Transfer Data to PDMS Schematic Databases

This procedure is used to transfer data from an AVEVA P&ID drawing into a PDMS Schematic database. Data from the current drawing is transferred.

Data can be exported from a single drawing or from multiple drawings.

Note: The project may be setup so that this takes place automatically instead.

Refer to Integration with PDMS Schematics.

Note: Data can also be exported from single or multiple drawings to XML files in ISO 15928 format. This data can subsequently be imported into a Schematic database using the AVEVA PDMS or AVEVA Marine Schematic Model Manager module. Refer to Export Data to ISO 15926 Files.

Associated Project Configuration Options

• By default, P&ID projects are set up so that users must "manually" save work to Schematic databases using this procedure. If required, this may be set to take place automatically by checking the Enable Auto Save Work in P&ID checkbox in the Plant and Marine Integration Category Pane of the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program.

  If this checkbox is checked, the Save Work options are not displayed.

• The Schematics data source that the AVEVA P&ID project is integrated with is selected in the Plant and Marine Integration Category Pane.

• The USER_IMPERIAL_TOL and USER_METRIC_TOL user-defined directives in the Miscellaneous – Settings Sub-Category are used to set a distance (in inches or mm) from within which the Schematic Model Manager Head References (Hrefs) and Tail References (Trefs) may be detected for signal lines with gaps between them and connected components.

Procedure

Export from a Single Drawing

1. Start the procedure by opening the P&ID Data Grid and logging on to the required PDMS Schematic database See P&ID Data Grid - Import, View and Export data to and from PDMS Schematics for details.

2. Start the data transfer by either:

   • selecting the Save Work option in the AVEVA Integration Group of the Manage Tab, or

   • right-clicking on the AVEVA Schematic Database node in the P&ID Data Grid and selecting the Save Work option from the menu that is then displayed.

3. The Save Work Progress dialog is then displayed and the transfer of data started.

   

   The progress of the transfer procedure is displayed in the Save Work Progress bar.

   Details of the transfer are displayed in the Summary tab.

   If the transfer is completed with errors or warnings, a message informing the user of this is displayed at the bottom of the dialog. Details of errors and warnings are displayed on the Errors tab.

   To open a log file of the transfer summary and the errors/warnings, click View.

   To hide the Summary and Errors tabs, click Details. Select the button again to display them again.

Export from Multiple Drawings

4. Start the procedure by opening the P&ID Data Grid and logging on to the required PDMS Schematic database See P&ID Data Grid - Import, View and Export data to and from PDMS Schematics for details.

5. Next, select the Save Work Batch option in the AVEVA Integration group of the Manage tab.

6. The Select drawings to save to Schematic Database dialog is then displayed:

   

   The dialog lists all the drawings in the project Drawings folder. To select a file to be exported from, check its checkbox.

   To export data from all the drawings, check the checkbox of the Drawings folder itself. All drawing checkboxes are then checked automatically (they may then be individually unchecked as required).

7. Click OK.

   The export will then take place. The progress of the export will be indicated in a progress bar at the bottom of the application window, and in the command prompt, for example:

   1 of 7 905675.dwg Drawing file exported successfully

   2 of 7 905676.dwg Drawing file exported successfully

8. When the export is complete, a message is displayed (for example):

   

   Click on the link in the message to view a log file of the process.