Database Types

A project can contain the following types of database:

Administration Databases

• The System database itself, which holds the access control data for the model data and modules.

• The Comms database, which stores information about who is using which module and which model databases are available.

• The Misc database which stores inter-user messages, and inter-database macros.

Model Databases

• Catalogue databases which contains the project catalogue and specifications.

• Config databases which contains the configuration data for different applications and stores it in a common place.

• Dictionary databases which contains the definitions of User-Defined Attributes (UDAs), User Default Element Types (UDETs) and User System Defined Attributes (USDAs) as set up in the Lexicon application.

• ISOD databases which contains the spool drawings produced by Spool.

• Model databases which contains all the design information for the project.

• PADD databases which contains data about drawings produced by Draft.

• Properties databases which can contain material properties, and can be referenced by the catalogue.

• Task databases which contains steel planning used for AVEVA E3D Structural Design.

Engineering Databases

• ENGI databases which are used to store Engineering data.

• RDFN database, which is used to store a conceptual model.

Diagrams Database

• SCHE Schematics database.

Global databases (only visible when Global is in use)

• TRANS Transaction database

Product Common databases

• Cross Product (XPRD) databases which contains comments available to all products

The following are specific to Marine Projects

• ALYS databases which stores hydrostatic calculations

• MANU databases which contains detailed manufacturing data

• NSEQ databases which stores name sequences

• Shematic databases which contains P&ID (Schematic) information.

Each project can have only one of each type of administration database, but it can have any number of each type of model database.