Diagrams Rules (Configurable Consistency Check) *12​.1​.SP3*

A new capability has been introduced in AVEVA Diagrams allowing the Consistency Check Rules to be configured according to customer requirements and project standards. This development has been combined with the existing Auto Formatting Rules, to form a new common function that is called Diagrams Rules.

Using the new function, the Consistency Check Rules that were built-in to previous releases are now available in an open format. This allows customers to modify or remove the in-built rules, and also to add their own checking rules as required.

It is now also possible to set up the rules to be executed automatically, for example on connection of shapes, or if so preferred, they can be still be executed manually as before, for example to allow temporary inconsistencies.

Automatic Refresh

With previous releases, a Refresh command had to be executed to refresh the currently open drawing with any updates that had been done directly to the database. For example, if the Command Line or Attributes form was used to update the database, the Refresh command had to be executed to see the updated data in the Diagrams Drawing.

A new automatic refresh function has been introduced in this release. This function triggers on Database Events, and automatically updates the currently open drawing.

For some cases the Refresh Command will still need to be used, for example if changes have been done in the database and the related drawing was not open at the time.

For More Information

Refer to User Guide Diagrams / Working with Diagrams / Main GUI Components / Diagrams Rules.