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Scripting ImPLANT-I 2

  • Last UpdatedJan 06, 2026
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If you wish to run the ImPLANT-I 2 technology from the windows command line, or from a script such as a Windows .bat file, a perl program, from PML using the SYSCOM command, you can use the ImPLANT-I2.exe program from the ImPLANT-I installation folder (by default C:\AVEVA\Plant\Design\ImPLANT-I2.3 or C:\AVEVA\Marine\Design\ImPLANT-I2.3).

All the options for ImPLANT-I2.exe are supplied as command-line arguments, for example:

ImPLANT-I2.exe -i "OldTestBed/V8-tank1.dgn" -o Shape.mac

There are several possible options. Most of them correspond to features available in the dialog interface, but there are some others, primarily intended to help automated testing.

-h

Print brief help

-i [path]

The Input DGN file. You may enclose the path in double-quote characters (for example to include spaces), for example:

-i "C:\new examples\tank1.dgn"

-o [path]

The Output Macro file. You may enclose the path in double-quote characters (for example to include spaces). If you do not include a -o option, the messages are sent to standard output, for example:

-o Shape.mac

-m [path]

The Messages (log) file. You may enclose the path in double-quote characters (for example to include spaces). If you do not include a -d option, the messages are sent to standard output, for example:

-m Shape.lo

-scale N.M

Multiply the size of the model by N.M. A scale greater than 1 makes the imported geometry bigger, and a scale less than 1 makes it smaller, for example:

-scale 0.25

-shift X Y Z

Shift the model by X Y Z mm, for example:

-shift 1000 200 -250

-summary

Print summary information instead of translating the model.

-brief

Print brief messages - this is the default.

-full

Print full messages.

-filezone

Wrap all the output in a ZONE element (default).

-fileequi

Wrap all the output in an EQUIPMENT element.

-filestru

Wrap all the output in an STRUCTURE element.

-filevolm

Wrap all the output in an VOLMODEL element.

-filebare

Do not wrap all the output in an element.

-equi

Wrap top-level DGN elements in EQUIPMENT element(s) (default).

-sube

Wrap top-level DGN elements in SUBEQUIPMENT element(s).

-stru

Wrap top-level DGN elements in STRUCTURE element(s).

-subs

Wrap top-level DGN elements in SUBSTRUCTURE element(s).

-volm

Wrap top-level DGN elements in VOLMODEL element(s).

-svolm

Wrap top-level DGN elements in SVOLMODEL element(s).

-nocontainer

Do not wrap top-level DGN elements in element(s).

-limit N

Translate up to N top-level DGN elements into each container (the default is 1, 0 means 'no limit').

-skip N

Skip N top-level DGN elements before starting translating.

-process N

Translate only N top-level DGN elements.

-debug

Print verbose messages useful to AVEVA development.

-named

Name the outermost element from the DGN file.

-tolfactor N.M

Multiply the default tolerances by the given number. 10.0 is a coarse setting, 0.1 is a fine setting, and the default value is 1.0.

-unicode

Create unicode output files (utf-8 encoding with a byte-order mark). This option must only be used with Marine/Design 12.1.1 and above.

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