Process Settings

This section describes the Process Settings part of the Process Drawings Control form.

Process Tasks

Tasks which act on the entire 'run', can be added to the drawing process. Access these tasks by clicking the Process Tasks button.

Note: If there are no tasks selected this is indicated in Red. If tasks are selected this will be indicated in green.

The available tasks are shown in the Process Drawings Control Tasks form.

Add tasks

1. Select the one required and click on the button. Remove tasks by clicking the button.

2. Once all the required tasks have been selected, click Dismiss.

   Some of the tasks can be modified by first selecting them in the Tasks Selected field and then clicking on the Modify Task button. This displays a form that allows modification of that specific task.

   Example - Modifying the Plot Task ()

   

3. Enter the value for the relevant field and press the OK button.

   Note: If additional tasks are needed contact your administrator and ask for the appropriate ones to be added.

Process Type

This section describes the Process Type part of the Process Drawings Control form.

Another option associated with the process run is the Process Type. This defines how ABA handles the drawings, that means, by updating, regenerating, and/or auto numbering them.

To define the type of process to be used

• Choose one of the options from the Process Type pull down menu.

  The choices depend on the drawings selected for processing. For example if only existing drawings are selected the create options are not displayed. The available Process Type choices are:

  • Create & Update - New drawings are created and existing drawings are updated. Update means that the design graphics, the tagging, and any tasks assigned to the template are re-run. No layers are deleted through this process, thus allowing user to add their own 2D layer elements if required.

  • Create & Regen(erate) - New drawings are created and existing drawings are Regenerated. Regenerate means that the drawing is effectively deleted and re-created. This maybe used if a new drawing is required without the user additions (for example 2D layers).

  • Process Tasks Only - Only those selected process tasks are actioned. Drawings are not modified. For example, if the process task Plot_Drawings is selected, then the selected existing drawings will be plotted to file.

  Note: Create or Update and Regenerate options may also be available if one type of either old or new drawings is to be processed.

Auto Numbering

The other process option is the Auto Numbering toggle. This assigns a specific numbering code to the drawings to generate a Drawing number. The ABA Administrator sets up the Drawing number, and you should refer to this person for further information on how the numbering is configured.

The final step in the drawing production is to process the drawings as described in the next two sections. The options are process immediately and batch process.