Scripting ImPLANT-I 1

The ImPLANT-I 1 facilities are available from the command line, either interactively or scripted by using ImPLANT-I.exe, which can be found in the installed ImPLANT-I folder (by default C:\AVEVA\Plant\Design\ImPLANT-I2.3 or C:\AVEVA\Marine\Design\ImPLANT-I2.3).

If ImPLANT-I.exe is run from a Windows command prompt without arguments, an interactive "command-processor" session is started, but as an alternative several command-line arguments are available, refer to Command Line Arguments.

When using ImPLANT-I.exe it is driven via the AVEVA Command Processor. You must specify the type of file to be generated (PDMS or Review - for Marine Outfitting select PDMS) and the names of the DGN Files whose graphics are to be translated.

A number of engineering items may be stored in one DGN file. When transferring data to Marine/Design AVEVA ImPLANT-I.exe will transfer all the engineering items into a single database element. The database element will typically either be a ZONE (containing a number of EQUIpment or VOLuMe elements) or a STRUCTURE element. ImPLANT-I will allow you to specify the Marine element type (EQUIPMENT, VOLM or STRUCTURE) and its name (if any).

More than one DGN file can be input for each Marine/Design or Review output file, and more than one Marine/Design or Review file can be generated within one ImPLANT-I.exe session.

ImPLANT-I.exe has a macro-processing facility that enables you to create a file of commands (called a macro) using a standard editor, and then ask ImPLANT-I.exe to process the commands in that file. Therefore, you do not have to enter all commands interactively every time.

An alternative approach is to generate the ImPLANT-I.exe script automatically with, for example, a Visual Basic program, or a Perl script. ImPLANT-I.exe includes several commands designed for use in such scripts.