Project Configuration Category

The Project Configuration Category is configured using a single application pane:

The application pane is divided into the following sections:

Project Number Section

The Project Number field is used to set the identifier of the project, and is established when the project is generated using the project wizard but can be changed if required.

Project Units Section

This section is used to specify two settings:

• The Drawing Units field displays the drawing units specified by the project wizard. Drawing units should never be changed once the project is under way, as they affect the size of drawings, line thicknesses, symbols etc in AutoCAD, and so the field is read-only.

• Select either Metric or Imperial Label Units. This setting controls whether sizes entered as part of item labels are in metric or imperial units, and which list of values file is used to validate the entries. Label units may be changed part way through a project as required. Drawings will be automatically updated with the new units when they are reloaded.

  Note: Changes to drawings resulting from the label units being changed are not automatically implemented when project drawings are loaded. The user must trigger these changes "manually" in each drawing after it has loaded. Refer to Convert Project Label Units.

Project Paths Section

During the procedure for installing AVEVA P&ID, directory paths are set up. These can be edited using the fields in the Project Paths section. The Browse buttons adjacent to each field may be used to search for a new file path.

• The P&ID Installation Path field is used to specify the directory into which the AVEVA P&ID software was installed.

• The AVEVA Data Path field is used to specify the output directory into which drawing output files are saved.

• The Validation Directory Path field is used to specify the location of the files that contain on-line validation data (lists of valid values against which item labels are checked on entry).

• The Project Tag Data Path field is used to specify the location of the Access database to which data could be exported in previous versions of AVEVA P&ID. This path is used when upgrading a project to the current version.

• The Standard Metric Symbol Path field is used to specify displays the directory in which standard metric symbols are located.

• The Project Metric Symbol Path field is used to specify the directory in which project symbols are located.

• The Standard Imperial Symbol Path field is used to specify the directory in which standard imperial symbols are located.

• The Project Imperial Symbol Path field is used to specify the directory in which project imperial symbols are located.

• The Helpfile Path field is used to specify the location of the Online Guide.

• The Monitor File Path field is used to specify the location of the monitor file generated each time an export takes place.

• The Drawing Location field is used to specify the directory in which project drawings are located. Drawings can only be opened from this folder and from sub-folders in this folder.

• The Assemblies Path field is used to specify the directory in which assemblies are located.

• When P&ID data is transferred to AVEVA P&ID Reports, a copy of the P&ID drawing may be made available for use by AVEVA Model Management, AVEVA Instrumentation and AVEVA Electrical. In the Save Path field, specify the interface directory into which the copies of the P&IDs are to be saved

If the project is set to use Metric drawing units, the Standard Imperial Symbol Path and the Project Imperial Symbol Path fields will be 'greyed out'. If the project is set to use Imperial drawing units, the Standard Metric Symbol Path and the Project Metric Symbol Path fields will be 'greyed out'.

If the Keep Project Symbol and Assembly Path checkbox is checked, the project symbol and assemblies paths (as entered in the fields above) will be copied/carried over when either the project is copied using the copy project functionality (see Project Configuration Category,) or upgraded with the Update Project path option selected. Refer to the Installation documentation for further details.

Symbol Search Priority Section

It is possible to create a project symbol with the same name as a standard symbol supplied with the installation. If this occurs, it is necessary to determine which directory, and which version of the symbol, is to be searched for first and be the preferred version for the project.

Refer to the Symbols Configuration Category topic for details of symbol creation.

Select either Project or Standard to determine the symbol search priority. The search priority also affects which directory any assemblies are created under, either standard or project.

It is recommended that in normal circumstances the search priority is set to Project so that project assemblies are created in the project directories.

Update Graphical Changes Automatically on Start Up Section

If drawings are to be automatically updated when opened for the first time after changes have been made to graphical Project Administration settings, check the Update checkbox.

If the user is to prompted to choose whether or not the changes are to be implemented when opening the drawings, uncheck the checkbox.

The checkbox controls how changes to the followings settings are implemented:

• Pipe Tags

• Equipment Tags

• Pipe Styles

• Signal Styles

• Item Type properties changes (Layers and Colours)

Update Sheet Inheritance Changes Automatically on Start Up Section

If the Update checkbox in this section is checked, when drawings are opened they are automatically updated with any changes made to sheet inheritance settings.

If the checkbox is unchecked, then such changes must be triggered manually, refer to Implement Configuration Changes.

Explorer Drawing Folder Node Items Section

If all. dwg files in the Drawing Location folder and sub-folders, plus the folder structure, are to be displayed in the Engineering Explorer, check the Show Drawing List in Explorer checkbox.

If the checkbox is not checked, the explorer will only display open drawings.

When items in Engineering Groups selected in the Engineering Explorer are highlighted in a drawing, select the highlight line weight from the Highlight Line Weight list

Use the Colour for Highlight controls to specify the colour that selected items will be highlighted in. Either enter a colour code in the field, or press the adjacent button to open the Colour selection dialog box:

The colour code can then be selected by the following methods:

• Selection of one of the colours shown in the palette.

• By manually entering the Colour Code field.