Item Types Configuration Category

The Item Types Configuration Category is divided into two sub-categories. For information on how the three-digit item type codes are derived and how they can help the user to identify the expected behaviour of the objects allocated with them, refer to AVEVA P&ID Internal Type Definitions and their Purposes.

Standard Sub-Category

This sub-category is used to set default drawing layers and colours for item types other than signal line item types. These are edited using the Signal sub-category. When an item is inserted into a drawing, it will be placed on the default layer in the default colour, unless another layer and colour are specified for that particular item as it is inserted. Layers are configured in the Drawing - Layers Sub-Category.

If the item type of an item is not in the list on this pane, it will be placed on the current layer, in the default colour of that layer. The item colour will also be set to the default colour of the layer it is placed on if no colour is specified when the item is inserted. Item types that break into lines can alternatively be set to have a colour entry of 300. Such items will automatically assume the colour of the line that they are being inserted into. If the colour of an item is required to default to the drawing layer colour, set the colour to 256.

The application pane consists of a grid with four columns - Item Type, Drawing Layer, Colour and Description. The Item Type and Description are not editable; edit the Drawing Layer name in the second field, and the colour of the layer in the third field.

Edit the Standard Item Types with Import from Excel Spreadsheets

The standard item types can be efficiently edited by exporting them to an Excel spreadsheet, editing it in that spreadsheet, and then by importing the amended list back into AVEVA P&ID.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Select the standard item type to be exported from the Standard Item Types list.

2. Select the Export to Excel link. A message is then displayed requesting that the user confirm that the export is to take place:

   

3. Click Yes. The selected standard item type is then exported to a spreadsheet. When the export is complete, a message is displayed to inform the user of this, and giving the location of the exported file. For example:

   

4. The standard item type can now be edited in Excel. Click the Open Excel link to open it.

   Note: The Open Excel and Import from Excel links are disabled until an export takes place, and disabled again once the changed standard item types are imported back into AVEVA P&ID.

5. Add, edit and delete the standard item types as required, and then save the file.

6. To import the changed standard item types back into AVEVA P&ID, select the Import from Excel link. A message is then displayed requesting that the user confirm that the import is to take place. Click Yes to continue.

7. The standard item types list is then updated to reflect the changes made in the spreadsheet.

Change a Drawing Layer

If a Drawing Layer is to be changed, scroll to the row in question and double click. The following list of values selection box will then be displayed:

Choose the required value from the list and press Enter to save the selection.

Enter a Colour Code

Scroll to the row in question. The colour box dialog button is displayed:

On selection of the button, the colour selection dialog box is displayed:

The Colour Code can be selected by the following four methods:

• Selection of one of the colours shown in the palette

• By double clicking the Assume Owner Colour hyperlink. Items will automatically assume the colours of the owning items, e.g., the colours of the lines they are inserted into. When there is no owning item, they will be set to the default colour.

• By double-clicking on the Assume By Layer hyperlink. Items will automatically assume the colours of the layers they are inserted into, as set in the Layers Sub-Category the Drawing Configuration Category.

• By manually entering the Colour Code field

Following selection, press OK. The selected colour code will then be displayed in the grid.

Signal Sub-Category

This sub-category is used to set default drawing layers (levels) and colours for signal line item types. It can also be used to create new signal line item types.

To edit by importing from an excel spreadsheet, change the drawing layer or colour of a signal line item type, proceed as described above for standard item types.

To add a new signal line item type, select . The following dialog box is then displayed:

All signal line item type identifiers are three-letter codes beginning with "S". The "S" is added automatically to the beginning of the entered identifier. Enter the second and third characters and press OK.

The dialog box will be closed and the new item type will be displayed in the grid. Select a default drawing layer and change the default colour as required.

Signal item types identifiers cannot be edited. The item type row must be deleted and re-entered with a new identifier.