Upgrade Procedures in AVEVA P&ID

This procedure is used to upgrade AutoCAD lines into AVEVA P&ID pipes, process links and signal lines, including, if required, all the inline fittings, valves etc.

Note: If it is required to generate a simple line list from AVEVA P&ID using the Synchronize facility, refer to Export Data to a P&ID Reports Database, it is not necessary to upgrade inline symbols. Line lists can be generated from "semi-intelligent" drawings in which only the lines themselves have been upgraded to pipes.

Note: If required, enter the AVVCLDATA command at the command prompt to remove any existing XDATA attached to the entities to be upgraded. This should be used before starting the upgrade process on a dumb drawing. Do not use this command midway or at the end of the upgrade process.

The procedure is as follows:

1. Assign AVEVA P&ID Pipe Types and Signal Types to AutoCAD lines, as specified by mappings setup in the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility. The upgraded lines will adopt the appearance of the specified pipe types and signal types.

2. The start and end points of the line, and the entities of the line to be upgraded must be specified. An AVEVA P&ID pipe is then created from the selected segments and symbols.

3. Any entities accidentally selected for inclusion in the upgraded line can be removed from it.

4. Tees must then be added to the junctions of upgraded line segments.

5. Flow arrows can then be added to the upgraded line.

6. When flow arrows are added they automatically point in the direction that the pipe was drawn in. As this may not be the flow direction, pipe segments may be reversed so that flow arrows point in the correct direction.

7. The label balloons and connecting leader lines of inline instruments must then be associated with the instruments.

8. The upgraded line should now be labelled, either by using standard labelling facilities, or by upgrading AutoCAD text and associating it with the line.

   Optionally, the AutoCAD attributes of a block can be mapped to AVEVA P&ID pipe fields. The upgraded line can then be selected, and the values of the attributes will then automatically populate the pipe property fields they were mapped to.

If required, an upgraded line may be changed back into a dumb AutoCAD line..

Assign Mapped Pipe Types and Signal Types to Lines

The Pipe Types and Signal Types mapped to AutoCAD lines in the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility are applied to all the AutoCAD lines in a drawing by, refer to Assign P&ID Pipe Types to AutoCAD Line Types and Assign P&ID Signal Line Types to AutoCAD Line Types):

9. Selecting the Upgrade Entities option in the Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group of the Utilities tab.

10. All AutoCAD lines in the drawing with sets of properties mapped to AVEVA P&ID Pipe or Signal Types are then converted to lines in the mapped types and will adopt the appearance of these types.

Note: When lines that have not had AVEVA P&ID Pipe or Signal Types assigned to them using this procedure are upgraded to pipes they will automatically adopt the current default Pipe Type.

Note: This procedure will also convert all AutoCAD blocks that have had AVEVA P&ID Symbol Types mapped to them in the in the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility.

No further upgrade procedures are required to convert AutoCAD lines to AVEVA P&ID Signal Lines and Process Links. To complete the conversion of AutoCAD lines to AVEVA P&ID Pipes (and Process Links), proceed as described below.

Create a Pipe from Line Segments and Symbols

11. Select the Create Pipe option in the Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group of the Utilities tab. The Command prompt will display:

    Pick start point of the line:

    Pick the start of point of the line to be upgraded.

12. The Command prompt will display:

    Pick second point to determine angle:

    Pick a point a little further along the line from the start point.

13. The Command prompt will display:

    Pick start point of the line:

    Pick the end point of the line.

14. The Command prompt will display:

    Pick second point to determine angle:

    Pick a point a little way back along the line from the end point.

15. The Command prompt will display:

    Please select entities in the correct sequence, upstream to downstream:

    Select all the segments, and if they are to upgraded, the symbols that the pipe is to consist of from upstream to downstream. The command prompt will display a count of the number of entities selected.

16. Press Enter. The line and all selected entities will then be upgraded.

    The line will then be upgraded to an AVEVA P&ID pipe of the default Pipe Type (unless a Pipe or Signal Type has already been assigned to it as described above).

    The line will be upgraded to the type of pipe, process link or signal line specified for the AutoCAD line type in the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility, refer to Assign P&ID Pipe Types to AutoCAD Line Types and Assign P&ID Signal Line Types to AutoCAD Line Types).

    Select symbols will be upgraded to the types of items and symbols specified for the AutoCAD block in the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility, refer to Assign P&ID Item Types and Symbol Data to AutoCAD Blocks and Assign P&ID Symbol Names to AutoCAD Blocks).

    If no mapping has been set up for a line type or block in the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility, it will not be upgraded.

Note: The sequence of entities in a pipe can be checked and if necessary edited using the Managing Groups procedure. This procedure can also be used to add and remove entities to and from a pipe.

Remove Entities from a Pipe

17. To remove entities from an upgraded pipe, that for example, may have been selected for inclusion in a pipe by mistake in the above upgrade procedure, select the Remove Entity From Pipe option in the Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group of the Utilities tab. The Command prompt will display:

    Select entity:

18. Select the entity to be removed from the pipe.

    Press Enter. The selected entity is then removed from the pipe.

Add Tees to Upgraded Pipe Junctions

19. Select the Create Tee option in the Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group of the Utilities tab. The Command prompt will display:

    Select objects:

20. Select all the objects of the pipe that is to have a tee added to end of it, and all the objects of the pipe that it forms a junction with.

    Press Enter. The tee will then be added.

Add Flow Arrows to Upgraded Lines

21. Select the Add Flow Arrows To Pipe option in the Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group of the Utilities tab. The Command prompt will display:

    Select Pipe/Pipes to add flow arrows:

22. Select the pipes to which flow arrows are to be added.

    Press Enter. The flow arrows will then be added to selected pipes.

Reverse Pipe Segments

23. Select the Reverse Pipe Segment option in the Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group of the Utilities tab. The Command prompt will display:

    Select Segments to reverse flow:

    Select the segments the flow of which is to be reversed.

24. Press Enter. The flow direction of the selected segments is then reverse, as indicated by the flow arrows.

Associate Instrument Label Balloons with Inline Instruments

25. Select the Associate as Label Balloon option fromThe Drawing Page shortcut menu of the label balloon.

    Note: The balloon symbol must have been upgraded.

    The Command prompt will display:

    Select Symbol to Associate Balloon:

    Select the appropriate instrument symbol.

26. The Command prompt will display:

    Select Leader Line for the Balloon:

    Select the leader line connecting the balloon symbol to the instrument symbol.

    The selected balloon and leader line are then associated with the instrument.

Map AutoCAD Attributes to AVEVA P&ID Pipe Fields

27. Select the Map UDAs To Pipe Field option in the Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group of the Utilities tab. The Command prompt will display:

    Select Block for Pipe Attributes:

    Pick the block that attributes will be mapped from.

28. The Properties dialog will then be displayed:

    

    The dialog displays the names and values of the block's attributes. Select the pipe fields to map the attributes to in the Pipe Field fields. Click OK.

    The following P&ID Item Types support attribute mapping:

    Instruments (INS)

    All Valves types (V*)

    Nozzles (NOZ)

    Reducers (RDC)

    Spec Breaks (LSP)

    Pipe Connector Flags (PFL)

29. The Command prompt will display:

    Select Pipe/Pipes for Attribute Mapping:

    Select the pipe or pipes to which the block attributes will be mapped.

30. Press Enter. The property fields of the selected pipes will then be populated with the values of the attributes mapped to them.

Undo the Upgrade of a Line

31. To reverse the upgrade of a pipe, reverting the pipe and it's entities to dumb AutoCAD lines and blocks, select the Remove Pipe option in the Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group of the Utilities tab. The Command prompt will display:

    Select Pipe:

    Select the pipe.

32. Press Enter. The pipe will then be converted back into an AutoCAD line and its symbols into AutoCAD blocks.

Note: The formatting of the pipe, for example, its colour and line style does not revert. It maintains its upgraded appearance but is not longer and "intelligent" AVEVA P&ID pipe.