Dynamic Detail Areas on the Drawing Sheet

The user can include Dynamic Detail Area PLOT files on the isometric. These show details of particular items of interest; for example, they could be used to show details of: welded supports; drain and vent assemblies; reinforcement pads; complex manifolds; and so on. They can be produced in Draw or any other suitable 2D drawing program.

All branch members and specification components possess a DPFN attribute, which can be set to hold a Detail PLOT File Name. Isodraft can automatically pick up these PLOT files when detailing and place them on the isometric. The detail plot is output on the same drawing sheet as the component with which it is associated.

Detail Area output is switched on using the POSItion DETAILPlots command. Up to 20 Detail Areas can be plotted on a single isometric.

Detail plots may also include the parameterized values of system and user defined attributes (UDAs). The attributes shown can be defined using the PLOTDETAILDATA command which allows the user to select which attributes to show, the x and y coordinates relative to the origin of the plot file, the character height, and the angle at which the text is to be plotted.

The different attribute types are displayed as follows:

• Array type attributes are shown separated by a new line.

• Reference attributes are expanded to give the full AVEVA E3D Design name.

• Logical attributes are output as T(rue) or F(alse).

• Position, orientation and direction attributes are separated by spaces.