Upgrade Blocks to Symbols

"Dumb" AutoCAD blocks may be upgraded to "intelligent" AVEVA P&ID symbols as part of the procedure for upgrading lines to pipes.

Other symbols, such as offline instruments and equipment should be upgraded using the following procedures.

All AutoCAD blocks on that drawing have been mapped to AVEVA P&ID project Symbols using the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility, refer to Assign P&ID Symbol Names to AutoCAD Blocks, can be upgraded to the mapped Symbols in one go. AutoCAD blocks that have not been mapped must be upgraded individually.

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.

Upgrade Multiple Blocks to Symbols

To upgrade all the blocks on a drawing to the project Symbols they have been mapped to in the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility:

1. Select the Upgrade Entities option in the Non-Intelligent Entities Upgrade group of the Utilities tab.

2. All AutoCAD blocks in the drawing with Symbol mapping set up for them in the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Upgrade Utility are then converted to the mapped AVEVA P&ID Symbols.

   Note: This procedure will also upgrade all AutoCAD lines with properties that have been mapped to an AVEVA P&ID Pipe Type or Signal Type to Pipes/Signal Lines of those types, refer to Assign P&ID Pipe Types to AutoCAD Line Types and a Assign P&ID Signal Line Types to AutoCAD Line Types.

Upgrade Individual Blocks to Symbols

If a block has not been mapped to an AVEVA P&ID Symbol, or it is not required to be converted to the Symbol it is mapped to, upgrade it as follows:

3. Right-click on the block to be upgraded and select the Upgrade Symbol option from the drawing page shortcut menu.

4. The Symbol List dialog is then displayed, from which the type of symbol that the block is to be upgraded to is selected:

   

5. Select the category of symbol from the left-hand window, and then the name of the symbol from the left-hand window. If the name of the symbol is known, but not its category, enter the name of the symbol in the Find field, and click Find. To select a symbol, click on it in the right-hand window. An image of it is displayed in the lower half of the dialog, along with the symbol name and description. Click OK.

6. The block is then converted to an AVEVA P&ID symbol of the selected type.