Templates

Before actual drawings are created, it is recommended that administrators create the required drawing templates. Templates are basic drawings that provide project standard layouts and styles of drawings, for example, drawing sizes, layers, title blocks, borders etc, on which project drawings can be based.

To create a template, create a drawing in AVEVA P&ID with the desired drawing size, and load line types and layers into it as required. Assign colours and line types to the layers. Use Ortho/Axis Lock and Snap On to prevent pipe start/end nodes being rotated.

Note: Any changes to network file locking or running untested applications (normally written in C) or LISP routines is not advised when creating templates. Subsequent problems are unlikely to be supported by the AVEVA P&ID support hotline.