Assign P&ID Item Types and Symbol Data to AutoCAD Blocks

AutoCAD blocks can be converted to AVEVA P&ID symbols in two ways:

• Using the Blocks setup grid, they can be mapped to an AVEVA P&ID Item Type, and have AVEVA P&ID symbol data such as Size Type, Insertion, PDMS Type etc assigned to them. When the Process button above the grid is pressed, they are converted into intelligent AVEVA P&ID symbols as new types of Symbols.

• Alternatively, in the Symbol Mapping grid, refer to Assign P&ID Symbol Names to AutoCAD Blocks, they can be mapped to an existing AVEVA P&ID Symbol in the project. Such blocks can then be converted to the selected AVEVA P&ID Symbols using procedures within the main AVEVA P&ID application.

Open the Blocks setup grid by clicking this button:

The grid is then displayed.

The Symbol Name column lists the blocks from the selected drawings.

In the P&ID Type column, select the P&ID Item Types to be mapped to the blocks.

If a block is to be defined as a new symbol in the P&ID project., edit the Size Type, Insertion etc columns to define the symbol data for that block. See AVEVA P&ID Project Administration Program - Symbols Configuration Category - Enter Symbol Data for guidance.

The next step is to process the blocks to add intelligence to them. If a block is to be included from this process, check its Include checkbox.

Click UnSelect All to uncheck all Include checkboxes. The name of the button then changes to Select All. Press it to check all Include checkboxes.

Whether or not the symbol definitions are to be added to the catalogue of project symbols is controlled by the Add symbol to catalogue / Do not add Symbol to catalogue toggle button. If the button is set to Do not add Symbol to catalogue, blocks are not added to the symbol catalogue. If the button is set to Add Symbol to catalogue, they are.

Whether or not symbols with the same file names are to be overwritten in the project symbol folder is controlled by the Export all symbols / Do not export existing Symbols toggle button. If the button is set to Do not export existing Symbols, existing symbols are not overwritten. If the button is set to Export all symbols, they are.

Click Process. The blocks are then opened in AVEVA P&ID and intelligence is added to them to convert them into AVEVA P&ID symbols. They are processed one at a time.

A dialog is opened which displays each block as it is processed:

Once the process is converted, a message displays the number of symbols successfully export.

The selected symbols are copied to ExportSymbols folder of the project, as displayed in the message. They can be viewed by clicking on this folder in the Symbol Explorer.

Note: Ports must now be added to the new symbols. Refer Symbol Editor.

To view the log file of messages generated during the process click View Log. The file then opens in Notepad.