ADP Application Menu

Once the application has been loaded, the ADP application menu is displayed across the top of the window. The Create and Modify menus are exclusively for ADP.

1. Selecting Create > General ADP > Drawing from the main menu displays the Create DRWG form.

   Note: The Drawing will be created under the current Registry, assuming that the Current Element is a Registry or lower.
   
   If you are at a higher level, and more than one Registry is available, you are prompted to move to the Registry required, by selecting it in the Draft Explorer.

   

2. Select OK on the Create DRWG form to display the Modify General ADP Drawing form.

   

   This form allows you to enter a title and date for the drawing, and provides access to creating an ADP sheet.

   CE	Select to show the Current Element.
   Frame	Select a Backing Sheet from the drop-down list.
   Title	Enter an appropriate title for the Drawing.
   Date	Populated automatically with the current date.
   Drn	Populated automatically with the drawer’s ID.
   Apply	Applies the populated fields in the Drawing.
   Create ADP Sheet	Displays the Create SHEE form.
   Dismiss	Closes the form.

   Once the fields on the Modify General ADP Drawings form have been populated, and Apply and Create ADP Sheet have been selected, the Create SHEE form is displayed.

   

3. Select OK on the Create SHEE form to show the Backing Sheet in the Drawing display Window and displays the Modify General ADP Sheet form.

   

   This form allows you to modify the ADP Sheet and provides access to creating the ADP View.

   CE	Select to show the Current Element.
   Frame	Populated with the previously selected Backing Sheet.
   	Selecting this function displays the contents of the adjacent field.
   Title	Enter a Title if required.
   Keyplan	Select a keyplan from the dropdown list. This will define the limits of the drawing.
   Area	Select from the dropdown list of options. The list becomes available once a keyplan has been selected.
   Reference Drawings	Displays a list of Reference Drawings which can be accessed
   Apply	Displays the keyplan in the appropriate area of the sheet.
   Create ADP View	Displays the Create View form.
   Dismiss	Closes the form.

   

4. Select Keyplan on the Modify General ADP Sheet form to zoom into the keyplan area.

   

5. Select Frame on the Modify General ADP Sheet form to return the View to full frame.

6. With all the fields set on the Modify General ADP Sheet form, selecting the Create ADP View, displays the Create VIEW form.

   

   The Function of the View is set in the form so that a View will be created which references a corresponding file.

7. Select OK on the Create View form to display the Modify General ADP View form.

   

   This form allows you to define the Drawing View based on general settings and limits imposed either by the drawlist or keyplan.

   CE	Select to show the Current Element.
   Function	Populated with the selected function.
   Modify	Displays the Modify General ADP Sheet form
   Defaults	Displays a Defaults form.
   General Settings
   Drawlist	Select how the Drawlist is to be defined from the drop-down list of options. For example selecting the ‘Volume Defined’ option allows the drawing to be defined by the values in the direction boxes at the bottom of the form.
   Modify	Displays the Drawlist Management form.
   Style	Select a Style from the drop-down list.
   Type	Select a Type from the drop-down list.
   Direction	Select a direction for the frame position from the drop-down list.
   Automatic	Sets the frame position automatically.
   Cursor	Allows the frame position to the be picked in the View with the cursor.
   Limits
   From Drawlist	Allows the limits of the drawing to be defined according to the Drawlist Setting.
   From Keyplan	Allows the limits of the drawing to be defined according to the selected keyplan.
   Update Aids	Provides access to updating aids.
   Matchlines	Displays matchlines on the drawing View if the checkbox is selected.
   From	Enter the required values in the From direction boxes, if required.
   To	Enter the required values in the To direction boxes, if required.
   Scale	Select the scale using the drop-down lists.
   Nearest	Selects automatically the scale which show the complete drawing in the View.
   Set Scale	Sets the scale according to the entered values.
   Tagging	Allows tagging to be included in the View.
   Schedules	Allows schedules to be included in the View.
   Attributes	Allows attributes to be included in the View.
   Apply	Applies the settings in the Modify View form.
   Update	Displays the View Update form.
   Dismiss	Closes the form.

8. Once the Modify General ADP View form has been populated with the required settings, select Apply to accept the settings and display the Drawing View with the specified elements included.

   

9. Select Update on the Modify General ADP View form to display the View Update form.

   

   This form allows you to specify which elements in the View will be updated.

   Update	Select the options for updating from Design Graphics, Schedules, Tagging, Annotation, Piping, Equipment and Gridline.
   	Note: Automatic Savework is on by default.
   Log File
   Directory	Populated with the current directory.
   File Name	Enter the file name or select Browse to open a browser.
   Messages	Select the message format from the dropdown list.
   Update Now	Actions the Drawing View creation process.
   Create Batch Macro	Creates a batch macro for the Drawing View.
   Dismiss	Closes the form.

10. After selecting the Update options on the View Update form and selecting Update Now, messages will appear in the Status Bar giving information about the creation process, which can take a few minutes.

    On completion of the creation process, the Drawing View is displayed.