Label Types Configuration Category

The Label Types application pane is used to set up the default layers, colours, text height and other text options of types of labels.

For information on how the three-digit label 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.

The application pane is divided into the following sections.

Label Details Section

This section contains the following settings:

• Select either Metric or Imperial Label Units. Labelling units may be changed part way through a project; drawings will be automatically updated with the new units when they are reloaded (these buttons perform the same function as those on the Project pane).

• The Label Null Character field is used to choose the null character which is used during item labelling. During labelling, if data is not yet known, the null character, for example, a question mark, may be put in its place. This may then be replaced with the "real" data at a later stage. If the null character is changed, the next time a drawing including the null character is loaded, the previous null character will be replaced with the new one.

• If text styles are not in use on the project, the Label Font field is used to specify the font of all labels. The default font is ROMANS, a standard AutoCAD font, but any other available font may be entered. The label font may be changed part way through a project. Drawings will be automatically updated with the new font when they are reloaded.

• If text styles are to be used, check the Use Text Style checkbox. Select the default style in the Default Text Style field. Text styles are set up using the Text Styles pane. The initial default will be the ROMANS style which is supplied with the product and does not need to be set up.

• If unlabelled nozzles are to result in a warning being displayed during synchronisation, the Nozzle Error-Balloon Placement checkbox must be checked.

• If unlabelled reducers are to result in an error being displayed during synchronisation, check the "Reducer Not Labelled' Error-Balloon Placement checkbox.

• If unlabelled ports on port valves are to result in an error being displayed during synchronisation, check the Port Error-Balloon Placement checkbox. Port valves are valves that have ports whose sizes are inherited from attached pipes or may be individually labelled with their sizes if they are connected to a process link.

Label Types Grid Section

This section is used to set up the default layers, colours, text height and other text options of types of labels. It can also be used to create new user-defined label types, for use when creating user-defined attributes.

• The default justification and/or rotation of text can be overridden when a label is placed. If the label type of a label is not in the list in this section, it will be placed on the current layer/level, in the default colour of that layer/level, with a text height of 2.5mm or 1/8".

• If a label is given a colour entry of 300 it will assume the colour of the owning item.

• This section consists of a grid that includes the following columns - Label Type, Drawing Layer, Text Height, Text Options and Description. The Label Type and Description are not editable. Edit the Drawing Layer name in the second field, the Text Height in the third field, and the colour of the layer in the fourth field.

• The Text Options field is used to specify the justification of the label, and whether or not prompts will be received to specify text height and rotation when the label is inserted.

• If text styles are to be used, select text styles for labels from the list in the Text Style field, or leave set to the default style selected in the Default Text Style field (see above).

Edit the Label Types with Import from Excel Spreadsheets

The label 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 label type to be exported from the Label 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 label 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 label 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 label types are imported back into AVEVA P&ID.

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

6. To import the label 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 label 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. Labels will automatically assume the colours of the owning items. When there is no owning item, they will be set to the default colour.

  Note: The Assume Owner Colour hyperlink is not relevant for XMH and XMV label types and therefore is not displayed for them.

• By double-clicking on the Assume By Layer hyperlink. Labels 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.

Edit Text Options

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

The Label Options selection dialog box is then displayed:

Select the required options and press OK. The selected options will then be displayed in the grid as comma delimited text e.g. M, N, N. The first letter indicates the justification setting, the second to the user-defined height setting, and the third letter the rotation setting.

If Y is entered in the User Defined Height field, the text height is specified by the user when labels of this type are inserted.

If Y is entered in the Rotation field, the text rotation is specified by the user when labels of this type are inserted.

Create New Label Types

If new label types are to added, select . The following dialog box is then displayed:

Enter the number of rows (for example, label types) to be added and click OK.

The label types are then added to the grid. For example:

The new label types are assigned automatically generated names, from X0A, X0B, X0C...etc until X9Z.