Members and Export List

The Members part allows you to navigate around the database hierarchy.

Though the application will create only GENSEC elements, old models might still contain SCTNs as well. The interface will still find SCTNs and export them. If a model is being imported and there are pre-existing SCTNs, these will be preserved, but all new members will be created as GENSECs.

You must input the elements to be exported, but need not select only SCTNs, GENSECs or PANEs. The interface locates all SCTNs, GENSECs and PANEs contained in, or implied by, the Export list. If you add something to the Export list and the item display in the 3D view it is highlighted and its colour changes. The Export list is managed such that duplicate elements are removed and that items are exported only once.

Note:
Partial model transfers are supported by the interface, however, you must be aware of how the Import process handles partial model transfers. Refer to Comparison and Merge Processes for further information.

There are several methods of adding elements to the Export list.

Add CE adds the current element to the list and implies all items below the current element in the database hierarchy. The WORL can not be added to the list.

The Add by Pick option allows you to select an item from the 3D view. It is similar to other pick functions. Selecting this option brings up a Status window and puts you into a mode where an item from the 3D view can be picked. You can also pick a sequence of items in succession to add to the Export list. Press the ESC key when complete. If you do not want to continue, press the ESC key.

Add Structure attempts to climb to the Structure owning the current element and add that to the Export list. A warning message displays if there isn't an owning Structure.

There is also a set of methods by which you can remove items from the Export list. These options work only on entries in the Export list, rather than in the model. As with adding to the Export list, when items are removed from the Export list, the highlight is removed from the item or items and they are returned to the default colours as defined by this interface.

Note:
The colour may be different from the colour in which it may have originally been added to the Drawlist.

Remove CE looks for the name of the current element in the list and removes it if present.

Remove by Pick allows you to select something from the 3D view and, if it is present in the Export list, the name is removed. As with the Add by Pick option, you can select a series of items to remove from the Export list until the ESC key is pressed.

Remove Selected is a means by which the item selected in the Export list is subsequently removed. Select the item first in the list, then click Remove Selected.

Clear just removes everything from the list.

You may find that items that display in the Export list do not exist, or have been renamed. The Export process determines all the valid entries in the Export list and prepares the data accordingly. Clearing the list, or removing individual items is performed as expected.

Error and Log File Messages

Cancel closes the AVEVA SDNF Export window.

Export executes the Export process. As it proceeds you are kept informed of the progress by means of messages at the bottom of the main Model window as well as by forms and prompts.

Control

The Control drop-down menu has four options; Re-initialize, Configure, Map Converter and Exit.

After changing any mapping files or any other variables:

Re-initialize reloads the files to save you having to rebuild the whole user interface from scratch.

Configure enables you to define run parameters, model parameters, display colours and environment parameters. Refer to Customise SDNF - System Configuration for further information.

Map Converter starts the tool that helps you rebuild Profile mapping files. Refer to External Mapping Files for further information.

Exit command removes all forms and menus and global variables associated with the interface.

The General drop-down menu has one option, Highlight which displays the Highlighter window enabling you to identify new, changed and deleted items in the model. The Highlighter window has more relevance to the Import process and is described in detail. Refer to Validation Process for further information.