Project Organization
- Last UpdatedMar 20, 2026
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In order to create data, you must first create a Project.
A Project consists of:
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One each of System, Comms, and Misc DBs.
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Multiple Design, Catalog, Drawing, and Dictionary DBs.
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Various picture files.
A project starts with just the System, Comms and Misc DBs.
You will then have to create other DBs for users to work on. The various visible DB types are:
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System |
Contains details on DBs, MDBs, teams etc in the project. |
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Dictionary |
Contains UDA and UDET definitions. |
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Property |
Contains units for different properties. |
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Catalog |
Contains catalog and specification information. |
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Model |
Contains Plant design information. |
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Draw |
Contains drawing information. |
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SPOOL |
Contains spool information. |
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Materials |
Contains hull material information. |
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Diagrams |
Contains Schematic information. |
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Transaction |
Used by Global to record transactions. |
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SCHEMATIC |
Contains PI&D (Schematic) information. |
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MANU |
Contains detailed manufacturing data. |
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NSEQ |
Stores name sequences. |
Typically there will be many DBs of each type within a project.
An example of a simple project is as follows:
DBs may be included from other projects.
Each DB has a unique DB number. User DBs have numbers in the range 1-7000. The range 7000-8000 is reserved for AVEVA supplied databases. The range 8000-8192 is reserved for system databases.
The DB number is assigned to the DB on creation. You may specify the DB number. If not specified by you then the next available DB number is used.
There may never be two DBs with the same DB number in a single project. Thus to include a DB from another project, that DB number must be unused in the target project.