PARAGON GUI
- Last UpdatedNov 10, 2025
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Open PARAGON:
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Select PARAGON from the Login Screen and input the appropriate credentials in the Username and Password fields. Select an appropriate MDB from those available within the project.
For further details of launching modules refer to Marine Getting Started.
Once PARAGON has launched the following layout will be displayed:
The PARAGON interface makes use of the Microsoft .NET windows and forms technology. For a full and detailed explanation of facilities available when using .NET windows and forms such as docking, refer to the AVEVA Getting Started With Plant Marine documentation.
PARAGON provides a series of menu options each containing a set of tools and utilities allowing complete control over the Catalogue and Properties databases.
Below the menus there is a toolbar containing a set of common menu short cuts. The toolbar can be customized, details of which can be found in Getting Started With Plant Marine.
By default the Toolbar contains the following short cuts:
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Get Work |
Refresh the view of all READ or Multiwrite databases to pick up any changes that others may have made since you first opened them. |
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Save Work |
Allows you to save any changes made to the PARAGON databases during the current session. |
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Create/Modify List |
Allows the creation of lists (such as claim lists etc). Refer to Lists/Collections Utility. |
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Active List |
Shortcut to allow selection of above lists. |
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Delete CE |
Delete the currently selected element within the Catalogue Explorer. |
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CE |
Status showing the currently selected element. Click the down arrow to view a history of elements which have been previously selected |
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Back |
Allows you to move to the previously selected element. Click the small down arrow to view a history of elements which have been previously selected. |
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Forward |
Used in conjunction with the Back option this allows you to move forward through elements selected in a PARAGON session. Click the small down arrow to view a history of elements which have been previously selected |
The main work area of PARAGON includes a Catalogue Explorer which is central to navigation of the Catalogue and Properties databases.
For a full explanation of the Catalogue Explorer and common PDMS user interface refer to Marine Getting Started.
To the right of the Catalogue Explorer the work area is unpopulated, however this work space provides the user with the ability to dock and view various status windows simultaneously (opened through activities discussed later in this user guide).