Design Templates

This guide introduces the facilities provided by AVEVA for the creation of Design Templates. These are standard design configurations which you can store for subsequent use by yourself or other designers.

The guide explains the main concepts underlying the creation of Design Templates and their incorporation into the Specifications which make them accessible to other designers. A key feature of the guide is a hands-on tutorial exercise which is incorporated throughout.

This guide does not give step-by-step instructions on how to carry out every specific template design function, since you can access such information as you work by using the on-line help facilities incorporated into the program’s graphical user interface.

If you are not yet familiar with the use of the Design module, it is recommended that you first work through one or more of the discipline-specific guides (Pipework Design User Guide, Structural Design User Guide) and practice using the various Design applications. You need to be proficient in the use of Design before you try to create design templates for use by others. You also need to be familiar with the main principles of managing Catalogues and Specifications in databases using the PARAGON module: the use of Design Templates provides an extension of those facilities.