Installation of the ABSI Product

The user will be able to install the ABSI product for the base product, so that the same product files will work with any target version. On installation a file Bocad_vars.bat is automatically produced that stores the folders where the product is installed. If required to have several versions of the application on a single machine, this file can be modified to access the correct version.

rem ---------------------------------------------------------------

rem Add AVEVA Bocad Steel Interface variables

rem ---------------------------------------------------------------

set BOCMAIN=C:\Program Files (x86)\AVEVA\Plant\ABSI2.2.0\

set BOCDATA=C:\Users\Public\Documents\AVEVA\Plant\ABSI2.2.0\

The installer allows the user to select where the main product (BOCMAIN) and the user modifiable parts (BOCDATA) are to be located. Once installed, the user will have to modify the main batch files for starting the base product. For the base product the file to modify is evars.bat or custom_evars.bat in the main executable folder. The same manual change is required in each file.

Add to the bottom of the file the following…

rem ---------------------------------------------------------------

rem Add AVEVA Bocad Steel Interface variables

rem ---------------------------------------------------------------

set BOCAD_INSTALLED_DIR=C:\Program Files (x86)\AVEVA\Plant\ABSI2.2.0

if exist "%BOCAD_INSTALLED_DIR%\Bocad.bat" call "%BOCAD_INSTALLED_DIR%\Bocad.bat"

where the BOCAD_INSTALLED_DIR is the correct installation folder for your situation.

For AVEVA PDMS12.0 SP6, AVEVA PDMS12.1 series and AVEVA Marine 12.1 the user must also copy the file called ‘bocad’ from BOCAD\bocad\addins to the addins folder in the UI area for the installed PDMS version, for example: C:\AVEVA\Plant\PDMS12.1SP2\PDMSUI\des\addins.