Transfer Data to and from ISO 15926 Files

Data can be transferred from and to ISO15926 files.

Export to an ISO 15926 File

Drawing data can be exported to XML files in ISO15926 format. These files contain both engineering item data and graphical data which can subsequently be imported into an AVEVA PDMS or AVEVA Diagrams Schematic databases using the Schematic Model Manager module.

Data can be exported to an ISO 15926 file either from a single drawing, or from a batch of drawings. Refer to Export Data to ISO 15926 Files.

Note: Data can also be exported directly from drawings into a PDMS Schematic database. Refer to Integration with PDMS Schematics.

Points to note:

• "Typical" item data is included in the export, refer to Typical Items.

• If data is to be exported to PDMS, make sure that instrument and miscellaneous item label delimiters are set, to make sure tag format consistency with PDMS.

  These delimiters are entered using the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program, in the Instrument Dialog Labels section of the Instruments - Settings Sub-Category and the Dialog Box Field Labels section of the Miscellaneous - Labels Sub-Category.

• If "Legacy" Process Links are to be used (PLK item type), for example, Process Links without the functionality introduced with AVEVA P&ID 7.2 SP3, a number of factors should be considered when drawing process links if data is to be exported to an ISO 15926 file.

• If exporting data that is to be imported by the 12.0 SP5 version of PDMS or later, the 3.3.3 version of the ISO 15926 schema may be used. If exporting data to previous versions of PDMS (e.g. 12.0 SP4), the 3.2.0 version of the ISO15926 schema must be used.

  Refer to The ISO15926 (Version 3.2.0) Schema Specification or The ISO15926 (Version 3.3.3) Schema Specification.

• Data can also be exported in the DEXPI 4.0.1 schema format. Refer to Export DEXPI XML Data.

• The ISO15926 file interface may make use of a shape catalogue. Refer to Shape Catalogues for the ISO15926 Interface.

• If complex line types, such as signal lines, lines with shapes in them etc. are to be exported to an ISO15926 file, the procedure described in Export Complex Linetypes to ISO 15926 must first be followed.

  Note: All port sizes of 3-way and 4-way components are exported. The third size is exported as the "Secondary_size_1" value in the XML file, the fourth size as "Secondary_size_2".

Import Data from an ISO 15926 File

Symbol and drawing data can be imported from ISO 15926 XML files in the Proteus DEXPI 4.0.1 schema format.

The mappings between AVEVA P&ID and the DEXPI 4.0.1 data, and other configuration options, are set up using the ISO 15926 Import/Export Configuration Category of the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program.

The imports themselves are carried out using options in the Symbol Explorer, Engineering Explorer, and the Manage Tab.

Refer to Import Symbols and Import Drawings.