Configure and Create References between AVEVA Engineering Project and Schematic Model Manager Databases

This procedure is used to create references between the AVEVA Engineering Project and the Schematic Model Manager Databases.

The Schematic Model Manager is supplied with an add-in named "PIDClassPicker.exe". This executable encompasses all the updated classes available at the Engineering DB and exports them to an XML file. The information can be viewed using the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program.

To link the AVEVA Engineering project with the AVEVA Diagrams SMM Schematic database, the Engineering DB project must be referenced to the Schematic DB Project using AVEVA Administration.

The example projects used in the procedure are :

• Schematic DB Project: AVEVA Plant Sample (APS)

• Engineering DB Project: AVEVA SEED Project (ASP)

1. Launch AVEVA Administration.

2. Select the Schematic DB Project. For example, APS.

3. Login to the Admin module.

   

4. Navigate to the Databases and Extracts option and click the Include button.

   

5. The Include Foreign Database dialog lists all the projects available in the default project location. Select the project which contains the conceptual model.

   

6. Enter a valid Username and Password.

7. Select the databases which contain the conceptual model information.

   

8. Click on the Apply button after selecting the databases.

9. Click on the Cancel button and check for added projects in the Database & Extract option. The referenced databases are displayed.

   

10. Navigate to the MDBs option, select any of the listed MDBs and click on the Modify button.

    

11. Select the referenced databases in the Projects Databases and Database Sets grid and click on the Down arrow button. The selected referenced databases are added to the Current Databases and Database Sets grid.

    

12. Click on the Apply button

13. Click on the Cancel button. The selected databases are added to the selected MDB.

14. Perform Save Work.