Export Isometrics and Spool Isometrics

All the pre-generated isometrics must have been generated by Design Isodraft with the HYPERPLANT ISOMETRIC FILES option set. This will ensure that when Isometric plotfiles are generated, the corresponding hitfiles with suffix ‘.hit’, and the AVEVA NET registry files with suffix ‘.xml’ are generated, in the same output directory. The AVEVA NET software relies on the fact that these suffixes are present.

A hitfile indicates the position and name of specific Design items which appear on the corresponding plotfile.

The hitfile is processed by the AVEVA NET Import Controller so that Plant items on the Isometric are pickable and also so that AVEVA NET can set-up associations between the Isometric and the Plant item objects within the AVEVA NET Database.

The AVEVA NET file associates the pipe in the isometric with the plotfile. The name of the pipe is generated using the AVEVA NET Gateways notion of an identifier, which may be different from the actual Design items name. Configuring the naming of Marine Items (including Pipes) is explained in User-Defined Identifiers for PDMS Objects (Design, Hull Design and Isodraft).