AVEVA NET Export - Settings Window
- Last UpdatedJan 30, 2026
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To change the setup setting for the export, select Setup > Settings from main menu to display the AVEVA NET Export - Settings window.
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In the Pathnames for Setup Files, set up the directory for the output files, by default this is "%OutfittingUSER%".
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You can also set the Mapping files that you want to use to output the data for AVEVA NET, this includes Classifying Items, Renaming Items, adding an alias to an item.
By default the current Projects 3 CODE letters are used to load any mapping files that match in a settings file.
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To change the selected mapping file, enter the files path and name in the relevant text box, or the user can select the ... function, which displays a file selection dialog box, which the you can use to navigate and select the required file.
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Clicking Default selects the default file by its PROJ letters.
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Also on the Settings window, set the other settings that determine the detail of the output xml.
Include UnNamed Items in selection
Selecting the check box allows the user to select unnamed Items to be included in the Export.
Export referenced items will for SPOOLER exports export all of the associated PDMS Sites that are owners of items included within the SPLDRG(s) SPOOL(s) and FIELD(s).
The following settings will remove attributes that have un-useful values to users other than PDMS. This is only valid if you have included attributes in their output settings.
Include Unset values
Selecting the check box removes attributes that have values Unset.
Include Nulref (=0/0) values
Selecting the check box removes attributes that have an unreferenced DBRef.
Evaluate all Positions in WRT to /*
Selecting the check box evaluates all positions with respect to the world.
Include (E0 N0 U0) positions
Selecting the check box removes attributes that have a position of E0 N0 U0.
Include (0) values
Selecting the check box removes attributes that have a value of 0.
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The user can also set the level of logging required, and whether or not the user is notified of any attribute errors, or connection errors.
The default logging will generate a log file that reports the selection criteria that the user has selected, and also the settings that you have defined on this window, and also the number of items found in each site.
Full Export Logging includes all of the information of the default log, but it also includes the number of items found by PDMS type, and lists all the items that are in the export files along with information about re-classification and renaming.
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To change the logfiles location, so that it is not in the same folder as the export files, select the ... function, which displays a folder selection dialog, which you can use to navigate to and select the required folder.
