Home Tab

Displays all the commands on the Home tab.

Login Group

Project Administrator

Used to open the AVEVA P&ID Project Administrator program, refer to AVEVA P&ID Project Administration Program.

AVEVA P&ID Group

The AVEVA P&ID group consists of a single menu:

Refresh Settings

Used to update the drawing with the current project settings, refer to Project Options Overview.

Refer to Implement Configuration Changes.

Refresh Pipe Style

Used to implement changes to drawings resulting from changes to pipe style colours.

Refer to Update Pipe Style Colours.

Update from Database

Used to update data in AVEVA P&ID to reflect changes made to the project database in AVEVA P&ID Reports.

Refer to Update P&ID Data with changes made in P&ID Reports.

Refresh Sheet Inheritance

Used to manually refresh item properties inherited from drawing sheet attributes after such attributes have been changed.

Refresh Symbol Description

Used to implement changes to drawings resulting from changes to symbol descriptions.

Refer to Update Symbol Descriptions.

Refresh Grid Settings

Used to implement changes to drawings resulting from changes to drawing grid settings in the default drawing template.

Refer to Update Drawing Grids.

Refresh Dataset Definitions

Used to implement changes to drawings resulting from changes to datasets.

Refer to Update Dataset Definitions.

Refresh Instrument Patterns

Used to implement changes to drawings resulting from changes to instrument patterns.

Refer to Update Instrument Patterns.

Modify Group

The Modify group consists of the following menus:

Move

Used to move items to different locations in the drawing.

Refer to Move Drawing Objects.

Copy

Used to copy items to different locations in the drawing.

Refer to Copy Drawing Objects and Labels.

Rotate

Used to rotate items through 90o.

Refer to Rotate Drawing Objects.

Mirror

Used to mirror AVEVA P&ID entities or groups. Operates almost identically to the AutoCAD command except the mirrored object(s) are always retained.

Refer to Mirror Drawing Objects.

Stretch

Operates as for the moving command (see above) but retains connections enabling stretching to take place.

Refer to Stretch Drawing Objects.

Fillet

Used to create curved edges on pipelines, signal lines or between two selected line objects.

Refer to Fillet Drawing Objects.

Delete

Used to delete both AVEVA P&ID and non-AVEVA P&ID entities.

Refer to Delete Drawing Objects.

Scale

Used to change the size of drawing objects.

Refer to Change the Size of Drawing Objects.

Change to Non-Plot Layer

Use to move items to the non-plot layer.

Refer to Move Items to the Non-Plot Layer.

Find and Replace

Used for performing global editing on labels other than pipe labels.

Refer to Globally Edit Labels.

Change Owner

Used to change the owners of drawing objects.

Refer to Change the Owner of Items.

Add Segment

Used to add a new segment to the end of a pipe or signal line.

Refer to Add Pipe and Signal Line Segments.

Add Segment at Point

Used to add a new segment to a pipe from any point on a drawing.

Refer to Add Pipe Segments from any Point.

Add Symbol at Point

Used to add a new symbol to the drawing and the extend the pipe to it by adding a new segment or segments.

Refer to Add Symbols and Extend Pipes to them.

Delete Segment

Used to delete a pipe segment.

Refer to Delete Pipe and Signal Line Segments.

Merge Segment

Used to merge two pipe segments into one.

Refer to Merge Pipe Segments.

Extend Segment

Used to change the length of a pipe.

Refer to Change the Length of Lines.

Elbow Stretch

Used to add an elbow to a line.

Refer to Add Elbows to a Line.

Split To Main Pipe

Used to split a single main pipe or signal line into two separate pipes or signal lines.

Refer to Split Pipes and Signal Lines.

Split Branch Pipe

Used to split a section of a pipe off as a branch.

Refer to Split off Branches.

Main to Branch Pipe

Used to change pipes into branches.

Refer to Change Pipes to Branches and Branches to Pipes.

Branch to Main Pipe

Used to change branches into pipes.

Refer to Change Pipes to Branches and Branches to Pipes.

Connect

Used to connect nozzles to pipes.

Refer to Connect Pipes to Nozzles and Equipment.

Disconnect

Used to disconnect nozzles from pipes.

Refer to Disconnect Pipes from Nozzles and Equipment.

Break

Used for manually breaking pipes, process links and signal lines where they cross other lines.

Refer to Break Lines.

Merge Branch/Pipe

Used for merging two separate pipes, branches or signal lines into a single pipe, branch or signal line.

Refer to Merge Pipes, Branches and Signal Lines.

Reverse Flow

Used to reverse the flow of a pipe.

Refer to Reverse Pipe and Signal Line Flows.

Pipeline Group

The Pipeline Group consists of the following menus and drop-down lists:

Draw Pipeline

Used to draw pipes. The pipe will be drawn with the tracing type, pipe style and end styles selected from the above list boxes.

Process Link

Used to draw process links between process and instrument items where the flow line has no line number. Also between two instruments where the connecting line is not a signal line.

Refer to Draw Process Links.

Instrument Link

Used to draw process links (see above) of the instrument (or "legacy") process link type.

Refer to Draw Process Links.

Draw Drain Pipe

Used to draw and annotate drain pipes.

Refer to Draw Drain Pipes and Label Drain Pipes.

Used to select a pipe style.

Used to select pipe end styles.

Used to select a pipe tracing type.

Add Label

Used to add additional labels to labelled pipes.

Change Style

Used to change the pipe style of an existing pipe. Select the new pipe style from list box described above. Then select this option followed by the pipe the style of which is to be changed.

Refer to Change Pipe Styles.

Add Trace

Used to add tracing of a project definable style to an existing pipe. Inline fittings are automatically traced around.

Refer to Apply Tracing to Pipes.

Mirror Trace

Used to move tracing from one side of a selected pipe to the other.

Refer to Mirror Pipe Tracing.

Remove Trace

Used to remove tracing from a selected pipe.

Refer to Remove Pipe Tracing.

BREAK

Used to switch automatic pipe breaks on or off.

BREAK with SYMBOL

Used to switch the depiction of pipe breaks with a symbol (instead of a gap) on or off.

ARROWS

Used to switch automatic directional flow arrows on or off.

TRACE

Used to switch automatic tracing on or off.

The PIPE, EQUIP, VALVE, NOZZLE, INSTR, REDUCER and LINE FITTINGS checkboxes are used to set whether or not the Properties Dialogs of items in these categories will open automatically when an item placed on a drawing, so that the item may be labelled straight away. For example, if the EQUIP checkbox is checked, immediately after an equipment item is placed, the Properties dialog for the equipment opens automatically.

Signal Line Group

Draw Signal Line

Used to draw signal lines. The style, thickness and colour are all project definable.

Refer to Draw Signal Lines.

Used to select a signal line style.

Change Style

Used to change the signal line style of existing signal lines.

Refer to Change Signal Line Styles.

Skid Group

The Skid group consists of the following menu and lists:

Draw Skid

Used to add skids by defining an area.

Refer to Add Skids.

Create Skid

Used to add skids by selecting polylines.

Refer to Add Skids.

Skid Style

Used to select a skid style. New skids will be drawn in this style.

Refer to Add Skids.

Change Skid

Used to change the style of existing skids to the style selected from the above drop-down list.

Refer to Add Skids.

Symbol Group

The Symbol group consists of the following menus:

Note

Notes may be added to any item except clouds. They may be up to 132 characters long and appear in the output files when an export is carried out.

Refer to Add Notes to Items.

Revision Cloud

Clouds are normally used to highlight changes from the previous revision of a drawing. This command draws revision clouds to any size.

Refer to Draw Revision Clouds.

Insert UDAs

Used to label items on a drawing with their User-Defined Attribute (UDA) values,

including DataSet UDAs.

Refer to Label Items with UDAs.

Create Symbol Legend

Used to add a symbol legend to a drawing.

Refer to Add a Symbol Legend to a Drawing.

Assembly

Groups a collection of designators and values into assemblies, also called Design Data Templates. An assembly may be repeatedly used on the same flow diagram or on other flow diagrams.

Refer to Create Assemblies.

Exchange Symbol

Used to exchange one type of symbol for another.

Refer to Exchange Individual Symbols.

Global Symbol Exchange

Used for performing all symbol exchanges other than exchanges of individual symbols. Used in conjunction with the entries in the Symbol Exchange List in the List of Values Configuration Category of the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program. Client symbols may be converted using this procedure.

Refer to Exchange Symbols Globally.

Sheet Scale Factor

Used to set the scale factor of a drawing sheet. Symbols inserted after the scale factor has been set will be inserted scaled according to the specified factor.

Refer to Set the Sheet Scale Factor.

Inherit Owner Pipe Data

Used to set individual valves and instruments to inherit their label data from a selected pipe.

Refer to Set Symbols to Inherit Label Data from a Manually Selected Pipe.

Remove Inherit Data

Used to turn off the inheritance of pipe label data for instruments, inline equipment, valves and line fittings.

Refer to Switch off Label Data Inheritance from Pipes.

AutoName Equipment

Used to replace equipment tags with tags in the automatic tag format.

AutoName Instruments

Used to replace Instrument tags with tags in the automatic tag format.

AutoName Pipes

Used to replace pipe tags with tags in the automatic tag format.

AutoName Valves

Used to replace valve tags with tags in the automatic valve tag format.

Refer to Replace Tags with Tags in the Automatic Tag Format.

Properties Group

The Properties group consists of the following commands:

Properties

Used to place labels or 'intelligence' on the flow diagram. Also used to edit non-AVEVA P&ID text.

See Label Symbols and Pipes.

P&ID Properties

Used to open the Non-Modal Properties Dialog.

Show Object Associations

Used to show the associations between items vessel and its nozzles. Associated items are highlighted.

Refer to Show Associations between Items.

List AVEVA P&ID attributes

Lists the item handle, registered application name, code and ASCII string (item type) of a selected item. The sequence id is also shown if you choose a label.

Refer to List Item Details.