Open the Template in AutoCAD / Select an existing AutoCAD drawing to be used as the Hookup Template

1. Click Open Drawing.

   • If a drawing with the same name as that entered in the Template field is found in the Hookup templates folder for the project, this drawing is automatically selected and opened in AutoCAD.

   • If there is no such drawing in that folder, a message is displayed asking whether or not the required file is to be browsed for and copied to the Hookup templates folder:

     

2. Click Yes to proceed.

   A window is then displayed which is used to browse for the required file.

3. Once the required file is selected, click Open to open the drawing in AutoCAD and copy it to the Hookup template folder.

   Once the drawing is opened in AutoCAD appropriate Datalinks must be assigned to each block attribute so AVEVA Instrumentation can update the attribute values with hookup item bill of materials, tags assigned and title block information. Refer to Assign Hookup Datalinks in AutoCAD.

4. Apply the appropriate Datalinks to each of the template drawings attributes to map fields to update:

   • Title Block information

   • Drawing Revision history

   • Tags Assigned

   • Bill of Materials

     Note: Once the AVEVA Instrumentation Datalinks have been assigned to the Template drawing, Open Drawing will automatically update the Datalinks with the current Bill of Materials saved to the database.