM BPM job has completed completed a PDMS session must of course be started to refresh the the updated element. Picture files are not updated directly by the BPM.
5.6
AutoCAD integration with Final Designer PDMS 11.6 will bring a new option for the final production of AutoCAD drawings: first release is expected with the next service pack of PDMS 11.6. The new Final Designer product product enables users to export their Draft drawing sheets to AutoCAD with links to the Draft database maintained. maintained. It is anticipated that users will continue to develop drawing sheets in PDMS Draft and make use of the automation features: when a drawing sheet is ready for final design it will be exported to AutoCAD. An exported drawing sheet can be accessed accessed through PDMS PDMS Draft by by navigating to the sheet and opening it. The sheet is displayed in an AutoCAD session for viewing or further editing. editing. Within AutoCAD, users users can add dimensions, labels, intelligent text and 2D primitives. Where applicable, annotation can be attached to P-points or P-lines enabling the annotation to be updated when the design graphics change. If Design graphics change, they can be updated in the same way as standard Draft views: the changes are shown on the AutoCAD sheet. Creation, deletion and modification of annotation in AutoCAD are communicated to PDMS Draft so that the database links are maintained, however, full details of the definition definition are not communicated. communicated. This means
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that, for annotation created or modified in AutoCAD, the AutoCAD sheet stores the up-to-date definition. Automation features in PDMS Draft should continue continue to work on AutoCAD sheets with the exception exception of any commands commands that require require interaction with the Draft picture file such as ID commands.
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UNDO/REDO
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This is now available in DRAFT.
5.8
Pipe Sketch ADP
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Automatic Drawing Production Production (ADP) has has a new option option to produce produce pipe sketches automatically using production-checked pipe-spool data from the Design application. The sketches include dimensioned scale drawings of a pipe spool along with tables of relevant manufacturing data. Pipe Sketch drawings are based on a Template Drawing, which contains views and layers like any other Draft Template; for other Drawing information information the Template Drawing references a Backing Sheet. Users will generally have their own Sketch Templates for Pipe Sketches.
5.8.1 Producing Pipe Sketches To produce pipe sketches, you have first to navigate to a suitable level in the design hierarchy and get a list of the spools for that level. Pipe Sketches are produced using a form, which is invoked from the main menu by choosing the Create> Pipe Sketches… option. The first time this is displayed, there will be a default AVEVA Template in the Template field and a default log file name in the log file field. When the form is applied the current settings of the Registry, Template and Log File are written to a defaults file for use the next time the form is displayed: this file is %pdmsuser%/PipeSketches. %pdmsuser%/PipeSketches.pmldat. pmldat.
5.8.2 How to Use the Pipe Sketches Form The form allows you to filter by name then select from the list of pipespools for which you want to create sketches. After you have identified the template to use for the sketches and a place in the Draft database to store the generated sketches you can generate the sketches.
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5.8.2.1
Design Element to Search Under
This is the name of the root design element, which must be either a Zone or a Pipe. You can populate the field using the CE button or by typing in the name. The system validates all typed input. If you use the CE button, the text box displays the name and the form initialises. 5.8.2.2
Filter the spools using
This lets you filter the pipe spools under the root element according to various criteria. When you’ve selected the criteria, click the Search button to execute them. includes spools with names matching the text you enter, either wholly or partially. offers three options in a drop-down list: : Matches all spools, both validated and not validated. : Matches only spools valid for production. : Matches only spools not valid for production. offers three options in a drop-down list: : Matches all spools, with and without pipe sketches. : Matches only spools with pipe sketches. : Matches only spools without pipe sketches.
5.8.2.3 Search Results This list is a collection of all the pipe spool elements of the of the root element, filtered by the criteria above. The system processes only pipe spools selected in this list when you click . The results should be self-explanatory; however, the list also has a pop-up menu,
accessed by clicking the secondary mouse button anywhere in the list area:
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: Selects all pipe spools in the list. : Unselects all pipe spools in the list. : Print the selected sketch. : Delete the selected sketch.
5.8.2.4 Display Button and Arrow Controls Click on Display to add a sketch of the selected pipe spools to the working list of sheets for display, although you can display only one sheet at a time. To navigate up and down the list, use the up- and down-arrow icons.
5.8.2.5 Sketch Creation Options These options are at the bottom of the form: – This must be an existing DRWG element that can be used as a template for the pipe sketch drawings. — This top CE button (denoted DRWG) allows for quick capture of the current drawing. — The named element must be an existing REGIstry element into which the system puts all new pipe sketch drawings. — This bottom CE button (denoted REGI) allows for quick capture of the current registry. — The system records progress of the creation process as text that can be written to file. This field shows the file name the system will write to. The system overwrites this file if it already exists. – Invokes a standard browse form to let you select a log file.
5.8.2.6 Create Sketches The
button sets the process in action.
A message should appear in the status bar to record progress, e.g. ‘Generate Pipe Sketch n of N’. When the system has created the pipe sketches it adds them to the Draft Explorer.
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5.8.3 Pipe Sketch Administration The system creates pipe sketches on templates and backing sheets you can define yourself using the powerful facilities of the PipeSketch object. 5.8.3.1 Backing Sheet
The Pipe Sketch references the Backing Sheet, which is generally userdefined. It is a standard backing sheet containing the drawing title block, with drawing data displayed via intelligent text, e.g. #DATE and #:UDA_Name etc. In addition to the standard title block, the backing sheet is used to identify and locate ‘TABLES’ that are used on the Pipe Sketch. These tables are identified by: function ‘MTO’
SpPurpose ‘TABLE’ or SpPurpose ‘CELLS’
function ‘BENDING’
SpPurpose ‘TABLE’ or SpPurpose ‘CELLS’
function ‘BENDINGA
SpPurpose ‘TABLE’ or SpPurpose ‘CELLS’
function ‘WELDING
SpPurpose ‘TABLE’ or SpPurpose ‘CELLS’
function ‘ASSEMBLY
SpPurpose ‘TABLE’ or SpPurpose ‘CELLS’
function ‘ENDPOINT
SpPurpose ‘TABLE’ or SpPurpose ‘CELLS’
5.8.3.2 Tables
In database terms the Table is a NOTE of the Backing Sheet (BACK). There are two notes required, one for the Table headings and one for the Table cells. Both notes are positioned at the same point. For example: BACK named /DRA/MAS/BACKS/PipeSketch/A4 SETST NOTE named */ExampleTable function ‘ENDPOINT SpPurpose ‘TABLE’ NOTE named */ExampleCells function ‘ENDPOINT SpPurpose ‘CELLS’
The example below is a table defined on a backing sheet. Although this table is visible in the view, it will in practice have its visibility flag (LVIS) set to false. The reason is that this table is copied onto the Pipe Sketch Drawing then the cells of the table are populated with data from the actual Pipe Spool.
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XYPOS of the Tables (NOTE)
The figure below shows the table in situ on the final pipe Sketch Drawing.
5.8.3.3 MTO Tables The figure shows the MTO/Material Take-off tables on the backing sheet. On this type of table the ‘cells’ data need to be attributes of the Pipe Spool elements, e.g. DTXR and MTXR attributes as used in the Description and Material columns.
5.8.3.4 Other Tables
Bending, Bending Activities, Automatic Welding, Assembly Activities and End Points tables are similar.
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5.8.4 Styles All Drawing Styles and Representations are inherited from the template drawing. These include the View Representations, text colours and font size for Labels and Dimensions.
5.8.5 Common Object The system uses one pipeSketches object that does all the work to produce Pipe Sketch Drawings. This is so you do not have to use the form and graphics mode to produce a batch of drawings. The common object is a global instance of an object called !!pipeSketch. 5.8.5.1 Key Members: Type
Comment
DBREF
Must be an existing Registry – REGI element
DBREF
Must be an existing Drawing – DRWG element
DBREF
Must the an existing Pipe Spool – PSPOOL element
Type
Comment
FILE
The Form or User must write and read this file
STRING
Default is ‘DR’
STRING
Default is ‘S’
5.8.5.2 Optional members
5.8.5.3 Other Members set and used in the background by the system:
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STRING
Will always be ‘drawing’ or ‘drtmpl’
ARRAY
System records the Pipe Pieces of the Pipe Spool
DBREF
System records the new drawing
DBREF
System records the new sheet
DBREF
System records the backing sheet being used
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ARRAY
Array of strings read from backing sheet MTO table
ARRAY
Array of comment strings that user or form can read)
5.8.6 Log Messages To write any message to the Log Data from any PML function use: !!pipeSketchesLog(‘Text of your choice’)
To clear the messages from the Log Data use: !!pipeSketch.emptyLogData()
To write to the log file use: !!pipeSketch.logFile = object FILE(‘%PDMSUSER%/pipeSketches.txt’) !!pipeSketch.openLogFile() !!pipeSketch.writeLogFile() – write the contents of .logData to the .logFile !!pipeSketch.closeLogFile()
5.8.7 Table Definition Example Under a Backing Sheet: BACK /ExampleBack SETST
Create NOTEs NEW NOTE */---Table SETST FUNC ‘---’ SpPurpose TABLE
Set the XYpos and usual attributes for text size colour etc. Create and name TEXP and STRA elements under the note. In the example below there are 4 TEXP elements and 7 STRA elements (Shown in Black) NEW NOTE */---Cells SETST FUNC ‘---’ SpPurpose TABLE
Set the XYpos and usual attributes for text size colour etc. Create and name TEXP and STRA elements under the note. In the example there are 3 TEXP and 1 STRA elements (Shown in red):
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NB. The */ColumnLine1 direction of ‘From Point’ and ‘To Point’ defines the direction of the rows.
5.8.8 Dimensions Dimensioning is controlled from the Template Drawing: A VIEW will be dimensioned only if it has a LAYER with a PURPose of ‘DIMA’. If this layer exists, the dimensions go into that layer. The style of the dimension will be cascaded from the owning layer.
5.8.9 Tags Tagging is controlled from the Template Drawing: A VIEW will be tagged only if it has a LAYER with a PURPose of ‘LABA’. If this layer exists, the tags will go into that layer. The style of the tag will be cascaded from the owning layer, or taken from a symbol template in the case of component tags. A typical symbol may look like this:
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To control how the components of the Pipe Spool are tagged. : A LAYER with PURPose of ‘LABA’ must own a TASK element with a SpPurpose of ‘TAGDEF’ which owns 4 Task Parameter elements (TKPARA) with FUNCtion equal to ‘TEMPLATE’, ‘OFFSET’, ‘TPEN’ and ‘FPEN’ and suitable TPVALUEs. For example: LAYER TASK TKPARA FUNC ‘TEMPLATE’ TKPARA ‘/MySymbol’ TKPARA FUNC ‘OFFSET’ TKPARA ’10 10’ TKPARA FUNC ‘TPEN’ TKPARA ‘1’ TKPARA FUNC ‘FPEN’ TKPARA ‘11’
When tagging views, the system will create a Symbolic Label (SLAB) for each component, using the attributes of the above task parameters. : A LAYER with PURPose of ‘LABA’ must own a TASK element with a SpPurpose of 'ARRLAB' which owns 6 Task Parameter elements (TKPARA) and specific FUNCtions and suitable TPVALUEs. For example LAYER TASK TKPARA FUNC ‘Top Side’ TKPARA ‘On’ TKPARA FUNC ‘Bottom Side’ TKPARA ‘Off’ TKPARA FUNC ‘Left Side’ TKPARA ‘On’ TKPARA FUNC ‘Right Side TKPARA ‘On’ TKPARA FUNC ‘Margin’ TKPARA ‘5’ TKPARA FUNC ‘Minimum Gap’ TKPARA ‘1’
When tagging views the system will arrange the Label around the view, using the attributes of the above task parameters.
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Parameterised Property Attributes
6.1
Introduction
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Weight and Centre of Gravity calculations use CWEI & UWEI attributes in the Property Database. Until PDMS 11.6.SP4, these attributes were of type literal; they have now been extended to allow the use of Design Parameters. This should be especially useful for highly parameterised catalogues, such as those used typically for HVAC & Pipe Supports.
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Property attributes affected
*sp4*
The following Property attributes can now be parameterised: For CMPD & TUBD elements: CWEI, CIWE, UWEI, UIWE, ACBO, BTOL, WTOL, WDIA, SHAP, PRFC, CORA, EFAC, PWAS, BFLE & OUTD These can be set with standard expression syntax such as: Cweight ( ATTRIB PARA[2 ] + ATTRIB PARA[3 ] ) Outdiameter ( ATTRIB PARA[1 ] + ATTRIB DESP[1 ] )
Existing syntax is still valid, for example: UWEI 2.5
The following pseudo attributes have been updated to use the parameterised properties: BRWEIG
BRANCH WEIGHT
BRIWEI
BRANCH INSULATED WEIGHT
BRWWEI
BRANCH WET WEIGHT
BRWIWE
BRANCH WET INSULATED WEIGHT
BRIARE
BRANCH INTERNAL SURFACE AREA
BREARE
BRANCH EXTERNAL SURFACE AREA
WALLTH
TUBE WALL THICKNESS
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design element which indirectly references the property component such as a branch or hanger member. It has a qualifier of the property attribute to be evaluated and can be queried using the syntax: Q PROPRE OUTD
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Upgrade Requirement
*sp4*
Warning: Users’ DARS and PML applications will need upgrading if parameterised properties are used.
Prior to SP4, a DARs program had to navigate to the relevant CMPD or TUBD element and then query the real attribute, in order to obtain a property for a piping component or similar. DARS has been updated so that this still works for either existing data or for simple expressions; however, it will give the wrong answer if more complex expressions are used. The type of expression that will not work is one which uses PARA or DESP while a simple expression is similar to (33.5 * 8.6) To upgrade any such DARs applications, use the pseudo attribute PROPRE of the Design element, with the qualifier of the property required.
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Admin enhancements for Global
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Querying Remote databases
*sp4*
The Remote File Details and Remote Last Session form can be invoked in two ways: Either
Or
From Admin Main Query menu bar:
Popup menu in Admin Element form:
Query>Project>Remote Filedetails… Remote Last Session…
Query>Remote Filedetails… Remote Last Session…
Figure 1
Figure 2
Selecting the Remote Filedetails option displays the form below. The main function of this form is to get the file details of one or more databases for the current or any other location.
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Selecting the Remote Last Session option displays a similar form with results relevant to the last session:
In both forms, the Location option lists all the online (not offline) locations. On selecting a location, all the databases of that location will be listed. If the Daemon of the selected location is not working, the Apply button is de-activated and the status of daemon will appear adjacent to the button. While the system establishes connection with the Daemon of the selected location, the status file informs the user. Select one or more databases from the list and press the Apply button. Now the resulting file detail or session detail of the selected database(s) is listed on the right of the form, along with the database name – see below. VANTAGE PDMS Version 11.6.SP5 User Bulletin
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Results can be stored by entering a file name and pressing the Report button.
Sort by and Filter gadgets work in a similar manner to those in the admin forms. •
If the daemon is not in contact for the selected location, the Apply button is de-activated and an error shown adjacent to it, as shown below. The Test Communication… button is an additional utility to check the Communication status of the daemon, so that the user can check it before selecting the Location. This shows the Test Project Communication form. •
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Purge Transaction commands
*sp4*
A facility for purging transactions is now available from the Command Transactions Form.
This will display the Command transactions form:
Selecting the Purge/Merge transactions DB tab will show:
The Left hand side only of the Form gets changed.
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Transactions may be purged based on the result and/or age of the transaction. The option Older than is provided to enter the age of transactions that will be included for purging: this should be in the range of 1 to 365 days. The Purge Transactions DB button will action the Purge, once the appropriate details have been selected. The options ALL / SUCCESS / FAILURE are available for the Purge option. Selecting ALL will delete all transactions which are not in progress older than the specified age. Selecting SUCCESS or FAILURE will purges only Passed or Failed commands as appropriate. Redundant owning elements will also be deleted. Merge Transaction DB will merge the transaction DB of the current location. This will have no effect unless the database has been purged or commands have been deleted interactively. The Command transactions form is available in other modules, but does not have the Purge transactions frame.
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User Interface enhancements
*sp5*
For full details, please refer to the AVEVA Global 2.5 User Bulletin.
7.3.1 Admin elements Form
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On the Database drop-down: Display the Primary Location
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Sort on Location
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Filter Primary and Secondary Databases
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View Data for read-only Satellites
7.3.2 DB Allocation (By Location/By Database) Forms
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Filter on Primary/Secondary locations
7.3.3 Create DB Form
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Display underlying database type
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Widen Description Textbox
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7.3.4 Create Location Form
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Display available Parents/Groups/Administrating Locations on the same form
7.3.5 Extract Control Form
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PING button to check Global Communications Feedback on action button to indicate a command has been received
7.3.6 Main Tool bar
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Lock/Isolate radio gadget removed from the Main Tool Bar – now available under Remote Menu Status of Lock/Isolate is still indicated on the Tool Bar
7.3.7 DICE Form
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Filter on Primary/Secondary Locations
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Display more Databases
7.3.8 Transaction Command Timings Form
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Default Settings should be more efficient
7.3.9 Create MDB Form
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Display Primary Location of the Database
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Feedback when Data has been modified
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Enhance the Filter on the DB List
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View more Databases within the lists
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Customisation
8.1
Application switching The application switching mechanism in Design, Draft and Paragon has been changed to remove the need to swap the main form when changing application and to make it easier for the user to make additions to the appware. An object provides more control over the display of forms in different applications. PML add-ins are available in PDMS 11.6. An add-in can: •
appear as an application on the main PDMS menu bar;
•
define menus and toolbars;
•
add menu fields and toolbars to applications;
•
remove menu fields from applications;
•
cause functions to be run when starting or switching between applications.
Each existing application is implemented as a PML add-in. It is important to make a distinction between an add-in that defines an application and other add-ins. An application appears on the Applications menu and can be switched to, whereas an add-in simply provides a means of adding functionality to the module. Information on how a user may upgrade existing applications and define PML add-ins and control form display/reloading can be found in the PDMS Software Customisation Guide Chapter 24 – PML Add-ins.
8.2
Forms & Menus (PML) Enhancements An improved Gadget Set for PDMS 11.6 provides: Docking forms in the PDMS Application Framework Definition of intelligent resizable forms Toolbar definition in the PDMS Application Framework Tabbed multi-page form definition User-defined menu field names Menu and menu bar editing enhancements • • • • • •
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Other miscellaneous enhancements.
1. DIALOG forms are floating by default, but may be declared docking. Docking dialogs are necessarily resizable and can be docked to an edge of the PDMS Application Framework. Docked dialogs can be specified as docked, or can appear floating and then be docked interactively. 2. DOCUMENT forms are MDI children by default, and as such will be constrained within the PDMS Application Framework MDI client frame. However they may be interactively floated outside the MDI so that they can be dragged off onto the second screen of a twin screen installation. Similarly a floating dialog can be interactively ‘unfloated’, i.e. once again constrained within the MDI frame. 3. The layout of resizable forms has been improved by exposing WinForms properties properties Dock and Anchor Anchor on most F&M gadgets. gadgets. In particular, a frame gadget itself has Dock and Anchor properties, and may own other frame frame gadgets. gadgets. The gadget Dock and Anchor Anchor attributes attributes permit the definition of intelligent position and resize behaviour when its container gadget gadget resizes. The net effect is to allow multiple resizable gadgets on a form and predictable and potentially complex resize behaviour. behaviour. Existing resize behaviour behaviour has been maintained. maintained. 4. The Frame gadget is now a genuine container for all gadgets defined within its scope. This permits easy easy management management of properties properties such as visibility for all its its children. It also supports supports various frame types, types, which allow the definition of toolbars in Main forms and Tabbed Pages within Dialogs and Documents. 5. Menu field names and Menu and Menu bar enhancements are supported as a basis for menu editing for sub-applications and Add-ins. to support PML defined main menus for Add-ins to support PDMS core-code to take over main menus • •
•
to support enhanced menu editing
to support enhanced Bar-menu editing 5. Miscellaneous enhancements enhancements Every gadget has a VISIBLE property, which can be queried and set via PML. Graphical view gadgets now have BACKGROUND and HIGHLIGHT methods to query the view background and highlight colours as colour-name strings. Previously only pix-mapped buttons supported toggle behaviour, i.e. on/off state with visual differentiation: differentiation: this has been extended to allow toggle button behaviour for all buttons. •
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Further PML (Forms & Menus) changes
*sp1*
Further improvements improvements to PML forms & menus capability for this service pack are noted here: full details are given in the two PDMS Software Customisation Manuals, which have been updated and expanded.
8.3.1 Gadget layout management It is difficult to predict the extent of gadgets which have a displayed Tag attribute, because the size depends on the particular tag string. This is made worse for gadgets whose content is also defined by a string (or strings) rather than by an explicit width and height specification, e.g. TEXT, OPTION, RGROUP. Determining the width as the number of characters in a string multiplied by the grid size (notional character size for the font) is not satisfactory because typically a mostly lower case string of 10 characters say, only occupies about 60-70% of the 10 X notional character spaces. Thus it usually results in lots of blank space, but for pictorial fonts, such as Korean and Japanese, where the characters tend to be wide it may cause truncation or wrap-round wrap-round of the displayed string. 8.3.1.1 Tagwidth and and ButtonWidth attributes
The introduction of an optional Tag width specification for TEXT, OPTION, RGROUP and TOGGLE gadgets and ButtonWidth attribute for RGROUP gives the user (and F&M) more control over the size of gadgets, independent of any string content and is upwards compatible. This allows the Appware writer the possibility of removing the unwanted ‘empty’ space in gadget tags and radio groups and greatly improves alignment possibilities with other gadgets. 8.3.1.2 Relative Gadget Gadget Extent Extent specification
Form layout syntax has been extended to allow gadget size specification specification relative to the size of previously defined gadgets on the form. This mechanism makes it easier to construct forms in which the widths and/or heights of various gadgets need to be the same as one another. The combination of tag width specification and gadget relative size specification greatly improves the ability to produce predictable form layouts. This is particularly particularly important for the construction of intelligent resizable forms, where the static layout must be correct, but may never actually be seen because of resizing during the first display.
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8.3.1.3 Button Width and Height specification
New Button Width and Height specification specification allows the Appware writer to remove the unwanted ‘empty’ space in Buttons and greatly improves alignment possibilities with other gadgets. 8.3.1.4 New ‘No gadget gadget auto-alignment’ property property for Forms
Traditionally PML Forms have the notion of a set of linear gadgets, namely BUTTON, TOGGLE, TEXT, OPTION, single line PARGRAPH and horizontal RGROUP with no tag. These are gadgets which fit within 1 vertical grid unit, and which are pseudo-centre-aligned pseudo-centre-aligned with each other when displayed. This pseudo-alignment gives sensible layout for simple forms for PATH RIGHT (the default) and PATH LEFT, but introduces small errors in all other circumstances. circumstances. A new form setup keyword noalign has been introduced, which prevents this (historical) gadget auto-alignment from happening. If proper centrealignment of gadgets is required for horizontal layout paths then the VALIGN CENTRE command command should should be used, which applies applies accurately to all gadget types. This NoAlign setting is recommended recommended when designing new PML forms.
8.3.2 Form enhancements 8.3.2.1 New QUIT callback
Forms now have a QUIT callback which allows intelligent support of the Quit/Close icon on the title bar of forms and the main application window.
8.3.3 New SLIDER gadget This allows the interactive generation generation of an integer value in a specified range (see the border controls on 3D views). Vertical and horizontal sliders are supported.
8.3.4 New radio group facility It has become apparent that quite a lot of Appware overlays the radio group gadgets (RGROUP and the deprecated deprecated RADIO) with other gadgets e.g. toggles, texts, buttons, options to allow qualification qualification of the selected option. The Customisation User Guide and Reference Manual warn repeatedly that overlaying gadgets is bad practice and unpredictable, unpredictable, but it is not possible to include other gadgets within an existing radio group gadget. We have extended the Frame gadget to have a radio group VANTAGE PDMS Version 11.6.SP5 User Bulletin
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property, and introduced a new radio button gadget, the Rtoggle, which can only be added to Frames. The totality of radio buttons defined within the Frame will act as a radio group. Any other gadgets can be added to the Frame in the normal way.
8.3.5 List gadget enhancements 8.3.5.1 Multi-selection list – new Start_Batch and Stop_Batch events
Multi-selection lists may now generate a batch of events. The metaevents START and STOP are now raised to bracket the set of UNSELECT and the set of SELECT meta-events. Any programmatic modification to the list’s content or selections should only be made at the STOP batch event. 8.3.5.2 New ADD methods for List and Selector gadgets
The methods ADD have been added to allow a single new entry to be appended to the current set.
8.3.6 Option gadget enhancements 8.3.6.1 Scrolling of text within display field Option gadgets
The current value for a textual option gadget, shown within the display field, can now be scrolled so that all of it can be seen. This enables users to specify a gadget display width smaller than the drop-down list string lengths. 8.3.6.2 New ADD methods for the Option gadget
The methods ADD have been added to allow a single new entry to be appended to the Option gadget’s drop-down list.
8.3.7 Miscellaneous 8.3.7.1 New FMSYS method to load/get a Form by name
Allows force loading of form definition and/or the ability to get a form object from its name. 8.3.7.2 New Modified event for Text gadgets
The Text gadget now supports a MODIFIED event (action string).
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8.3.7.3 Control of RGROUP radio-button active status
The methods setActive have been added to allow control of the active (greyed-in) status of individual radio buttons of the RGROUP gadget. 8.3.7.4 Query background colour name using the .Background() method.
Most gadgets now support this method. 8.3.7.5 ‘SHOWN’ event for tabbed forms
For frames which are tabbed pages within a Tabset frame, F&M now generates a ‘SHOWN’ event whenever the user interactively selects a new tab. The event is only fired for tabbed page frames which have a PMLOpen callback defined. This is so that we don’t upset the current use of the frame as Rgroup SELECT event, which can be applicable to tabbed pages but can be handled via a simple (non-Open) callback. If you want to manage tabbed pages which also contain RToggles, then you must supply an open callback so that you can differentiate the SELECT (rtoggle) event and the (page) SHOWN event.
8.4
Internationalisation Several improvements have been carried out to improve the availability of local language support in PDMS. Further work is planned for future releases, when the whole handling of local languages is due to be updated in line with Windows standards including Unicode UTF8 character handling throughout. At this stage, the languages supported are as PDMS 11.5: details are given in the Installation guide . However, the new .NET GUI does work in a slightly different manner, so some of the recommendations are now more important. Use of local languages is supported for use in PDMS names and text, but not for PDMS word attributes – this affects things such as SKEY, PKEY, COCO etc. – or for username or password. They are not recommended for use in filenames: if used, macros are more likely to work if run using $M ‘’ this syntax: rather than:
8.5
$M /
Localisation Many of the PDMS user interface gadgets are now defined using Microsoft’s .NET, so they may be handled by some of the new tools.
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Localisation deals with customizing data and resources for a specific culture or locale language. All .NET Add-ins (Explorer, Explorer Settings, Reference List, DrawList, and My Data) are localizable in that all text and context menu strings are defined in a binary resource file. This file is called PDMSResources.resources and lives alongside PDMSResources.dll i.e. the %PDMSEXE% directory. It is created from the xml file PDMSResources.resx using the .Net utility RESGEN. PDMSResources.resources is the default resource name. This is the resource file that the .NET runtime will look for when running PDMS - if there are no language-specific resource files available. If there is a resource file that matches the current culture then PDMS will use this. In order to customise the Add-ins the user can either modify the default resource or create a resource file for the intended culture. For example, to create a resource file for UK English culture (culture Name: en-GB) copy the default resource file PDMSResources.resx to PDMSResources.en-GB.resx and modify the copied file.
8.6
PML Encryption
*sp4*
PML encryption is a new option available to use with PDMS 11.6.sp4 and future releases of PDMS. It is intended to allow PML developers to issue their applications for general use without disclosing the ‘source code’ and hence the details of the techniques used.
8.6.1 Decryption PDMS 11.6.sp4 onwards can run PML files that are encrypted using AVEVA’s pmlencrypt utility. The resulting PML files can no longer be read or edited but no special action is required to run them in PDMS.
8.6.2 Encryption The pmlencrypt utility is a separate program that encrypts PML files. It is up to the user to decide which file(s) he wishes to protect in this way, though it should be used only on PML functions, objects forms and macros and not, for example, images that might be stored in the same directory. It requires a PML Publisher licence in the license file (the feature name is VPD-PMLPUBLISHER). Please refer to the user guide for full details.
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8.6.3 Buffering Decrypting a PML file takes longer than reading a plain-text version, and in some circumstances PML files may be re-read many times during a session. (A new command PML STATISTICS displays information on the numbers of times each file has been read and some extra information useful to AVEVA when testing the Published PML facilities). In order to reduce the time taken to re-read the files Published PML files may contain a buffering directive in the header-line (the first line in the file). If a dash and a number are included directly after the three-digit encryption algorithm id, then PDMS will retain the file in memory indefinitely once it has been read that many times. You may wish to edit heavily used files to add buffering to the header by hand, or may use the –buffer 5 option of pmlencrypt.exe to include a “buffer after five reads” tag in each file encrypted. A value of five is a good number to start with. Many files are read precisely once during module start up: there is little benefit in buffering those files, and a value of five will avoid that, but apply to all heavily used files. If a file you are actively developing has a header including buffering, it will not be re-read as often as you are used to. To force all buffered files to be cleared from memory if they are not in current use you can issue the PML REHASH or PML INDEX commands, or switch modules.
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Summary Great effort has been made to maintain upwards compatibility between the current and previous versions, while introducing major changes. The following are known potentially non-upwards compatible changes.
9.2
Functional changes at 11.6 The button gadget method !button.val returns type Boolean rather than type String. Note this is in line with the documented behaviour, but is a change from the previous actual behaviour. A menu can no longer be referenced from several different places in the Main menu system, i.e. the menu bar hierarchy of a form. If users have made use of this, they will need to duplicate the shared menus. This should be restricted to the form definition and is essentially a cut and paste job. An attempt to reference a menu more than once will cause an error alert to be raised. The restriction on the Shortcut menu system is that a given menu can be called from different shortcut trees, but cannot be used more than once in a single shortcut tree. Infringing this will cause an error alert to be raised. A menu cannot now be used both as a Shortcut menu and as a Main menu. If users have made use of this, they will need to duplicate the shared menus. Infringing this will cause an error alert to be raised. Remember the recommendation to set the menu usage mode of all shortcut menus to ‘POPUP’. We have removed the menu and menu bar Marker field facility. The Marker is an invisible field which acts as a reference point for the Clear methods of Bar and Menu. If this facility has been used then it should be replaced by use of the named menu fields and the Menu and Bar editing enhancements. The ability to assign a user defined Shortcut menu to the TEXT gadget has been withdrawn, because it clashes with the default ‘Edit’ shortcut which allows standard cut, copy and paste actions on the text field.
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Layout changes at 11.6 The spacing between radio buttons within the RGROUP gadget must now be set explicitly rather than being derived from the VDIST and HDIST setting in operation at the point of definition. We have switched to using variably spaced fonts to improve the overall appearance of the user interface. This has produced various layout changes, because the form co-ordinate grid size is determined by the ‘nominal’ character size for the font. The actual size of a given character is rarely equal to this nominal size. Most lower case characters are smaller than the nominal size (a, e, i, o, u, j, l, p etc.) whilst a few lower case characters, numerics and upper case characters are often bigger than the nominal size (m, W, M, K, 2, 3 etc.). In particular the space character may well be relatively small. These relationships also differ for different font families. Thus, for a string of, say, 10 characters, the actual display length is generally shorter than 10 grid spaces, but may be longer if most of the character are Big (i.e. larger than the font nominal size). This has a number of repercussions: 1. The 'Width' specification for a gadget is the number of grid units assigned to the gadget, not the number of characters that it can hold. Often the gadget will be able to accommodate more characters than ‘width’, but if the characters are all Big then it will accommodate fewer than ‘width’. Some adjustment may be needed to existing Appware to reflect this change. 2. A similar situation exists for gadget Tag text. The space assigned for the tag text is determined as (number of tag characters multiplied by the grid unit size), not by the actual size of the tag string. This supports the use of padding tags with trailing spaces to achieve left alignment of a column of gadgets, i.e. all the gadgets to be aligned should be given tags with the same number of characters in their tag texts. For existing Appware, there may be a few cases where gadget tags have a high proportion of Big characters, and additional trailing spaces will need to be added to prevent tht displayed tag being truncated or wrapping round. 3. A similar situation exists for paragraph gadgets whose width is set by the ‘Text’ keyword, e.g. para .p1 Text|WAM|. In this example it is probable that an extra trailing space will need to be added to the string to prevent truncation. 4. The form title no longer contributes to the extent of the form, so forms with long titles may now be shorter. 5. The menu bar size calculation is factored down because menu fields tend to have few upper case and numeric characters. The menu bar contributes to the form extent, so forms with long menu bars may now be shorter. For dialog forms with a menu bar only and no gadgets, it is recommended to declare the form ‘Resizable’ if possible, or to pre-
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specify its minimum size to ensure that all the menu bar fields actually appear.
9.4
Functional changes
*sp1*
9.4.1 Multi-selection list – Extra Start and Stop meta-events. At PDMS11.6 we introduced support for Extended Selection Mode for multi-selection lists, whereby CTRL and SHFT keys can qualify the list selection. As a result a whole set of UNSELECT events followed by a whole set of SELECT events can result from a single (atomic) user action. These events are presented in sequence, but Appware cannot tell where the sequence starts or ends. At PDMS11.6, problems may arise if a multi-selection list is programmatically changed during the list callback. Modifying the list content or its selection during the sequence can cause unexpected results or even software crashes. At PDMS11.6Sp1 we nave introduced new START and STOP batch actions to bracket the sequence of UNSELECT and SELECT event actions. For maximum upwards compatibility, the START and STOP batch actions are only notified to PML if the user has assigned an open callback, since this is the only way that different event types (actions) can be differentiated. Please see the PDMS Software Customisation manuals for more information. Appware which used simple callbacks and worked at PDMS11.6 will continue to work because START and STOP events will not be notified to it. Appware which used open callbacks and worked at PDMS11.6 will continue to work if the SELECT and UNSELECT meta-events were explicitly differentiated in the callback, as shown below, because the new START and STOP events will be ignored. Define method .list Selectio nChanged( !list i s GADGET, !action i s STRING ) ... if( !actio n eq ‘SELECT’ ) then ... elseif( !actio n eq ‘UNSELECT’ then ... endif ... endmethod
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If you experience a change in behaviour, then you may need to rewrite your callback to explicitly handle the new START and STOP events and modify the list content or its selection only on receiving the STOP event action. For newly written Appware we strongly advise the use of open callbacks to service multi-selection list gadgets!
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Layout changes
*sp1*
The following changes may well not be apparent for most forms which have been defined by relative gadget placement (as recommended) The start position for an OPTION gadget has moved left by 1 grid unit. The width of an OPTION gadget with unspecified width and content has decreased. The extent of a TEXT gadget with no tag has decreased by 1 grid unit. The extent of an RGROUP gadget set by a long title (rather than by the size of its included buttons) has decreased.
9.6
Parameterised Property attributes
*sp4*
Applications may need adjustment if this new option (at SP4) is used – see also note on upgrades to DARs programs.
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10.1 Supports catalogue for MDS
*sp4*
The MAS project now includes a dictionary database for MDS (MASTER/MDSDICT). Please note that MDS uses a lot of user-defined attributes (UDAs); if you use the AVEVA projects but not MDS, you may wish to defer this database to reduce the chance of reaching the limit. The limit for UDAs will be increased for PDMS 12. At this release, the dictionary database is still also supplied as part of MDS, as before.
10.2 Australian Steel Catalogue
*sp4*
A new structural steel catalogue and specification for profiles conforming to and has been added to the MASTER/STLCATA database at PDMS 11.6.sp4. The catalogue includes profiles detailed in the relevant standards as well as Tees cut from Universal Beams and Universal Columns derived from data published by the Australian Institute of Steel Construction. Equal Angles from New Zealand production have also been included. The information sources used for the catalogue are: AS/NZS 3679.1:1996 Hot-rolled bars and sections. AS/NZS 3679.1:1996 Welded I sections AS 1163:1991 Structural steel hollow sections. Extracts from the Design Capacity Tables published by the Australian Institute of Steel Construction (Australian Steel Institute).
The catalogue hierarchy follows that of the AISC (American) catalogue, i.e. the Reference Data is self-contained within a reference in the appropriate shape . The profiles use the standard AVEVA Generic Types ( ), as detailed in the Structural Design Using VANTAGE PDMS manual supplied with the product. Parameter naming, data set and attributes are based on the AISC (American) catalogue. element names have been taken from the relevant standards (without spaces). The attribute of the has been set to
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the name of the with appropriate spaces inserted. The attribute may be used in Draft to label a or by setting the label intelligent text to . The relevant Australian and New Zealand Standards do not specify bolting cross-centre and backmark dimensions. The values given are based on existing PDMS catalogue values for similar shape sizes from other Standards. and attributes have been set for all shape geometry elements in accordance with the following table:
Simple Draft
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0
Detailed
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2
Obstruction
9 - 10
1
Simple Draft representations representations have no root or toe radii included, where applicable. Obstruction Obstruction volumes have been constructed such that they do not cover the detailed profile shape.
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Known faults and Outstanding Issues
11.1.1 Windows fault – correction available ToolTips may not work properly, on computers with accelerated OpenGL video adapter drivers, drivers, after starting starting PDMS 11.6. 11.6. This is due to a fault in Windows XP which is corrected in Service Pack 2: see ht t p: / / su sup ppor t . mi cr oso soff t . co com m/ ?i d=814135 and ht t p: / / su sup ppor t . mi cr oso soff t . co com m/ def aul t . asp spx?k x?kb bi d=811113.
11.1.2 Windows faults – file locking There are faults in some versions of Windows related to file locking, which is used for PDMS databases. databases. These typically manifest manifest themselves themselves as ‘MCD errors’ or a PDMS session ‘hanging’. ‘hanging’. Hotfixes are available available from Microsoft for some versions of Windows and they are corrected in the latest service pack of Windows XP. Full details and the latest advice are given on the PDMS support pages on the Internet.
11.1.3 Microsoft .NET Framework Hotfixes KB886903 & KB886904 Microsoft Windows Operating System Hotfixes (patches) KB886903 & KB886904 for the .NET Framework can cause problems with PDMS. These are security updates, so Microsoft recommends recommends installation at the earliest opportunity. For more details, please see: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;895242 . The version of the .NET Framework supplied with PDMS, which was used by AVEVA for testing, is 1.1 for which the hotfix is KB886904. However, users have reported problems with PDMS when this hotfix is applied. PDMS Design and other modules fail to initialise and give a series of errors, starting with: System.InvalidOperation System.InvalidOperationException: Exception: Unable to generate a temporary class (result=1).
The simple solution is to uninstall the patch and reboot, after which PDMS should start normally. An alternative solution, which which removes removes the vulnerability, vulnerability, is to upgrade to
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11.1.4 PDMS faults & limitations – future corrections (update) *sp4* Unless otherwise indicated, the following faults will be corrected, corrected, if possible, by the time of the next service pack. Reference
Description ption
Module Module
Although use of international international languages has been improved for PDMS 11.6 & 11.6.SP1, there are still various issues to be addressed in PDMS 12.
General
(1533)
PDMS cannot, in general, handle spaces in file names or directories. This is due to the way in which its commands are processed and cannot easily be resolved, without some incompatibility. Changes are being considered for PDMS 12.
General
(3777)
Centreline length output to file is incorrect in Imperial (English) units.
Isodraft
(4366)
The extract control form did not handle deleted sites correctly and cannot delete a site if one or more sites are controlled by a DAC.
General
(4509) (4510)
The Equipment application Option list selections are not handled correctly. Planned for PDMS 12.
Design
(4863)
Under some circumstances, circumstance s, the General Model Editor handle is incorrectly used in place of the Pipe Component Modification handle. Planned for PDMS 12.
Design
(5087)
The use of proportional proportional fonts makes some screen reports difficult to read: they will be changed to use columns. An alternative is to produce a text file and then view that.
General
(5285)
Member elements are not always correctly moved Design when a PNODE is moved or rotated. Improvements Improvements have been made to positioning but rotation is still not correct. Planned for PDMS 12.
HPD 28284 (6989)
PDMS sometimes runs slowly when using a thin client implementatio implementation. n. This is being investigated investigated but can be improved by placing PMLLIB on each
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Description client.
Module elsewhere)
(9023)
No clash is detected with an XGEOM (laser model point cloud) with no spatial occupancy map – and no warning is given.
Design
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11.2 Faults corrected and minor enhancements This section briefly describes some of the most significant corrections and improvements since PDMS 11.5 but not necessarily documented elsewhere. Many of these will have been back-ported to earlier releases: where this information was available at the time of writing, this is noted. Please note that this list is not exhaustive: many other minor corrections have been made. Users responsible for raising specific Software Change Requests (SCRs) resulting in changes to PDMS should already have been notified individually. N.B. References in (brackets) are AVEVA internal numbers. Reference
Description
First Released
HPD 17392 HPD 17432 HPD 15676
Performance improvements on entering Design.
Design 11.5.0.1
Corrected setting of back references on CRFAs.
Full Service See User Bulletin for details: pack Updated AISC steel profiles catalogue to Version 3.01. •
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PDMS 11.5.SP1
Admin MDB Form performance enhancements DABACON default buffer size increased Nominal BDIA and BLEN for Bolts and Hangers Units option for height input to SPECON Upwards of 50 minor improvements & fault corrections
HPD 14056
A set of gridlines (modelled by SCTNs with null SPREF) was drawn if the only content of a View but could disappear when other Design items were added.
Draft 11.5.SP1
HPD 18376
Selection of a SCTN and then Goto>SPREF from the members form used to navigate using the SPREF NAME rather than the SPREF reference. This caused incorrect navigation in the unusual case of multiple SPREFs with the same name in
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Description
First Released
the MDB – this is now corrected. HPD 18378
Corrected a spurious error condition when deleting members of a ZONE, when DACS are on, using Delete>Members >All.
Design 11.5.SP1
HPD 21137 (3701)
The numbering of spool drawings that did not start at a GASK or FLAN has been corrected. This could lead to unset BOLTPARTNUMBERS.
Spooler 11.5.SP1.1 Isodraft 11.5.SP1.2
HPD 18208
Ability to add MTOLENGTH on a case by case basis
Design 11.5.sp1.3 Isodraft 11.5.sp1.3
HPD 20676 (3683)
Wireline representation was faint with some Design graphics cards. This has been resolved by making 11.5.sp1.4 anti-aliasing (introduced at PDMS 11.5) optional. It is now off by default but can be turned on by setting the environment variable SGL_ANTIALIAS=ON
HPD 16464 HPD 15743
No longer leaves phantom users in DARS and design
DARs 11.5.sp1.5
HPD 22854 (3883)
Upgrading a project directly from 11.2 did not set the database extract number
Admin 11.5.sp1.6
HPD 21916 HPD 22215 HPD 22899 HPD 22729
Flanges on the upstream and downstream side of a component with MTOC and MTOT attribute set to DOTU or DOTD are no longer flipped. Flanged tees in the material list with the same code and bores had different entries in the material list but only one part number on the isometric Weld Bores were not shown as Nominal Bores on the weld table when using Imperial Bores. Spooler part numbering now checks LOFF to ensure that OLETs do not split implied tube into 2 parts. When the "MTOC" attribute is set to DOTD on flanges, the bolt item was still created in "COMPIPE”" export file, even though it was not
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HPD 21274 HPD 22017 (3938) HPD 22534
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HPD 23077
HPD 23143 (4011) HPD 18109 HPD 23699 HPD 23868 HPD 21581
HPD 23772 (4190) HPD 23891 HPD 24237 HPD 23756 (4249) HPD 24305
(4353) HPD 24095 HPD 24526
HPD 23649
Description shown on the isometric drawing Corrected wrong dimension (OLET – TEE) if a Text ATTA and a WELD have the same position and an OLET is the previous fitting. Panels & Plates application amended to create a single penetration for a section through a panel correctly.
First Released Isodraw 11.5.SP1.9 Design 11.5.SP1.10
Corrected fault in restoring display from binary dump files. Enhanced drawlist query (for MDS). Tapered SCTNs with SPREF containing SREC geometry were drawn prematurely shortened if the tapering was more than around half the original size. Desclash now correctly records long names for its clash reports. Corrected Desclash failure with a very large obstruction ( >20M in X, Y, Z axis)
Design 11.5.SP1.11
Partnumber now 0 for bend with SKEY TB*D Bolts now correctly reported at out of spec valve to nozzle (no gasket) connection Corrected transformation applied to the graphics of OLAY elements when these were defined by external plotfile - potentially affected DXF & DGN file export from DRAFT. Pseudo attribute DACMOD did not work when used within a collection
Design 11.5.SP1.13
Corrected operation of extracts: it previously caused a DICE check to give the message: “Element n has an inconsistent entry in the name table. Name exists in the table but a different name exists on the element.” This was caused by renaming an element in an extract, creating another element with the original name and then flushing or issuing the renamed element. Global Extract Flush/Issue/Release used to lead to inconsistent errors due to only part of a command
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Description
First Released
being executed when the local daemon was not running. PDMS did the child extract action, but the parent extract action was lost. Following Flush/Issue commands failed with a 613; Releases had inconsistent claimlists resulting in error messages: ”Element n needs clearing from extract from claimlist in parent extract.” ”Element n needs to be marked in parent extract, as being claimed to this extract in parent extract” ”Element n is claimed to extract n, not a child” ”The child part of the extract is now undone if the local daemon is not running. The command will have to be resubmitted once the daemon is back up.” HPD 24817
DICE reported a corruption where an element was not registered in its owners member list: Element =n/n is not in the member's list of its owner =n/n For example, this sequence: In Master Create /PIPE1 Create /BRAN In Extract Create /PIPE2 Move /BRAN to /PIPE2 Flush /BRAN Meant that /BRAN was not in the member list of /PIPE2. DICE can now patch this fault.
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HPD 20482 Axes and element name (Query>AXES option) are Design HPD 22731 now correctly displayed on the graphical view, 11.5.SP1.16 (3834) even when clipping is turned on. HPD 24054 HPD 25141 HPD 23330 Print view distorts the view on the printer HPD 24636 Updating or checking numbering of a SPLDRG (4709) results in termination with DB error 41
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Description
First Released
HPD 23773 Amended relative movement form when used HPD 25939 WRT element itself. (4756) HPD 25723 Position Explicit (AT) with LOAP gave the following incorrect error message: (2,211) Attribute ORI cannot be evaluated for LOAPOINT /1210-10-1/ANCHOR - max.level of nesting exceeded' HPD 25083 Q P1 BOLT TOTAL did not work with one branch with a flange connected to PTAIL and a second branch connected to the first. The second branch had a gasket and flange connected to PHEAD. HPD 25860 Choose form did not output HEIGHT values with the correct units HPD 25563 Selection of Tee with ARRIVE 3(!) and LEAVE 1 or 2 sometimes incorrectly gave error message: (61,164) SPEC does not contain elements matching given criteria.
Design 11.5.SP1.17 Isodraft 11.5.SP1.17
(3123)
Database 'Marks' are now cleared by GETWORK
11.6.SP2
HPD 22229
Global Extract ranges could not be applied using the GUI. Corrected Expunge User Process form: the date was incorrect for most of the entries.
Admin 11.6
Corrected occasional WIGWAM Primitive Group overflow (error 21) typically on company logos composed of 1000s of STRAs. (SKE ORIG ALL IN gid or SKE POIN ALL IN gid). RENAME text gadget on COPY form now works correctly with or without the / preceding the name. #PROJ^DESC corrected for Global projects. DATE field now correct when creating e a DRWG from a TEMPLATE. Code words such a #P^POS & #PK^POSS did not work for TEXPs of VNOTs. Customer specific set-up file for configured DXFoutput did not correctly set up DRAFT Utilities > DXFout > Configured.
Draft 11.6
HPD 26241 HPD 15174
HPD 20154
HPD 22250 HPD 24115 (4153) HPD 26286
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First Released
HPD 11795 (3277)
The Export of some panels to Review was incorrect, so they appeared black. This was due to an incorrect calculation of the normal to the end surface of extrusions, which now always point outwards. List Gadgets now correctly grey out when inactive. Q MTBE or Q BRCOG used to crash with DABACON 18 error when the CE was implied tube of hanger. 3DView.shaded boolean now returns correct value Copy with Offset form failed to display if it had been used to refer to a deleted element: it now defaults to /*. Error fixed that caused syntax error when modifying the position line or joint line of a joint (MODIFY>JOINTS>POSITION LINE). Macro error corrected for Modify>Joints>Joint Like. Corrected macro error for ModifySections Merge and then selecting “Sections in List”. Trying to modify the position line of a fitting on a section gave syntax errors in line 119 of Macro %PDMSUI%/DES/CLIB/GPLINE Tidy Gtypes macro on SCTN’s with template fittings gave errors: (2,752) Array element 7 does not exist In line 49 of Macro %PDMSUI%/DES/STLWRK/MSETGTYPE A steelwork joint with an associated plotfile but no editable properties now correctly displays the plot.
Design 11.6
Error removing weld symbol from FLANGE when P-point 2 PSKEY set to PLAIN. Incorrect continuation nozzles no longer drawn when using FTUBS ISODRAFT now handles explicitly set BTHK
Isodraft 11.6
HPD 14470 HPD 18365
HPD 19125 HPD 22572 (4013) HPD 23149
HPD 24304 HPD 24504
HPD 25367
HPD 25368
HPD 26863 HPD 18490 HPD 24072 HPD 25430
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Description
(5508) HPD 26118
values of BLTPs of BTSE for wafer components. Using universal keys caused a splash fatal error in certain cases. Redefinition of Spec Break ATEXT caused information to be missed off drawing. See Remedy call for details. Isometrics with no material list had incorrect spool numbers with Spool Number PREFIX ‘*K’ EXTRACT CLAIM LATEST gets the latest claimlist for all writable DBs. This entails going through a share lock on each DB.
HPD 26213 HPD 26562
HPD 15643 (2985)
First Released
General
For large projects this can be time-consuming so the syntax has been extended to allow: ‘EXTRACT CLAIM LATEST DB /ALL’ and allow specific db to be given. In ADMIN it is no longer permitted to say just ‘EXTRACT CLAIM LATEST’ – specifying a db is compulsory. Elsewhere it is optional. HPD 14636 (3399)
Improved performance when merging large number of sessions.
General
HPD 18268 (3402)
OUTPUT now correctly adds quotes when an STEX string begins with ‘(’ .
Paragon
(3413)
Increased the max insulation thickness from 150 to 300mm.
Design
HPD 18402 (3420)
Now handles a user doing PARTNO CREATE CE when another user has just created the spool drawing & still has it claimed.
Spooler
HPD 18641 (3431)
The following pseudo attributes may not be used in catalogue expressions: ATLE, LTLE, AGRD, LGRD, FITLEN, MTLE, STLE, STAP & MTCL.
Design
Use of ATLE previously caused a crash in Design when the item using such a ppoint was drawn. HPD 18874 (3464)
CONN PH to P4 of /PAD4 now correctly sets CRFA of /PAD4 if initially unset.
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Description
First Released
(3520)
Element with duplicated names in two extracts of the same database caused problems on flushing back to the parent database. Data listings are now always output in ‘forwards’ mode: previously numbering could get confused.
Design 11.6
HPD 18959 (3529)
Design
HPD 14758 HPD 16772 (3541)
Resolved a problem with Report formatting with Design subtotalling. If a value results from several values being subtotalled, then it no longer appears on a new line in the report.
HPD 20176 (3628)
Modify>Sub Equipment Origin>ID Point now clears the SUBE name is after the user accepts the location of new origin point.
Design
HPD 20222 (3648)
Text strings in DXF output are no longer limited to 128 chars, as expanded text from DRAFT can be up to 180 chars.
Draft
HPD 20167 (3651)
UDAs with non alpha names now work in PML2 expressions, e.g.
General
!XX = !!CE.:UDA-LIST HPD 19946 (3653)
The ACBORE on a CMPD is no longer treated as a nominal bore, so when set to 38.14 it is not changed to 40!
Propcon
HPD 20364 (3660)
Query !!ce.inth now returns ZERO (0) were insulation is unset for a component.
Design
HPD 20798 (3682)
Q BRWEI no longer crashes if the CE is a pipe which owns restraints.
Design
HPD 20968 (3699)
!X = !!CE.PTCDIR now works correctly.
General
HPD 21379 (3724)
RESELECT now works for tees & reducers
Design
HPD 21328 (3809)
Data output command no uses a greater precision (1/8192”) with FINCH DIST.
Design
HPD 22751 (3837)
PDMS no longer crashes when the Explorer “ADD CONNECTED” option is used with the connected branch deleted.
Design
HPD 23033
Several improvements have been made to the
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Description
HPD 23039 (4008) (4009)
behaviour when creating and modifying ring GENSECS, using the Create Ring and Modify Section (Ring) forms.
HPD 23041 (4010)
Deletion of CURVE element of SPINE using Modify Section (Curve) form produces error message and does not complete deletion.
First Released
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If a CURVE element is deleted using the Delete button on the Modify Section (Curved) form an error message is displayed, see attachment, and the deletion is not carried out. HPD 22577 (4012)
If you set the frame of reference to the SCTN that you are trying to move, the resulting position is no longer incorrect (by a long way!)
Design
(4033)
A number of improvements have been made to SP1 to ensure that a list, option gadget and textbox with the same width specified in the form definition now have the same overall width.
General
Many other improvements have been made to forms & menus layout, visibility etc. (4062)
With 2D views, the ‘arrow’ keys seem to be locked to the horizontal scroll bars and do not work properly. Lists/Collections form, using Add>Selection…
HPD 23467 (4084) ALL types no longer outputs a syntax error.
GUI
General
HPD 23523 (4106)
Dice can now patch the case where elements have Admin been lost from the member list of their owners.
HPD 23609 (4117)
Error D800 is now included in the Design Ref pt 4 manual.
Design
(4186)
Dice now outputs highest session number.
Dice 11.6
HPD 23891 (4206)
Clashes are no longer missed when a very large object is checked against a small obstruction item.
Design
(4300)
Dice no longer crashes on corrupt database
Dice 11.6
HPD 24095 HPD 24526 (4408/4410)
Out of sync name tables (possibly caused by a bug Admin 11.6 in extract flush) are now patched by Dice. 11.5.sp1
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
First Released
(4430)
Problem opening these other Databases will no longer cause DICE to fall over.
Admin 11.6
(4433)
MODE FULL and MAXERROR of 0 are now the default settings on entry to Admin.
HPD 24237 (4346)
There is now no Partnumber for bend with SKEY TB*D
Design
(4474)
Correct precision now displayed in GUI for imperial units.
Draft
HPD 24998 (4543)
Options>Modify form: Select Component Tags… now includes FILT.
Isodraft
(4568)
The ‘Head’ and ‘Tail’ type markers do not resize during an ‘align with feature’ operation when the view is zoomed in. The View manipulation for the Draft 3D View window has been improved for SP1.
Design
HPD 19944 Amended unwanted clipping when rotating the HPD 18705 view around an element. HPD 24431 (4757) HPD 24648 When adding Routing Planes as a constraint to a branch, the form in Design now shows all the (4760) RPLA’s in the MDB, not just the current database.
Design
(4471)
HPD 24557 HPD 24531 (4761)
Draft
Router
HPD 25281 (4783)
Global Stand alone Project creation using the Admin upgrade option adds unnecessary lines in inmacro that creates a loss of catalogue references: the last section must be removed for it to work correctly. Modification of ACR GROUPS using the Admin application has been amended.
HPD 25293 (4804)
MicroStation (.DGN) files have been corrected to enable DGN file export.
Draft
HPD 22623 (4819)
The case of an unset filename for File on the DATACON form is now handled better.
Design
HPD 25357 (4874)
Corrected an error causing some primitives of a catalog component to be omitted from the display.
Design
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
First Released
(SGL errors were also output) HPD 24880 (4908)
The Utilities>Pipe penetration application no longer leaves the aid axes behind.
Design
HPD 20192 (4918)
The Create Extrusion form no longer creates two slashes (//).
Design
HPD 25539 (4919)
The Nozzle Specification (FNOZZPEC) form has been amended.
Design
(4926)
Corrected a problem on entry to PDMS with Korean MDB name.
Monitor 11.6
(4933)
Query>Project>DBs now gives correct details for those with Korean names.
Admin
(4980)
Resolved a problem merging Extract Databases Admin 11.6 containing sessions that point to a base session in the owner. Previously an error meant that running Dice on the Child Extract gave a Bad Block FATAL error, with the rest of the database not being checked. Error in bolt querying corrected. Design Q P1 BOLT TOTAL did not always work correctly with branches connected together.
HPD 25083 (4994) (5015)
UNDO now works more reliably with the model editor handle position.
Design
(5016)
Corrected an error with Project form for project descriptions containing Korean characters.
Admin
HPD 25602 An error causing memory to ‘leak’ in PML (TCTL) has been corrected. (5020)
Design
(5035)
The Reselect command is now available outside the model editor from SP1.
Design
(5154)
With a sheet consisting of more than one view, the preview for offset section planes is not clear. Position>Explicit (At) Form corrected when used with loadpoint LOAP.
Draft
HPD 25723 (5208)
The following error message used to appear: (2,211) Attribute ORI cannot be evaluated for
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
First Released
LOAPOINT /1210-10-1/ANCHOR – max.level of nesting exceeded. (5212)
HPD 25563 (5228)
An AREADE element containing an ABOX does not correctly copy – it fails to copy the ABOX and gives a misleading error message. Resolved a problem with selection with a TEE with ARRIVE 3(!) and LEAVE 1 or 2, using the syntax:
Design
!Select = SELECT LSTUBE WITH SHOP TRUE (5284)
A docking form that is undocked will not show ToolTips on pixmap buttons. Can now save the Define Purpose file using the SaveAs option.
GUI
HPD 26241 (5382)
Correct dates now shown on the Expunge User Process form.
Admin
HPD 22229 (5384)
When setting the Global Extract range for an uninitialised location, the user is asked if he wants to initialise the location. A ‘No’ answer is now handled correctly.
(Global) Admin
(5387)
The list gadget allows data as strings to be added as columns separated by a TAB character. The expression object used for columns, tables and report objects at SP1 allows the tab character to be used so that the data can be added directly to a list from a table/report.
General
(5427) (5428)
Some PDMS blocking forms prevent the user from accessing other applications, including MS Office etc. If the ADMIN/PADD DB is deferred when the user tries to display the 3D View window, Draft would crash with Dabacon 41 error. This is handled properly in SP1.
General
The ‘+’ and ‘-‘ keys have been implemented in SP1 such that ‘+’ increases the offset or clearance from the plane defined by the feature, ‘-‘ decreases this value.
Design
(5370)
(5459)
(5550)
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Draft
11-15
Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
(5555)
An error when producing Check ISO’s of unnamed Design spool elements has been corrected.
(5559)
Correction of an error causing the message “(2,751) Variable !!REALFMT does not exist” when querying attributes. Certain changes are treated incorrectly during reconfiguration of extracts Direction of movement of a component at the tail of the branch using the GUI has been corrected.
Admin
(5698)
Resolved a problem when flushing any element would result in a Dabacon 534 error.
General
HPD26626 (5704)
The default value DPRO is now used to evaluate a Design text property. It is used for the real equivalent RPROP.
(5613) (5625)
First Released
General
Design
HPD 27087 A correction has been made to avoid an incorrect message: (5716) (99,532) Undefined UDA name when using long uda names. (5719) HPD 27082 (5726)
Form now tracks the problem item on the Data Consistency Form. Correction to allow concatenation of a method to a UDA value.
Design General
(3287)
DICE now increments the session when it patches Dice 11.6.0 a database, thus ensuring that Global correctly recognises and distributes any necessary changes, including claim lists.
(5791)
Invalid entries in name tables (i.e. invalid references) are now corrected if possible. A partial flush will now ignore any invalid table attributes and carry on.
(5793)
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Dice General
11-16
Product Faults and User Requests
11.3 Faults corrected and minor enhancements
*sp1*
Please note that this list is not complete: many corrections were made to faults discovered during internal testing and early evaluation. Some of these may also have been back-ported to earlier releases. Reference
Description
Module
HPD 23235 (4130)
The axis is no longer left the object being created/modified after leaving the HVAC application.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 25543 (5051)
Export does not export leave rod from hangers.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 26315 (5406) HPD 26936 (5680)
Wigwam overflow crashes with a very large number of EXTRUsions or error messages, e.g. Error 21s (Primitive Group too long) from GOPPLN, when drawing large models created using ImPLANT. Existing checks need to be extended. Splitting or simplifying the model will usually help.
Draft 11.6.sp1
HPD 26447 (5477)
Connect button is no longer greyed out to prevent connection of ph to first mem after it was connected to a PT.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 26802 (5625)
Creation of a component starting from the tail of the branch with a spool between the TAIL and the component now goes in the correct direction.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 26863 (5634)
A steelwork joint with an associated plotfile but no editable properties will no longer have the plotfile button greyed out on the Joint Spec form.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 22396 (5725)
Corrected a possible SPLASH crash for GLAB (& probably SLAB) with invalid DDNM when repositioning using command AT @.
Draft 11.6.sp1
HPD 27043 (5732)
Text evaluation of a selection now adds brackets around a VTEXT variable.
General 11.6.sp1
HPD 19575 (5754)
Modify>Component>Connection Ref. now works correctly for a CROS.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 23235
The axis is no longer left at the object being
Design
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference (4130)
Description created or modified after leaving the HVAC application
HPD 19243 (5756)
Access control methods are now properly invoked Draft before creating a ADDE/REME element, ensuring 11.6.sp1 that the ADD command does not create a new ADDE under an IDLI when it is not claimed.
HPD 27197 (5747)
Component selection form no longer shows an error if component is in LIMBOSPEC
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 19602 (5752)
Settings>Storage Areas option Create>Level brings up the buildings level form: this now works better if the Apply button is used without giving a name.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 19630 (5763)
A PML error caused by deletion of the PLOO element of a rectangular panel has been corrected.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27430 (5775)
Resolved problem of losing the temporary graphics after popping up the modify labels menu if the cursor is off the graphics window.
Draft 11.6.sp1
HPD 26914 HPD 27671 (5780)
Corrected quantity for bolt material if there are more than 100 bolts in one flanged connection.
Isodraft 11.6.sp1
HPD 27469 (5800)
Corrected a calculator error when using Delete range of piping components button in imperial units.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27468 (5801)
A correction has been made for mixed pipe bore handling when using Quick Pipe Router.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27553) (5764/5809)
Datal output for "BACK" now correctly outputs certain ‘cascaded’ attributes such as SIZE, XYPS if they are set.
Draft 11.6.sp1
HPD 27472 (5811) HPD 27766 (6697)
Improved equality check for two PML variables of data type BORE. This means that components will be correctly matched.
General 11.6.sp1
HPD 27191 (5817)
Member .detail of AVEVA object GPHPOSITION corrected to work with Imperial FINCH units.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27893
Plotfiles in tabbed frames no longer make PDMS
Design
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11-18
Product Faults and User Requests
Reference (6707)
Description crash or hang.
Module 11.6.sp1
HPD 27884 (6708)
It is no longer necessary to set dock or anchor for tabbed frames to create a scrollbar, as they are now treated as Dock Fill.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27883 (6709)
It is now possible to give tabbed frames tags after they have been created.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27882 (6710)
It is now possible to make tabbed frames invisible.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27946 (6729)
Branch weight of first tubi now gives correct weight.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27956 (6734)
comPropData.pmlobj corrected for nozzles
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27987 (4422) (6741)
Unhandled Exception error message is no longer when Auto-hide option is used on the Command Line.
Monitor, Admin
HPD 27623 (6763)
PDMS will no longer crash when checking pipe with missing references on hangers.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 16869 (6774)
Correction for tube weights in material list.
Isodraft 11.6.sp1
HPD 28142 (6786)
If PML discovers an incomplete DO loop on an ENDMETHOD, it now issues an error message as well as tidying up.
General 11.6.sp1
HPD 28030 (6829)
Picking of REST/HANG elements now works correctly when representation for insulation is set to translucent.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 28292 (6834)
Corrected a problem closing sheet, after a deletion. This led to an error messages (2,109) Undefined name and afterwards (47,15) CP: Syntax error for any activity.
Draft 11.6.sp1
HPD 28331 (6840)
Components created using the new component creation form will no longer always have the SHOP set to FALSE, regardless of the spec.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 28434 (6875)
Improved visibility of Zoom box on plot view.
Isodraft 11.6.sp1
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
Module
HPD 28280 (6879)
Setting obstruction to anything but OFF no longer makes all the steel section disappear.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 28394 (6886)
Correction to allow the steelwork joints on the MTO.
Draft 11.6.sp1
HPD 28478 (6893)
Corrected an error when LOCKing the WORLD! No longer gives a Runtime error with the error message 'Unhandled Database Error 10 from DGOTO, invalid external reference'
Draft 11.6.sp1
HPD 28515 (6906)
Moving a branch no longer navigates to a different element.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 28528 (6923)
PRESSURE and TEMP are not showing on the iso properly; they are being converted with the UNIT (showing as FEET and INCHES).
Isodraft 11.6.sp1
HPD 28407 (3525/6924)
Improved the speed of GETWORK in Draft.
Draft 11.6.sp1
HPD 28587 (6925)
Resolved text problems with Cyrillic fonts in DXF Draft output. 11.6.sp1
HPD 23469 (6972)
Corrected an error in the description for 1" 90deg elbows.
11.6.sp1
HPD 23470 (6973)
Corrected various problems with Spec Breaks: 1. At some breaks no break marker boxes were shown. 2. Only one marker box was shown at CONT.ON (REC -30). 3. Marker for a single spec instrument was missed out. 4. In some cases, the lines for the positioning were too long.
Isodraft 11.6.sp1
HPD 28468 (6990)
Corrected a problem with the component mouse pointer when using modify mode to rotate or move a piping component.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 28583 (6993)
The case where a JOIS or JOIE attribute on a Design SCTN element was an invalid ref (as correctly 11.6.sp1 noted by DICE) was not being handled by CHECK (Datacon). This situation is now trapped, and an error 'Structural Geometry Error - JOIS (/JOIE) reference invalid' will be produced.
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11-20
Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
Module
HPD 28470 (6996)
Modify Mode now correctly moves the Pipe Head or Pipe Tail, when there is a connection across a pair of flanges.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 28762 (7162)
Itemcode from UDA now works correctly when the number of UDAs exceeds 30.
Isodraft 11.6.sp1
HPD 28912 (7173)
Utilities > Export > Dump Attributes utility now works correctly when is a BRAN component that has an unset or bad SPREF.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 28933 (7298)
Creating Corner Posts with the ASL Modeller application now locates the corner posts correctly with an imperial project.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 28965 (7398)
Can now modify floor fittings.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 27131 (7520)
Module switch will no longer crash when there is an instance of user defined object with member(s) of type EXPRESSION. PML will now not attempt to save any objects which have any C++ members, such as the Expression object. This is because any such PML object is not saved over a module switch.
General 11.6.sp1
HPD 28477 (7539)
Q BREARE now gives the correct result for a TUBI after a REDU.
Design 11.6.sp1
HPD 28477 (7661)
Highlighted elements are no longer displayed wrongly. Formerly, if you identified a portion of tube in the graphical view and then moved to another item in the view, the portion of line that you have identified previously would change to dotted (in wireline) like there is an error on that portion of pipe.
Design 11.6.sp1
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Product Faults and User Requests
11.4 Faults corrected and minor enhancements
*sp2*
This lists the most important corrections in Service Pack 2, at the time of writing (October 2005). Reference
Description
Module
HPD 16305 (2879) HPD 29325 (7908) HPD 29632 (7929)
Dice sometimes incorrectly showed errors in large Dabacon tables.
Dice 11.6.sp2
(3418)
Pline Definition window now correctly displayed on selecting Modify mode, deleting the created Pline and then re-calling the form in Create mode.
Paragon 11.6.sp2
HPD 23332 A POHEDRON of zero thickness now Exports to (4127) Review correctly.
Design 11.6.sp2
(4495/8458/ 8229)
Dice now correctly handles errors in tables due to corrupt data, rather than crashing.
Admin 11.6.sp2
HPD 24925 (4758)
Corrected an error causing report templates to fail thus: WARNING – Data too long for variable. Data truncated. This was due to inconsistent limitations in passing arguments between macros.
Reporting 11.6.sp2 (also fix for 11.5)
(5254)
Form layouts improved, e.g. relative offset
Design 11.6.sp2
(5377)
Exception error when using UNDO and Quick Pipe Router
Design 11.6.sp2
(5457)
Relative move form now shown correctly after deleting equipment
Design 11.6.sp2
HPD 30534 (6711/8171)
Many improvements were made to robustness, when used on damaged databases, including: Deletion of a primary element in a master database could lead to errors when modifying it in a variant.
DICE 11.6.sp2
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
Module
HPD 29571 (7999) (6728)
Option to allow a partial flush to work with deleted elements with the same name.
11.6.sp2
HPD 25316 (6757)
SKEYs WLR and WLC have been added for use to show lugs. The default symbol for both is the same as a NIPL OLET, but without the bore data and elevation messages.
Isodraft 11.6.sp2
HPD 25340 (6981)
Limitation in DACs condition setting form corrected.
Admin 11.6.sp2
HPD 27267 (7089)
Modifications to prevent excessive database growth during issuing or flushing.
(Dabacon) 11.6.sp2
HPD 29068 (7431)
Group reference list now allows for element appearing more than once – caused crash
Design 11.6.sp2
HPD 29217 (7589)
Corrected spurious cut length number for elbow upstream welded attachment.
Isodraft 11.6.sp2
(7670)
Plines can now be highlighted or selected on Gensecs, as on Sections.
Design 11.6.sp2
(7709)
Pipework Pipe Component Selection form now shows Spec correctly after a change.
Design 11.6.sp2
HPD 29394 (7768)
Corrected OLET Item Numbers display in the isometric graphics area, for specific options including user defined columns.
Isodraft 11.6.sp2
HPD 29404 (7769)
New option to suppress continuation notes, giving the number of the sheet, across sheets of a drawing. This command controls only the arrowed continuation message; other aspects of the continuation are unchanged. Examples: CONTS OFF: Continuation notes between sheets are suppressed. CONTSHEET ON: Continuation notes between sheets are switched on.
Isodraft 11.6.sp2
HPD 29415 HPD 29847 (7777/7990)
Corrected Dabacon error 23 or 10 on flushing an extract Database containing differing length UDAs.
11.6.sp2
HPD 29468 (7804)
The customary warning when a licence is due to expire shortly is now working again.
General
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11-23
Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
Module
(7807)
Pipe and branch names are now displayed correctly in the Component Creation form
Design 11.6.sp2
(7808)
Bore text is now displayed correctly in the Component Creation form
Design 11.6.sp2
HPD 29292 (7699) (7813) (7814) (7818) (7828) (7833) (7847)
Bores are now correctly handled for both imperial and metric projects when creating components.
Design 11.6.sp2
HPD 29556 (7877)
Clashes are not detected if implied tube is badly aligned, i.e. is shown dotted in the 3D graphics, as it is not included in the spatial map. Under some circumstances, this could be misleading: for example, if different tolerances are used for drawing and for building the map. Rather than a bad alignment message, new D860 & E860 (for Arrive & Leave tube) error messages are now issued when data checking when the tube is not in the map. These state: TUBE DOES NOT EXIST IN THE SPATIAL MAP, NO CLASH WILL BE DETECTED
Design 11.6.sp2 (also 11.6.sp1.5)
(7888)
An error causing an exception when using the 3D view has been corrected. Features were not being rotated with the model, so they appeared in the wrong place, and could not then be associated with the model. Placing the cursor in the 3d window then caused a crash.
Draft 11.6.sp2
(7894)
An attempt to rotate a deleted selection will no longer cause an Unhandled Exception error.
Design 11.6.sp2
(7895)
Labels now snap to the origin of the label in modify mode with snap to grid turned on.
Draft 11.6.sp2
HPD 29591 (7915)
Resolved Dabacon crash with certain data when querying ‘PQAANG’ – this caused a Runtime Error when Branch Reconnection or Data Check was carried out.
Design 11.6.sp6 (and 11.6.sp1.1)
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
Module
(7917)
Use of model editor on HVAC branch no longer causes a null reference exception error.
Design 11.6.sp2
(7918)
Resolved occasional exception error, due to operations being attempted on a closed 3D view.
Design 11.6.sp2
(7919)
Various uses of the Reference Definition Application Application form while in Model editor mode mode caused a run time error. These have been corrected.
Design 11.6.sp2
HPD 29726 Corrected poor form layout when using some HPD 29860 Asian languages (7939) HPD 29529 Improved Equipment Positioning on Panel surfaces. (7945)
Design 11.6.sp2
(7951)
Resolved a fault causing Dabacon errors such as Unhandled Database error 41 in Extract databases.
11.6.sp2
HPD 29776 (7965)
Resolved ERROR in SPLASH routine HADDIA when detailing an Equipment Trim.
Isodraft 11.6.sp2
HPD 29886 (8017)
SPLASH Error in routine HGETI1 when floating a second Graphics window has been corrected.
Design 11.6.sp2
HPD 29206 (8048)
The PREPROCESS and POSTPROCESS commands have been modified to use the maximum string length of 250 characters before processing, e.g. for embedded quotation marks.
Isodraft 11.6.sp2
(8052)
Corrected spurious message: (160,9) File %PDMSUSER%/frame-coo %PDMSUSER%/frame-coords.txt rds.txt does not exist. This occurred on the first attempt to list the attributes of an element in the explorer.
Design 11.6.sp2
HPD 30077 (8147) (8206)
System incorrectly called for Final Designer license feature. This also caused many errors in the log-file when there was no such license.
Draft 11.6.sp2
(8162)
Corruption in Name table now prevented when name of element (deleted in variant) is re-used in owning extract.
11.6.sp2
(8183)
Dice will now correct reports errors of the form: Next bucket is 6 but bucket 6 found in extract 3.
Dice 11.6.sp2
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Design 11.6.sp2
11-25
Product Faults and User Requests
Reference
Description
Module
(8184)
Crash in Dice when doing a check db with patch on.
Dice 11.6.sp2
(8208)
Extracts no longer created with wrong team using Admin Admin GUI. 11.6.sp2
(8221)
Resolved a fault causing Dabacon error 41 when doing "extract refresh”.
11.6.sp2
(8228)
Entries were being left in the Spatial Map when elements no longer existed: a Dice check reported this problem. Now handled correctly.
11.6.sp2
(8233)
In a global project, all changed extract files must be propagated after compaction before databases are used. To ensure this is done, Dabacon now checks and handles this situation by checking the ‘compaction count’.
11.6.sp2
(8246)
Co-fitting now correctly applies referenced negative geometry, when splitting a panel.
Design 11.6.sp2
(8306)
A SBFI (sub-fitting) (sub-fitting) can use the ARRIVE attribute to specify a P-point of the owning CMFI (compound fitting) to alter the frame of reference for its geometry and orientation. In this case, the system now correctly uses the design points of a CMFI defined as a TMPL in place of the P-points of one using a catalogue definition.
Design 11.6.sp2
(8308)
The EDG measure utility now works correctly when in graphics mode.
Design 11.6.sp2
(8328)
In certain circumstances, circumstan ces, the Commands form 'Request' panel became 'see-through' – now corrected.
Design 11.6.sp2
(8360)
Dice now handles transaction databases better, to Admin avoid misleading error messages due to the 11.6.sp2 databases growing whilst DICE is running its checks.
(8383)
Corrected a fault with linear grids, causing a run time error when clicking any point on the dotted line.
Design 11.6.sp2
HPD 29073 HPD 30189
Clicking on a ROD element no longer causes a crash after a message “Unhandled Exception:
Design 11.6.sp2
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11-26
Product Faults and User Requests
Reference (8376)
Description System.NullReferenceException”.
Module
HPD 30284 (8427)
Certain PML forms could cause an error (61,564) “F&M Cursor functions not allowed during Tracking updates” is raised and then a program crash. This did not happen at PDMS 11.5. The error will now be trapped properly. This was caused by a form with Tracking on executing a cursor function from a button and causing the system to become recursive.
Design 11.6.sp2
(8446)
Under certain circumstances, circumstances, claims were being lost, resulting in the following DICE error: ‘Element ATTACHMENT /name needs to be marked in parent extract, as being claimed to this extract in parent extract’
11.6.sp2
(8448)
Crash in MyData corrected. corrected. It was caused by adding an element to MyData in one session, changing the element’s name in another session, and then savework, getwork in the first session. Dice no longer hangs, when encountering a particular severe corruption corruption in the sessions of a database.
11.6.sp2
(8464)
Admin 11.6.sp2
(8465)
Dice now copes better with databases containing lots of 406 errors.
Admin 11.6.sp2
(8476)
Switching names on two elements no longer causes corruption if done twice in conjunction with flushwithout.
11.6.sp2
(8479)
Dabacon error 41 on deleting an extract – now handled correctly
Admin 11.6.sp2
(8504)
Dice now handles extracts missing at the current Admin location differently. differently. Previously, a DICE check on 11.6.sp2 a level 2 extract might give an error 'Unable to search index table in extract 3' because Extract 3 was non-propagating, and therefore not present at the current location. This error is now treated like the 'Lost bucket' error in a global project, which outputs a warning about non-primary databases.
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11-27
Product Faults and User Requests
11.5 Faults corrected and minor enhancements
*sp3*
This lists the most important corrections in Service Pack 3, at the time of writing (April 2006). In some cases, these may also have been made available in fix releases for previous versions of PDMS. Reference
Description
Module
(3887)
The Extract claim hierarchy form has been improved: among other things, it now indicates when a claim exists at a lower hierarchy.
Design 11.6.sp3
(4658)
Corrected display of Bore in Query>attributes form for mm Bore units setting.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 24740 (4759)
Improved DACs error handling in several places in the GUI by using a new test rather than a dummy move (“BY E 0 mm”).
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 28023 (7292)
This resolves a problem with the GUI when adding an ATTA to a cable tray which contains a MDS support.
(4915) (8939)
Spooler no longer changes the session units. Output dimensions and MTO units in Isometric preview in Spooler are now shown in the current session units.
Spooler 11.6.sp3
HPD 26603 (5591)
Query>General has been added back due to popular demand. This enables, for example, the Querying of BOLT info for piping components.
Design 11.6.sp3
(5518)
Resolved an Unhandled Exception (Object reference not set to an instance of an object) caused by an UNDO after moving an object using the locator handles and then deleting the 3D View.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 27480 (5807)
Data listing of DRWG improved. Problems occurred Draft at a DPOINTS with DTOF. This was corrected 11.6.sp3 treating DPOIs like DPPTs, so that their critical attribute (POS) is not initialised on creation.
HPD 20209 (6772)
A combination of ATTA, Sheet break, ATTA in a particular sequence caused a dimensioning error.
HPD 30819 (8701)
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Product Faults and User Requests
HPD 27992 (6850)
Query attributes at a SPEC, SPCO, SELE in Paragon no longer gives an error.
Paragon 11.6.sp3
HPD 28432
Unnecessary rectangle no longer plotted for OLET in certain circumstances.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
Support (trunnion) dimension on elbow no longer shows cut length rather than distance to elbow’s P0.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 77267 (7089)
Achieved a significant reduction in number of database pages written on a ‘Flush with Refresh’. This takes effect only on a such a Flush, when no changes have been made in the parent extract.
General 11.6.sp3 (also 11.5.sp1.45)
HPD 28795 (7141)
Merge Changes did not correctly update pointers between session pages, resulting in subsequent flushing corrupting the Database. The command EXTRACT FLUSH RESET also led to a Product crash. These faults have now been corrected.
Admin 11.6.sp3
HPD 28871 (7199)
The presence in sequence of additional MTO records caused welds attached to a support ATTA to appear incorrectly in the weld report.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 16673 (7314)
Resolved problems with the dimensioning of a skew Isodraft box on a pipe that is modelled in a non-orthogonal 11.6.sp3 direction.
HPD 25281 (7268)
Resolved a problem modifying ACR GROUPS.
Admin 11.6.sp3
(7413)
The Design Pipework application (Modify Pipe form) had a fault causing the options to be lost and an error “Array element 0 does not exist”. This forced the user to close the form and reopen it. This has been corrected.
Design 11.6.sp3
(7786) HPD 31108
Corrected a fault causing Utilities>Send Message for a GLOBAL project to give an error '(61,680) F&M: Cannot access column data for gadget !!ADMMESS.LOCN, it is not multi-column'.
Admin 11.6.sp3
HPD 29892 (8020)
Corrected Iso Dimensions and Error message when using user defined SKEY.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 29954 (8047)
Corrected dimensioning in certain circumstances around ATTA.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
(6874) HPD 28541 (7034)
(8812)
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Product Faults and User Requests
HPD 29964 (8053) HPD 30475 (8532)
Confusing layout of the HVAC modify form corrected.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30008 (8119)
Corrected dimensioning when using SPECBREAK BRANCH around ATTA.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30026 (8144)
A combination of dotted lines and hangers caused an incorrect dimension.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
(8154)
Corrected an error with Design Explorer – navigating to an element and selecting Query > Attributes
Design 11.6.sp3
(8186)
While creating ADP view with limits set to drawlist, an error “illegal values for attribute VSCA” appeared and the view was not generated.
Draft 11.6.sp3
(8214)
ATTEXT command now enables the addition of extra text to the material list for tube as well as fittings.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30171 (8320)
The Cutpiece number table did not match the cutpiece numbers on the iso for split drawings. This was becasue the bends had no SKEY set.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30009 (8327)
Field Weld labels were shifted to the next weld. and Cut piece lengths after field welds were wrong, when the welds were followed by a Tee.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30200 (8334), HPD 31094 (8796)
New pipe creation form no longer lists wrong sizes for inch bores.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30195 (8335)
Splash error no longer given when the user selects a menu entry and drags the cursor into the main display.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30231 (8374)
PZAXIS (& other axis attributes) may now be reset to ‘unset’.
Paragon 11.6.sp3
Corrected dimensioning on isometrics with "dime comp on" and Tolerance Offset 2mm :
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30387 (8508) HPD 30048 HPD 30254 (8401)
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(8402)
A form handling fault meant that manipulation of a View gadget could cause another gadget to reappear in an inactive state. The system now ensures that a view's form is displayed before allowing refresh of status line label widgets.
Design, Paragon 11.6.sp3
HPD 30094 (8434)
Corrected GUI error in setting MTO length and Quantity of Detail Text.
Paragon 11.6.sp3
HPD 30037 (8435)
PLINEs are now drawn and the filter works correctly.
Design 11.6.sp2.1
(8494)
Corrected a problem causing a memory error to be reported. This was caused by some databases in an extract tree having been compacted, while others hadn't.
DICE 11.6.sp3
(8496)
Lug SKEYs – WLR and WLC – are now user definable.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30320 (8515)
AutoDRAFT will now work with AutoCAD 2004, 2005, 2006.
Draft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30350 (8521)
Translucent obstruction now works with holes on.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30470
Background Process Manager did not run the jobs for certain users/passwords, for example if the username was only one character.
Draft 11.6.sp3
(8601)
HPD 31361 (8931) (8595)
HPD 30393 (8529)
It has been updated and now also copes properly with characters with an ASCII value less than 32. (8557) (8869)
Reselecting components out of spec in the Design Pipework application, now works correctly.
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Product Faults and User Requests
HPD 30349 (8534) (8855)
The 3D display has been corrected to show the ‘teeth’ of the section planes in the correct direction. In the 3D view, the teeth indicate which side of the plane the objects will be kept, and the display changes when the user flips it.
Draft 11.6.sp3
The Planes are now shown on the 2D view at the same time as the 3D view. In the 2D view, the shaded area indicates where the plane itself is, and does not change when the user switches between 'in front' and 'behind'. HPD 30367 (8535)
PDMS no longer shuts down if Windows/Forms for Explorer, Command Window and Drawlist are in one set and moved together.
General 11.6.sp3
HPD 30485 (8538)
Improved display of the alert input form with long text – it no longer gets cut off.
General 11.6.sp3
(8544) (8572)
Highlighting on ppoints (& plines) for picking, e.g. if you use Q IDP @ when you select the item, was not working, though there was feedback in the prompt space for the ppoint passed over.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30327 (8564)
Output in some Draft Admin forms has been improved so that it no longer shows as an exponential number.
Draft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30649 (8613)
SAVEWORK from the menu corrected to work for Model Management projects with a missing default file des-userdefinedhook.pmlmac.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30074 (8615)
A floating window no longer causes PDMS to crash – on a machine with two screens.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30730 (8664)
Corrected a WELD symbol error caused by the sequence TUBE WELD, zero length BEND, TUBE.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30740 (8669)
Precision in Draft Admin increased.
Draft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30819 (8701)
General option added back to Query menu
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30019 (8702)
Bolt diameter units were incorrect in the material list when Vessel/Equipment Trim is chosen.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
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Product Faults and User Requests
HPD 30852 (8745) HPD 31127 (8808)
New Component Creation form no longer places a 90 degree elbow in place of a 45 deg one.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30234 (8754)
Corrected errors with reference dimensions at the mid point of a tee.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31124 (8787)
Corrected error in Merge Changes handling of Table pages that caused DICE errors or a crash in an extract hierarchy.
General 11.6.sp3
HPD 31125 (8790)
Corrected fault causing Reconfigurer to crash with kerror 41.
General 11.6.sp3
HPD 31132 (8805)
Corrected a fault that caused a crash when deleting a DPSE under a ZONE.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 30984 (8838)
Corrected a fault causing partnumbers to be missed from the drawing – they were on the material list. This was traced to the fact that Spooler gave new part numbers to components across Branches, but Isodraft did not consolidate them when outputting part numbers FROMDB.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31174 (8840)
Resolved a fault causing a SPLASH error message when running a piping system isometric.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31076 (8842)
Can now use the GUI to modify the origin of a piece Design of equipment when using Ppoints On, Numbers 11.6.sp3 Settings.
HPD 31187 (8844)
The Purpose field on the Create Site form now shows the correct data.
Design 11.6.sp3
(8848)
In Annotation Modify Mode, the box can no longer be resized to make the size smaller than the minimum permitted view size.
Draft 11.6.sp3
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Product Faults and User Requests
(8849)
Various improvements to the operation of the Viewfinder and 3D view:
Draft 11.6.sp3
(1) The 3D view always does reflect the VIEW direction. There is now an extra option on viewfinder menu to 'look through' view finder (same as on 3D view popup menu), which may help user to orientate himself. (2) The OK button on the modify view form now updates the 3D view graphics. (3) On UNDO the system now issues an alert if UPDATE DESI required. (4) There is a new option on the orientation menu to reset the angle to zero. (5) Moving the view frame with the secondary mouse button & selecting cancel now clears the 2D view temporary graphics. (6) Resize hotspots are now be cleared for a new view. HPD 29872 (8867)
Isodraft no longer creates a slope arrow with the wrong slope direction (where the start/end of a tapped fitted branch was incorrectly treated as if it is on the main pipe).
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
(8871)
The Equipment application utility to control graphical navigation (selecting Equipment, Subequipment or Primitive) did not work at 11.6 and has been changed so that it works better:
Design 11.6.sp3
The toolbar Navigate button is now a toggle: allows equipment and primitive level picking using EDG as before… means that Model Editor mode is used. The Model Editor mode button is inactive when in any EDG mode. HPD 30916 (8876)
Unpinned docked windows are no longer animated: they now appear and disappear instead of sliding back and forth.
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Design 11.6.sp3
11-34
Product Faults and User Requests
HPD 31216 (8890)
The Dimension line for the Valve was incorrectly extended to include a connected Flange. (Flange was
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
MTOC OFF – MTOC DOTU – MTOC DOTD – the flanges, gaskets and valve were all SHOP FALSE.) AID text now has a background colour to make it more easily visible, especially on point clouds.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 31252 (8897)
A long piece of pipe was incorrectly split in two in the MATC file under certain circumstances.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
(8909)
Flush can now handle elements in secondary lists which no longer exist.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 31351 (8920)
Spool number was missing at a bypass.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 30657 (8932)
Spool numbers greater than 99 are now handled.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31213 (8949)
Corrected a fault causing a 'twisted' pipe drawing with the option FALLSKEW TWODBOX ON.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31405 (8952)
When showing existing pipe by setting the MTOC, MTOH and MTOT attributes of the existing components and/or branches to DOTD, spool numbers are no longer shown for these items.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31401 (8955)
The OUTC command now displays a REAL UDA correctly according to its settings.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31439 (8965)
Corrected the bend curvature appearance on the drawing isometric. (This was the first bend in a spool drawing, right after a flange.)
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31448 (8974)
The Draft GUI will now output the results of queries more accurately.
Draft 11.6.sp3
(8976)
Corrected a spatial map inconsistency error shown by DICE after a merge. This could result in a Dabacon error 534 in DESIGN
General 11.6.sp3
HPD 31489 (9001)
Corrected an error in composite dimensions when insulation is set for a zero length pulled bend which is followed immediately by a Tee in-leg.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
(9008)
Speed improvement when adding a large XGEOM to the Design Explorer.
Design 11.6.sp3
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Product Faults and User Requests
HPD 31554 (9021)
Report template width field extended.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 31611 (9061)
Corrected a crash caused by a catalogue item having more than 100 visible ppoints.
Design 11.6.sp3
HPD 31658 (9062)
Corrected a missing item number on Iso for an instrument that should be marked correctly with both item number and the name of the item (because of an OUTCOM element).
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31463 (9065)
The drawing of Venturi (PCOM with SKEY based on SGPL) with 3 offline legs has been improved.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
Currently, Isodraft restricts the number of tapping points on a PCOM to 3 – 2 end points and 1 middle point. If a tapping is not close to the centre, it is pushed to the nearest end – this tolerance has been relaxed but users are advised to place the middle tappings as close to the centre as possible. (9073)
Performance improved - deletion of many table entries no longer causes empty database pages.
General 11.6.sp3
(9083)
Improved SaveWork speed by reducing the dynamic memory allocated.
General 11.6.sp3
HPD 31711 (9091)
Corrected dimensional errors on branches.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31743 (9092)
Corrected an error causing file write locks to be left when a flush generated error.
General 11.6.sp3
HPD 31744 (9095)
Corrected an error causing a name clash not being detected on Flush.
General 11.6.sp3
HPD 31687 (9097)
Corrected a Dimension problem with set-on tees with no spool – the dimension was from the HPOS instead from the centre line of the main branch.
Isodraft 11.6.sp3
HPD 31763 (9104)
The number of welds at LUGs has been corrected.
Spooler 11.6.sp3
HPD 31859 (9131)
Corrected the replicate macro so that it does not Admin insert a $ at the end of a long line as a continuation 11.6.sp3 in the middle of a text string.
HPD 31901 (9161)
Corrected a crash when setting attributes to rules.
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11-36
Product Faults and User Requests
HPD 31902 (9164)
Corrected a crash when navigating to Draft elements in Design.
Design 11.6.sp3
(9219)
Corrected a crash when making a relative move (BY…) using Positioning Control (Graphics option) and picking the "marker" cone at the branch TAIL.
Design 11.6.sp3
(9236)
Corrected viewfinder operations to prevent an error Draft message “Variable!!DRA3DVIEWSECTIONS does 11.6.sp3 not exist”.
HPD 32018 (9259)
Fixed error querying attributes of SCOM, or using Show Attribute).
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Paragon 11.6.sp3
11-37
Product Faults and User Requests
11.6 Faults corrected and minor enhancements
*sp4*
This lists the most important corrections in Service Pack 4, at the time of writing (January 2007). Please note that the list is not complete; some other internally reported issues have also been corrected. Reference (1071)
Description Module Modifying a hanger with a locked element used to H&S delete the other elements. The application now verifies whether the hanger or its elements are locked before deletion.
(1116)
Error handling improved for creation of hanger.
H&S
(1117)
Clear Aid function improved; options provided: Remove Axes & Remove All (Axes, Lines & Text).
H&S
(1156)
Modify > Fill menu option at BRANCH level improved.
DESIGN Cable Trays
Improved user interface for modifying branch specification.
DESIGN Cable Trays
No longer gives “variable not defined” error message on creation of stanchion of E type wicket gate with no cross member.
DESIGN H&S
(1170) (1338)
(1410)
No longer gives warning message “Form CLCLACHK too large for screen”.
DESIGN
(1876)
User interface layout corrections.
ROUTER
(2158, 2275, Various corrections and improvements to user 2309, 2579, interface. 2606, 7594, 8583, 9137)
ADMIN
(2300)
Insulation no longer displayed in mm when using in Imperial units.
HVAC
(2308)
Description field now accepts text in single quotes.
ADMIN
(2768)
The user is prompted to enter a positive value for scale-up factor for DXF/DGN output.
DRAFT
HPD 16691
Correction of various errors related to the use of
DESIGN
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Reference (3342)
Description Imperial (English) units.
Module H&S
(3414)
The current project name is no longer shown in the ‘Foreign Projects’ section of the “Include Foreign database” form.
ADMIN
(3450)
Error message is now given if a user attempts to modify an element deleted by another user.
DESIGN
(3457)
The Filter option now works correctly on the in the DB set selection form.
ADMIN
(3474)
Saved template file is now correctly deleted in PDMSUSER by Utilities>Export>Delete.
DESIGN GENERAL
(3450)
The system no longer fails to display an error message to a user working on a Multi-write DB with implicit claim, when attempting to modify an element that has been deleted by another.
DESIGN
(3500)
An error is now shown when attempting to position an object without specifying the direction.
DESIGN HVAC
(3505)
Duplicate name error handled when Setting configuration for tube hanger.
DESIGN
HPD 19210 (3534)
Create > Support > Template item added to the Create Support menu.
DESIGN H&S
(3575)
The Filter option has been corrected.
ADMIN
(3581)
Admin Elements form operation has been ADMIN improved when changing the type of element. The Filter and ‘Sort by’ selector are updated and buttons grayed out or activated as appropriate.
(3676, 9366)
User interface corrections mean that correct Form Data is now shown when modifying a DATA Element and that string properties can be defined.
PARAGON
(4842)
Project>Expunge>Claimlist... in ADMIN now shows correct display list of multiwrite databases.
ADMIN
(5240)
The performance of picking is much improved. In particular, the time to dimension (LDIM and ADIM) and label (GLAB) has been speeded up.
DRAFT
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Reference (5432)
Description Right click menu is now correctly displayed in DGN General.
Module DRAFT
(6672)
View scale is no longer shown as a decimal on DRAFT 3D View.
DRAFT
HPD 25077 (6705)
Flow arrows on Trunnions may now be prevented by using the new 'OFF' setting for the 'FLOW' attribute of BRANCH.
ISODRAFT
HPD 28322 (6842)
Corrects fatal error in Isodraw when drawing 4 PCOMs with SKEY UNIV – due to lack of space for the symbols.
ISODRAFT
HPD 28432 (6874)
Corrected Rectangle shape being shown for OLET ISODRAFT (Skey:WTBW),
HPD 16192 (6947)
A valve with a user defined SKEY caused misplaced dimension line and instrument text to be drawn outside the balloon.
ISODRAFT
HPD 18377 (6958)
Corrected dimension near skewed elbow.
ISODRAFT
HPD 28754 (7070)
Corrected support dimension.
ISODRAFT
HPD 28727 (7073)
Corrected SPLASH error when drawing certain supports.
ISODRAFT
(7076)
Settings > Defaults > Main option is now more robust.
H&S
(7087)
Modify > Hanger > Attributes… prompts the user to select the hanger. If the user then presses the key the Position form is now [properly cleared.
H&S
HPD 26368 (7124)
Corrected a fault causing welds to be shown as ‘Shop’ for ‘Site’ caps.
ISODRAFT
(7523)
Project field on Entry form is now checked for valid input.
ADMIN
(7554)
Main menu option Display > Drawlist form could cause Syntax Errors. These have been corrected.
SPOOLER
(7562)
Invalid section splitting no longer causes PML Error message.
Design Structural
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference (7593)
Description Up or Down arrow no longer pops up error in Create Date Stamp
Module ADMIN
(7778)
Radio gadget callback no longer repeated after alert in certain circumstances.
GENERAL
(7861)
Several improvements to layout and usability of the user interface.
DRAFT
(7894)
System will no longer crash when attempting to rotate a selection that has been deleted!
DESIGN
HPD 29540 (7907)
Pipe Bore in the Title-block is no longer shown in feet and inches for a Pipe of bore 24" and above.
ISODRAFT
(8182)
Error “cannot create SLAB at this level” no longer given while creating SLAB.
DRAFT
MDS Trunnion offset is shown wrongly on Iso.
ISODRAFT
(8243)
Remove from View option in 3D view no longer gives error “Variable IDlist does not exist”.
DRAFT
HPD 30141 (8259)
Corrected problems with z direction for instrument connections on sloped lines.
ISODRAFT
(8582)
The Utilities definition form now checks the description better.
DESIGN HVAC
(8607)
User Interface improvements.
DESIGN H&S
(8608, 9390, 9406)
User Interface improvements.
ROUTER
(8870)
Quick Pipe Routing – Insulated pipe handled better.
DESIGN
(8889)
Error message now displayed correctly when dragging from Explorer to 3D view.
DESIGN
HPD 31258 (8956)
ISODRAFT no longer gives minor discrepancies in dimensions for certain options.
ISODRAFT
HPD 31439 (8965)
Bend curvature is no longer in the wrong direction on the isometric.
ISODRAFT
HPD 31509 (8996) HPD 31508
Dragging a FRMW into the 3D view will no longer add the owning STRU to the 3D or 2D draw list.
DRAFT
HPD 30020 (8203)
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference (8997)
Description
Module
(9018)
Longer database names (up to 93 characters) can now be used in the CNAME operation; the system will output an appropriate error message when attempting to use a longer name.
ADMIN
HPD 31551 (9022) (10149)
It is now possible to run cursor functions (including VAR !pick) from a blocking form in certain cases. This is to resolve an issue with a PML form that worked at PDMS 11.5 but used to hang the system at 11.6. This is a blocking form that requests a VAR !p PICK sub-mode on the OK button. At PDMS 11.6.sp3, when the user clicks the OK button, the form stays displayed; the user is unable to make a pick, as the blocking form is preventing it. The form is now removed and the user can perform the pick. Please note that blocking forms can lead to poor (demand driven) user interfaces. It is recommended that they be used only to force the user to provide data for which there are no defaults. An alternative might be to have a nonblocking form managing the task; this would allow the display of a blocking form to acquire critical data and would also control access to graphical picking.
DESIGN 11.6.sp4
HPD 31676 (9070)
Corrected an error in the number of Spools.
ISODRAFT
HPD 31780 (9106)
Corrected SPLASH error in Isodraft Mode.
DESIGN
HPD 31808 (9135)
Deletion of a DB no longer rearranges the sort order.
ADMIN
HPD 32588 (9140, 9445)
No longer gives erroneous Dabacon error 516 after flush error.
(9180)
No longer gives unwanted message “Can't convert DRAFT string to Db Ref” from Change Representation Rules form.
HPD 32010
Performance improvements for graphical picking; no longer highlights incorrect item. Explorer
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Reference (9223)
Description performance improvements.
HPD 32067 (9252)
Weld is no longer missing on iso when a reference dimension is attached to the welded elbow. (Weld table was already OK.)
ISODRAFT
HPD 32077 (9257)
Increased limits that caused “Error in SPLASH routine HGETS1 Area: Handling” when drawing very complex isometric.
ISODRAFT
HPD 32172 (9306)
Corrected a fault causing Splash error 9 on a particular Spool Iso with OLETs.
ISODRAFT
HPD 32190 (9313)
Corrected a crash when a reducing flange was followed by lap joint.
ISODRAFT
HPD 32211 (9324)
Corrected a warning about gadget placement in the PML Browser form.
GENERAL
HPD 32178 (9327)
Corrected an error in overall dimensions in an almost vertical line with the use of the zero length skew option.
ISODRAFT
(9343)
Now navigates correctly to the element in the navigation bar of the names form when using main menu Modify > View > Local Rules.
DRAFT
(9345)
Corrections to several User Interface layout faults, giving improved usability.
DRAFT
HPD 32286 (9353)
Corrected a fault causing tube to be shown between mating flanges.
(9357)
The Modify tool bar button is no longer greyed DESIGN out if the escape key is pressed to exit EDG mode.
HPD 32362 (9369)
Textpane text limit increased by handling in a different way.
DESIGN
HPD 32322 (9371)
Part numbers on iso no longer duplicated.
SPOOLER
(9376)
Supplied pdms.bat & evars.bat files revised to remove references to FD versions of projects.
General
HPD 31250 (9379)
Calculation of skew angles on Isometric drawing now matches better with the 3D view.
ISODRAFT
HPD 32365 (9393)
Branch is now plotted in the correct direction when zero long components are at the pipe head.
ISODRAFT
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference (9394)
Description An element is created, stored using SAVEWORK and then deleted, followed a QUIT operation… This used to leave the element in a state where 'Delete' and 'Rename' are greyed out on the popup menu in the Explorer, but is now corrected.
Module DESIGN
HPD 32476 (9408) (9419)
A fault causing an error for a large name table (4 levels) when deleting pages. Correction also made to table page splitting.
DABACON
HPD 32482 (9412)
Reference dimension no longer shown twice.
ISODRAFT
(9417)
Model manager menu not shown under Design Utilities.
DESIGN
HPD 32514 (9420)
No longer crashes for certain combinations of flanges & lap joints.
ISODRAFT
HPD 32603 (9451)
can now be used instead of mouse click for current focus position.
DESIGN
(9464)
User interface correction to prevent syntax error while creating Working Extracts.
(9470)
Automatic Continuous Clash Detection (AUTOCLASH) was failing to report clashes after encountering an error: this has now been corrected. This could occur, for example, when checking a badly routed pipe. On Demand Clash Detection was not affected.
ADMIN
DESIGN
(9494)
Extract Control no longer gives PML Error when CE is World.
DESIGN
HPD 32449 (9510)
Iso legibility improved for certain configuration – so that dimension and text are not overlaid.
ISODRAFT
HPD 32749 (9512)
Straight line no longer broken into segments with ISODRAFT different slopes.
HPD 32763 (9521)
Corrected missing weld numbers on spool iso.
HPD 32832 (9548)
User interface corrected to remove message about ADMIN Variable !!CHECKNOUPD on use of Update Event Form.
HPD 32927
Corrected dimension error caused by combination
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Reference (9567)
Description of Flow Arrow, Composite dimension & Support.
HPD 32928 (9568)
Pipe Cut length number no longer wrongly displayed along a pipe when material output is switched off.
HPD 32899 (9584)
Part numbers for Reducers now shown and the material list collected correctly.
HPD 32949, HPD 33088, HPD 33258 (9591, 9610, 9740)
New facility added to show weights and totals on isometrics. Please see section 4.7.
ISODRAFT
HPD 32975 (9593)
Corrected a fault causing the branch order around ATTAs to be reordered when moving components with the model editor.
DESIGN
HPD 31504 (9597)
Dimension of support to field weld of flange now ISODRAFT shown when flange attribute MTOC set to DOTU.
HPD 33068 (9607)
IWELD for LUG is no longer missing in spool drawing.
SPOOLER
HPD 33093 (9611)
Corrected OLET/PIPE misalignment on spool iso.
ISODRAFT
HPD 33139 (9623)
Unwanted skew no longer appears at a particular bend configuration.
ISODRAFT
HPD 33170 (9639)
Primitives with translucent obstruction now shown in correct position.
DESIGN
HPD 33312 (9652)
Performance improved for modification of SDTE with a large number of detail texts.
PARAGON
HPD 33195 (9665)
Errors with multi-write databases corrected – these were sometimes caused by deletion of Draft objects and UNDO.
DRAFT
HPD 33344 (9676)
Corrected a crash caused by use of DACs when using MDS.
DESIGN MDS
(9695)
Corrected Array bounds error in VLDMRC - IA(0) ISODRAW
HPD 33657 (9772)
Corrected the coordinates on the iso around particular configuration of ELBO used by MDS.
ISODRAFT
HPD 33804
Can now successfully use EDG to pick D-Points
GENERAL
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Product Faults and User Requests
Reference (9777)
Description under XGEOM
Module
(9781)
Explorer no longer fails to load if there are no members.
SPOOLER
(9787)
Database error 41 no longer occurs when hovering over the view frame in the 3D view.
DRAFT
(9902)
Can now re-enter H&S after using File>Save option from Application Defaults form.
DESIGN H&S
11.6.1 Corrections to Global 2.4.SP1 (issued with PDMS 11.6.sp4) Reference (0940)
Description Corrected a crash when using REPLICATE at a satellite
Module Global
HPD 33318 (9328, 9926)
Corrected an error while creating update event at satellite location.
Global
(9391)
Copy command text from Transaction messages form
Global
(9452)
Fixes to Global 2.4 file-copy functionality (Suppress spurious errors)
Global
(9555)
Restore lost Remote Session methods (Access to these is fairly obscure, via PML Location objects)
Global
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11.7 Faults corrected and minor enhancements
*sp5*
This lists the most important corrections in Service Pack 5, at the time of writing (October 2008). Please note that the list is not complete; some other internally reported issues have also been corrected. The list includes points that affect only Global projects. Corrections made at PDMS 11.6.SP5: Incident number
Defect number
Description
Module
HPD 37648
P-10276 (11709)
Corrected output of Simplified Chinese characters in MATL (material list) file with mixed English/Chinese text. This file now matches the (correct) output of the material information on the Isometric. However, the MATC file still outputs a coded description.
Isodraft
HPD 27771
P-9186 (6673)
Correct symbol now shown on reducer continuation
Isodraft
HPD 35622
P-10271 (11695)
SQL-Direct did not work at PDMS11.6.SP3 or 4.
SQL-Direct
HPD 36807
P-10230 (11632)
Background Process Manager was failing with some passwords
Draft BPM
HPD 37174
P-10260 (11678)
Now correctly selects component from alternate spec, rather the branch spec.
Design
P-7716
Improvements to the handling of Asian characters to prevent spurious messages: error (2,792) Cannot assign to attribute.
Design
P-8109
Improvements to the handling of Asian characters to prevent spurious messages: (2,109) Undefined name …
Design
HPD 37796
P-10368
Japanese Shift-JIS DXF file no longer has errors in certain characters codes. Please note that updated AutoCAD font files should also be used – these are available separately.
Draft
HPD 37890
P-10291 (11729)
Corrections have been made to Reconfigurer to prevent certain cases of database corruption
Admin
HPD 36107
P-10181 (11540)
Changing Lvisibility from true to false, when you have multiple views on a sheet with all the view frames are turned on, no longer causes the view to disappear
Draft
HPD 38119
P-10451
Bad Skewbox dimensioning
Isodraft
HPD 38200
P-10452
Material control files in error
Isodraft
HPD 38120
P-10468
Spurious length of pipe and bad Skewbox triangle
Isodraft
HPD 32183
P-10607
No status flag error
Isodraft
HPD 34955
P-10608
Wrong dimension and wrong representation on isometric.
Isodraft
HPD 35321
P-10609
Check valve dimension is wrong on isometric
Isodraft
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Product Faults and User Requests
Incident number
Defect number
Description
Module
HPD 35905
P-10610
Duplicate part numbers for tubi connected to seton
Isodraft
HPD 36110
P-10611
Weld Numbering Error
Isodraft
HPD 36484
P-10620
Wrong dimensions on pipe legs with olets
Isodraft
HPD 36585
P-10621
Problem using weld for small slopes an pipes
Isodraft
HPD 36969
P-10622
Isodraft produces an FATAL ERROR while processing
Isodraft
HPD 34236
P-10623
Missing Bends in Part List
Isodraft
HPD 37298
P-10624
Connections to 6-way components do not always show correctly
Isodraft
HPD 37347
P-10625
Spooler deletes the WLDGRP or JNTGRP
Isodraft
HPD 37612
P-10626
Iso not up to date
Isodraft
HPD 37060
P-10627
IWELD not shown on SPLDRG
Isodraft
HPD 32183
P-10607
No status flag error
Isodraft
HDP 37836
P-10289
Partno 2 is shown in Part List but not on the Iso
Isodraft
HPD 37171
P-10301
A fatal error has occurred in ISODRAW
Isodraft
HPD 38347
P-10333
dimension line of overall length points to wrong p
Isodraft
HPD 34769
P-10085
Incorrect bore value shown on Iso
Isodraft
HPD 38668
P-11708
Tube numbering problem for Pulled Bends with no leave tube
Spooler
P-11709
IWELD created when COCO not defined
Spooler
HPD 38179
P-11743
Bolt part numbers incorrectly consolidated by Gateway
Isodraft
HPD 38638
P-11820
Bolting problems with Isodraft equipment detailing
Isodraft
HPD 38849
P-11920
We have a problem with numbering if after the spool break are (support) ATTAs
Spooler
11.7.1 Corrections consolidated from previous fix releases: Incident number
Defect number
Description
Fix Version
-
DFN03777
Centreline lengths calculated incorrectly for Imperial lengths
12
-
DFN07469
Error maintaining branch count when pipe contains pslists
12
HPD 31255
DFN08906
The dimension to a welded attachment is incorrect
12
HPD 32183
DFN09310
No status flag error
12
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DFN09492
fix for preventing the router menu showing if router appware is not installed.
12
HPD 34955
DFN10449
Wrong dimension and wrong representation on isometric
12
HPD 35321
DFN10667
Check valve dimension is wrong
12
HPD 35905
DFN11458
Create IWELD for Seton TEEs
12
HPD 36110
DFN11550
Weld Numbering Error.
12
HPD 36484
DFN11592
Wrong dimensions on pipe legs with olets
12
HPD 36490
DFN11597
Same dimension appears twice.
12
HPD 36585
DFN11611
Problem using welds for small slopes on pipes
12
HPD 36613
DFN11615
Issue with dimensions on isometric
12
HPD 36969
DFN11651
Isodraft produces an FATAL ERROR while processing
12
HPD 37002
DFN11662
Number FTUB with SKEY of TUBE
12
HPD 34236
DFN11667
Number Pipe with different Specs distinctly
12
HPD 36903
DFN11673
Reposition at component after FROMSPCOM command
12
HPD 36538
DFN11683
Error reporting WBORE of an IWELD
12
HPD 37298
DFN11693
Connections to 6-way components do not always show correctly
12
HPD 37347
DFN11702
Only remove or copy the Weld or Joint group being created
12
HPD 37512
DFN11705
Incorrectly positioned continuation text
12
HPD 37612
DFN11710
SPOOL_ERROR_INTERNAL when Gasket first element of Spool drawing
12
HPD 37060
DFN11725
Do not create Welds at ATTAs even if SPKBRK is True
12
HPD 37836
DFN11727
Treat MTOC values of DOTD and DOTU as OFF
12
HPD 35876
DFN11434
Incorrect CofG when SCTN on a Template joint is queried using command line
11
-
P-4417
DRAFT entry time too long (11.6)
9
-
P-4419
Plines & memberlines sometimes truncated rather than drawn to node point (11.6)
9
-
DFN11403
Fix bug in db5_flush which was leaving stacks when error 573 was generated
9
-
DFN11391
Fix bug in db5_flush which was leaving stacks when error 573 was generated
9
-
P-4372
PipeCheckAddin can cause delays exiting design (Additional performance enhancement)
9
HPD 36348
DFN11587
SCTN with profile of cone crashes PDMS
9
-
DFN9293
Inter-DB macros for deleted DB
9
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Product Faults and User Requests
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DFN11640
Extract Flush Reset crashes remote daemon
9
-
DFN11635
UPDATE command does nothing in certain network configurations
9
-
DFN2128
Secondary merge causes update failures due to prevention of reverse propagation
9
-
P-4315
Prevent potential problem with endpoints in file-copy after ADMNEW check
9
-
P-4319
Undefined variables affecting REMOTE MERGE for Transaction db
9
-
P-4316
REMOTE MERGE will stall not fail if error creating operations
9
-
P-4408
Undefined variable caused SYNCHR ALL error
9
-
DFN11122
ADMIN crash in Q REMOTE
9
-
P-4321
SORTALLOCATE wrong in RELEASE version
9
-
DUN642
PML encryption
9
-
DFN11434
SCTN CofG error on Template joints.
9
-
DFN9713
Volume calculation on structures with TMPL. 09/01/08
9
HPD 28734
DFN07931
Control whether dimension value appears in/above dimension line
9
HPD 33734
DFN09793
Insertion of missing horizontal lines in some tables
9
HPD 36076
DFN11541
Set Search Within constraint
9
HPD 36069
DFN11549
Fixed Length Tube Weights
9
HPD 36563
DFN11604
Eccentric reducer symbol at sheet break error
9
HPD 36284
DFN11613
Dimensions Composite
9
HPD 36701
DFN11625
Last ATTA co-incident with WELD
9
HPD 36891
DFN11643
error (61,567) F&M: Cannot find required field !!SPLASBUILT in list/menu
9
HPD 36884
DFN11650
Incorrect Continuation Comment when Field Weld not included in Spool Drawing
9
-
DUN0747
SKEY enhancements
9
-
DUN0757
Improved “Continuation Sheet” Functionality
9
-
DFN8502
Unhandled Dab538 in DICE
9
HPD 33482
DFN10456
Cannot dimension ppoint of template
9
HPD 35192
DFN10625
run error and crash when using add to drawlist con
9
HPD 34452
DFN10260
Error in SPLASH routine
8
HPD 34993
DFN10486
Separate Tube Weight Conversion Factor
8
HPD 35201
DFN10757
Weights are too close to column border
8
HPD 35848
DFN11366
ERROR in SPLASH routine
8
HPD 35905
DFN11458
Part Numbers distinct across Branches
8
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HPD 36046
DFN11528
Wrong display of tracing (visible when turned off)
8
HPD 36076
DFN11541
Set Search Within constraint
8
HPD 36069
DFN11549
Fixed Length Tube Weights
8
HPD 36362
DFN11578
Incorrect Continuation Comment when Field Weld added
8
HPD 36278
DFN11581
Missing Weights for MTOREF Items
8
HPD 36497
DFN11596
atta showing as bend
8
-
DFN11610
The fix is to make the Model Management menu entry available in Spooler.
8
HPD 36076
DFN11541
Unhandled Exception error when using spooler > Cope better with Spools that contain more than 500 item
7
HPD 35015
DFN10459
Valve dimension is wrong.
6
HPD 35201
DFN10757
Weights are too close to column border
6
HPD 35736
DFN11130
Problem with Elbow angle when the first digit after the decimal is a 0
6
HPD 26805
DFN7121
Split atta causes wrong dimensions
6
-
DFN10905
Zillions of lines of "DRAWING INSIDE TITLE BLOCK"
6
HPD 35079
DFN10619
PDMS Model Editor Error when I use at ATTA.
5
HPD 35111
DFN10533
“Specon destroys CATA DB”. Problem with long member list.
4
-
DFN10622
Data changed on UDA not saved with SAVEWORK (if last dynamic attribute on already created element)
4
HPD 34969
DFN10752
PDMS116SP4 takes 5 minutes or more to exit (and Splash crash fix)
4
-
DFN9621
Fix for Splash crashes on module switch
4
HPD 35408
DFN10470
Re-introduce bottom scroll bar on forms. Modification to discourage users from killing the PDMS console window.
4
HPD 35604
DFN10996
Clashes not being reported when either CLEARANCE or TOUCH GAP values are non-zero.
4
HPD 35230
DFN11277
Modification to discourage users from killing the PDMS console window.
4
HPD 32322
DFN9371
On the right tee you see part number 3 and part number 6 for the tee
3
HPD 33981
DFN9958
Wrong dimension 1453 on isometric plot
3
HPD 33984
DFN9975
Continuation notes are wrongly positioned on olets
3
HPD 34169
DFN10131
Weld number is shown in middle of pipe where there isn't any weld
3
HPD 34219
DFN10151
Overall dimension is missing on isometric plot
3
HPD 34927
DFN10422
Overall dimension on isometric is wrong
3
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