Add a Title to a Drawing and Enter Drawing Sheet Attributes

This procedure is used to add or edit the drawing numbers, sheet numbers, client drawing numbers and drawing titles of drawings. The procedure is also used to specify a design area to be used for export purposes by instruments/equipment that do not have an associated design area, to view the range of line and loop numbers used on a drawing and to enter other drawing sheet attribute that may be inherited by items on the drawing.

Note: Drawing numbers cannot be edited “manually” in a P&ID, they must be edited using this procedure. An error message is displayed if a manual edit is attempted.

Example

Associated Project Configuration Options

• If different drawings in the project are to be able to be assigned different grids, the Single Template Per Drawing checkbox on the Drawing - Grid Sub-Category of the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program must be checked.

• Drawings grids are created on the Drawing - Grid Sub-Category.

• If the design area is to appear in the title, make sure that the Design area from Title Block used for Instrument Label field 1 checkbox in the Drawing - Labels Sub-Category is checked.

• If the project number is to be part of the drawing title, check the Place Project Number Label as part of Drawing Title checkbox.

• The numbers of drawing areas, drawing numbers and project number labels to include in the title are specified in the three fields in this pane.

• Sheet attribute field names are set up using the Drawing - Settings Sub-Category.

• The width of the multiple lines of the drawing title text are also set on this pane.

• Whether or not drawing labels are to be automatically placed in fixed positions, and the coordinates of those positions, is also specified in this pane.

• Whether or not drawing number from the project drawing registry must be used is also specified in the Drawing - Settings Sub-Category. A drawing registry consists of the drawings in the project database, accessible using AVEVA P&ID Reports.

• Entries into sheet attribute fields may be restricted by setting up validation rules using the Drawing Information – Validation Sub-Category.

• Establish inheritance between item label and sheet attribute fields using the Pipes - Settings Sub-Category, Instruments - Settings Sub-Category, Equipment - Settings Sub-Category, Valves - Settings Sub-Category and Line Fittings - Settings Sub-Category.

• Whether or not five Title Text Line fields (the default setting) are available or a single field is available for entering drawing title text is specified using the USER_DISABLEMTEXTFORPROPERTIESFORM user-defined directive in the Miscellaneous – Settings Sub-Category.

Procedure

1. Start the procedure by selecting the Properties option from the shortcut menu of The Drawing Page.

2. The AVEVA P&ID Drawing Properties dialog is then displayed,refer to Properties Dialogs:

   

   Enter or edit the details as required.

   

   If a project drawing registry is in use, only drawing numbers from this registry can be used. They are selected from a list of values.

3. If a drawing registry is not in use, any unique drawing number may be entered (the list of drawing numbers from the registry is not available).

4. If the drawing and/or sheet numbers are to be placed on the drawing, set the Insert Drawing No and/or Insert Sheet No settings to Yes as required.

5. Revision and minor revision numbers are completed automatically in accordance with settings specified in AVEVA P&ID Reports.

6. If applicable for the project, select the grid to be used for the drawing from the Grid list.

7. If applicable for the project, select the border to be used for the drawing from the Border list and set the Insert Border setting to Yes to display the border.

8. Enter title text in the Title Text Line field(s).

   Note: Whether five fields or a single field is available for this is controlled by the USER_DISABLEMTEXTFORPROPERTIESFORM user-defined directive in the Miscellaneous – Settings Sub-Category of the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program.

9. To enter, edit or view Sheet Attribute and Line and Loop Number Range Data in the fields provided. DataSet UDA fields may also be available if they have been set up:

   

   Enter or edit data as required. Depending on project set up, the values entered in the Drawing Sheet Attribute fields may be inherited by items on the drawing. Click on OK to return to the AVEVA P&ID Drawing Properties dialog.

10. Once the required details have been entered, click OK.

    Depending on the Insert Drawing No and Insert Sheet No settings, you will then be prompted to position any labels on the drawing which are of label types for which a fixed position has not been specified in the project configuration. For example:

    Position Drawing Number:

    You will only be prompted to position data from fields that you have actually completed.

    While positioning drawing data you may be required to specify the rotation and height of the text.

Refresh Item Properties Inherited from Drawing Sheet Attributes

The properties of labels may be inherited from drawing sheet attributes, refer to Set Labels to Inherit Values from Drawing Sheet Attributes.

To manually refresh these inherited properties after drawing sheet attributes, select the Refresh Sheet Inheritance option in the AVEVA P&ID group of the Home tab.