Label Offsheet Connectors

Labelling pipe and signal line page offsheet connectors with their correct destination drawing number is crucial for the correct resolution of pipes and signal lines across multiple P&IDs. If using sheet numbers they must be included as part of the connector label.

Offsheet connectors may be labelled from a list of drawings on which valid and available source/destination offsheet connectors are located. If labelled in this way, a offsheet connector may be hyperlinked, for example, Ctrl-clicking on it, or selecting the Open Target Drawing option from the connector's right-click menu, will open the drawing on which connected offsheet connector is located.

Offsheet connectors may be labelled using drawings from different projects on the same server or on a different server.

Offsheet connector labels can be deleted by selecting the Delete option from The Drawing Page menu for the label.

The display format and position of connector labels can be specified in the Offsheet Connectors - Labels Sub-Category of the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program.

If an offsheet connector is to be used as well as pipe destination text, the pipe destination text must be used to record the actual destination. A note should be entered in the connector to refer to the pipe destination text. If an attempt is made to label the offsheet connector with the destination as well as using pipe destination text, there will be two recorded destinations, leading to confusion when data is output.

Offsheet connectors can also be labelled with the grid reference of the offsheet connector on the source/destination drawing.

Refer to Label and Connect Pipe and Signal Line Off-Page Connectors.

If a user edits offsheet connector details in a drawing manually (e.g. by using the find and replace option), a facility is available to resolve any differences between connectors in the current drawing and connected connectors on other drawings. Refer to Audit Offsheet Connectors.