Create New Items

New drawings, pipes, instruments and equipment may be added to the P&ID Reports database.

Such items are "unassigned" when created, as they are not on an AVEVA P&ID.

Note: Facilities in AVEVA P&ID are available to add unassigned items to drawing so that they are no longer unassigned (refer to AVEVA P&ID documentation for details).

Note: New items can also be added to the database using the Compare/Update facility.

Note: Refer to Make Deleted Items into New Unassigned Items.

To create a new pipe, instrument or equipment item, access the appropriate grid tab, right-click on the grid and select the New option from the menu that is then displayed:

The New Item Details dialog is then displayed. For example:

The greyed out fields displayed read-only data such as the automatically assigned Id, Branch ID, Handle etc. Note the "UNASSIGNED" prefixes of the Branch Id, Handle and other properties. These will clearly identify the item unassigned in the P&ID Reports database.

In the other fields, enter the mandatory details of the new item.

In the case of new drawings, enter the drawing and sheet numbers.

Note: If a drawing registry is in use for the project, it consists of the drawings in the P&ID Reports database. Therefore adding a new drawing using this functionality will add a drawing to the registry.

In the case of instruments and equipment, select a symbol name from the list provided. This is required when assigning the item to a drawing in AVEVA P&ID.

When all required details are entered, click Save to add the new item to the database and to the grid.