AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility

The AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility is opened from the The Graphical User Interface. Open the launcher by clicking on the AVEVA P&ID 12.2.SP3 desktop shortcut:

Select the required project from the row of tiles along the top of the screen by clicking on it. Use the arrow buttons < > at each end of the row of these tiles to browse through the list of projects.

Once a project is selected, the launcher will then open a tile displaying the name and description of that project (click the >> button in that tile to return to the list of projects).

If the project is setup to be logged into using SQL Server Security, the SQL user name and password fields are displayed. Enter the user and password. The project server is also displayed.

Test that the entered details are valid by selecting Test Connection. A message will then be displayed indicating whether or not the connection details are valid. For example:

If the test connection is successful, or if the project is setup to be logged into using Windows Integrated Security, the user name and password fields are displayed. The project server is also displayed. The User field includes a list of all project users. Complete these fields as required. Then navigate to the Upgrade Drawings tile and click on it (use the arrow buttons < > at each end of the row of tiles to browse the list of applications).

The utility is then displayed.

To select the drawings which are to be updated, select the Project Settings option from the menu on the File tab:

The Project Settings dialog is then displayed.

In the Select Drawing Folder field, enter the folder in which the drawings are located, or click Browse and browse for it.

The Drawing List pane then lists all the .DWG files in the selected folder. To select a drawings to for upgrade, check its checkbox. To check all the checkboxes, check the Select all Files checkbox.

When the required drawings have been selected, select OK.

The utility grids are then populated with lists of the block, line, symbol etc data from the selected drawings ready for mapping to AVEVA P&ID item types, pipe types etc.

Data in the grids can be grouped and filtered, and grid rows can be pinned. These facilities work in the same way as those in the P&ID Data Grid. Refer to P&ID Data Grid - Configuring the Grid Layout for more information.