Setting the ADP Defaults

The ADP Defaults are set on the ADP Defaults File Editor form, which is displayed when you select Settings > General ADP Defaults from the Main ADP Menu.

There are several defaults files supplied with the product, stored in the directory %PDMSDFLTS%. The file names are of the form DRA-GENADP -*. These files can be modified, and you can create your own new files as well.

• You can load a defaults file in the following ways:

  • Select File > Load From from the menu at the top of the form. A File Browser will be displayed, showing the files in the given directory. Select the file you want.

  • Press the Browse button on the body of the form. A File Browser will be displayed.

  • If you already have an ADP Drawing displayed, you can select From View and pick any item in the View. The Defaults file used to create the View will be loaded.

When a defaults file is loaded, the ADP Defaults File Editor form will be filled in with details from the file. You can change the defaults as described in the following sections.

The File Header text box shows a description of the type of defaults.

The text boxes labelled Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 show the type of dimensions controlled by the given types. As supplied, Type 1 is Piping, Type 2 is Equipment and Type 3 is Gridline. Not all types are used in all default files: when a type is not used in the current default file it is shown on the form as Unused. To change a type of dimension, click on the appropriate Type button, and a Type n Defaults form will be displayed.

For information about the options on the Type n Defaults forms, see the online help.

The General, Schedules and Tagging buttons allow you to set defaults as described in the following sections.

The General ADP Defaults Form

The General ADP Defaults form is displayed when you press General on the ADP Defaults File Editor form. This form allows you to:

• Restrict USER Access. If this button is switched off, users will be able to access the Modify User Defaults form and so change the defaults. If this button is switched on, users will not be able to modify the defaults files from the user forms. The only way to change them will be from this form, which is only accessible to users who are members of the DRAFTADMIN team. The Modify button on the Modify User Defaults form and the Edit button on the View Function form will not be active.

• Set the Annotation Processing Order.

  In the text box, enter the order in which different types of annotation are to be processed. As supplied, the order is 3, 2, 1. Each Type n Defaults form has an option where you can define how inherited dimension points are handled, by specifying which Type they are copied from: the processing order must ensure that the dimension points to be copied already exist.

  

• Create any Representation Rulesets needed. If the standard Representation Rulesets are required, this text box should contain the text Standard.

• Create any rules needed to control which elements are ADDed or REMOVEd from Drawlists defined by volume. As supplied, all elements within the Volume will be added, but elements of type PIPE that are owned by a Zone with Function set to Heating or Electrical will be removed.

The ADP Defaults - Schedules and ADP Defaults - Tagging Forms

The ADP Defaults - Schedules form is displayed when you press Schedules on the ADP Defaults File Editor form.

The ADP Defaults - Tagging form is displayed when you press Tagging on the ADP Defaults File Editor form.