Upgrade Framework

The Upgrade tool is invoked from Admin; it controls the upgrade process and runs each Part Upgrade in the appropriate order. Upgrades relevant to AVEVA Hull and Outfitting that are covered by this process are:

• UKEYs (now include database number to avoid duplicates)

• Performance of ‘finding’ database elements (index by type)

• Module Definitions – new TAGS module (and renamed Marine Drafting module)

• Character handling (Unicode representation for names, text )

• HULL FEM Data Model

• Compressed HULL Objects

• New Index on Hull Object Type

• Start Value for Name Sequence

• Assembly POS Attribute

• Line widths in Draft (widths of thin, medium and thick lines now stored in system database)

The upgrade tool puts an upgrade number in the databases, indicating the level to which they have been upgraded. This makes it easy to detect, on opening, whether a database has or has not been upgraded. This upgrade number will also be used by the Reconfigure process.