Utilities Tab

Displays all the commands on the Utilities tab.

Project Configuration Group

The Project Configuration group consists of the following menus and commands:

Update Equipment Tag

Used to implement changes to equipment tags on a drawing resulting from changes to project configuration settings.

Refer to Update Equipment Tags.

Update Pipe Tag

Used to implement changes to pipe tags on a drawing resulting from changes to project configuration settings.

Refer to Update Pipe Tags.

Update Reducer Tag

Used to implement changes to reducer tags on a drawing resulting from changes to project configuration settings.

Refer to Update Reducer Tags.

Update Spec Driven Data

Used to highlight out-of-spec items resulting from changes to Spec Driven project configuration settings (with the exception of valve code rules).

Refer to Update Spec Driven Data.

Update Component Spec Code

Used to highlight out-of-spec items resulting from changes to project valve code rules.

Refer to Update Component Spec Codes.

Audit

Checks the drawing for corrupted items and places an error balloon at each corrupted item insertion point.

Refer to Check for Corrupted Items.

Audit Page Connectors

Used to resolve mismatches in properties between connected offsheet connectors.

Refer to Audit Offsheet Connectors.

Drawing History

Used to view details of the history of the current drawing.

Refer to View Drawing History.

Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade Group

The Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group consists of the following menus and commands:

Create Pipe

Used when upgrading AutoCAD lines to AVEVA P&ID pipes to create a pipe from selected line segments and symbols.

See Create a Pipe from Line Segments and Symbols.

Create Tee

Used when upgrading AutoCAD lines to AVEVA P&ID pipes to add tees to upgraded lines.

Reverse Pipe Segment

Used to reverse the flow direction of pipe segments.

Add Flow Arrows to Pipe/Pipes

Used to add flow arrows to upgraded pipes.

Remove Pipe

Used to reverse the upgrade of a pipe.

Remove Entity From Pipe

Used to remove a symbol or segment from a pipe.

Map UDAs to Pipe Field

Used to map the AutoCAD attributes of a block to AVEVA P&ID pipe fields, so that the attribute values will populate those pipe fields.

View Upgraded Entities

Used to identify which drawing entities have been upgraded and which have not.

Refer to View Upgraded Entities.

Create Symbol

Used to access the Symbol Editor.

Upgrade Entities

Used to upgrade lines and blocks to the pipe types, signal line types and symbols mapped to them using the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility.

See Assign Mapped Pipe Types and Signal Types to Lines.

Redefine Symbols

Used to update instances of edited symbols on a drawing.

Refer to Update Edited Symbols on Drawings.

Export Symbols

Used to export the symbols on a drawing. It copies all the symbols on a drawing to the ExportSymbols folder of the project. From there they may be edited, or manually copied elsewhere, e.g. to another project.

Refer to Export Symbols.

Batch Group

The Batch group consists of a single option:

Update Drawings

Used to produce a batch file for a list of selected AVEVA P&ID drawings. When this batch file is run, it executes the commands specified in the USER_COMMANDNAME user-defined directive on the Miscellaneous – Settings Sub-Category on the selected drawings.

Refer to Run a Command for a Batch of Drawings.

P&ID Help Group

The P&ID Help group consists of the following menus and commands:

AVEVA P&ID Help

Opens the AVEVA P&ID Online Guide.

AutoCAD Help

Opens the AutoCAD help system.

AVEVA P&ID Support

Opens the AVEVA Helpdesk website, which provides online support.

What's New

Opens the "What’s New" screen, which lists and briefly describes the main changes to functionality in the current version AVEVA P&ID. Selecting a link on this screen will open the help topic relevant to the improvement, where more details can be found.

About AVEVA P&ID

Opens the AVEVA P&ID "About" screen, on which general product information is displayed.