AVEVA NET Export - Main Window

The AVEVA NET Export - Main window allows you to select the databases from which the items are to be exported, as well as the format of the exported data.

1. To display the AVEVA NET Export - Main window in Outfitting, select Utilities > AVEVA NET Export from the main menu.

2. To display the AVEVA NET Export - Main window in Hull Design, select XML > Export > AVEVA NET Export from the main menu.

   

   Control >
   	Save Settings	Allows the user to save an Export Configuration. Refer to for further information.
   	Load Settings	Allows the user to load an existing Export Configuration. Refer to for further information.
   	Close	Closes the AVEVA NET Export - Main window.
   Setup >
   	Settings	Displays the AVEVA NET Export - Settings window allowing the user to change the settings for the export. Refer to AVEVA NET Export - Settings Window for further information.
   About	Displays the current version of the Gateway.

Character Encoding displays the current settings. For more information, see Character Sets to Code Page Mapping (All).

Select Hierarchy To Export

• If the MDB has a number of Sites, Assemblies or Manufacturing Data Sites and you only want to export specific ones, select one of the radio buttons and select Change Selection to display the Item Selection window.

Select MDB and Items

You can only select to export a MDB, which means that all the MDBs Sites are exported unless you select specific Sites of the selected MDB.

3. To export Sites and other Design items in Marine, select the Design Items option on the AVEVA NET Export - Main window.

   By default when the AVEVA NET Export - Main window is displayed, the current MDB is selected as the item to be exported. To warn the user that the whole of the MDB is selected, the text Unset (Output all MDB) is displayed next to Change Selection.

   

4. You can change the MDB to be exported by selecting any of the other available MDB’s from the MDB dropdown list.

   

   

5. To specific which Sites are to be exported from the MDB, select Change Selection to display the AVEVA NET Export - Item Selection window.

   

   

   The AVEVA NET Export - Item Selection window lists all of the current MDB’s main items in the left hand list, and the currently selected Items to Export in the right hand list.

   Note: If the left hand list is empty, it denotes that the whole MDB is selected.

6. To add a site to be specifically exported, select the site in the left hand list, and select the arrow to move the site to the right hand list.

7. Or, you can also use the context sensitive right mouse pop-up menu in the Items in MDB list.

   

   

8. Repeat this procedure selecting all of the items to be exported.

9. To add all of the items, select the double arrow , or use the right mouse click menu.

10. To remove items from the selection use the | or the || functions, or use the context sensitive right mouse click menu in the Items to Export list.

    

    

11. After clicking OK, the AVEVA NET Export - Main window will display the text Selected xx Item(s) (xx is the number of items selected) next to Change Selection.

    

12. To generate the output files, click Apply. The Progress frame will show which main Item is being exported and how many items it found within that main Item to export.

    

    A progress bar displays the progress of the task on the window and in the Main window, as a percentage complete.

    

    The output files will be of the form Site_<SiteName>_VPD.xml, where <SiteName> is the name of the PDMS Site, or Block_<BlockName>_VPD.xml, where <BlockName> is the name of the PDMS Block.

    Note: Some characters that can be used in a PDMS name cannot be used as characters in a file name so these are removed or replaced with other characters in the resulting xml file names.

13. Once the output files have been generated they need to be incorporated into a AVEVA NET Staging Area, so that they can be processed by the AVEVA NET Import Controller.

14. Clicking Settings displays the AVEVA NET Export - Settings window. For more information, see AVEVA NET Export - Settings Window.

15. Clicking Dismiss closes the AVEVA NET Export - Main window.