Using Marine Products

Assuming the Marine product(s) have been correctly installed onto your workstation, you can start any of them from the main Start menu. You have the choice of starting directly in a named module, or using the default entry point in the Monitor module. The experience is slightly different depending which product you enter and whether you enter via Monitor or directly.

The following description illustrates entering PDMS through the default (Monitor) module. and discuss the differences if you choose to enter another module directly or if you login to Engineering or Diagrams.

To enter PDMS through the default (Monitor) entry point

1. Start PDMS by selecting Start > All Programs > AVEVA Marine > Design > PDMSMarine 12.1 (Monitor).

   Two command windows and a splash screen will appear briefly. The Login form that appears requires you to specify a number of details at the outset of your session.

   

   

2. Select the Project drop-down menu to see a list of all available projects by their project identifier if one is defined, or by the three letter project code if not.

   

   

3. Select a project from the Project list.

   The Username and MDB fields are re-populated with the relevant entries for the selected project.

4. A username will have been allocated to you by the System Administrator. Select the Username drop-down menu to see all available usernames with any associated comment in braces. If Windows authenticated users are in use with this project, the list will be limited to those available for the current Windows user.

   

   

5. Select the desired username from the list or begin to type it in the field.

   The list is automatically filtered for names beginning with the typed characters.

   

   

6. A password will have been allocated to you by the System Administrator. Enter this password in the Password field. Passwords are case sensitive, be sure to enter it correctly.

   If Windows authenticated users are in use with this project, a password is not necessary and this field will be greyed out.

7. If you want to change your password as you enter PDMS, check Change Password on the login window, then continue to login as normal. You will be offered the change password window after completing the login procedure.

8. Select the MDB drop-down menu to see a list of all available Multiple Databases with any associated comment in braces.

   

   

9. Select the desired MDB from the list or begin to type its name in the field, the list is automatically filtered for names beginning with the typed characters.

   Note: If data access licenses are not available, some databases in the MDB are not opened. An error message window is displayed on startup.

10. From the Module drop-down menu select the PDMS Module to launch.

    

    

Options

In addition to the choice of module to enter, there are a number of other options available to you on entering PDMS. These are displayed as checkboxes on the Options panel.

Integrate Engineering and Schematics

The Integrate Engineering and Schematics setting is relevant when PDMS is being used alongside Engineer and/or Diagrams, and it affects the visibility of Engineering and Schematic data in the 3D PDMS modules. Engineering and Schematic data will be visible, read-only, when this option is checked.

Open Read Only

If this field is checked all databases will be opened read only on entry to PDMS. Make sure that the Read Only checkbox is unchecked if you want to modify the database as you work.

Restore Views

Some modules, notably Design and Draft, can optionally restore the state of graphical views from the previous run of the module. Check this option to restore the views.

Change Password

To change your password as you enter PDMS

11. Select the Change Password checkbox, then continue to login as normal.

    You will be offered the Change Password window after completing the login procedure.

    

12. Enter a new password and confirm the change. Remember that passwords are case sensitive and should be no longer than 6 characters.

    Note: The Change Password option will be greyed out and you will not be able to change your password on login if the System Administrator has set the PASSWORDLOCK ON for this project. In this case you must ask the System Administrator to change your password.

    A User Password Changed window is displayed if the change of password was successful.

    

Restore Default Layout

On entry to an PDMS module the layout of the main graphics windows and Explorers will normally be restored as they appeared the last time the module was run. If you do not want this state restored but want to return to the default layout then check this option. The state of the graphics layout is stored between runs in a pair of directories below Documents and Settings. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to delete this stored state after completing the login procedure.

Direct Module Login

If you know which PDMS module you want to work in, you can login to it directly from the Start menu. Select from the individual modules listed under Start > All Programs > AVEVA Marine > Design > PDMSMarine 12.1. The login window displayed is slightly modified from the default (Monitor) window. The following example is for the Design module.

There is a reduced set of options available. The fields and options that are present have the same meaning and effect as previously described for the default (Monitor) login.

Logging into Engineering or Diagrams

The procedure and choices for logging into Engineering or Diagrams is similar. You can choose the default (Monitor) login or login to an individual module directly. The login shortcuts are found on the Start menu selecting: Start > All Programs > AVEVA Marine > Engineer > Engineering 12.1 or Start > All Programs > AVEVA Marine > Engineer > Diagrams 12.1 respectively. The following example is for the default (Monitor) login form for Engineering.

The main difference between this and the PDMS login window previously described is the absence of the Integrate Engineering and Schematics checkbox which is not relevant when working in Engineering or Diagrams products.