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Contents
Preface PDS ................................................................................................................................................. 7
Drawing Manager Overview........................................................................................................................ 9
Before Using Drawing Manager ............................................................................................................ 10
Drawing Manager Theory of Operation ................................................................................................ 10
Drawings ......................................................................................................................................... 11
Drawing Views ................................................................................................................................ 11
Drawing Borders ............................................................................................................................. 12
Drawing Plot Size ........................................................................................................................... 13
Seed Files ....................................................................................................................................... 14
Drawing Categories ........................................................................................................................ 16
Cells ................................................................................................................................................ 17
Database Tables ............................................................................................................................ 18
Standard Notes / Code Lists .......................................................................................................... 20
Labels ............................................................................................................................................. 20
Drawing Manager's Output ............................................................................................................. 21
Customizing Drawing Manager ...................................................................................................... 21
Drawing Management ............................................................................................................................... 29
Drawing Manager ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Create Options ...................................................................................................................................... 32
Create Drawing ............................................................................................................................... 33
Create Drawing from ASCII File ..................................................................................................... 35
Copy Drawing ................................................................................................................................. 39
Create Drawing View ...................................................................................................................... 43
Copy Drawing View ........................................................................................................................ 53
Create Composite Drawing View ................................................................................................... 57
Revise Revision .............................................................................................................................. 68
Revise Options ...................................................................................................................................... 72
Revise Drawing .............................................................................................................................. 73
Revise Drawing View...................................................................................................................... 75
Revise Orientation .......................................................................................................................... 80
Delete Options ...................................................................................................................................... 90
Delete Drawing ............................................................................................................................... 91
Select Drawing - Delete Drawing View........................................................................................... 91
Report - Drawing Management Data .................................................................................................... 95
Report Models Form ............................................................................................................................. 97
Report Format Form ....................................................................................................................... 99
Discrimination Data Form ............................................................................................................. 102
Discrimination Data Deletion Form ............................................................................................... 114
Search Criteria Data Form ........................................................................................................... 115
Report Form ................................................................................................................................. 120
Report Multiple Submit Form ........................................................................................................ 127
Approve Drawing................................................................................................................................. 128
Report Management Defaults Form.................................................................................................... 130
Contents
Graphics Environment ............................................................................................................................ 131
Drawing ............................................................................................................................................... 131
View .................................................................................................................................................... 131
Viewing Options ............................................................................................................................ 133
Viewing Commands...................................................................................................................... 134
Viewing, More Commands .................................................................................................................. 135
Viewing Directions ........................................................................................................................ 137
View Depth ................................................................................................................................... 138
File ...................................................................................................................................................... 139
Plot................................................................................................................................................ 139
File Design .................................................................................................................................... 140
Exit ................................................................................................................................................ 140
Active Options .............................................................................................................................. 140
Select Another Drawing ................................................................................................................ 143
Drawing Selection......................................................................................................................... 143
Drawing Categories ............................................................................................................................ 144
Review/Revise Category .............................................................................................................. 144
Add Category................................................................................................................................ 145
Remove Category......................................................................................................................... 146
Element Commands ........................................................................................................................... 147
Settings Command ............................................................................................................................. 147
User Commands ................................................................................................................................. 147
Composing Drawings.............................................................................................................................. 149
Create Drawing View .......................................................................................................................... 150
Saved View ......................................................................................................................................... 152
Named Item......................................................................................................................................... 153
Named Item by Model .................................................................................................................. 154
Named Item by Project ................................................................................................................. 156
Define View Location .......................................................................................................................... 158
Create Composite Drawing View ........................................................................................................ 159
Create Composite Drawing View - Define Views ......................................................................... 161
Create Composite Drawing View - Saved View ........................................................................... 162
Copy Drawing View ................................................................................................................................. 169
Create Section Drawing View ............................................................................................................. 171
Create Composite Plan Drawing View ................................................................................................ 173
Compose Drawing .............................................................................................................................. 176
Viewing Hidden Line Graphics ............................................................................................................ 177
Compose Drawing View ...................................................................................................................... 180
Reference Models ........................................................................................................................ 182
Delete Drawing View ........................................................................................................................... 192
Align Drawing View....................................................................................................................... 192
Revise View Data ......................................................................................................................... 194
Revise Orientation ........................................................................................................................ 196
Unassigned Views ........................................................................................................................ 197
Area Volume Graphics ................................................................................................................. 198
Revision Markers ..................................................................................................................................... 201
Display Report..................................................................................................................................... 202
Place Cell ............................................................................................................................................ 204
Contents
Place Text and Line ............................................................................................................................ 205
Overlay Drawing.................................................................................................................................. 207
Review Attribute .................................................................................................................................. 208
Measure Distance ............................................................................................................................... 208
Drawing Annotation Symbology .......................................................................................................... 210
Name Label ......................................................................................................................................... 211
Edit Text .............................................................................................................................................. 219
Coordinate Label ................................................................................................................................. 220
Automatic Labels................................................................................................................................. 228
Label Fence Contents .................................................................................................................. 231
Revise Text ................................................................................................................................... 231
The Search Criteria - Component Form ....................................................................................... 232
Update Annotation Labels ...................................................................................................................... 237
Vector Hidden Line Manager .................................................................................................................. 239
Symbology Based VHL Drawings ....................................................................................................... 244
Drawing Type and Symbology Map ............................................................................................. 245
Search Criteria for VHL ........................................................................................................................... 249
Search Criteria Data Creation Form ................................................................................................... 250
Search Criteria Revision Form ............................................................................................................ 251
Search Criteria Deletion Form ............................................................................................................ 253
Annotating Drawings .............................................................................................................................. 255
Mass Annotation ................................................................................................................................. 256
Place Labels........................................................................................................................................ 263
Equipment Centerlines ........................................................................................................................ 271
Update Labels ..................................................................................................................................... 275
Plot Manager ............................................................................................................................................ 281
Plot Drawing ........................................................................................................................................ 282
Drawing Categories ............................................................................................................................ 284
Reference Models ............................................................................................................................... 285
Project Planner ........................................................................................................................................ 287
Project Planner Command Menu ........................................................................................................ 287
PlotPlan ........................................................................................................................................ 288
Exit ................................................................................................................................................ 302
View .................................................................................................................................................... 302
File ................................................................................................................................................ 302
Project Setup ........................................................................................................................................... 305
Drawing Type ...................................................................................................................................... 307
Reference Categories ......................................................................................................................... 308
Copy Drawing Type ............................................................................................................................ 310
Remove Reference ............................................................................................................................. 311
Plotting Categories .............................................................................................................................. 312
Label Filter .......................................................................................................................................... 313
Contents
Plot Setup Manager ................................................................................................................................. 315
Create I/Plot Parameter File ............................................................................................................... 316
Revise I/Plot Parameter File ............................................................................................................... 317
Delete I/Plot Parameter File ................................................................................................................ 318
Index ......................................................................................................................................................... 319
Preface PDS
This document provides command reference information and procedural instructions for the
Plant Design System (PDS) Drawing Manager (PD_Draw) task.
Preface PDS
SECTION 1
Project Setup
A project and all of its accompanying files must be defined with the Project Administrator before
you can use the Drawing Manager. Refer to the Project Administrator Reference Guide for
information on the following:
Loading PDS 3D products.
Editing the control script to identify the location of the project data.
Setting up a project and creating the associated database schemas.
Accessing the PDS 3D products remotely using NFS.
Model Files
A set of model files for the project must be defined before you can use the Drawing Manager.
Refer to the following documents for information on creating and manipulating PDS 3D Models.
Piping Design Graphics Reference Guide
PDS Equipment Modeling Reference Guide
MicasPlus ModelDraft Reference Guide
PE HVAC Modeling Reference Guide
EE Raceway Modeling Reference Guide
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Drawings
A drawing file does not consist of model graphics; a drawing contains intelligent labels,
MicroStation dimensioning, title block text, VHL graphics, and user text and graphics. The model
graphics are attached as reference files, and are not part of the actual drawing file.
Think of a drawing as a pane of glass (drawing file) under which you can see multiple
overlapping, transparent images (reference files) that correspond to user-defined sections of
various model files. When you annotate a drawing, you are merely placing information on the
pane of glass - not on the images themselves.
The illustration below includes a drawing that references a border file and four other attached
reference model files: equipment, structural, HVAC, and electrical raceway models.
All drawings have a plot size value and can have various levels or categories displayed within
them. Each drawing view can be assigned a scale value.
Drawing Views
A drawing view is a "window" into the model with the following characteristics:
User-specified scale. (For example, 3/8" = 1'.)
User-specified viewing direction. (For example, Looking North.)
User-specified viewing volume. (For example, user-defined high and low Easting, Northing,
and Elevation values, or using the volume of a previously-defined view.)
User-specification of referenced models. (For example, one or more piping model files, one
or more equipment model files, etc.)
A drawing view can be limited to display only specific portions of the model, or the entire model
(or a part of it) shown from a different perspective, or the entire model (or a part of it) displayed
at a different scale for detail. Views help to document the drawing by allowing the user to display
several orientations or emphasize specific portions of the model.
Changes in any referenced model files are automatically reflected in the drawing view.
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Drawing Borders
Borders are user-created MicroStation design files. For an Imperial units project where the
smallest scale to be shown on any drawing is 1/8" = 1', border files should be created with
Master Units =1, Sub Units=12, Positional Units = 195072, and should be drawn in a 1:1 scale.
For example, cutting lines of an A size plot should be 8 1/2 inches and 11 inches long, while the
actual drawing border lines should be offset from the cutting lines by whatever distance you
want.
A sample A-size border design is shown below.
When creating your border files, be sure to obey the drawing type conventions discussed in
Before Using Drawing Manager (on page 10). You must follow the conventions established by
Standard Note 1202 and Standard Note 2000 for drawing size and type.
Do not use any Microstation predefined shapes (square, polygon, etc.) to create the
border or the cutting lines; instead, use lines or line strings. The system hidden line software
(Vector Hidden Line) interprets shapes as surfaces, and may give unpredictable results in the
finished drawing such as clipped or missing graphics.
Border files may contain specific locations for placing text (text nodes). This feature
allows for automatic placement of title block information, among other uses. For more
information about text nodes, refer to the MicroStation documentation.
The Drawing Manager uses the following guidelines to determine which drawing border to
attach:
The directory and network address for the drawing border is defined in the RDB
Management Data with the Reference Data Manager. This setting is stored in the Project
Control Database for access by the Drawing Manager.
The file specifications for the drawing borders are determined by the following naming
convention.
dwgbrd_<drawing_type>.<drawing_size>
The drawing_type is the standard note number in Standard Note Type 2000 for drawing types.
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Cutting
Margins from Cutting
Edge Size
(Drawing
Size)
X-1
Y-t
X-r
0.625"
2.125"
8.5"x11"
0.8125"
11"x17"
1"
0.6875"
Y-b
0.625
3"
(A)
(B)
0.6875"
3
17"x22"
1.1875"
24"x36"
1.375"
0.75"
0.8125"
3.75"
0.75"
5.4375"
(C)
(D)
0.8125"
5
34"x44"
1.5625"
0.875"
6.875"
0.875" (E)
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28"x40"
1.625"
101
840mmx1
189mm
56mm
102
595mmx8
40mm
103
420mmx5
95mm
38mm
27mm
190mm
104
297mmx4
20mm
33mm
25mm
155mm
105
210mmx2
97mm
28mm
24mm
65mm
47mm
0.9375"
35mm
30mm
5.625"
198mm
0.9375" (F)
35mm
193mm 30mm
27mm
72mm
24mm
(A0)
(A1)
(A2)
(A3)
(A4)
Drawing Size Std Note --- This is the standard note, referenced from the Standard Note Type
1202, for the drawing size selected.
Cutting Edge Size --- This reflects the actual size of the cutting edge which is the media cutting
edge dimensions around the border that is associated with the drawing size. If plot limits of the
output device are less than cutting edge dimensions, Drawing Manager scales the plot down to
fit within the plotting limits.
If the plot limits are greater than cutting edge dimensions, no fit is performed and the plot border
including cutting lines is generated. Excess paper can be trimmed and the true A, B, C, D, E, F,
or A0, A1, A2, A3, or A4 size drawing sheet remains.
If plot limits are equal to the drawplotsize dimensions, no fit is performed, the plot is generated
and no cutting lines appear because they are coincident with the edges of the plot medium.
Margins from Cutting Edge -- X-l --- This defines the horizontal distance from the left cutting edge for composition. (This
value corresponds with X1 as described in Define View Location.)
X-r --- This defines the horizontal distance from the right cutting edge for composition. (This
value corresponds with X2 as described in Define View Location.)
Y-t --- This defines the vertical distance from the top cutting edge for composition. (This
value corresponds with Y1 as described in Define View Location.)
Y-b --- This defines the vertical distance from the bottom cutting edge for composition. (This
value corresponds with Y2 as described in Define View Location.)
Drawing Size --- This is the standard note text for the drawing size.
Seed Files
Seed files control the default "styles" of drawings produced by Drawing Manager. All drawings
based on the same seed file will have the same types of line weights, text heights, colors, units
of measurement, orientation values, default plot categories, etc.
The Project Seed File / Alternate Seed File option on the Project Setup form specifies whether
the default project drawing seed file or an alternate drawing seed file is used for a specific
drawing type. The default project drawing seed file, drwsdz.dgn, is stored in the project directory
and is used as the seed file for all drawing types, unless an alternate is specified by drawing
type.
If the Project Seed File option is specified, all subsequent drawings created will have their line
weights, line types, text options, etc. defined by one seed file data-set. For example, Equipment
Drawings will have exactly the same graphic symbology and dimensioning attributes as
Structural Drawings, Piping Drawings, etc.
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The <drawing type> code listed value is defined in the Standard Note Library CL2000. Refer
to the PDS Piping Component Data Reference Guide for more information.
If you edit or remove any drawing types code list entries from the CL2000 library, you must
also make the same change(s) to pdtable_126. Otherwise, the input form for revising the
drawing seed data in the Project Administrator>Project Data Manager displays the
removed drawing types as blank entries.
Once created, the seed data can be customized through the Project Data Manager option of
Project Administrator by selecting Seed, Revise Drawing Data, and the drawing type to be
customized. Only those drawing types which have been defined as Alternate Seed File types
are listed. Project Seedfile is also listed for those drawing types which do not have an alternate.
Once selected, the following 6 data types may be altered:
Drawing Category Data
Graphic Symbology Data
Label Character Sizes
Drawing Annotation Options
Reference Database File Specifications
Hidden Line Symbology Data
If drawings have already been created before alternate seed data has been defined, the
new data may be updated in the existing drawings with the Propagate function in the Project
Data Manager. (Please note that propagate only works on: drawing annotation symbology,
vector hidden line graphics symbology, character sizes for labels, and drawing graphic
symbology data.) The same is true if changes are made throughout the life of the project that
need to be applied to existing drawing files.
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Drawing Categories
A category is an "alias" for the Microstation drawing level (1-63) in the drawing file; the category
is a way of assigning a meaningful, name to a specific level so that the designer does not have
to refer to the various drawing levels by number.
When a project is created, the Project Administrator copies the default drawing category names
to the project directory. The name of the copied file is drwcats.txt. You can edit this file to
change the names that are displayed for drawing categories.
Although you can modify the drawing category names, the meaning of a specific category
will not be altered by this change.
Drawing View Specific Labels
;Category 4
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Coordinate Labels
;Category 7
Dimensioning
;Category 9
;Category 10
Hold Clouds
;Category 11
Reports
;Category 8
;Category 3
;Category 12
;Category 2
Matchlines By System
;Category 1
;Category 6
Battery Limits
;Category 36
Matchlines By User
;Category 37
Centerlines
;Category 38
Dumb Details
;Category 39
;Category 40
;Category 41
;Category 42
;Category 43
;Category 44
;Category 45
;Category 46
;Category 47
;Category 48
;Category 49
;Category 50
;Category 51
;Category 52
;Category 53
;Category 54
;Category 55
Each drawing type can also have an alternate list of category names. The name of the alternate
category list is dwg_text_<drawing type>, and it is stored in the project directory. You do not
have to define an alternate drawing type file for every drawing type, although this is an option.
The <drawing type> code listed value is defined in the Standard Note Library CL2000.
Refer to the PDS Piping Component Data Reference Guide for more information.
For example, if Equipment Drawings are to use an alternate drawing category list, a file called
dwg_text_3 must exist in the project directory (if 3 is the Code List 2000 value assigned to the
equipment drawing type). This file must be created externally using a text editor. First, the
contents of the drwcats.txt file should be copied into the appropriately-named alternate drawing
category file. Then, you can edit this file to change the names that are displayed for drawing
categories.
If an alternate drawing category file does not exist in the project directory, or it has been named
incorrectly, the default project category list will be used.
Cells
Cells are used to repeatedly place "dumb" graphics (not associated with the project control
database) within drawings. Cells are created within MicroStation, and are used to place
frequently-used objects like the North arrow and the company logo into the drawing. Another
example of a cell is an eye-wash station; placing a cell representation of an eye-wash station
would keep the desginer from drawing a new one each time one is placed in the drawing.
PDS delivers some cells for drawing annotation, found in the cell library
\win32app\ingr\pdshell\cell\drawing.cel. This cell library is copied to the project directory by the
Project Administrator as a part of project creation. The drawing.cel library in the project directory
must be used for any cells which you intend to use for drawing annotation. The Drawing
Manager attaches this cell library each time you select a drawing for the purpose of drawing
annotation, unless that drawing type has been set to use an alternate cell library.
When the Place Cell command is used, the system prompts you to select the appropriate cell
from a list of cell descriptions. This list of descriptions is found in the file called dwg_cell_list.
This file contains two columns; column one is for the cell name, and column two is for the
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FLOW
ARROW
CELL
NAR1
PLANT
NORTH
ARROW
NAR2
N. ARROW
UP RIGHT
NAR3
N. ARROW
UP LEFT
NAR4
N. ARROW
DOWN LEFT
NAR5
N. ARROW
DOWN
RIGHT
cl
center line
gradea
grade at angle
gradeh
grade
horizontal
For more information about cells, refer to Place Cell (on page 204) or refer to the MicroStation
documentation.
Database Tables
PDS stores information about the project and its models, drawings, drawing views, composite
views, piping, equipment, components, etc. in a series of related database tables. Each time a
new model is created, or a new piping component or piece of equipment is placed, or a new
view is created, a new record is placed in the appropriate table(s).
This section includes and describes the tables from the Project Control Database Definition that
are affected by the drawing process. These tables are stored in a file called project.ddl.
You may modify only the column name fields in the project.ddl file; do not edit any
other fields in the database definitions.
The project.ddl file classifies these tables according to the project hierarchy (model
management data, then drawing management data). Each level of the project hierarchy has
further divisions (model management data has tables for engineering discipline data, design
area data, and model data).
The rest of this section provides the name and description of each table affected by the drawing
process.
For more detailed information about the Project Control Database, the project.ddl file, and
table information refer to the Project Administrator (PD_Project) Reference Guide.
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Labels
Drawing Manager allows placement of name labels and coordinate labels for annotation
purposes. These labels are placed through the Drawing Manager interface and are "intelligent";
the labels will change if the item they describe changes, but only after one of the Update Labels
commands have been executed.
"Dumb" text, text that has no association with the PDS database, can also be placed in
drawings. Dumb text can be placed using the Place Text button in the Place Labels palette, or
through "raw" MicroStation.
You can display dimensions as whole millimeters if you choose to do so. During Project
Setup, Project Administrator allows revision of working units used in creating a project. Master
units in a Metric project are meters, with subunits being millimeters; however, the project
administrator can designate master units to be millimeters, with subunits set also to millimeters.
This will ensure that dimensions will be read as millimeters, not meters.
For more information about working units, refer to Project Administrator (PD_Project).
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Plots
Before plotting can be done, a plot queue must be established so that Drawing Manager will
know where to send the data to be plotted.
Reports
Drawing Manager can generate reports based on the information written in the project control
database. Reports require a format file and a discrimination data file in order to specify the
format, content, and scope of reports generated. Reports can be saved as ASCII files, or they
can be sent to a printer.
Before reports can be printed, a print queue must be established so that the Drawing Manager
will know where to send the data to be printed. You may also refer to the Report Manager User's
Guide for more detailed information about reporting capabilities.
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23
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Every drawing has data stored in attributes in the database (pdtable_121). The Supplemental
Title Block Data form lets you add additional attributes that are shown in the Border File. These
attributes can also be revision attributes.
These values are recommended for new attributes when creating a drawing:
Custom_1
character(40)
pdtable_121,
Custom_2
character(40)
pdtable_121,
25
character(16)
pdtable_121,
Custom_4
character(16)
pdtable_121,
Custom_5
character(16)
pdtable_121,
Custom_6
character(16)
pdtable_121,
Custom_7
character(16)
pdtable_121,
Custom_8
character(16)
pdtable_121,
Custom_9
integer(date)
pdtable_121,
Custom_10
integer(date)
pdtable_121,
For more information on title block data and text, refer to Automatic Title Block Generation (on
page 21).
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This will display the dimension units in millimeters with no decimal places. For example, you wiil
see 1927 mm instead of the default 1.927 m or 1927.0 mm.
For more information about working units, please refer to Project Administrator (PD_Project).
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SECTION 2
Drawing Management
The Drawing Manager option activates the Drawing Management form. It is used to create and
manipulate drawings and drawing views for an existing model at any point in the design process.
It also provides access to the interactive graphics environment for drawings.
Drawing Manager (on page 31) --- Creates, copies, revises, and deletes drawings, drawing
views, and reports.
Drawing Composition / Annotation --- Activates the interactive graphics environment for
drawings. The Drawing Composition commands create, attach, and modify drawing views. The
Annotation commands place annotation graphics in the drawing.
Update Annotation Labels (on page 237) --- Updates annotation labels without requiring you to
enter the graphics environment.
Vector Hidden Line Manager (on page 239) --- Creates hidden-line-removed graphics for a
specified drawing.
Search Criteria for VHL (on page 249) --- Creates the search criteria used for symbology based
VHL drawing creation.
Plot Manager (on page 281) --- Provides a PDS-specific interface for plotting drawings with a full
display control including manipulation of reference files.
Project Planner (on page 287) --- Creates and revises a Key Plan model file for the project and
creates unassigned drawing views.
Project Setup (on page 305) --- Defines the default creation definitions based on the drawing
type, reference models, drawing size, and drawing scale. Once you have defined a project
setup, the system only includes the default reference models and categories you specify when
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Drawing Management
creating a drawing or drawing view. See the Group Workflow section in the Using the Drawing
Management Commands section that follows for information on when to use this command.
Plot Setup Manager (on page 315) --- Creates, revises, and deletes I/Plot Parameter files.
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SECTION 3
Drawing Manager
This option activates the Drawing Manager form. It is also activated when the Report - Drawing
Management Data (on page 95) option is selected. This form is used to create, revise, and
delete drawings and drawing views. It is also used to create and revise reports and to specify
approval data for both drawings and reports. The following sections describe the basic
operations involved in creating and modifying drawings, drawing views, and reports.
Create (see "Create Options" on page 32)--- Creates drawings, drawing views, and composite
drawing views. Also creates and composes drawing views and composite drawing views.
Revise (see "Revise Options" on page 72) --- Revises drawing definitions, drawing views,
graphic drawings, and plotplan graphics.
Delete (see "Delete Options" on page 90) --- Deletes drawings and drawing views.
Report - Drawing Management Data (on page 95) --- Creates reports on drawings in the project.
Report - Model Data (see "Report Models Form" on page 97) --- Defines and creates reports of
model data in a specified drawing or drawing view.
Approve Drawing (on page 128) --- Defines the drawing approval data for the production stages
(creation/revision) of a project drawing.
1. Select the Drawing Manager option from the Drawing Management form.
The system activates the Drawing Manager form.
2. Select one of the Drawing Manager options.
OR
Select Cancel to return to the Drawing Management form.
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Drawing Manager
Create Options
This option activates the Create Options form. It is used to create and compose drawings,
drawing views, and composite drawing views.
When a Create option is selected, the list of Drawing Types (Standard Note Type 2000) will be
displayed in a scroll list on the right.
For the complete list of delivered drawing types, refer to the Standard Note Library
Listings section in the PDS Reference Data Manager.
The names of the drawing types may be changed to suit your preferences. This is done using
the Standard Note Library Manager option in PDS Reference Data Manager.
Create Drawing (on page 33) --- Creates the drawing and specifies the drawing parameters.
Create Drawing Data from ASCII File (see "Create Drawing from ASCII File" on page 35) --Creates a drawing view from a user-defined ASCII file.
Copy Drawing (on page 39) --- Copies a selected drawing into the specified directory on the
specified node.
Create Drawing View (on page 43) --- Creates the drawing views for use by the drawing and
defines the parameters necessary to create the drawing view.
Copy Drawing View (on page 53) --- Specifies the data required for copying drawing views from
one drawing to another or within the same drawing.
Create Composite Drawing View (on page 57) --- Creates a composite drawing view and defines
the parameters necessary to create it.
1. Select the Create option from the Drawing Manager form.
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Drawing Manager
6. The system displays the create form for the selected option and drawing type.
OR
Select Cancel to return to the Drawing Management form.
Create Drawing
This option activates the Create Drawing form. It is used to create a drawing using the drawing
file name and parameters specified.
The seed file for drawing creation is created automatically when you create a project. Refer to
the PDS Project Administrator Reference Database User's Guide for more information on project
creation.
Drawing Number --- Key in an alphanumeric value (up to 24 characters) to define the drawing
number (short name) of the drawing file to be created.
Special characters such as $ @ - / = # * and a blank space cannot be used to define the drawing
number.
Drawing Name --- Key in an alphanumeric value (up to 40 characters) to define the long name
of the drawing file to be created.
Default Scale --- Place a data point in this field to display the scroll list of drawing scale options.
Select the desired drawing scale value from the list.
English Units - m' m"=n' n" where m is the scale on the drawing and n is the scale on the
model. For example, 1/4"=1' indicates that 1/4 inch on the drawing represents 1 foot in the
model.
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OR
Metric Units - n:nn where n is the scale on the drawing and nn is the scale on the model. For
example, 1:100 indicates that 1 mm on the drawing represents 100 mm in the model.
Drawing scale values are code-listed as Standard Note Type 1201. For the complete list
of delivered drawing scale values, refer to the Standard Note Library Listings section in the PDS
Reference Data Manager.
The drawing scale values may be changed to suit your preferences.This is done using the
Standard Note Library Manager option in PDS Reference Data Manager.
Drawing Size --- Place a data point in this field to display the scroll list of drawing border size
options. Select the desired drawing border size from the list.
English Units
A
8 1/2 X 11
B
11 X 17
C
17 X 22
D
24 X 36
E
34 X 44
F
28 X 40
Metric Units
A0
A1
A2
A3
A4
840mm X 1189mm
595mm X 840mm
420mm X 595mm
297mm X 420mm
210mm X 297mm
Drawing size values are code-listed as Standard Note Type 1201. The drawing size
values may be changed to suit your preferences. This is done using the Standard Note Library
Manager option in PDS Reference Data Manager.
Drawing File Name --- The system fills in the design file name (up to 14 characters total) as the
drawing number with the file extension of .dgn. If the drawing number is greater than 11
characters, it is truncated to allow character space for the file extension. You can modify the
Drawing File Name.
Drawing File Directory --- Key in the location of the directory to contain the drawing file.
Workstation/Server Name --- Key in the node address of the workstation to contain the
drawing file.
Last Revision Number--- This field displays the current revision number of the drawing. This
field cannot be edited by the user.
Revision Number --- Key in up to two alphanumeric characters to identify this revision of the
drawing. This field is optional.
Revised By --- Key in up to four alphanumeric characters to identify the user who revised the
drawing. This field is optional.
Checked By --- Key in up to four alphanumeric characters to identify the user who checked the
drawing. This field is optional.
Revision Description --- Key in up to 40 alphanumeric characters to provide a description of
this revision of the drawing. This field is optional.
Supplemental Title Block Data --- Select this button to access the Supplemental Title Block
Data form.
Site ID --- This field specifies which work site owns the model. When creating models from the
master site, the Site ID can be set to any site appearing in pdtable_105. When creating models
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from a satellite site, the Site ID is automatically set to the value for the satellite site. The master
site can create models for any site. A satellite site can only create models for itself.
1. Select the Create Drawing option and drawing type from the Create Options form.
The system copies the drawing seed file for the project to the specified drawing design file.
It then clears the fields and the cursor returns to the beginning field.
9. Repeat the above step to define additional drawing files.
OR
Select Cancel to exit and return to the previous form.
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The system uses the PDcreate_dwg queue for this command.
Submit Batch Immediately / Delayed Batch Submit Time --- Submits or delays submission of
the job. When the toggle is set to Delayed Batch Submit Time, the system displays time fields
which allow you to delay submission until a more convenient time.
ASCII File Name --- Key in the name of the ASCII file to use to create the drawing. This file
contains the information to create the drawing and optional drawing views.
Directory --- Key in the path name where the ASCII file resides.
Network Address --- Key in the network address where the ASCII file resides.
You must create an ASCII file using the following format. Follow the examples on the right of the
colons when you enter the data for your project. From Drawing_Number to Network_Address is
information defining a drawing. Drawing_Number indicates a new drawing. Every drawing view
is associated with the drawing that is defined above it. Each drawing view must be associated
with a drawing. From View_Number to Reference_Models is information defining a drawing
view. You can define multiple drawings and drawing views with one ASCII file.
Precede all comments with an exclamation mark (!), as shown below.
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Site_ID:HUNTSVILLE
Drawing_Number:00ascii02
Drawing_Name: ASCII Creation
!Each drawing name specifies a new drawing and each
!drawing view specified between two drawing-name fields
!is related to the proceeding drawing name.
Default_Scale:3/8"=1'
Drawing_Size:1
File_Spec:draw005.dgn
Path_Name:c:
ewpipe\
Network_Address:deason
!Next line begins drawing view definition
View_Number:d0005
View_Name:Plan
!This drawing view is associated with the 00ascii02
!ASCII Creation drawing.
View_Scale:3/8"=1'
Orientation:1
Easting_Low:1358:0
Northing_Low:415:0
Elevation_Low:9:11
Easting_High:1376:0
Northing_High:433:0
Elevation_High:27:11
Composition_Point:5
Reference_Models:bcpipe01,38pip01,39pipe01
Site_ID: - An optional value for the site ID. If no value is specified, the site ID will be the same
as the project site ID set in pdtable_101. If the project does not belong to a site, the site ID is set
to NULL. This setting is case sensitive.
Drawing_Number: --- Key in an alphanumeric value (up to 24 characters) to define the drawing
number (short name) of the drawing file to be created, use lower case letters only. Special
characters such as $ - / = # * and a blank space cannot be used to define the drawing number.
Drawing_Name: --- Key in an alphanumeric value (up to 40 characters) to define the long name
of the drawing file to be created. This information is optional.
Default_Scale: --- Key in the drawing scale. If a value is not specified, the default scale is used.
Drawing_Size: --- Key in a standard note value for the border size. Refer to the Drawing Plot
Size Table in the Drawing Manager Setup section for information on the drawing border
reference files for the various sizes and drawing types. The standard note value and not the
standard note text must be used in this field. This value can be found in Standard Note 1202.
File_Spec: --- Key in the drawing design file name, use lower case letters. Be sure to include
the .dgn extension.
Path_Name: --- Key in the path name where the drawing design file resides. If a value is not
specified or a keyword missing, the system will use the data specified in the Project Setup
command.
Network_Address: --- Key in the network address where the drawing design file resides. If a
value is not specified or a keyword missing, the system uses the data specified in the Project
Setup command.
View_Number: --- Key in a drawing view number for this drawing.
View_Name: --- Key in the drawing view name for this drawing view.
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View_Scale: --- Key in the view scale. If a value is not specified or the keyword is missing, the
default scale for the drawing is used.
Orientation: --- Key in the standard note value for the orientation. Do not use the standard note
text in this field. This value is defined in Standard Note 1620.
Easting_Low:, Northing_Low:, and Elevation_Low --- Key in the absolute Easting, Northing,
and Elevation coordinates for the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a
negative value to indicate a westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
The values for the volume coordinates may be in any format that MicroStation will accept
for keyed-in dimension data. For example, the value for two feet, six and one half inches may be
expressed as 0:30.5, 2'6.5", 2:6 1/2, 2:6.5, 30.5", or 2.55'.
Easting_High:, Northing_High:, and Elevation_High --- Key in the absolute Easting, Northing,
and Elevation coordinates for the second corner point for the cube. This point must be
diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
Composition Point --- Key in one of the following numerical values that relate to a composition
point. Key in 1 for left-top, 2 for right-top, 3 for left-bottom, 4 for right-bottom, or 5 for center
composition.
Note: This keyword is optional; do not include it within the ASCII file if you do not wish to assign
a value to it.
Reference_Models: --- Key in the reference model numbers as used in the model management
data of the Project Control Database. Separate each model number with a comma. The
maximum line length is 132 characters. End each line that will be followed by another line of
model numbers with a dash (-) to define more reference models. Each drawing created from an
ASCII file must have at least one value for this keyword.
Site_ID: --- An optional value for the site ID. If no value is specified, the site ID will be the same
as the project site ID set in pdtable_101. If the project does not belong to a site, the site ID is set
to NULL.
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MD_PROPAGATED and MD_SPARSE --- You may add keywords to the ASCII file that
specify whether "propagated" (including sparse models propagated onto themselves) or just
"sparse" structural models are to be attached to the drawing view. The default is that
drawings will be created with propagated structural models; however, the keywords
MD_PROPAGATED or MD_SPARSE may be included within the drawing view definition
before the REFERENCE_MODELS keyword to specify which type to attach.
The batch process will return a mail message if a sparse model has been
selected within the ACSII file, but has not been defined within the model management data
of the Project Control Database. This could be the result of the following situations:
a. The ModelDraft project in question is not included within the PDS project; this would
mean that structural models were done outside of PDS, and no entries for the sparse
models exist in PD_Table 113.
b. The ModelDraft project in question is included within the PDS project, but no models
have yet been created.
The Create Drawing from ASCII File command will restrict you to creating only
drawing views of the type specified by keyword (propagated or sparse). If no keyword is
used, by default the drawing views will be created using propagated structural models.
MATCHLINES --- You may also add the keyword MATCHLINES to automatically create
match lines and corresponding coordinate labels during the creation of a drawing view.
If prompted to...
Do this:
If an error occurs in creating a drawing view, the drawing to which the view is associated
and any other drawing views for that drawing will be created. In this situation, you must
create the desired drawing view manually.
If a reference model cannot be attached, an error will be reported to you through the mail
message, and the drawing view will be not be created.
In order to load title block information after drawing creation by ASCII file, go to the Revise
Drawing form and select Load Title Block.
Copy Drawing
This option is used to copy the information about one drawing so it may be modified for use as
another drawing. Selecting the Copy Drawing option activates the Drawing Type scroll list. The
system then expects you to select a drawing type before further action can be taken.
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Once a drawing type is selected and accepted, the system will activate the Select Drawing form.
Once a drawing has been selected and accepted, the system displays the Copy Drawing form.
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Drawing File Directory --- Displays the directory path of the destination drawing. The
directory of the source drawing will remain until another directory path is keyed into the field.
Workstation/Server --- Displays the workstation/server name of the destination drawing.
The workstation/server name of the source drawing will remain until another
workstation/server name is keyed into the field.
You must activate all fields that expect keyed-in data and press <RETURN> in each
one before the entire form can be accepted.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Specify Drawing
Number
Specify Drawing
Name
Specify Destination
Directory
Specify Network
Address
Specify Drawing
View Data
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Select All Views --- This command highlights all displayed views for copying into the destination
drawing.
Clear All Views --- This command prohibits all views in the display list from being copied into
the destination drawing.
Add/Delete Reference Models --- This command allows you to add or remove reference
models to or from specific views as they are copied into the destination drawing.
Attach Model activates a discipline list that allows you to select which disciplines' data will be
copied into the destination drawing view. When a discipline is selected and accepted, the
system prompts you to select the areas that encompass the desired reference models. You may
either select all models within an area (Attach by Area), or you may select specific models within
areas (Select Models).
Detach Model removes the selected model, after confirmation, from the reference model list.
Auto Attach/Verify activates the Pre-Defined/All Disciplines toggle. Depending on the setting
of this toggle, acceptance of this form displays a list of reference models either from all
disciplines, or from only the pre-defined disciplines for that drawing type. You may select
specific reference models from the list by placing a data button on the appropriate models, or
you can automatically select all models by selecting the Select All command.
If prompted
to...
Do this:
Enter New View Place data points in the appropriate fields so that you
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Number and
New View
Name
Select
Discipline or
Exit
Select Area or
Exit
Toggle
Place a data button on the toggle to change its value
(Pre-Defined/Al to the desired setting.
l) and Accept
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If you plan to use a saved view to define the drawing view, the saved view must be created in
the model before selecting this command.
View Number --- Place a data point in the field and key in the drawing view number (short code
- up to 24 characters) for the drawing view to be created. The system verifies that the drawing
view number is unique within the project.
View Name --- Place a data point in the field and key in the drawing view name (long description
- up to 40 characters) associated with the specified drawing view.
View Scale --- Place a data point in the field to activate a scale display list and specify a new
scale value for the drawing view. The default scale value is the same as the value used when
the drawing was created.
Drawing View Volume --- Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
opposite corner points for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate a
westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Place Match Lines / No Match Lines --- Places match lines and the corresponding coordinate
labels when the drawing view is created. This option is only available for plan or rotated plan
views. The match lines will be placed at the clipping boundaries of the drawing view. The
corresponding coordinate labels will be placed parallel to each match line on the side away from
the contents of the drawing views.
The match lines drawn by this option will be displayed as a unique drawing category,
Match Lines by System. As part of this enhancement, the user-defined drawing annotation
category that was previously called Match Lines is now called Match Lines by User.
The coordinate labels for this command will be displayed in the Coordinate Labels category, as
are all other coordinate labels.
The coordinate label values are determined on the basis of the drawing view's clipping
boundary, as specified in the drawing management data of the Project Control Database. A line
spacing factor specified for this option through Project Data Manager will determine the distance
between the match line and the coordinate label.
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These coordinate labels will be respected by Update Labels, and they will be appropriately
re-drawn to the proper scale when the Revise Drawing View or Move Drawing View commands
are used.
Until you specify the line spacing in Project Data Manager, the default line spacing for all
other coordinate labels will be used.
The remaining graphic symbology data for the coordinate label's text will be determined on the
basis of the prefix or suffix option specified in Project Data Manager, as it is for any other
coordinate label. If the coordinate label does not have a prefix or suffix, the graphic symbology
data for the default coordinate label will be used.
The graphic symbology for the match lines will use the following default values until you specify
different values through Project Data Manager:
level = 1
color = 0 (white)
weight = 0
line style = 0
Named Item (on page 153) --- Uses the data coordinates and clipping volume of a
specifically defined named item to create the drawing view.
Saved View (on page 50) --- Uses a saved view model to define the orientation and clipping
volume of the drawing view.
Define View Location (on page 50) --- Defines the location of the drawing view within the
drawing border and automatically composes the drawing view.
Although you will not be prompted to define the view location, you should use the Define
View Location command between defining the view parameters and confirming the form.
If prompted to...
Do this:
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Accept or Select Other
Options
When the toggle is set to Select Models, the system displays the models for the selected
area. The Attach by Area setting will attach all reference models in the chosen area.
Select Area or Exit
Select Model
The system uses the default model data categories defined using the Project Setup
command to determine which categories will be displayed in the models selected. If no defaults
are set, the system displays all categories.
Named Item
This option activates the Create Drawing View from Named Item form. It is used to define the
data coordinates and clipping volume for a drawing view from a named item.
The view number and name of the drawing view to be created must be specified on the Create
Drawing View form.
You must know the item number of the component you are going to use to define the data
coordinates and clipping volume.
Delta Coordinates --- Defines the distance from the center to the edges of the cube which fits
the named item. When you select a model, its delta coordinates are displayed automatically.You
can change any of the Delta Coordinates to revise the displayed clipping volume.
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Drawing View Volume --- Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
diagonally-opposed corners of the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to
indicate a westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Select By Model (see "Named Item by Model" on page 47) --- Uses the data coordinates and
clipping volume of a named item that resides within a selected model. First, you select one of
the Number options, and the system displays the appropriate Area and Model display lists. After
you select a model, its number is displayed and you must enter the item number of component
to use. The system searches the selected model for that component.
Select By Project (see "Named Item by Project" on page 48) --- Uses the data coordinates and
clipping volume of a named item that resides anywhere in the project. First, you select a Number
option and then enter the item number. The system searches the entire project for that
component.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Specify Component
Number
The view number and name of the drawing view to be created must be specified on the Create
Drawing View form.
You must know the item number of the component you are going to use to define the delta
coordinates and clipping volume.
Select By Project (see "Named Item by Project" on page 48) --- Uses the data coordinates and
clipping volume of a named item that resides anywhere in the project. First, you select a Number
option and then enter the item number. The system will search the entire project for that
component.
Piping Component Number --- Defines the type of named item as a piping component, then
activates a series of forms that prompt you to select the area that contains the model that
contains the named item. Once an area is selected and accepted, you must then specify the
component number for the specific named item.
Instrument Component Number --- Defines the type of named item as an instrument
component, then activates a series of forms that prompt you to select the area that contains the
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model that contains the named item. Once an area is selected and accepted, you must then
specify the component number for the specific named item.
Equipment Number --- Defines the type of named item as an equipment item, then activates a
series of forms that prompt you to select the area that contains the model that contains the
named item. Once an area is selected and accepted, you must then specify the component
number for the specific named item.
Equipment Number & Nozzle Number --- Defines the type of named item as an equipment
item with a nozzle item, then activates a series of forms that prompt you to select the area that
contains the model that contains the named item. Once an area is selected and accepted, you
must then specify the component number for the specific named item.
Select Model --- Changes the model after one has already been selected through one of the
Number options.
Delta Coordinates --- Defines the distance from the center to the edges of the cube which fits
the named item. When the named item has been defined, its delta coordinates are displayed
automatically. You can then change any of the Delta Coordinates to revise the displayed
clipping volume.
Drawing View Volume --- Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate a
westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second corner point
for the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Specify Component
Number
For an Equipment Number & Nozzle Number entry, enter the equipment number followed
by a slash (/) and then the nozzle number, for instance, equipnum/nozzlenum.
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You must know the item number of the component you are going to use to define the data
coordinates and clipping volume.
Select By Model (see "Named Item by Model" on page 47) --- Uses the data coordinates and
clipping volume of a named item that resides within a selected model. First, you select one of
the Number options, the system will display the appropriate Area and Model display lists. After
you select a model, its number is displayed and you must enter the item number of component
to use. The system will search the selected model for that component.
Piping Component Number --- Defines the type of named item as a piping component.
Instrument Component Number --- Defines the type of named item as an instrument
component.
Equipment Number --- Defines the type of named item as an equipment item.
Equipment Number & Nozzle Number --- Defines the type of named item as an equipment
item with a nozzle item.
Delta Coordinates --- Defines the distance from the center to the edges of the cube which fits
the named item. When you select a model, its delta coordinates are displayed automatically.
You can change any of the Delta Coordinates to revise the displayed clipping volume.
Drawing View Volume --- Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate a
westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second corner point
for the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Specify Component
Number
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For an Equipment Number & Nozzle Number entry, enter the equipment number followed
by a slash (/).
Saved View
This option creates a drawing view using a model saved view to define the orientation, clipping
volume, and reference model inclusion. Reference models are not filtered on the basis of the
discipline defined using the Project Setup command but instead, are available regardless of their
discipline if they are in the saved view.
When creating a drawing view using a model view that was saved prior to this enhancement, the
Saved Model View command attaches the reference models active at the time the drawing view
is created. Otherwise, it attaches the reference models associated with the model at the time the
saved model view was created. You can revise the reference model attachments.
The view number and name of the drawing view to be created must be specified on the Create
Drawing View form.
A saved view must have been defined while working in one of the PDS 3D-Modeling tasks.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Discipline
or Exit
Select Area or
Exit
Select Model
Select Saved
View
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drawplotsize file and is defined by the size of the drawing. Refer to the "Drawing Plot Size
Table" section in the Drawing Manager Setup section for information.
The view number and name of the drawing view to be created must be specified on the Create
Drawing View form.
Upper Left --- Defines the drawing view location in the upper left quadrant of the drawing view
border.
Upper Right --- Defines the drawing view location in the upper right quadrant of the drawing
view border.
Center --- Defines the drawing view location in the center of the drawing view border.
Lower Left --- Defines the drawing view location in the lower left quadrant of the drawing view
border.
Lower Right --- Defines the drawing view location in the lower right quadrant of the drawing
view border.
x1 --- Displays the x1 distance from the drawing view border. This value corresponds with the
value of X-l as described in the first discussion of the drawplotsize table in this document.
y1 --- Displays the y1 distance from the drawing view border. This value corresponds with the
value of Y-t as described in the first discussion of the drawplotsize table in this document.
x2 --- Displays the x2 distance from the drawing view border. This value corresponds with the
value of X-r as described in the first discussion of the drawplotsize table in this document.
y2 --- Displays the y2 distance from the drawing view border. Displays the x2 distance from the
drawing view border. This value corresponds with the value of Y-b as described in the first
discussion of the drawplotsize table in this document.
If prompted to...
Do this:
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Source Data
Drawing Type --- Displays the discipline of the drawing selected.
Drawing Number --- Displays the drawing number selected.
View Number --- Select a view number from a list of existing drawing views for the selected
drawing.
Destination Data
Drawing Number --- Select the drawing number from a list of existing drawing which will
receive the new drawing view.
Drawing View Number --- Key in the drawing view number (up to 24 characters) for the
drawing view to be created.
Drawing View Name --- Key in the drawing view name (up to 40 characters) for the new
drawing view.
Drawing View Scale --- Select a scale value from the drawing view scale.
Composition Options
Define Location --- Pre-defines the location of the drawing view within the drawing border
and composes the drawing view automatically.
Do Not Compose --- Attaches the view to the drawing, but does not compose it. The view
will not be displayed in graphics.
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Compose Coincident --- Defines the composition point of the destination drawing view to
be the same as the source drawing view, when the drawing view is being copied from a
different drawing. Therefore, the drawing view will have the same location in the destination
drawing as in the source drawing. If the composition point for the source drawing is not
defined, this option is not active.
This allows drawing annotation to be shared using the Overlay Drawing Annotation option.
See Overlay Drawing (on page 207) for more information.
Place Match Lines / No Match Lines --- Places match lines and the corresponding
coordinate labels when the drawing view is created. This option is only available for plan or
rotated plan views. The match lines will be placed at the clipping boundaries of the drawing
view. The corresponding coordinate labels will be placed parallel to each match line on the
side away from the contents of the drawing views.
The match lines drawn by this option will be displayed as a unique drawing category,
Match Lines by System. As part of this enhancement, the user-defined drawing
annotation category that was previously called Match Lines is now called Match Lines
by User.
The coordinate labels for this command will be displayed in the Coordinate Labels
category, as are all other coordinate labels.
The coordinate label values are determined on the basis of the drawing view's clipping
boundary, as specified in the drawing management data of the Project Control
Database. A line spacing factor specified for this option through Project Data Manager
will determine the distance between the match line and the coordinate label.
These coordinate labels will be respected by Update Labels, and they will be
appropriately re-drawn to the proper scale when the Revise Drawing View or Move
Drawing View commands are used.
Until you specify the line spacing in Project Data Manager, the default line spacing for
all other coordinate labels will be used.
The remaining graphic symbology data for the coordinate label's text will be determined
on the basis of the prefix or suffix option specified in Project Data Manager, as it is for
any other coordinate label. If the coordinate label does not have a prefix or suffix, the
graphic symbology data for the default coordinate label will be used.
The graphic symbology for the match lines will use the following default values until you specify
different values through Project Data Manager:
level = 1
color = 0 (white)
weight = 0
line style = 0
If prompted to...
Do this:
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use, the system will display an error message
informing you that the view number is not
unique.
Accept to Copy
Drawing View
Add Models - Allows you to select the models that you want to attach to selected drawing
views.
Add Views - Allows you to select the drawing views to which you want to attach models.
Remove Selected - Removes selected models or drawing views from the corresponding
selection list.
Submit Immediately / Submission is Delayed - Specifies when the models will be attached to
the drawing views. When this toggle is set to Submission is Delayed, additional fields display
for you to specify the date and time that the attachment process will run.
1. Select the Attach Models to Drawing Views option from the Revise Options form.
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2. Select Option.
Click Add Models to select the models to attach.
3. Select Discipline.
Select the discipline for the models you want to attach, and select Accept.
4. Accept or Select Area.
Select the area for the models you want to attach, and click Accept.
5. Select Model.
Select the model or models that you want to attach, and click Accept.
Note that the models already in the selection set will be displayed as selected. De-selecting
them now will remove them from the selection set.
6. Click Cancel to close the model selection form.
7. Select another discipline, click Accept, and then repeat steps 4-6.
- OR Click Cancel to return to the main Attach Models to Drawing Views form.
8. Click Add Views to select the drawing views to select the drawing views to which you want
to attach the models.
9. Select Drawing Type.
Select the drawing type for the drawing view to which you want to attach the models, and
click Accept.
10. Select Drawing.
Select the drawing or drawings for the drawing views to which you want to attach the
models, and click Accept.
Note that the drawings for which drawing views are already in the selection set will be
displayed as selected. You can accept the drawings if you want to revise the drawing view
selection or select other drawings for the drawing views you want to add to the selection set.
11. Select Drawing View.
Select the drawing view or views to which you want to attach the models, and click Accept.
Note that the drawing views already in the selection set will be displayed as selected.
De-selecting them now will remove them from the selection set.
12. Select another drawing type, click Accept, and then repeat steps 10-11.
- OR Click Cancel to return to the main Attach Models to Drawing Views form.
13. Specify whether the model attachment process is to be run now (Submit Immediately) or
later (Submission is Delayed). If you choose delayed submission, specify the date and
time that the process is to be run.
14. Click Accept to attach the selected models to the selected drawing views.
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Orientation --- Select one of the seven options to specify the viewing direction of the drawing
view.
Place Match Lines / No Match Lines --- Places match lines and the corresponding coordinate
labels when the drawing view is created. This option is only available for plan or rotated plan
views. The match lines will be placed at the clipping boundaries of the drawing view. The
corresponding coordinate labels will be placed parallel to each match line on the side away from
the contents of the drawing views.
The match lines drawn by this option will be displayed as a unique drawing category, Match
Lines by System. As part of this enhancement, the user-defined drawing annotation category
that was previously called Match Lines is now called Match Lines by User.
The coordinate labels for this command will be displayed in the Coordinate Labels category,
as are all other coordinate labels.
The coordinate label values are determined on the basis of the drawing view's clipping
boundary, as specified in the drawing management data of the Project Control Database. A
line spacing factor specified for this option through Project Data Manager will determine the
distance between the match line and the coordinate label.
These coordinate labels will be respected by Update Labels, and they will be appropriately
re-drawn to the proper scale when the Revise Drawing View or Move Drawing View
commands are used.
Until you specify the line spacing in Project Data Manager, the default line spacing for all
other coordinate labels will be used.
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The remaining graphic symbology data for the coordinate label's text will be determined on
the basis of the prefix or suffix option specified in Project Data Manager, as it is for any other
coordinate label. If the coordinate label does not have a prefix or suffix, the graphic
symbology data for the default coordinate label will be used.
The graphic symbology for the match lines will use the following default values until you specify
different values through Project Data Manager:
level = 1
color = 0 (white)
weight = 0
line style = 0
Create Composite Drawing View --- Define Views (on page 60) --- Defines, revises, or rejects
drawing views for the composite drawing view.
Define View Location (on page 50) --- Pre-defines the location of the drawing view within the
drawing border and have the drawing view composed automatically.
Composite View Number --- Key in the composite drawing view number (short name - up to 24
characters) for the composite drawing view to be created. The system verifies that the number is
unique within the project.
Composite View Name --- Key in the view name (long description - up to 40 characters)
associated with the specified composite drawing view.
Composite View Scale --- The scale value specified when the drawing was created is
automatically filled in. Select the field to activate a scale display list, and select from the
available scale values to change the scale to be used for the composite drawing view.
If prompted to...
Do this:
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Select Area or Exit
Select Model
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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Create Composite Drawing View --- Saved View (on page 61) --- Defines the clipping volume for
a drawing view using a model saved view.
Reject View --- Deletes the view from the selected composite drawing view.
For more information, refer to: Create Composite Drawing Views Example (on page 63).
Drawing Views --- Displays the drawing views as they are defined. Each time a drawing view
volume for a drawing view is defined, the system automatically updates this field. You may
define up to ten views.
Drawing View Volume --- Key in the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate a
westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Key in the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second corner point for
the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
If prompted to...
Do this:
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Accept or Select Another
Option
When this form is accepted, the system creates the composite drawing view in the
database. The center of the MicroStation reference file attachment for the first saved model view
definition specified is used to position the composite drawing view during drawing composition.
The system determines the location of the remaining reference file attachments for the
corresponding saved model view definitions relative to the first reference file attachment. The
categories of data displayed and plotted in each of the drawing views is determined from the
corresponding saved model view definitions used to define the viewing direction and the clipping
limits.
The composite drawing view number, name, scale, and orientation must be specified.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Discipline or
Exit
Select Model
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View
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Before you create the composite drawing view, you'll need to know the coordinates for all
volumes to be used.
Write down two sets of coordinates (low and high) for each volume. These will define the
absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the two corner points for the
volume. The second point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point. (You can use
a negative value to indicate a westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
The individual views can overlap each other.
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3. Select the drawing from the drawing list, and Accept.
4. Select the Composite View Number field and key in the number (up to 24 alphanumeric
characters). The system verifies that the number is unique within the project.
5. Select the Composite View Name field and key in the name (up to 40 characters).
6. Select the Composite View Scale field, and then select a value from the displayed list, and
Accept.
7. Select one of the Orientation options to specify the viewing direction of the drawing view.
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By specifying the volumes of the drawing views in the model design file (as specified in
the earlier example). When you do this, you are specifying the clipping volume.
By specifying a saved view definition created for a screen view in the model. The saved
view definition identifies the clipping limits for the drawing view.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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The Drawing Views field displays the drawing views as they are defined. Each time
a drawing view volume for a drawing view is defined, the system automatically updates this
field.
7. After all of the drawing views are defined, Accept the form.
Attach the drawing view models, and complete the composite drawing view:
1. Select the discipline and Accept.
2. Select the area to attach to the drawing view or the area that contains the models to be
attached (or toggle Select Models to Select Area to attach all models in that area), then
Accept.
3. If you did not toggle to Select Area, select the model to be used to attach the drawing view,
then Accept.
4. If there are more reference files to attach, continue this same process. Otherwise, exit.
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Revise Revision
The Revise Revision form is used to revise existing drawing revisions.
Drawing Number - This field is read-only and cannot be edited by the user.
Drawing Name - This field is read-only and cannot be edited by the user.
Completion Status - This field is read-only and cannot be edited by the user.
Default Scale - This field is read-only and cannot be edited by the user.
PDS Revision Numbers - This field displays the existing revision numbers for the drawing.
Select a revision from the list to display information about that revision.
Current Revision Number - Key in up to two alphanumeric characters to identify this revision of
the drawing. This field is optional.
Revised By - Key in up to four alphanumeric characters to identify the user who revised the
drawing. You can also key in the date in the corresponding Date field. The Revised By field is
optional.
Checked By - Key in up to four alphanumeric characters to identify the user who checked the
drawing. You can also key in the date in the corresponding Date field. The Checked By field is
optional.
Approved By (1-4) - Key in up to four alphanumeric characters to identify the user who
approved the drawing. The Date field is automatically updated. The Approved By fields are
optional.
Note that this option eliminates the need to use the Approve Drawing form. However, the
Approve Drawing form is still available as well.
Revision Description - Key in up to 40 alphanumeric characters to provide a description of this
revision of the drawing. This field is optional.
Do Not Load Title Block / Load Title Block - Set this toggle to Load Title Block if you want
the revisions being made to be reflected on the title block before the drawing is approved. If you
select Do Not Load Title Block, you can still load this information to the title block when the
drawing is approved using the Approve Drawing command.
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1. Select the Revise Revision option from the Revise Options form.
The system activates the Select Drawing form with a list of all of the drawings defined for
the project.
3. Select the drawing to be revised, and select Accept.
The system displays the Revise Revision form with the current attribute values for the
specified drawing.
4. Select Attribute for Revision - Place a data point in the fields and modify the necessary
attributes.
5. Accept the drawing revisions.
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By Project (see "Revise Site ID for Drawings By Project" on page 70) - Displays drawings by
project for Site ID revision.
By Drawing Type (see "Revise Site ID for Drawings By Drawing Type" on page 71) - Displays
drawings by drawing type for Site ID revision.
By Drawing (see "Revise Site ID for Drawings By Drawing" on page 72)- Displays individual
drawings for Site ID revision.
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4. Click Accept.
The Revise Site_ID for Drawings form displays with the new Site ID.
All Drawings in Project
1. Select By Projects from the Revise Site_ID for Drawings form.
The Revise Site_ID for Drawings form displays with the new Site ID.
All Drawings of Drawing Type
1. Select By Drawing Type from the Revise Site_ID for Drawings form.
2. Select a drawing type.
3. Click Accept.
4. Click Change All to Same Site_ID.
The Revise Site_ID for Drawings forms displays with all drawings assigned to the new Site
ID.
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Revise Site ID for Drawings By Drawing
This option allows you to change the site ID for individual drawings.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
The Revise Site_ID for Drawings form displays with the new Site ID.
Revise Options
This command activates the Revise Options form. It is used to revise the database information
for an existing drawing and drawing view and for the drawing file.
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The system displays the Revise Options form.
2. Select one of the Revise options.
3. For each Revise option, the system displays the available Drawing types (defined in
Standard Note 2000) in a display list.
Revise Drawing
This option activates the Drawing Selection form. It is used to revise the definition of an existing
drawing. It also changes the database attributes associated with a specified drawing. First, the
system displays the Drawing Number display list, and it then displays the Revise Drawing form
which revises an existing drawing.
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Drawing Number --- Place a data point in the field and delete the current number, then key in
the new drawing number. You can key in up to 24 characters to change the drawing number.
Drawing Name --- Place a data point in the field and delete the current name, then key in the
new drawing name. You can key in up to 40 characters to change the drawing name.
Drawing File Name - This field is updated automatically when you change the Drawing
Number. You can also place a data point in the field and key in a new drawing file name of up to
14 characters.
Completion Status --- Place a data point in the field and key in a number for the percentage
complete.
Default Scale --- Place a data point in the field to activate a scale display list, and select from
the available scale values to change the current displayed drawing scale.
Previous Revision Number --- This field displays the current revision number of the drawing.
This field cannot be edited by the user.
Current Revision Number --- Key in up to two alphanumeric characters to identify this revision
of the drawing. This field is optional.
Revised By --- Key in up to four alphanumeric characters to identify the user who revised the
drawing. The Date field is automatically updated. The Revised By field is optional.
Checked By --- Key in up to four alphanumeric characters to identify the user who checked the
drawing. The Date field is automatically updated. The Checked By field is optional.
Approved By (1-4) --- Key in up to four alphanumeric characters to identify the user who
approved the drawing. The Date field is automatically updated. The Approved By fields are
optional.
Note that this option eliminates the need to use the Approve Drawing form. However, the
Approve Drawing form is still available as well.
Revision Description --- Key in up to 40 alphanumeric characters to provide a description of
this revision of the drawing. This field is optional.
Do Not Load Title Block / Load Title Block --- Set this toggle to Load Title Block if you want
the revisions being made to be reflected on the title block before the drawing is approved. If you
select Do Not Load Title Block, you can still load this information to the title block when the
drawing is approved using the Approve Drawing command.
Supplemental Title Block Data --- Select this button to display the Supplemental Title Block
Data form.
1. Select the Revise Drawing option from the Revise Options form.
The system activates the Select Drawing form with a list of all of the drawings defined for
the project.
3. Select Drawing.
Select the drawing to be revised, and select Accept.
The system displays the Revise Drawing form with the current attribute values for the
specified drawing.
4. Select Attribute for Revision.
Place a data point in the fields and modify the necessary attributes.
5. If revision management will be used, key in the revision management data.
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6. Select the Supplemental Title Block Data button, if you want to specify input data into new
attributes in pdtable_121.
7. Accept the drawing revisions.
The system updates the database, and returns to the Select Drawing form. The form is
updated to reflect the revisions made to the drawing attributes.
8. You can select another drawing, or select Cancel to exit and return to the Revise Options
form.
The system automatically defines a display depth large enough to display the drawing
view graphics.
Revise Drawing View Data --- Revises the drawing view attributes. The operator sequence for
this option varies, depending on the view selected. If a composite drawing view is selected, you
can modify each view within the drawing view.
Revise Orientation --- Revises the viewing direction of the drawing view.
Reference Models --- Revises or reviews the reference model attachments.
1. Select Option.
Select the Revise Drawing View option from the Revise Options form.
The system displays a list of all the drawings defined for the project.
3. Select Drawing.
Select the drawing to be revised, and select Accept.
The system displays a list of the available drawing views for the selected drawing.
4. Select Drawing View.
Select the View Number to be revised.
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5. Select the Revise Drawing View Data option to change the drawing view attributes. The
operator sequence for this option varies depending on the view selected. If a composite
drawing view is selected, you can modify each view within the drawing view.
Revise Drawing View Data (on page 76)
Revise Composite Drawing View Data (on page 78)
OR
Select the Revise Orientation option to change the viewing direction of the drawing view.
Revise Orientation (on page 80)
OR
Select the Reference Models option to revise or review the reference model attachments.
Reference Models (on page 81)
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The match lines drawn by this option will be displayed as a unique drawing category, Match
Lines by System. As part of this enhancement, the user-defined drawing annotation category
that was previously called Match Lines is now called Match Lines by User.
The coordinate labels for this command will be displayed in the Coordinate Labels category,
as are all other coordinate labels.
The coordinate label values are determined on the basis of the drawing view's clipping
boundary, as specified in the drawing management data of the Project Control Database. A
line spacing factor specified for this option through Project Data Manager will determine the
distance between the match line and the coordinate label.
These coordinate labels will be respected by Update Labels, and they will be appropriately
re-drawn to the proper scale when the Revise Drawing View or Move Drawing View
commands are used.
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Until you specify the line spacing in Project Data Manager, the default line spacing for all
other coordinate labels will be used.
The remaining graphic symbology data for the coordinate label's text will be determined on the
basis of the prefix or suffix option specified in Project Data Manager, as it is for any other
coordinate label. If the coordinate label does not have a prefix or suffix, the graphic symbology
data for the default coordinate label will be used.
The graphic symbology for the match lines will use the following default values until you specify
different values through Project Data Manager:
level = 1
color = 0 (white)
weight = 0
line style = 0
1. Select the Revise Drawing View Data option and a drawing view from the Revise Drawing
View form.
The system activates the Revise Drawing View Data form with the current values filled in
for the specified drawing view.
2. Select Attribute for Revision.
Place a data point in the fields and modify the necessary attributes.
3. Accept the specified revisions.
The system processes the data, and updates the database. When the view scale is revised,
the system revises the scale in the Drawing View Database Table so that any drawing view
scale displayable attribute labels in the drawing for this drawing view can be updated.
If the drawing view is composed, the drawing graphics will be updated.
4. Select Cancel to exit the form and return to the Revise Drawing View form.
You can revise additional information for the specified view by selecting another option on
the Revise Drawing View form.
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Redefine Individual Views (on page 79) --- Redefines the individual drawing views within the
composite drawing view.
Orientation --- Defines the drawing view orientation.
Composite View Number --- Place a data point in the field and delete the current number, then
key in the new view number. You can key in up to 24 characters to change the composite view
number.
Composite View Name --- Place a data point in the field and delete the current name, then key
in the new view name. You can key in up to 40 characters to change the composite view name.
Composite View Scale --- Place a data point in the field to activate a scale display list, and
select from the available scale values to change the current displayed composite view scale.
1. Select Revise Drawing View Data and a composite drawing view from the Revise Drawing
View form.
The system activates the Revise Drawing View Data form with the current values filled in
for the specified composite drawing view.
2. Select Attribute for Revision.
Place a data point in the fields and modify the necessary attributes.
3. Select a new drawing view Orientation if necessary.
4. Accept the specified revisions.
OR
Select the Redefine Individual Views option to modify the individual drawing views within
the composite drawing view.
THEN
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5. Accept all of the specified views for the composite drawing view being revised. The system
revises the composite drawing view in the database and updates the drawing view in the
drawing.
Saved View --- Uses a saved view model to redefine the orientation and clipping volume of the
drawing view.
Reject View --- Deletes as many of the individual views from the composite drawing view as
specified.
Drawing Views --- Displays the drawing views as they are defined. Each time a drawing view
volume for a drawing view is defined, the system automatically updates this field.
Drawing View Volume --- Redefines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates
for the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate
a westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Redefines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second corner
point for the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
1. Select the Redefine Individual Views option to modify the individual drawing views within
the composite drawing view.
The system displays the Redefine Individual Views form.
2. Select the drawing view to be revised.
THEN
3. Specify Clipping Volume.
The system automatically defines a display depth large enough to display the
drawing view graphics.
4. Key in all of the Drawing View Volume coordinates as follows to define the individual
drawing views for the composite drawing view.
OR
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5.
6.
7.
8.
Select the Saved View option to use a model saved view to define the clipping volume for a
drawing view.
Accept the displayed values to define a view.
The system updates the Drawing Views field with the view information, and clears the
Drawing View Volume block for the next view definition.
Select a drawing view and select the Reject View to delete the view from the selected
composite drawing view.
Repeat the steps 2 through 3 to specify the individual clipping volume coordinates to be
used in the next view. You can specify as many as ten views.
Accept the displayed clipping volume values for each drawing view, and select Cancel to
exit the Drawing View Volume field.
Revise Orientation
This option activates the Revise Orientation form. It is used to revise the viewing direction for
the active drawing view.
Orientation --- Defines the drawing view orientation with one of the seven standard orientation
buttons.
Rotated View --- Defines the drawing view orientation that does not apply to one of the seven
standard orientations.
The Rotated View option will not work on skewed drawing views.
View Number --- Displays the currently selected view number.
View Name --- Displays the currently selected view name.
1. Select the Revise Orientation option from the Revise Drawing View form to change the
viewing direction of the specified drawing view.
The system activates the Revise Orientation form with the current drawing view data
displayed, and the active orientation for the specified drawing view is highlighted.
2. Select Drawing View Orientation.
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The system automatically defines a display depth large enough to display the
drawing view graphics.
Select one of the standard orientations to specify the new orientation. Go to Step 4.
OR
Select the Rotated View orientation to display an orientation that does not apply to one of
the seven standard orientations.
3. Select the Model Axis and key in the degrees to rotate about that axis.
4. Accept the new orientation.
Following successful completion, the system displays the message Updated Orientation.
Select Cancel to exit the form and return to the Revise Drawing View form.
You can revise additional information for the specified view by selecting one of the other
options on the Revise Drawing View form.
Reference Models
This option activates the Reference Models form. It is used to copy and attach reference
models and add, remove, and review reference model categories.
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Display / Snap / Locate --- These toggles set the Display, Snap, and Locate features to either
ON or OFF. These options are only valid for composed drawing views, and they only appear
when a reference model is selected from the list.
Display On / Off controls whether or not the selected reference model(s) will display on the
screen and on plotted drawings.
Snap On / Off controls whether or not the user can "snap to" points in the selected reference
model(s).
Locate On / Off controls whether or not the user can copy database information from the
reference model(s) into the active file.
Apply to Active / Discipline / All --- Assigns the Display, Snap, and Locate toggle settings to
either the active drawing view only, or to all drawing views in the same discipline as the active
drawing view, or to all possible drawing views in all disciplines.
Copy From Active Drawing (on page 82) --- Copies reference model attachments from the
drawing view in the active drawing.
Copy From Another Drawing (on page 83) --- Copies reference model attachments from any
drawing view in the project.
Attach Model (on page 85) --- Attaches reference models to a specified drawing view.
Detach Model (on page 87) --- Removes the reference file from a specified drawing view
(deletes the reference model entry in the drawing view table).
Auto Attach/Verify (on page 88) --- Automatically attaches reference files for the active drawing
view, and displays a list of all models in the project that are within the range of the selected
drawing view volume.
Disc/Model Name --- This field displays a list of models that are attached to the selected
drawing view.
1. Select Reference Models from the Revise Drawing View form.
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Select Another View --- Activates the Drawing View Selection form so that you can select
another view from which to copy reference model attachments.
Drawing View Number --- Displays the drawing view numbers for the active drawing on the
Drawing View Selection form.
Drawing Number --- Displays the active drawing number on the Drawing View Selection form.
Discipline/Model Name --- Displays the discipline and model name of the models available in
the selected drawing view on the Copy Drawing View Attachments form.
Drawing Number --- Displays the active drawing number on the Copy Drawing View
Attachments form.
Drawing View Number --- Displays the selected drawing view number on the Copy Drawing
View Attachments form.
1. Select the Copy From Active Drawing option from the Reference Models form.
The system displays the Drawing View Selection form with a list of drawing views for
active drawing.
2. Select Drawing View.
3. Select the drawing view that contains the reference model attachments to be copied, and
Accept the drawing view. The system activates the Copy Drawing View Attachments form
with a list of any reference model attachments for the selected drawing view.
4. Select Model.
Select the reference model to copy, and Accept the specified model.
Following successful completion, the system displays the message Drawing View
Attachment Copy Completed.
5. You can select the Select Another View option to reactivate the Drawing View Selection
form to select another view from which to copy reference model attachments.
OR
Select Cancel to exit and return to the Revise Drawing View form.
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After a drawing is selected and accepted, the Drawing View Selection list displays. After a
drawing view is selected and accepted, the Copy Drawing View Attachments list displays,
which allows you to copy models from the selected drawing views.
Discipline/Model Name --- Displays the discipline and model name of the models available in the
selected drawing view on the Copy Drawing View Attachments form.
Drawing Number --- Displays the active drawing number on the Copy Drawing View
Attachments form.
Drawing View Number --- Displays the selected drawing view number on the Copy Drawing
View Attachments form.
1. Select the Copy From Another Drawing option from the Reference Models form.
The system displays the Drawing Selection form with a Drawing Types display list.
2. Select Drawing Type.
Select the type of drawing to use, and select Accept.
The system activates the Drawing Selection form with Drawing Number display list.
3. Select Drawing.
Select the drawing to use, and select Accept.
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The system activates the Drawing View Selection form with a list of drawing views in the
selected drawing.
4. Select Drawing View.
Select the drawing view that contains the reference model attachments to be copied, and
select Accept.
The system activates the Copy Drawing View Attachments form with a Discipline/Model
Name display list of all reference model attachments for the specified drawing view.
5. Select Model.
Select the reference models to be copied, and select Accept.
Following successful completion, the system displays the message Drawing View
Attachment Copy Completed.
6. You can select the Select Another View option to reactivate the Drawing View Selection
form to select another view from which to copy reference model attachments.
OR
Select Cancel to exit and return to the Revise Drawing View form.
Attach Model
This option activates a Discipline display list. It is used to attach reference models to specified
drawing views.
1. Select the Attach Model option from the Reference Models form.
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3. Set the toggle to Attach by Area to attach all the model files for a specified area, or to
Select Models to specify the individual reference models to be attached.
THEN
Select the area to attach to the drawing view, or the area that contains the models to attach.
The system attaches all models in the selected area when the toggle is set to Attach by Area.
Go to Step 5.
The system displays a list of models for the drawing view when the toggle is set to Select
Models.
4. Select Model.
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The system uses the default model data categories defined using the Project Setup
command to determine which categories are displayed in the models selected. If no defaults
are set, the system displays all categories.
Select the model(s) to attach to the drawing view.
5. Select Accept.
The system updates the database, displays a message indicating that the reference model
is being attached, and returns to the list of areas for another selection.
Select Cancel to exit the form and return to the Revise Drawing form.
Detach Model
This option detaches selected reference model attachments from a specified drawing view.
1. Select the Detach Model option from the Reference Models form.
The system activates a list of models for the specified drawing view.
2. Select Model.
Select the reference model(s) to be detached from the active drawing view.
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Auto Attach/Verify
Selecting this option activates the All Disciplines / Pre-Defined Disciplines toggle and the
Propagated / Sparse Models toggle.
The All Disciplines / Pre-Defined Disciplines toggle is used to automatically attach reference
files to the active drawing view from all disciplines or from pre-defined disciplines. It displays all
the models within the project that have elements within the clipping volume of the active drawing
view.
The Propagated / Sparse Models toggle is only applicable for sites using the ModelDraft
product. This toggle is used to limit the Automatic Attach / Verify form to show only
propagated or sparse models in the reference model display list. Propagated and sparse models
cannot be attached simultaneously, unless propagated and sparse graphics are included in the
same model.
When the toggles are set and the form is confirmed, the system displays the Automatic Attach
/ Verify form and highlights the reference models which are already attached. This form is used
to attach additional models.
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All Disciplines / Pre-Defined Disciplines --- The Pre-Defined Disciplines setting filters the
reference models by the discipline defined for the drawing type using the Project Setup
command. The All Disciplines setting displays all reference models in the drawing view volume
selected regardless of the discipline.
Propagated / Sparse Models --- Only applicable for projects using ModelDraft, this toggle limits
the Automatic Attach / Verify form to show only propagated or sparse models in the reference
model display list. Propagated and sparse models cannot be attached simultaneously, unless
propagated and sparse graphics are included in the same model.
Disc/Model Name --- Displays a list of the currently attached models on the Reference Models
form.
Disc/Area Number --- Displays a list of the available models on the Automatic
Attachment/Verify in either the entire project or that are in the pre-defined disciplines,
depending on the toggle setting.
1. Select the Auto Attach/Verify option from the Reference Models form.
The system activates the Automatic Attachment/Verify form. It also displays the messages
Forming Reference File List and then the message Select Model.
3. Select the models from the displayed reference file list. (Models that are already attached
will already be highlighted.)
4. Accept or Select Additional Models.
Highlight the reference models as the models to be attached and select Accept to continue.
The system displays the message Attaching Reference Model and returns to the Drawing
View Ref Model Attachments form.
OR
Select Cancel to exit the form without attaching the reference model.
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Delete Options
This option activates the Delete Options form. It is used to delete an existing drawing or
drawing view from the project. When a Delete option is selected, the Drawing Types display list
will activate.
For each of the Delete options, the system displays the available Drawing Types in the
display list.
3. Accept Or Select Option Or Drawing Type.
4. Select a drawing type from the display list, and select Accept.
The system displays the associated delete form for the selected drawing type.
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Delete Drawing
This option displays the Drawing Number display list. It is used to specify a drawing file to be
deleted from the project.
1. Select Delete Drawing and the drawing type to be deleted and select Accept.
The system activates the Delete Drawing form with a Drawing Number display list.
2. Select Drawing.
Select the drawing to be deleted, and select Accept.
The system deletes the drawing in the database and its associated design file and updates
the Delete Drawing form to reflect the current list of drawings for the project.
Delete additional drawings by selecting another drawing.
3. Select Cancel to return to the Delete Options form.
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When a drawing is selected and confirmed, the Delete Drawing View form is activated. It is
used to delete a drawing view or composite drawing view.
1. Select Delete Drawing View and select the drawing type of the drawing view to be deleted
and select Accept.
The system activates the Select Drawing form with a Drawing Number display list.
2. Select Drawing.
Select the drawing containing the drawing view(s) to be deleted, and select Accept.
The system activates the Delete Drawing View form with a Drawing View display list.
3. Select Drawing View.
Select the view to be deleted, and select Accept.
The system deletes the drawing view from the database and updates the Delete Drawing
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View form to reflect the current drawing view data.
You can delete additional drawing views by selecting another drawing view number.
4. Select Cancel to return to the Delete Options form.
This form displays the selectable drawing views.
1. Select Drawing View.
Select the drawing view from the Drawing View Number display window.
2. Select Accept.
OR
Select Cancel to return to the previous form.
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1. Select Report - Drawing Management Data from the Drawing Manager form.
2. Creating Drawing Management Data Report.
Sample Report
Drawing Management Data Report
Date : 18-Sep-97
Time : 12:24:06
Project Number : stdeng_o43
Project Name : Standard English
Job Number : 1234
Company Name : Created on 6.2
Plant Name : Intergraph Corporation
Drawing Management Data Report
Drawing Type:Foundation Location Drawings
Drawing : 00FD0102
Area 40 Fondation Location Plan
00fd0102.dgn
cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
Drawing : 40FL0101
Area 40 Foundation Locations
40fl0101.dgn
cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
Drawing Management Data Report
Drawing Type: Piling Drawings
Drawing : bctest
dssds
bctest.dgn
cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
A
3/8"=1'
3/8"=1'
D
A
3/8"=1'
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Drawing Management Data Report
Drawing Type: Plot Plans
Drawing : 311
test drawing #311
1/4"=1'
311.dgn
plot1
c:\plot\
Drawing : 311 variation test drawing #311A
1/4"=1'
311variat.dgn
plot2
c:\plot\
Drawing Management Data Report
Drawing Type: Equipment Arrangement Drawings
Drawing : drwX
drawing 311 from Omaha, NE
3/8"=1'
drwx.dgn
drwmgt
c:\draw\user\
Drawing:train.1
Training 1: RLH
3/16"=1'
train.1.dgn rlh123
c:\rlhcert\dwg\
Drawing : train.2
Training 2: RLH
3/16"=1'
train.2.dgn rlh123
c:\rlhcert\dwg\
Drawing : train.3
Training 3: RLH
3/16"=1'
train.3.dgn rlh123
c:\rlhcert\dwg\
Drawing : train.X
Train 4
3/16"=1'
train.x.dgn rlh123
c:\rlhcert\dwg\
Drawing Management Data Report
Drawing Type: Piping Perspectives, Plans, Sections & Details
Drawing : 40PPSD001
Area 40 Title Block Test
3/8"=1'
40ppsd001.dgn cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
Drawing : 40pd0101
Area 40 Piping Plan
3/8"=1'
40pd0101.dgn cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
Drawing : 40ppsd101
Title Block Test
3/8"=1'
40ppsd101.dgn cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
Drawing : bcdraw
test drawings
3/8"=1'
bcdraw.dgn
cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
Drawing : lctest
test for symbology
1/4"=1'
lctest.dgn
cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
Drawing : test2
test dwg
1/4"=1'
test.dgn
cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
Drawing : vhl2_0
testing of VHL version 2.0
3/8"=1'
vhl2_0.dgn
cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
Drawing : wwdraw1
Documentation Drawing
3/8"=1'
wwdraw1.dgn
cs108g
c:\u4\oes43\draw\
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Each report is based on only one drawing, with only one view in that drawing. Multiple
drawings can be reported on in batch mode by creating multiple discrimination data sets.
Report Format --- Displays the Report Format form, which you can use to create, revise, copy,
or delete the record of a format file (not the format file). For more information, see Report
Format Form (on page 99).
Report Discrimination Data --- Displays the Discrimination Data form, which you can use to
create, revise, copy, or delete the record of a discrimination data file as well as the file itself. For
more information, see Discrimination Data Form (on page 102).
Report --- Displays the Report form, which you can use to create, revise, delete, and approve
report records and report files. For more information, see Report Form (on page 120).
Report Management Data --- Displays the Report Management Defaults form, which you can
use to create a record in the project control database of the default nodename and path for the
report definition files. This option is primarily used for setup. For more information, see Report
Management Defaults Form (on page 130).
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Format File and Record
The format file is a user-defined, ASCII file which must be created with a text editor outside of
the Drawing Report Manager. It contains special indices identifying what data appears in the
report and how the data is sorted. It also defines how the data is formatted in the report. Without
the format file(s), Drawing Report Manager reports cannot be processed. A set of basic format
files is delivered for each type of reporting.
Using the Report Format option, you can create a numbered record for each format file so that it
can be accessed for report processing. The format record is a record in the Project Control
Database used to name and locate a specific format file. Unlike the format file, the format record
is created interactively. It is called a record to classify it as a block of data that is used for report
processing but is not an actual file. A format file can be created to generate drawing
management data and controlled by the user. A sample drawing management format file is
delivered at PDPROJEC\sample\drw_mgt.fmt.
Discrimination Data File and Record
The discrimination data file limits the report to only the specified database occurrences. It is an
ASCII file that is created interactively using the Drawing Report Manager.
The discrimination data record is a record in the Project Control Database used to name and
locate a specific discrimination data file. There is a uniquely-numbered record for each
discrimination data file so that it can be accessed for report processing. This is the same way
that the format record is used to access a format file.
The discrimination data form in Drawing Manager, by default, sets one drawing per
discrimination data file. To run a report on drawing management data on all drawings, create the
discrimination data file in Report Manager. The discrimination data file will allow only piping and
eqp models to be attached. Select any piping model to create the discrimination data file, and
access this discrimination data file when creating the report.
Report Output and Record
The Drawing Report Manager creates a report using the specified format, discrimination, and
search criteria data files, and places it in the specified directory on the specified node.
The report record names or defines locations for all of the files that are necessary to generate a
report, including the report output. (It is called a record to classify it as a block of data that is
used for report processing but is not an actual file.)
Group Workflow
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There is a definite workflow for at least the first time you create a report. First, use the Report
Management Data option to specify defaults for the nodename and path of the report definition
files. By defining the defaults first, you can prevent keying in a nodename and path on each
form. If you want to use a different nodename or path than the defined default, simply place a
data point in that field and key in the modification.
The following steps can be done in any order: create your format record, discrimination data
record, and discrimination data file using the Report Format and Report Discrimination Data
options. Reports cannot be generated until the format file, the discrimination data file, and their
corresponding records have been established.
Finally, use the Report option to create the actual report.
This form displays the Drawing Number list and is used to select drawing files or drawing views
to be deleted. This form is also used to select drawings to create discrimination data.
Delete Drawing (on page 91) --- Used to select a drawing file to be deleted from the project.
Select Drawing (to delete drawing view) (see "Select Drawing - Delete Drawing View" on page
91) --- Used to select a drawing file to delete a drawing view or composite drawing view.
Select Drawing (to create discrimination data) (see "Select Drawing (Discrimination Data
Creation)" on page 104) --- Used to select a drawing to create discrimination data.
This form enables you to create, copy, revise, or delete a record of the location of the format file
in the project control database. An option is also provided that enables you to copy a record and
its corresponding ASCII format files.
The format file defines the data that will be reported and the way in which that data will be
displayed. Reports cannot be generated unless a format file exists and a record of the file's
location has been entered into the project control database.
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Create --- Displays the Format Creation/Revision form, which enables you to add a new
record of a format file in the project control database. For more information, see Format
Creation/Revision Form (on page 100).
Copy --- Displays the Format Creation/Revision form, which copies the record of an existing
format file from the project control database along with the corresponding ASCII format file. For
more information, see Format Creation/Revision Form (on page 100).
Revise --- Displays the Format Creation/Revision form, which modifies a record of an existing
format file in the project control database. For more information, see Format Creation/Revision
Form (on page 100).
Delete --- Displays the Deletion form, which deletes an existing record of a format file from the
project control database. If the record of the format file is deleted, reporting cannot be
performed. For more information, see Format Deletion Form (on page 101).
This form creates or revises a record in the project control database; this record defines the
location of a format file. The format file itself defines the contents and format of the report. Both
the location specification and the format file must exist to report on PDS data.
Number --- A unique number of up to 24 characters. Specifies the short name in the project
control database used to identify the record of the format file.
Description --- A description of up to 40 characters for the format file.
File Specification --- The file name of the format file to reference.
Path --- The disk location of the format file. This field retains the active setting.
Node --- The node name of the system on which the format file is located. This field retains the
active setting.
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You must have created an ASCII format file. A set of basic format files is delivered with the
PD_Report product in the win32app\ingr\pddata\sample\format directory. The file for MTO
reporting is named piping_#.fmt.
1. Select Create, Copy, or Revise.
A list of available records displays for copy or revision. To create a database record, go to
Step 3.
2. Select Report Format.
From the displayed list, select the record to be copied or revised. Then click Accept.
Key-in fields are displayed for you to specify the required database information.
3. Specify Report Format Data.
Type information in each of the displayed fields, taking care to press return in each field.
Then click Accept.
The project control database is updated.
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This form creates, copies, revises, and deletes a discrimination data file from the specified
directory. The associated record in the project control database is also copied, revised, or
deleted as needed.
A discrimination data file is an ASCII file that designates which models will be included in a
report. That is, discrimination data specifies the scope of the report. The project control
database record specifies the name and location of the discrimination data file that is to be
associated with a specific report.
Create --- Displays the Discrimination Data Creation form, which creates a new discrimination
data file. The associated project control database record is also created. For more information,
see Discrimination Data Creation Form (on page 103).
Copy --- Displays the Discrimination Data Revision form, which copies an existing data file.
The associated project control database record is also copied. For more information, see
Discrimination Data Revision Form (on page 104).
Revise --- Displays the Discrimination Data Revision form, which modifies discrimination data.
You can use this option to revise the contents of the discrimination data file, the location of the
discrmination file, and the associated record in the project control database. For more
information, see The Discrimination Data Revision Form (see "Discrimination Data Revision
Form" on page 104).
Delete --- Displays the Deletion form, which deletes a discrimination data file as well as its
associated record in the project control database. For more information, see Discrimination Data
Deletion Form (on page 114).
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This form creates a discrimination data file in a specified directory. It also creates a
corresponding record in the project control database. In addition, you can use this form to
specify segment and component search criteria.
If you use this form to specify search criteria data and you specify search criteria data
using the Report Search Criteria option, the data specified using the Report Search Criteria
option takes precedence.
Drawing Number --- The drawing number of the active drawing.
Number --- The unique number, up to 24 characters, that is the short name of the discrimination
data record in the project control database.
Description --- The description, up to 40 characters, of the discrimination data record in the
project control database.
File Specification --- The file name of the discrimination data record to be created.
File Path --- The disk location of the discrimination data file. This field retains the active settings.
File Node --- The node name of the system on which the discrimination data file is located. This
field retains the active settings.
Select Drawing View --- Displays a form which allows you to select a drawing view based on
the active drawing.
Segment Search Criteria --- Displays the Search Criteria form, which defines the segment
search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria - Piping Segment Form
(on page 105).
Component Search Criteria --- Displays the Component Search Criteria form, which defines
the component search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria Component Form (on page 109).
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1. From the Report Discrimination Data form, select Create.
This form revises an existing discrimination data file. It also copies an existing discrimination
data file; you can then use the revision options to modify the copy as needed. The
corresponding records in the project control database are copied and/or modified as needed. In
addition, options are provided for you to modify segment and component search criteria data.
If you use this form to specify search criteria data and you specify search criteria data
using the Report Search Criteria option, the data specified using the Report Search Criteria
option takes precedence.
Drawing Number --- The drawing number of the active drawing.
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Number --- The unique number, up to 24 characters, that is the short name of the discrimination
data record in the project control database.
Description --- The description, up to 40 characters, of the discrimination data record in the
project control database.
File Specification --- The file name of the discrimination data record to be created.
File Path --- The disk location of the discrimination data file. This field retains the active settings.
File Node --- The node name of the system on which the discrimination data file is located. This
field retains the active settings.
Select Drawing View --- Displays a form which allows you to select a drawing view based on
the active drawing.
Segment Search Criteria --- Displays the Search Criteria form, which defines the segment
search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria - Piping Segment Form
(on page 105).
Component Search Criteria --- Displays the Component Search Criteria form, which defines
the component search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria Component Form (on page 109).
Delete Views --- Displays a form which allows you to select a drawing view based on the active
drawing.
1. From the Report Discrimination Data form, select Copy or Revise.
In the fields provided, key in the number, description, and file specification, path, and node.
3. Select additional options as needed to define the report discrimination data. Then click
Accept.
After updating any models or search criteria for the discrimination data file, be
sure to click the final Accept. Because you must accept many forms while specifying the
discrimination data, it is easy to forget this step. Even though you may have accepted many
of the specifications, however, the discrimination data file is not actually updated until you
click Accept on the Report Discrimination Data form.
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This form specifies which segment attributes are to be reported on. The most commonly
reported attributes are available as form options, but you are not restricted to those options. To
display all available attributes, click Other.
When you select an attribute, applicable operator options are displayed along the bottom of the
form.
The combination of these operators with either attribute values or (where applicable) code list
values enables you to fully specify an attribute restriction (for example, fluid code = AC). You
can combine these specifications as needed using the And and Or options, which are displayed
in place of the operator options after you have defined a segment attribute restriction.
When you select a code-listed attribute, the Review Standard Notes form is displayed.
This form provides a list of valid codes for the specified attribute. Simply select a code from the
list and click Accept to continue with the specification.
When you are using this form to copy and/or revise an existing discrimination data file, additional
options are provided for you to insert, remove, or clear search criteria specifications.
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Piping Segment --- Displays the restricted segment attributes once they have been defined.
Unit Number --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the unit number attribute. Select
an operator and key in an attribute value to complete the specification.
Fluid Code --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the fluid code attribute. Select an
operator and a code list value to complete the specification.
Unit Code --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the unit code attribute. Select an
operator and key in an attribute value to complete the specification.
Line Sequence Number --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the line sequence
number attribute. Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete the specification.
Nominal Piping Diameter --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the nominal piping
diameter attribute. Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete the specification.
Piping Materials Class --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the piping materials
class attribute. Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete the specification.
Line ID --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the line ID attribute. Select an operator
and key in an attribute value to complete the specification.
Insulation Purpose --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the insulation purpose
attribute. Select an operator and a code list value to complete the specification.
Heat Tracing Requirement --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the heat tracing
requirement attribute. Select an operator and a code list value to complete the specification.
Train Number --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the train number attribute.
Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete the specification.
Construction Status --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the construction status
attribute. Select an operator and a code list value to complete the specification.
Approval Status --- Restricts the reported segments by means of the approval status attribute.
Select an operator and a code list value to complete the specification.
Other--- Displays a list of all available attributes.
Brief List --- Updates the form to display the attribute options.
Insert Search Definition --- Displays the And and Or options to add search criteria to the
specification.
Remove Search Definition --- Removes a selected line from the defined search criteria. To
remove a line, click RemoveSearch Definition, select the line to be removed, and click Accept.
Clear Search Criteria --- Removes the complete search criteria specification. Select this option
and click Accept to remove the defined set of search criteria.
1. Select Segment Search Criteria.
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Search Criteria - Component Form
When you choose Component Search Criteria from the Discrimination Data Creation form or
from the Discrimination Data Revision form, the Search Criteria - Component form is
displayed.
This form specifies which component attributes are restricted for the report. The default is no
search criteria (that is, no restrictions --- all component attributes are reported). The most
commonly reported component attributes are available as form options, but you are not
restricted to those options. To display additional attributes, grouped by entity, click Other.
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Define all the common search criteria such as Commodity Code and Fabrication
Category before selecting the Other option. Once the Other option is selected, the search
criteria should be defined separately for each category, such as Piping Component, Instrument
Component, Piping/Tubing and Pipe Support.
When you select an attribute, applicable operator options are displayed along the bottom of the
form.
The combination of these operators with either attribute values or (where applicable) code list
values enables you to fully specify an attribute restriction (for example, fluid code = AC). You
can combine these specifications as needed using the And and Or options, which are displayed
in place of the operator options after you have defined a segment attribute restriction.
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When you select an entity grouping that includes the attribute you want to restrict, a list of
associated attributes is displayed.
When you select a code-listed attribute, the Review Standard Notes form is displayed.
This form provides a list of valid codes for the specified attribute. Simply select a code from the
list and click Accept to continue with the specification.
When you are using this form to copy and/or revise an existing discrimination data file, additional
options are provided for you to insert, remove, or clear search criteria specifications.
The search criteria defined through the Piping Component, Instrument Component,
Piping/Tubing and Pipe Support buttons will not be displayed as a single list. To see the search
criteria defined through these buttons, select the appropriate button.
Component --- Displays the restricted component attributes once they have been defined.
Commodity Name --- Restricts the reported components by means of the commodity name
attribute. Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete the specification.
Commodity Code --- Restricts the reported components by means of the commodity code
attribute. Select an operator and a code list value to complete the specification.
Fabrication Category --- Restricts the reported components by means of the fabrication
category attribute. Select an operator and a code list value to complete the specification.
Component Group Number --- Restricts the reported components by means of the component
group number attribute. Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete the
specification.
Tag/Component Number --- Restricts the reported components by means of the
tag/component number attribute. Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete
the specification.
Other --- Displays the entity options.
Piping Component --- Restricts the reported components by means of any of the attributes that
are associated with piping components. From the displayed list, select an attribute. Then select
an operator and either key in an attribute value or select a code list value to complete the
specification.
Instrument Component --- Restricts the reported components by means of any of the attributes
that are associated with instruments components. From the displayed list, select an attribute.
Then select an operator and either key in an attribute value or select a code list value to
complete the specification.
Piping/Tubing --- Restricts the reported components by means of any of the attributes that are
associated with piping or tubing components. From the displayed list, select an attribute. Then
select an operator and either key in an attribute value or select a code list value to complete the
specification.
Pipe Support --- Restricts the reported components by means of any of the attributes that are
associated with pipe support attributes. From the displayed list, select an attribute. Then select
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an operator and either key in an attribute value or select a code list value to complete the
specification.
Clear ALL Component Search Criteria --- Deletes the restricted component attributes once
they have been defined.
Insert Search Definition --- Displays the And and Or options to add search criteria to the
specification.
Remove Search Definition --- Removes a selected line from the defined search criteria. To
remove a line, click Remove Search Definition, select the line to be removed, and click
Accept.
Clear Search Criteria --- Removes the complete search criteria specification. Select this option
and click Accept to remove the defined set of search criteria.
1. Select Component Search Criteria.
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Search Criteria - Equipment/Nozzles Form
When you choose Component Search Criteria from the Discrimination Data Creation form or
from the Discrimination Data Revision form, the Search Criteria - Equipment/Nozzles form
is displayed.
This form specifies which equipment or nozzle attributes are restricted for the report. The default
is no search criteria (that is, no restrictions --- all equipment/nozzle attributes are reported). The
most commonly reported equipment attributes are available as form options, but you are not
restricted to those options. To display additional attributes, grouped by entity, click Other.
Define all the common search criteria such as Commodity Code and Fabrication
Category before selecting the Other option. Once the Other option is selected, the search
criteria should be defined separately for each category.
When you select an attribute, applicable operator options are displayed along the bottom of the
form.
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The combination of these operators with either attribute values or (where applicable) code list
values enables you to fully specify an attribute restriction (for example, fluid code = AC). You
can combine these specifications as needed using the And and Or options, which are displayed
in place of the operator options after you have defined a segment attribute restriction.
When you select an entity grouping that includes the attribute you want to restrict, a list of
associated attributes is displayed.
When you select a code-listed attribute, the Review Standard Notes form is displayed.
This form provides a list of valid codes for the specified attribute. Simply select a code from the
list and click Accept to continue with the specification.
When you are using this form to copy and/or revise an existing discrimination data file, additional
options are provided for you to insert, remove, or clear search criteria specifications.
This form deletes a report record from the project control database and can optionally delete the
associated file. This form is used with format files and their database records, discrimination
data files and their database records, and search criteria files and their database records.
Number/Description --- Displays the 24-character short name and the 40-character description
of a report record in the project control database.
Delete File/Do Not Delete File --- Determines whether the associated file is deleted. When set
to Delete File, the database record is deleted along with the associated file. When set to Do Not
Delete File, only the database record is deleted.
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1. Select Report Format.
From the displayed list, select the database record to be deleted.
2. Set the Delete File/Do Not Delete File toggle as needed. Then click Accept.
The specified record is deleted. If specified, the associated file is also deleted.
Use this form to create, copy, revise, or delete report search criteria. Search criteria data
determines and reduces the amount of data reported by restricting the reporting of certain
attributes. Rather than report all data in a model, search criteria specifications narrow the report
to return only data that matches certain criteria.
You can specify search criteria as you create the discrimination data file; the options on the
Search Criteria Data form create the same data as a separate step. If you specify search
criteria data as you create the discrimination data file and by means of the Report Search
Criteria form, the specifications defined using the Report Search Criteria take precedence when
the report is generated.
Create --- Displays the Search Criteria Data Creation form, which adds a new record of a
report search criteria file in the project control database. For more information, see Search
Criteria Data Creation Form (on page 116).
Copy --- Displays the Search Criteria Data File Revision form, which copies the record of an
existing report search criteria file from the project control database and copies the
corresponding data file. For more information, see Search Criteria Data Revision Form (on page
117).
Revise --- Displays the Discrimination Data Revision form, which modifies an existing record
of a report search criteria file in the project control database. For more information, see Search
Criteria Data Revision Form (on page 117).
Delete --- Displays the Deletion form, which deletes an existing report search criteria data file
as well as its associated record in the project control database. For more information, see
Search Criteria Deletion Form (on page 118).
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This form creates a report search criteria data file in a specified directory. It also creates a
corresponding record in the project control database.
If you specify search criteria using both this form and the search criteria options when
you create the discrimination data, the search criteria specified on this form (Search Criteria
Data Creation) takes precedence.
Number --- The unique number, up to 24 characters, that is the short name of the search criteria
data file record in the project control database.
Description --- The description, up to 40 characters, of the search criteria data file record in the
project control database.
File Specification --- The file name (up to 14 characters) of the search criteria data file to be
created.
File Path --- The disk location of the search criteria data file. This field retains the active
settings.
File Node --- The node name of the system on which the search criteria data file is located. This
field retains the active settings.
Segment Search Criteria --- Displays the Search Criteria form, which defines the segment
search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria - Piping Segment Form
(on page 105).
Component Search Criteria --- Displays the Component Search Criteria form, which defines
the component search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria Component Form (on page 109).
Revise AND/OR Relation --- Displays a list of And/Or relationships.
Use this list to change the And/Or relationships between piping segment search criteria (table
12, piping segment data) and the search criteria for the component data in table 34, piping
component data; table 50, piping/tubing data; table 67, instrument component data; and table
80, pipe support data.
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Each category of component search criteria data is related to the piping segment search criteria
by a logical AND or a logical OR. By default, the logical relationship between the piping segment
search criteria and the four categories of component search criteria is AND. This means that
only components that meet the criteria defined for both sets of criteria are reported.
Setting this relationship to OR increases the amount of data reported in that all components that
match either set of criteria are reported.
This is not an exclusive OR. With the OR setting, components that match both (or either)
sets of criteria are reported.
1. From the Search Criteria Data form, click Create.
The Search Criteria Data Creation form is displayed.
2. Specify Discrimination Data.
In the fields provided, key in the number, description, and file specification, path, and node.
3. Select additional options as needed to define the report discrimination data. Then click
Accept.
After including any models or search criteria for the search criteria data file, be
sure to click the final Accept. Because you must accept many forms while specifying the
discrimination data, it is easy to forget this step. Even though you may have accepted many
of the specifications, however, the search criteria data file is not actually created until you
click Accept on the Search Criteria Data Creation form.
This form revises an existing search criteria data file. It also copies an existing search criteria
data file; you can then use the revision options to modify the copy as needed. The
corresponding records in the project control database are copied and/or modified as needed.
Number --- The unique number, up to 24 characters, that is the short name of the search criteria
data file record in the project control database.
Description --- The description, up to 40 characters, of the search criteria data file record in the
project control database.
File Specification --- The file name, up to 14 characters, of the search criteria file to be created.
File Path --- The disk location of the search criteria data file. This field retains the active
settings.
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Segment Search Criteria --- Displays the Search Criteria form, which defines the segment
search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria - Piping Segment Form
(on page 105).
Component Search Criteria --- Displays the Component Search Criteria form, which defines
the component search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria Component Form (on page 109).
Define Volume --- Displays the Volume Definition form, which specifies the coordinates of a
design volume cube for reporting. For more information, see the "Define Volume Form" section
in the PDS Report Manager User's Guide.
Revise AND/OR Relation --- Displays a list of And/Or relationships.
Use this list to change the And/Or relationships between piping segment search criteria (table
12, piping segment data) and the search criteria for the component data in table 34, piping
component data; table 50, piping/tubing data; table 67, instrument component data; and table
80, pipe support data.
Each category of component search criteria data is related to the piping segment search criteria
by a logical AND or a logical OR. By default, the logical relationship between the piping segment
search criteria and the four categories of component search criteria is AND. This means that
only components that meet the criteria defined for both sets of criteria are reported.
Setting this relationship to OR increases the amount of data reported in that all components that
match either set of criteria are reported.
This is not an exclusive OR. With the OR setting, components that match both (or either)
sets of criteria are reported.
1. From the Report Search Criteria form, select Copy or Revise.
The Search Criteria Data File Revision form is displayed, with a list of available data files.
2. From the displayed list, select a data file to be copied or revised. Then click Accept.
3. Specify Discrimination Data.
In the fields provided, key in the number, description, and file specification, path, and node.
4. Select additional options as needed to define the report search criteria data. Then click
Accept.
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This form deletes a report record from the project control database and can optionally delete the
associated file. This form is used with format files and their database records, discrimination
data files and their database records, and search criteria files and their database records.
Number/Description --- Displays the 24-character short name and the 40-character description
of a report record in the project control database.
Delete File/Do Not Delete File --- Determines whether the associated file is deleted. When set
to Delete File, the database record is deleted along with the associated file. When set to Do Not
Delete File, only the database record is deleted.
1. Select Report Format.
From the displayed list, select the database record to be deleted.
2. Set the Delete File/Do Not Delete File toggle as needed. Then click Accept.
The specified record is deleted. If specified, the associated file is also deleted.
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Report Form
When you select Report from the Report Manager form, the Report form is displayed.
This form creates, revises, and deletes report records and report files. A report record holds
specifications for a report; these specifications include the report name, the report description,
and which format file, discrimination data file, and search criteria data file to use to generate a
report.
The report name is not the title that is printed on the report; the title is included in the
format file.
At the end of each report, a parameters page is included that contains the following information:
Report Output --- The report number, report title, report creation/revision date, and report
node, path, and file name.
Format --- The report format number, description, and node, path, and file name.
Discrimination Data --- The report discrimination data number, description, and file location
(network address, path, and file name). The following discrimination data is also included:
list of model numbers (with discipline), volume (if applicable), search criteria (if applicable),
and sorting sequence.
Search Criteria --- The report search criteria number, description, and file location (node,
path, and file name. The following search criteria data is also included:list of model numbers
(with discipline), volume (if applicable), search criteria (if applicable), and sorting sequence.
Create --- Displays the Report Creation form, which creates a report record and generates a
report. For more information, see Report Creation Form (on page 121).
Revise --- Displays the Revise Report form, which regenerates a report from an existing or
revised report record. For more information, see Revise Report Form (on page 122).
Delete --- Displays the Deletion form, which deletes an existing report record and the
corresponding report. For more information, see Report Deletion Form (on page 124).
Approve --- Displays the Report Approval form, which approves an existing report. For more
information, see Report Approval Form (on page 125).
Multi-Create --- Displays the Report Multiple Submit form, which submits multiple reports to
the printer. For more information, see Report Multiple Submit Form (on page 127).
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Use this form to create a report record and to generate a report. Because report records are
stored in the project control database, you can use them repeatedly as needed.
Report Number --- The 24-character number that uniquely identifies the record of the report file
in the project control database. This is sometimes referred to as the report file short name.
Report Title --- The 40-character descriptive name of the report file. This is not the title in the
actual report, but is rather the title of the report record. The title of the report is contained in the
format file.
Report File Spec --- The name of the report output file (up to 14 characters).
Report File Path --- The disk location for the report output file. This field retains the active
settings, and it is automatically populated if you have specified this data on the Report
Management Data form. For more information, see Report Management Defaults Form (on
page 130) .
Report Node --- The name of the system on which the report output file will be located. This
field retains the active settings, and it is automatically populated if you have specified this data
on the Report Management Data form. For more information, see Report Management
Defaults Form (on page 130) .
Report Format File --- The name of the format file to be used to generate the active report.
When you select this field, a list of available format files is displayed. Select the appropriate
format file, and click Accept.
Report Discrimination File --- The name of the discrimination data file to be used to generate
the active report. When you select this field, a list of available discrimination data files is
displayed. Select the appropriate discrimination data file, and click Accept.
Report Search Criteria --- The name of the search criteria data file to be used to generate the
active report. When you select this field, a list of available search criteria files is displayed.
Select a search criteria file, and click Accept.
Select this field a second time to specify a different search criteria file. To clear a specification,
click Accept without selecting a file.
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If the report discrimination data selected for the active report has search criteria data
defined within it, and you specify a search criteria in this field, the search criteria specified in the
Report Search Criteria field takes precedence over the search criteria contained in the
discrimination data.
Revision Number -- The revision number (up to three characters) for the report.
Last Revision Number --- The revision number of the last report generated. This is a read-only
field; you cannot edit it.
Revised By --- The user (up to five characters) who checked the report. This field is optional.
Revision Description --- The description (up to 40 characters) of the report revision. This field
is optional.
Print/Delete --- Submits the report output file to the specified print queue and then deletes the
report output file. When you select this option, a list of available print queues is displayed. Click
on a queue to select it.
Print/Save --- Submits the report output file to the specified print queue and saves the report
output file. When you select this option, a list of available print queues is displayed. Click on a
queue to select it.
Save --- Saves the report output file without printing the report.
Submit Immediately/Submission is Delayed --- Specifies when the report will be processed.
When this toggle is set to Submission is Delayed, additional fields display for you to specify the
date and time that the report is to be generated.
1. From the Report form, select Create.
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This form revises an existing report record and generates a report from the project control
database. An option is also provided to update (in some cases) the report record without
generating a report output file. Similarly, you can choose to generate an updated report output
file without updating the report record.
Report Number --- The 24-character number that uniquely identifies the record of the report file
in the project control database. This is sometimes referred to as the report file short name.
Report Title --- The 40-character descriptive name of the report file. This is not the title in the
actual report, but is rather the title of the report record. The title of the report is contained in the
format file.
Report File Spec --- The name of the report output file (up to 14 characters).
Report File Path --- The disk location for the report output file. This field retains the active
settings.
Report Node --- The name of the system on which the report output file will be located. This
field retains the active settings.
Report Format File --- The name of the format file to be used to generate the active report.
When you select this field, a list of available format files is displayed. Select the appropriate
format file, and click Accept.
Report Discrimination File --- The name of the discrimination data file to be used to generate
the active report. When you select this field, a list of available discrimination data files is
displayed. Select the appropriate discrimination data file, and click Accept.
Report Search Criteria --- The name of the search criteria data file to be used to generate the
active report. When you select this field, a list of available search criteria files is displayed.
Select a search criteria file, and click Accept.
Select this field a second time to specify a different search criteria file. To clear a specification,
click Accept without selecting a file.
If the report discrimination data selected for the active report has search criteria data
defined within it, and you specify a search criteria in this field, the search criteria specified in the
Report Search Criteria field takes precedence over the search criteria contained in the
discrimination data.
Revision Number -- The revision number (up to three characters) for the report.
Last Revision Number --- The revision number of the last report generated. This is a read-only
field; you cannot edit it.
Revised By --- The user (up to five characters) who checked the report. This field is optional.
Revision Description --- The description (up to 40 characters) of the report revision. This field
is optional.
Print/Delete --- Submits the report output file to the specified print queue and then deletes the
report output file. When you select this option, a list of available print queues is displayed. Click
on a queue to select it.
Print/Save --- Submits the report output file to the specified print queue and saves the report
output file. When you select this option, a list of available print queues is displayed. Click on a
queue to select it.
Save --- Saves the report output file without printing the report.
Submit to Batch Immediately/Delayed Submit to Batch --- Specifies when the report will be
processed. When this toggle is set to Delayed Submit to Batch, additional fields display for you
to specify the date and time that the report is to be generated.
Revise Data Only/Revise Report and Data --- Specifies revision of the report data only
(Revise Data Only) or revision of the report data and the report output file (Revise Report and
Data). To revise the report specification without updating the report output file, make the
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necessary changes, set this toggle to Revise Data Only, and click Accept. To revise the report
output file only, set this toggle to Revise Report and Data without modifying any of the fields,
and click Accept. To modify both the report file and the report output file, make the necessary
changes, set this toggle to Revise Report and Data, and click Accept.
If you update any field other than Report Number and Report Title, this toggle is
automatically set to Revise Report and Data, and the report output file is generated.
1. From the Report form, select Revise.
The Report Creation form is displayed with a list of available report files.
2. Select Report.
From the displayed list, select the report to be revised. Then click Accept.
This form deletes a report record from the project control database and can optionally delete the
associated file. This form is used with format files and their database records, discrimination
data files and their database records, and search criteria files and their database records.
Number/Description --- Displays the 24-character short name and the 40-character description
of a report record in the project control database.
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Delete File/Do Not Delete File --- Determines whether the associated file is deleted. When set
to Delete File, the database record is deleted along with the associated file. When set to Do Not
Delete File, only the database record is deleted.
1. Select Report Format.
From the displayed list, select the database record to be deleted.
2. Set the Delete File/Do Not Delete File toggle as needed. Then click Accept.
The specified record is deleted. If specified, the associated file is also deleted.
Use this form to select a report to approve. Approving a report means that a database attribute
is set from not approved (the default) to approved. This approval status provides a way for you
to flag reports that you have run and verified that the output data is valid. When a report is
revised, the approval status is automatically reset to not approved.
Number --- The 24-character unique name (as called short name) of the report record.
Description --- The 40-character description of the report record.
1. From the Report form, select Approve.
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The first time a report is approved, only the Approved By field is active. All other fields are
purely informational. The data displayed in these fields is read from the Revise Reportform.
Report Number --- The 24-character number that uniquely identifies the record of the report file
in the project control database. This is sometimes referred to as the report file short name.
Report Description --- The 40-character descriptive name of the report file.
Approved By --- The initials (up to five characters) of the person who approved the report.
Revision Number -- The revision number (up to three characters) for the report. This field is
read-only; you cannot edit it.
Revised By --- The initials (up to five characters) of the person who last revised the report. This
field is read-only; you cannot edit it.
Checked By --- The initials (up to five characters) of the person who ran the report with the
revised information. This field is read-only; you cannot edit it.
Revision Description --- Displays a short description of the revision. This field is read-only; you
cannot edit it.
1. On the Report Approval form, click Accept.
See Also
Report Approval Form (on page 125)
Revise Report Form (on page 122)
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5. Click Accept to submit the reports.
Approve Drawing
You can now use the Approval fields on the Revise Drawing form to approve a drawing
instead of using the Approve Drawing form. However, the Approve Drawingform is still
functional.
This option activates the Approve Drawing form. It is used to input approval details for
drawings and drawing revisions. First, the system displays the Drawing Types display list, as
shown on the left. When a drawing type is selected and confirmed, the list of drawings of this
type will be displayed, as shown on the right.
When a specific drawing is selected and confirmed for approval, the Drawing Approval form is
activated.
This form displays the approval and revision fields which are used to store approval information
about drawings and revisions.
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The Approval Status is automatically not approved when the drawing is revised and the
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The first time a drawing is approved only the Approval Initials field is displayed. Once a
drawing has been approved, all of the other revision fields will be displayed.
Do Not Load Title Block / Load Title Block --- Controls the automatic generation of title block
information for the drawing being approved. The default setting for this toggle is Load Title
Block. The toggle is only active if the ASCII file that defines the text nodes in the title block
resides in the project directory.
Approved By --- Key in the initials of the person who approved the drawing or revision.
Revision Number --- Displays the revision number as specified in the Create Drawing or
Revise Drawing forms.
Last Revision --- Displays the last revision number.
Revised By --- Displays the initials of the person who last revised the drawing.
Checked By --- Displays the initials of the person who checked the revisions performed on the
drawing.
Revision Description --- Displays the short description of the changes to the drawing as
specified in the Create Drawing or Revise Drawing forms.
1. Select the Approve Drawing option from the Drawing Manager form.
The system displays a list of the existing drawings in the selected type.
3. Select Drawing.
4. Select the drawing to be approved, and select Accept.
The system processes the information and automatically stores the date and time when the
drawing was approved.
7. Drawing Approval Status Updated.
The system returns to the list of drawing views so that you can select another drawing for
approval.
8. Select Cancel to exit the form.
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This form creates a record in the project control database of the node name and path of the
report definition files. This option is used primarily for setup.
Report Path --- Specifies the default path of the report output files.
It is recommended that you not send output reports to your system's temporary (that is,
tmp or temp) directory.
Report Node --- Specifies the default node name of the system on which report output files are
located.
Report Format Path --- Specifies the default path of the format files.
Report Format Node --- Specifies the default node name of the system on which format files
are located.
Report Discrimination Data Path --- Specifies the default path of the discrimination data files.
Report Discrimination Data Node --- Specifies the default node name of the system on which
discrimination data files are located.
Report Search Criteria Data Path --- Specifies the default path of the report search criteria
data files.
Report Search Criteria Data Node --- Specifies the default node name of the system on which
report search criteria data files are located.
1. From the Report Manager form, select Report Management Data.
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Graphics Environment
This section provides information on all of the pull-down menus in the graphics environment with
the exception of the Drawing pull-down menu options.
Drawing (on page 131) --- This pull-down provides access to the Composition and Annotation
options. Each of these options are described in their own chapter.
View (on page 131) --- This pull-down provides view manipulations. All of these commands
result in modifying what is seen in selected views. These commands only manipulate the view of
the model but do not manipulate the actual model.
File (on page 139) --- This pull-down provides basic file manipulation commands, such as
compressing and exiting the file. It also includes commands which allow you to plot drawings or
select another drawing.
Element Commands (on page 147) --- This pull-down provides the Analyze command used to
open the Element Information settings box.
Settings Command (on page 147) --- This pull-down provides the ability to modify rendering,
fonts and colors used during a graphics session.
User Commands (on page 147) --- This pull-down allows you to modify things that apply only to
your system such as how memory is used on your system, how windows are displayed, how
various items on the screen are laid out and behave, how reference files are attached by default,
and so on. As the name implies, you can adjust these settings to suit your preferences.
When entering MicroStation from a Piping model, the Main tool palette is unavailable.
You must enter MicroStation from a different model to use the Main tool palette.
Drawing
These commands allow you to compose and annotate drawings.
Composition (see "Composing Drawings" on page 149) --- Activates the palette of Composition
commands.
Annotation (see "Annotating Drawings" on page 255)--- Activates the palette of Annotation
commands.
View
These commands provide view manipulations. All of these commands result in modifying what is
seen in selected views. These commands only manipulate the view of the model but do not
manipulate the actual model. Each pull-down command is detailed in its own section.
Viewing (see "Viewing Commands" on page 134) --- Activates a palette of viewing options.
Viewing, More (see "Viewing, More Commands" on page 135) --- Activates another palette of
viewing options.
Viewing Direction (see "Viewing Directions" on page 137) --- Activates a palette of viewing
direction options that allow for rotation of the view.
View Depth (on page 138) --- Activates a palette of view depth options that change the depth of
the view.
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Open/Close --- Lets you open or close a view. The items in the sub-menu are view numbers.
The view numbers that are marked are open.
Bottom-to-Top --- Makes the bottom view fully visible, even if the view is fully obscured before
this item is chosen.
Cascade --- Stacks views in numerical order iwth the lowest numbered view entirely visible and
the title bar of each remaining view visible.
Tile --- Tiles open graphics views.
Swap --- Swaps the screen image between two logical screens. When Swap is chosen, the
physical screens are updated with the contents of the previously hidden logical screen.
This item is dimmed if your system is configured with dual monitors or if it does not support two
virtual screens.
Update --- Updates a view, all of the views, the right or left view or the grid displayed on a view.
Previous --- Lets you view the previous viewing operation.
Next --- Lets you view the next viewing operation. This is only valid after Previous.
Copy --- Copies the content of one view into another specified view.
Camera --- Turns on the camera and defines the camera position and target.
On turns the camera on.
Offturns the camera off.
Set Up turns on and sets up the camera.
Move Camera moves the camera (like focusing the camera at an object and moving around
to obtain different views of it).
Move Target moves the target (like standing in one position and pointing the camera at
different objects).
Lens opens the Camera Lens setting box, which is used to set the angles and focal lenths of
view camera lenses. Changes take effect only if applied with the Apply button.
Render --- Renders views in one of the following ways: wiremesh, hidden line, filled hidden line,
constant, smooth, phong, phong stereo, or phong antialias. Also, FlyThrough activates the
FlyThrough Producer setting box, which is used to create simple animations, called sequences,
for visualizing 3D models.
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Levels --- Defines which levels are displayed in a view. Changes take effect only if applied with
the Apply button.
Rotation --- Opens the change view rotation box, which is used to control view rotation.
Changes take effect only if applied with the Apply button.
See Also
Viewing Options --- PD_Draw (Graphics Environment) (see "Viewing Options" on page 133)
Drawing Categories --- PD_Draw (Graphics Environment) (see "Drawing Categories" on page
16)
Viewing Options
This command activates the Viewing Options form used to update the screen display, set
forms to display on the right or left screen, and set the view control options.
Update Both --- Select to update both the left (back) and right (front) display screens.
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Update View --- Select and place a data point in the window view to be updated.
Update Left --- Select to update the left screen only.
Update Right --- Select to update the right screen only.
Copy View --- Copies a selected view display from one window to another.
Swap View --- Changes a selected view from either the right or left screen display.
View On --- Activates eight view options which correspond to the window views (1 - 4) on the
right screen and the window views (5 - 8) on the left screen.
Select the window view to be turned on by placing a data point on the displayed window view
option(s).
View Off --- Select and place a data point in the window view(s) to turn specified view(s) off.
Level Symbology On --- Enables the display of reference models with the active reference
model symbology.
Level Symbology Off --- Disables the display of reference models with the active reference
model symbology.
Reload Reference Symbology --- Reloads the display of reference models with the active
reference model symbology.
Form Right Screen/Form Left Screen --- Sets forms to be automatically displayed on the right
(front) screen or the left (back) screen.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Destination
View(s)
Viewing Commands
These commands are the basic view modification commands that are available from the View
palette.
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Viewing Options --- Sets the screen display and view control
options.
Zoom In --- Changes the magnification to focus on a smaller
display area.
Zoom Out --- Changes the magnification to focus on a larger
display area.
Fit --- Displays all elements in a selected view.
Drawing Categories --- Review or modify the displayed category
data (segregation parameters) associated with a screen view.
Set Reference Categories to Predefined --- Overrides
user-specified reference category selection for that drawing view,
and uses system default reference categories for that drawing
view instead.
Update Left Updates the screen display for the left virtual
screen.
Update Right Updates the screen display for the right virtual
screen.
Update All Updates the screen display for both left and right
virtual screens.
Update View Updates the screen display for the selected
window view.
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Align View Aligns two views so that they display the same
volume.
Copy View Copies one view to another view.
View On Turns on selected screen views.
View Off Turns off selected screen views.
View Toggle Turns On or Off the display of any of the eight
screen views.
Move Up Moves you (pans) up in the selected view.
Move Down Moves you (pans) down in the selected view.
Move Left Moves you (pans) left in the selected view.
Move Right Moves you (pans) right in the selected view.
Level Symbology On Displays reference models with the
active reference model symbology.
Level Symbology Off Disables the display of reference
models with the active reference model symbology.
Weight Display Toggle Toggles the line weight in the
selected view to 0 or to the weight of the graphic symbology of
the graphics within the view.
Grid On/Off Toggles the grid on and off in the selected
view.
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Viewing Directions
These commands are the basic view modification commands made available by selecting
Viewing Direction.
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View Depth
These commands are the basic view modification commands.
Set Active Depth --- Sets the active depth; key in the working unit
value (relative to the current active depth) of displacement.
Set Display Depth --- Specifies the front and back of a range in a
3D view to be displayed along the Z axis.
Set Active Depth - Absolute --- Sets the active depth along the Z
axis for a specified view.
Set Display Depth - Absolute --- Sets the display depth for a
view. Specify the front and back values which are the distances
along the view Z axis from the global origin to the front and back
planes of the desired view cube.
Set Active Depth - Relative --- Sets the display depth for the
active view, where depth is the distance, in working units, to move
the active depth along the Z axis.
Set Display Depth - Relative --- Sets the display depth for a view.
Specify the front and back values which are the relative distance
along the view Z axis from the front and back planes of the
existing view cube to the front and back planes of the desired view
cube.
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Show Active Depth --- Displays the active depth for a specified
view.
Show Display Depth --- Shows the display depth for a specified
view.
File
These commands allow you to plot drawings, display the active options, select another drawing
or do a file design.
Plot (on page 139) --- Allows you to select I/Plot parameters files, scale and rotation factors,
active or default categories, the submission time, and the queue used to plot the drawing.
File Design (on page 140) --- Saves the active parameters defined in the current design session.
Exit (on page 140) --- Exits the design file.
Active Options (on page 140) --- Defines the parameters that determine the drawing annotation
modes for precision key-ins, activates the Plant Coordinate System or Design Volume
Coordinate System, and sets connect point mode.
Select Another Drawing (on page 143) --- Exits the active drawing and display a different active
drawing design file without exiting the drawing environment.
Plot
The Plot command activates the Plot Drawing form that allows you to select I/Plot parameters
files, scale and rotation factors, active or default categories, the submission time, and the queue
used to plot the drawing.
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Submit Immediately/Submission is Delayed --- Set toggle to submit the plot immediately or to
delay submission for a more convenient time.
I/Plot Parameter Files --- Displays the available I/Plot parameter files.
Queues --- Displays the available queues.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Accept to Submit, or
Select Option
This command's Default Pre-defined Drawing Categories toggle is different from the
default setting of the Plot Drawing command in Plot Manager.
File Design
The File Design command allows you to save the active parameters defined in the current
design session. This command saves:
MicroStation parameters such as active views and active display volumes
PDS parameters such as active segment parameters. It also saves the screen location of
the Piping Designer base form.
Exit
The Exit command is used to exit graphics and save all changes to the design file. Exiting a
design file does NOT save the active parameters set in the file. To save the active parameters,
you must use the File Design command.
Active Options
This command activates the Active Options form. It is used to control how the active drawing
design graphics look when displayed on the screen. It specifies or changes the defaults for the
Coordinate Label and Name Label orientation, determines connect points, and specifies the
placement location of combination labels.
Modes
Drawing --- Provides PDS-specific key-ins of absolute coordinates and distances for
miscellaneous drawing annotation with Microstation commands in terms of the coordinate
system with respect to the drawing's scale.
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For drawing annotation in the Drawing View mode, the following distance key-ins are interpreted
in terms of the drawing scale.
PXY absolute easting, northing, and elevation coordinates in terms of the selected
coordinate system and the drawing scale.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDX delta easting distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the drawing
scale.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDY delta northing distance in term's of the selected coordinate system and the drawing
scale.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDZ delta elevation distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the drawing
scale.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDL delta easting, northing, and elevation coordinates in terms of the selected coordinate
system and the drawing scale.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDK a distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the drawing scale (for use
with the Microstation commands that require a distance key-in, "D=", e.g. Copy Parallel by
Distance).
This key-in results in a distance key-in being defined to the active command.
The system displays an error message when absolute coordinate key-ins are used with
this option.
Detail --- Provides PDS-specific key-ins of absolute coordinates and distances to define
miscellaneous drawing annotation with Microstation commands for user-created details in terms
of the coordinate system with respect to the user-defined active scale. For instance, you may
place a line where the end points have been specified in terms of the selected coordinate
system relative to a specific drawing.
For drawing annotation in the Detail mode, the following distance key-ins are interpreted in
terms of the selected scale.
PDX delta X distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the selected scale.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDY delta Y distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the selected scale.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDZ delta Z distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the selected scale.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDL delta X, Y, and Z distances in terms of the selected coordinate system and the selected
scale.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDK an absolute distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the selected scale
(for use with the Microstation commands that require a distance key-in, "D=", such as Copy
Parallel by Distance).
This key-in results in a distance key-in being defined to the active command.
Drawing View --- Provides PDS-specific key-ins of absolute coordinates and distances to
define miscellaneous drawing annotation in terms of the coordinate system with respect to
the selected drawing view's scale and orientation within the drawing.
For drawing annotation in the Drawing View mode, the following distance key-ins are
interpreted in terms of the selected drawing view's scale and orientation within the drawing.
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PXY absolute easting, northing, and elevation coordinates in terms of the selected
coordinate system and the active drawing view.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDX delta easting distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the active
drawing view.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDY delta northing distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the "active
drawing view"
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDZ delta elevation distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the active
drawing view.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDL delta easting, northing, and elevation coordinates in terms of the selected coordinate
system and the active drawing view.
This key-in results in a point being defined to the active command.
PDK a distance in terms of the selected coordinate system and the active drawing view (for
use with the MicroStation commands that require a distance key-in, "D=", e.g. Copy Parallel
by Distance).
This key-in results in a distance key-in being defined to the active command.
The system displays an error message when absolute coordinate key-ins are used with
this option.
Plant Coordinate System / Design Volume Coordinate System --- If the coordinate toggle is
set to Plant Coordinate System, the Plant Coordinate System is used to define the key-ins. If
coordinate toggle is set to Design Volume Coordinate System, the coordinate system of the
active design volume is used to define the key-ins.
All Connect Points/Nearest Connect Point --- If the toggle is set to All Connect Points, the
system locates the connect points by priority (CP1, CP2, ... ). You can press <R> to move to the
successive connect points. Then press <D> to accept the location. If the toggle is set to Nearest
Connect Point, the system locates the connect point closest to the cursor position when you
pressed <D>.
1. Select the Active Options command from the bar menu.
The system displays the Active Options form with the Drawing mode activated.
2. Select Option.
Select the Detail mode to define PDS-specific key-ins for miscellaneous drawing annotation
for user-created details in terms of the coordinate system with respect to the user-defined,
active scale.
OR
Select the Drawing View mode to define PDS-specific key-ins for miscellaneous drawing
annotation in terms of the coordinate system with respect to a specific drawing view's scale.
OR
Leave the Drawing mode to define PDS-specific key-ins for miscellaneous drawing
annotation in terms the coordinate system with respect to the drawing's scale.
3. Set the coordinate system toggle to Plant Coordinate System to define the key-ins in terms
of the Plant Coordinate System.
OR
Set the coordinate system toggle to Design Volume Coordinate System to define the
key-ins in terms of the coordinate system of the active design volume.
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4. Set the connect point toggle to All Connect Points for the system to locate the connect
points by numeric priority (CP1, CP2, ...).
OR
Set the connect point toggle to Nearest Connect Point for the system to locate the connect
point closest to the cursor position when you press <D>.
5. Specify the appropriate placement location for placing a combination label by pressing <D>.
6. Select Cancel to exit the form.
The system activates a list of drawings for the selected drawing type.
4. Select Drawing.
Select the drawing to be activated, and select Accept.
The system exits the current drawing design file and displays the new active design drawing
without exiting the drawing environment.
Drawing Selection
This form displays a list of available drawing types and is used to Copy From Another Drawing
(on page 83) and to Copy Another Drawing (on page 185).
1. Select Drawing Type.
Select the type of drawing to use, and select Accept.
The system activates a list of drawings for the selected drawing type.
2. Select Drawing.
Select the drawing to use, and select Accept.
The system activates the Drawing View Selection (on page 93) form with a list of drawing
views in the selected drawing.
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Drawing Categories
This command activates the Drawing Categories form. This form is used to review, revise, add,
and remove drawing categories for a selected view.
Review/Revise (see "Review/Revise Category" on page 144) --- Reviews and revises the
drawing categories (display levels) displayed in a selected view.
Add (see "Add Category" on page 145) --- Adds drawing categories (display levels) to a selected
view.
Remove (see "Remove Category" on page 146) --- Removes drawing categories (display levels)
from a selected view.
Review/Revise Category
This option reviews and revises the drawing categories (display levels) displayed in a selected
view. This option is activated by default.
If prompted to...
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Select View
Accept or Select
Category
Add Category
This option activates the Add Drawing Categories form. It is used to add drawing categories
for display in a selected view. You can specify that all graphics be turned on for display, or that
only specific categories be turned on.
All Drawing Graphics --- Add all of the drawing graphic categories in the selected view.
Hidden Line Graphics (see "Viewing Hidden Line Graphics" on page 177) --- Add only hidden
line categories for display.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Category
Select View
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Select View or
Revise
Categories
Remove Category
This option removes the drawing categories that are turned on in a selected view. The
categories are removed (deactivated) by de-highlighting them.
All Drawing Graphics --- Turns off all of the drawing graphic categories in the selected view.
Hidden Line Graphics (see "Viewing Hidden Line Graphics" on page 177) --- Removes only
hidden line categories for display.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Category
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Select View or
Revise
Categories
Graphics Environment
Element Commands
The Element pull-down provides the Analyze command.
For further information see the Element Commands section of the Piping Design Graphics
(PD_Design) document.
Settings Command
The Settings commands provide the ability to modify rendering, fonts and colors used during a
graphics session.
For further information see the Setting Commands section of the Piping Design Graphics
(PD_Design) document.
User Commands
The User commands provide access to PDS help and to the user preferences and button
assignments that are specific to your system.
For further information see the User Commands section of the Piping Design Graphics
(PD_Design) document.
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Composing Drawings
Composing a drawing means defining the drawing views and placing them in their appropriate
locations within the drawing. This is done using the Drawing Composition / Annotation
command. Selecting this command activates the graphics environment. Several of the
commands in the graphics environment have the same functionality as those found outside the
graphics environment.
These commands are used to create drawings and composite drawing views, create and copy
drawing views, and specify the characteristics necessary to place (compose) drawings.
Additionally, you can attach and detach reference files, and add, remove, and review model
categories.
These commands activate the same forms and functions as those used in the Drawing Manager
non-graphical environment.
Create Drawing View (on page 150) --- Defines the drawing view by
selecting a saved view definition, selecting the orientation and
specifying the clipping volume, or setting the data coordinates and
clipping volume for a specifically defined named item.
Create Composite Drawing View (on page 159) --- Creates a
composite drawing view for a drawing by using multiple saved view
definitions.
Copy Drawing View (on page 169) --- Copies an existing drawing
view to create a new view for the same or another drawing.
Create Section Drawing View (on page 171) --- Creates section lines
for creating a composite drawing view of an elevation view.
Create Composite Plan Drawing View (on page 173) --- Creates a
composite plan view where the drawing view is composed from an
elevation view.
Compose Drawing (on page 176) --- Controls the placement and
characteristics of drawing views (or composite views) within the
drawing border.
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Place Match Lines / No Match Lines --- Places match lines and the corresponding coordinate
labels when the drawing view is created. This option is only available for plan or rotated plan
views. The match lines will be placed at the clipping boundaries of the drawing view. The
corresponding coordinate labels will be placed parallel to each match line on the side away from
the contents of the drawing views.
The match lines drawn by this option will be displayed as a unique drawing category,
Match Lines by System. As part of this enhancement, the user-defined drawing annotation
category that was previously called Match Lines is now called Match Lines by User.
The coordinate labels for this command will be displayed in the Coordinate Labels category, as
are all other coordinate labels.
The coordinate label values are determined on the basis of the drawing view's clipping
boundary, as specified in the drawing management data of the Project Control Database. A line
spacing factor specified for this option through Project Data Manager will determine the distance
between the match line and the coordinate label.
These coordinate labels will be respected by Update Labels, and they will be appropriately
re-drawn to the proper scale when the Revise Drawing View or Move Drawing View commands
are used.
Until you specify the line spacing in Project Data Manager, the default line spacing for all
other coordinate lables will be used.
The remaining graphic symbology data for the coordinate label's text will be determined on the
basis of the prefix or suffix option specified in Project Data Manager, as it is for any other
coordinate label. If the coordinate label does not have a prefix or suffix, the graphic symbology
data for the default coordinate label will be used.
The graphic symbology for the match lines will use the following default values until you specify
different values through Project Data Manager:
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level = 1
color = 0 (white)
weight = 0
line style = 0
Saved View (on page 152) --- Uses a saved view model to define the orientation and clipping
volume of the drawing view.
Named Item (on page 153) --- Uses the data coordinates and clipping volume of a specifically
defined named item to create the drawing view.
Define View Location (on page 158) --- Defines the location of the drawing view within the
drawing border and automatically composes the drawing view.
Although you will not be prompted to define the view location, you should use this
command between defining the view parameters and confirming the form.
View Number --- Place a data point in the field and key in the drawing view number (short code
- up to 24 characters) for the drawing view to be created. The system verifies that the drawing
view number is unique within the project.
View Name --- Place a data point in the field and key in the drawing view name (long description
- up to 40 characters) associated with the specified drawing view.
View Scale --- Place a data point in the field to activate a scale display list and specify a new
scale value for the drawing view. The default scale value is the same as the value used when
the drawing was created.
Drawing View Volume --- Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate a
westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second corner point
for the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
If prompted to...
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Specify Clipping Volume Key in the view coordinates to define the
clipping volume. (The system does not have to
have the Low coordinates in the Low field and
the High coordinates in the High field; the
command will work properly as long as the
coordinated entered are diagonally opposed.)
OR
Select the Named Item option to use the data
coordinates and clipping volume of a specifically
defined named item to create the drawing view.
OR
Select the Saved View option to use a saved
view model to define the orientation and clipping
volume of the drawing view.
Accept or Select Other
Options
Select Model
The system uses the default model data categories defined using the Project Setup
command to determine which categories will be displayed in the models selected. If no defaults
are set, the system displays all categories.
Saved View
This option creates a drawing view using a saved view to define the orientation, clipping volume,
and reference model inclusion. Reference models will not be filtered on the basis of the
discipline defined using the Project Setup command but instead, will be available regardless of
their discipline if they are in the saved view.
When creating a drawing view using a model view that was saved prior to this enhancement, the
Saved Model View command attaches the reference models active at the time the drawing view
is created. Otherwise, the reference models associated with the model at the time the saved
model view was created are attached. You can revise the reference model attachments.
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The view number and name of the drawing view to be created must be specified on the Create
Drawing View form.
A saved view must have been defined while working in one of the PDS 3D-Modeling tasks.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Discipline
or Exit
Select Area or
Exit
Select Model
Select Saved View Select the saved view name for the drawing view to
be created, and select Accept.
Named Item
This option activates the Create Drawing View from Named Item form. It is used to define the
data coordinates and clipping volume for a drawing view from a named item.
The view number and name of the drawing view to be created must be specified on the Create
Drawing View form.
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You must know the item number of the component you are going to use to define the data
coordinates and clipping volume.
Delta Coordinates --- Defines the distance from the center to the edges of the cube which fits
the named item. When you select a model, its delta coordinates are displayed automatically.
You can change any of the Delta Coordinates to revise the displayed clipping volume.
Drawing View Volume --- Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate a
westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second corner point
for the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
Select By Model (see "Named Item by Model" on page 154) --- Uses the data coordinates and
clipping volume of a named item that resides within a selected model. First, you select one of
the Number options, the system will display the appropriate Area and Model display lists. After
you select a model, its number is displayed and you must enter the item number of component
to use. The system will search the selected model for that component.
Select By Project (see "Named Item by Project" on page 156) --- Uses the data coordinates and
clipping volume of a named item that resides anywhere in the project. First, you select a Number
option and then enter the item number. The system will search the entire project for that
component.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Specify Component
Number
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Select by Project --- Uses the data coordinates and clipping volume of a named item that
resides anywhere in the project. First, you select a Number option and then enter the item
number. The system will search the entire project for that component.
Piping Component Number --- Defines the type of named item as a piping component, then
activates a series of forms that promt you to select the area that contains the model that
contains the named item. Once an area is selected and confirmed, you must then specify the
component number for the specific named item.
Instrument Component Number --- Defines the type of named item as an instrument
component, then activates a series of forms that promt you to select the area that contains the
model that contains the named item. Once an area is selected and confirmed, you must then
specify the component number for the specific named item.
Equipment Number --- Defines the type of named item as an equipment item, then activates a
series of forms that promt you to select the area that contains the model that contains the
named item. Once an area is selected and confirmed, you must then specify the component
number for the specific named item.
Equipment Number & Nozzle Number --- Defines the type of named item as an equipment
item with a nozzle item, then activates a series of forms that prompt you to select the area that
contains the model that contains the named item. Once an area is selected and confirmed, you
must then specify the component number for the specific named item.
Select Model --- Changes the model after one has already been selected through one of the
Number options.
Delta Coordinates --- Defines the distance from the center to the edges of the cube which fits
the named item. When the named item has been defined, its delta coordinates are displayed
automatically. You can then change any of the Delta Coordinates to revise the displayed
clipping volume.
Drawing View Volume --- Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate a
westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second corner point
for the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
If prompted to...
Do this:
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Select Model or Exit
Specify Component
Number
For an Equipment Number & Nozzle Number entry, enter the equipment number followed
by a slash (/) and then the nozzle number, for instance, equipnum/nozzlenum.
Select By Model (see "Named Item by Model" on page 47) --- Uses the data coordinates and
clipping volume of a named item that resides within a selected model. First, you select one of
the Number options, the system will display the appropriate Area and Model display lists. After
you select a model, its number is displayed and you must enter the item number of component
to use. The system will search the selected model for that component.
Piping Component Number --- Defines the type of named item as a piping component.
Instrument Component Number --- Defines the type of named item as an instrument
component.
Equipment Number --- Defines the type of named item as an equipment item.
Equipment Number & Nozzle Number --- Defines the type of named item as an equipment
item with a nozzle item.
Delta Coordinates --- Defines the distance from the center to the edges of the cube which fits
the named item. When you select a model, its delta coordinates are displayed automatically.
You can change any of the Delta Coordinates to revise the displayed clipping volume.
Drawing View Volume --- Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate a
westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
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Defines the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second corner point
for the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Specify Component
Number
For an Equipment Number & Nozzle Number entry, enter the equipment number followed
by a slash (/) and then the nozzle number, for instance, equipnum/nozzlenum.
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The view number and name of the drawing view to be created must be specified on the Create
Drawing View form.
Upper Left --- Defines the drawing view location in the upper left quadrant of the drawing view
border.
Upper Right --- Defines the drawing view location in the upper right quadrant of the drawing
view border.
Center --- Defines the drawing view location in the center of the drawing view border.
Lower Left --- Defines the drawing view location in the lower left quadrant of the drawing view
border.
Lower Right --- Defines the drawing view location in the lower right quadrant of the drawing
view border.
x1 --- Displays the x1 distance from the drawing view border. This value corresponds with the
value of X-l as described in the first discussion of the drawplotsize table in this document.
y1 --- Displays the y1 distance from the drawing view border. This value corresponds with the
value of Y-t as described in the first discussion of the drawplotsize table in this document.
x2 --- Displays the x2 distance from the drawing view border. This value corresponds with the
value of X-r as described in the first discussion of the drawplotsize table in this document.
y2 --- Displays the y2 distance from the drawing view border. Displays the x2 distance from the
drawing view border. This value corresponds with the value of Y-b as described in the first
discussion of the drawplotsize table in this document.
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Orientation --- Select one of the seven options to specify the viewing direction of the drawing
view.
Place Match Lines / No Match Lines --- Places match lines and the corresponding coordinate
labels when the drawing view is created. This option is only available for plan or rotated plan
views. The match lines will be placed at the clipping boundaries of the drawing view. The
corresponding coordinate labels will be placed parallel to each match line on the side away from
the contents of the drawing views.
The match lines drawn by this option will be displayed as a unique drawing category,
Match Lines by System. As part of this enhancement, the user-defined drawing annotation
category that was previously called Match Lines is now called Match Lines by User.
The coordinate labels for this command will be displayed in the Coordinate Labels category, as
are all other coordinate labels.
The coordinate label values are determined on the basis of the drawing view's clipping
boundary, as specified in the drawing management data of the Project Control Database. A line
spacing factor specified for this option through Project Data Manager will determine the distance
between the match line and the coordinate label.
These coordinate labels will be respected by Update Labels, and they will be appropriately
re-drawn to the proper scale when the Revise Drawing View or Move Drawing View commands
are used.
Until you specify the line spacing in Project Data Manager, the default line spacing for all
other coordinate labels will be used.
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The remaining graphic symbology data for the coordinate label's text will be determined on the
basis of the prefix or suffix option specified in Project Data Manager, as it is for any other
coordinate label. If the coordinate label does not have a prefix or suffix, the graphic symbology
data for the default coordinate label will be used.
The graphic symbology for the match lines will use the following default values until you specify
different values through Project Data Manager:
level = 1
color = 0 (white)
weight = 0
line style = 0
Define Views for Composite Drawing View --- Defines, revises, or rejects drawing views for
the composite drawing view.
Define View Location --- Pre-defines the location of the drawing view within the drawing border
and have the drawing view composed automatically.
Composite View Number --- Key in the composite drawing view number (short name - up to 24
characters) for the composite drawing view to be created. The system verifies that the number is
unique within the project.
Composite View Name --- Key in the view name (long description - up to 40 characters)
associated with the specified composite drawing view.
Composite View Scale --- The scale value specified when the drawing was created is
automatically filled in. Select the field to activate a scale display list, and select from the
available scale values to change the scale to be used for the composite drawing view.
If prompted to...
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viewor the area that contains the models to be
attached.
Set the toggle to Attach by Area to
attach all the model files for a specified area
or to Select Models to specify the individual
reference models to be attached.
Select Model
The system uses the default model data categories defined using the Project Setup
command to determine which categories will be displayed in the models selected. If no defaults
are set, the system displays all categories.
1. Select Create Composite Drawing View.
2. Select the discipline from the Drawing Types list, and select Accept.
3. Select the drawing from the drawing list, and select Accept.
See Also
Create Composite Drawing View -Define Views (see "Create Composite Drawing View - Define
Views" on page 161)
Create Composite Drawing View -Saved View (see "Create Composite Drawing View - Saved
View" on page 162)
Saved View --- Defines the clipping volume for a drawing view using a model saved view.
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Reject View --- Deletes the view from the selected composite drawing view.
Drawing Views --- Displays the drawing views as they are defined. Each time a drawing view
volume for a drawing view is defined, the system automatically updates this field. You may
define up to ten views.
Drawing View Volume --- Key in the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for
the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative value to indicate a
westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Key in the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second corner point for
the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
If prompted to...
Do this:
When this form is confirmed, the system creates the composite drawing view in the
database. The center of the MicroStation reference file attachment for the first saved model view
definition specified is used to position the composite drawing view during drawing composition.
The system determines the location of the remaining reference file attachments for the
corresponding saved model view definitions relative to the first reference file attachment. The
categories of data displayed and plotted in each of the drawing views is determined from the
corresponding saved model view definitions used to define the viewing direction and the clipping
limits.
After creating the composite drawing view, the Attach Drawing View Models form is activated
to attach reference models.
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The composite drawing view number, name, scale, and orientation must be specified on the
Create Composite Drawing View form in Drawing Manager.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Discipline
or Exit
Select Area or
Exit
Select Model
Select Saved
Model View
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You will want to do this when, for example, the model looks like this:
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Before you create the composite drawing view, you'll need to know the coordinates for all
volumes to be used.
Write down two sets of coordinates (low and high) for each volume. These will define the
absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the two corner points for the
volume. The second point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point. (You can use
a negative value to indicate a westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
The individual views can overlap each other.
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4. Select the model with the saved view to be used, and confirm.
5. Select the saved view to be used to define the clipping volume of the drawing view, and
confirm.
6. Continue to define the additional saved views that are to be used in the composite drawing
view, and then confirm. You can define up to ten views to be used in the composite drawing
view.
The Drawing Views field displays the drawing views as they are defined. Each time
a drawing view volume for a drawing view is defined, the system automatically updates this
field.
7. After all of the drawing views are defined, Accept the form.
The system updates the database.
8. Exit the form that appears.
Attach the drawing view models, and complete the composite drawing view:
1. Select the discipline and Accept.
2. Select the area to attach to the drawing view or the area that contains the models to be
attached (or toggle Select Models to Select Area to attach all models in that area), and
then confirm.
3. If you did not toggle to Select Area, select the model to be used to attach the drawing view,
and then confirm.
4. If there are more reference files to attach, continue this same process. Otherwise, exit.
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When a drawing view of one drawing type is copied into a drawing of a different drawing
type, this command will attach the disciplines as specified for the destination drawing type in
Project Setup Manager.
Source Data
Drawing Type --- Displays the discipline of the active drawing. You may select a different
source drawing type by placing a data point in this field.
Drawing Number --- Displays the active drawing number. You may select a different source
drawing number by placing a data point in this field.
View Number --- Selecting this field activates a view number display list that prompts you to
select a view number for the specified source drawing.
Destination Data
Drawing Number --- Select the drawing number from a list of existing drawings which will
receive the new drawing view.
Drawing View Number --- Key in the drawing view number (up to 24 characters) for the
drawing view to be created.
Drawing View Name --- Key in the drawing view name (up to 40 characters) for the new
drawing view.
Drawing View Scale --- Select a scale value from the drawing view scale.
Composition Options
Define Location --- Pre-defines the location of the drawing view within the drawing border
and composes the drawing view automatically. Within the graphics environment, this option
is only active when the source and destination view numbers are the same.
Do Not Compose --- Attaches the view to the drawing, but does not compose it. The view
will not be displayed in graphics.
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Compose Coincident --- Defines the composition point of the destination drawing view to
be the same as the source drawing view, when the drawing view is being copied from a
different drawing. Therefore, the drawing view will have the same location in the destination
drawing as in the source drawing. If the composition point for the source drawing is not
defined, this option is not active.
This allows drawing annotation to be shared using the Overlay Drawing Annotation option.
Place Match Lines / No Match Lines --- Places match lines and the corresponding
coordinate labels when the drawing view is created. This option is only available for plan or
rotated plan views. The match lines will be placed at the clipping boundaries of the drawing
view. The corresponding coordinate labels will be placed parallel to each match line on the
side away from the contents of the drawing views.
The match lines drawn by this option will be displayed as a unique drawing category,
Match Lines by System. As part of this enhancement, the user-defined drawing
annotation category that was previously called Match Lines is now called Match Lines
by User.
The coordinate labels for this command will be displayed in the Coordinate Labels
category, as are all other coordinate labels.
The coordinate label values are determined on the basis of the drawing view's clipping
boundary, as specified in the drawing management data of the Project Control
Database. A line spacing factor specified for this option through Project Data Manager
will determine the distance between the match line and the coordinate label.
These coordinate labels will be respected by Update Labels, and they will be
appropriately re-drawn to the proper scale when the Revise Drawing View or Move
Drawing View commands are used.
Until you specify the line spacing in Project Data Manager, the default line spacing for
all other coordinate labels will be used.
The remaining graphic symbology data for the coordinate label's text will be determined
on the basis of the prefix or suffix option specified in Project Data Manager, as it is for
any other coordinate label. If the coordinate label does not have a prefix or suffix, the
graphic symbology data for the default coordinate label will be used.
The graphic symbology for the match lines will use the following default values until you
specify different values through Project Data Manager:
level = 1
color = 0 (white)
weight = 0
line style = 0
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If prompted to...
Do this:
Accept to Copy
Drawing View
View Number --- Select and key in the drawing view number (short code - up to 24 characters)
for the drawing view to be created. The system verifies that the drawing view number is unique
within the project.
View Name --- Select and key in the drawing view name (long description - up to 40 characters)
associated with the specified drawing view.
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OR
Select the Named Item
option to use the data
coordinates and clipping
volume of a specifically
defined named item to
create the drawing view.
OR
Select the Saved View
option to use a saved view
model to define the
orientation and clipping
volume of the drawing view.
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Identify Origin
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View Number --- Select and key in the drawing view number (short code - up to 24 characters)
for the composite plan drawing view to be created. The system verifies that the drawing view
number is unique within the project.
View Name --- Select and key in the drawing view name (long description - up to 40 characters)
associated with the specified composite plan drawing view.
View Scale --- The system displays the scale value defined when the drawing was created. You
can use this scale value, or select the field to activate a scale display list. Then, select a new
scale value for the drawing view to be created.
Drawing View Volume --- Select and key in the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation
coordinates for the first corner point for the cube in the form X' X". (You can use a negative
value to indicate a westing or southing point or negative elevation.)
Select and key in the absolute Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates for the second
corner point for the cube. This point must be diagonally opposed to the first corner point.
Place Match Lines / No Match Lines --- Places match lines and the corresponding coordinate
labels when the drawing view is created. The match lines will be placed at the clipping
boundaries of the drawing view. The corresponding coordinate labels will be placed parallel to
each match line on the side away from the contents of the drawing views.
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The match lines drawn by this option will be displayed as a unique drawing category, Match
Lines by System. As part of this enhancement, the user-defined drawing annotation category
that was previously called Match Lines is now called Match Lines by User.
The coordinate labels for this command will be displayed in the Coordinate Labels category,
as are all other coordinate labels.
The coordinate label values are determined on the basis of the drawing view's clipping
boundary, as specified in the drawing management data of the Project Control Database. A
line spacing factor specified for this option through Project Data Manager will determine the
distance between the match line and the coordinate label.
These coordinate labels will be respected by Update Labels, and they will be appropriately
re-drawn to the proper scale when the Revise Drawing View or Move Drawing View
commands are used.
Until you specify the line spacing in Project Data Manager, the default line spacing for all
other coordinate labels will be used.
The remaining graphic symbology data for the coordinate label's text will be determined on
the basis of the prefix or suffix option specified in Project Data Manager, as it is for any other
coordinate label. If the coordinate label does not have a prefix or suffix, the graphic
symbology data for the default coordinate label will be used.
The graphic symbology for the match lines will use the following default values until you
specify different values through Project Data Manager:
level = 1
color = 0 (white)
weight = 0
line style = 0
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select one of the four initial view direction options from the center
of the form to specify the viewing direction.
Specify Clipping Volume Select each of the fields from the center of the form, and key in the
view coordinates to define the drawing view volume.
OR
Select the Named Item option to use the data coordinates and
clipping volume of a specifically defined named item to create the
drawing view.
OR
Select the Saved View option to use a saved view model to define
the orientation and clipping volume of the drawing view.
Accept or Select Other
Options
Select the Area to be used to attach the drawing view. Set the
toggle to Attach by Area to attach all the model files for a
specified area or to Select Models to specify the individual
reference models to be attached.
Select Model
Identify Origin
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Compose Drawing
This option activates the Compose Drawing form. It is used to control the placement and
characteristics of drawing views (or composite drawing views) within the drawing border. You
can place, manipulate, revise and delete the drawing views. It is also used, along with a series
of other forms, to turn off the drawing view displays before the hidden-line graphics (see
"Viewing Hidden Line Graphics" on page 177) can be viewed in the drawing environment.
Number --- Displays the number (up to 6 characters) that identifies the drawing view.
Name --- Displays the name (up to 40 characters) that describes the drawing view.
Scale --- Displays the scale of the drawing view.
Composed --- Displays the composition status (Yes or No) of the drawing view.
Display / Snap / Locate --- These toggles set the Display, Snap, and Locate features to either
ON or OFF. These options are only valid for composed drawing views, and they only appear
when a reference model is selected from the list.
Display On / Off - Controls whether or not the selected reference models will display on the
screen and on plotted drawings.
Snap On / Off - Controls whether or not the user can "snap to" points in the selected reference
models.
Locate On / Off - Controls whether or not the user can copy database information from the
reference models into the active file.
Compose Drawing View (on page 180) --- Select to place the active drawing view within the
drawing border.
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Do this:
Select Drawing
View
Select Options
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The system updates the selected drawing view and turns off the display.
6. Repeat steps 4 through 6 for each drawing view associated with the selected drawing.
7. Select View>Viewing to activate the Viewing palette.
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10. Select the Hidden Line Graphics option to turn on only the hidden line categories, and
select Accept.
11. Select View.
Place a data point to identify the screen view(s) to display the vector hidden line graphics.
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Number --- Displays the number (up to 6 characters) that identifies the drawing view.
Name --- Displays the name (up to 40 characters) that describes the drawing view.
Scale --- Displays the scale of the drawing view.
Composed --- Displays the composition status (Yes or No) of the drawing view.
Place Match Lines / No Match Lines --- Places match lines and the corresponding coordinate
labels when the drawing view is created. This option is only available for plan or rotated plan
views. The match lines will be placed at the clipping boundaries of the drawing view. The
corresponding coordinate labels will be placed parallel to each match line on the side away from
the contents of the drawing views.
The match lines drawn by this option will be displayed as a unique drawing category,
Match Lines by System. As part of this enhancement, the user-defined drawing annotation
category that was previously called Match Lines is now called Match Lines by User.
The coordinate labels for this command will be displayed in the Coordinate Labels category, as
are all other coordinate labels.
The coordinate label values are determined on the basis of the drawing view's clipping
boundary, as specified in the drawing management data of the Project Control Database. A line
spacing factor specified for this option through Project Data Manager will determine the distance
between the match line and the coordinate label.
These coordinate labels will be respected by Update Labels, and they will be appropriately
re-drawn to the proper scale when the Revise Drawing View or Move Drawing View commands
are used.
Until you specify the line spacing in Project Data Manager, the default line spacing for all other
coordinate labels will be used.
The remaining graphic symbology data for the coordinate label's text will be determined on the
basis of the prefix or suffix option specified in Project Data Manager, as it is for any other
coordinate label. If the coordinate label does not have a prefix or suffix, the graphic symbology
data for the default coordinate label will be used.
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Do this:
Identify
Origin
When the Compose Drawing form is active, you can move any drawing view (or
composite drawing view) within the drawing border. You can drag the outline of the drawing
views to confirm that the views fit within the drawing border and do not accidentally overlap
other drawing views.
You can overlap another drawing view if necessary to show a detail view within an elevation
view, for example. You can also confirm the drawing view scale and the size of the drawing
border.
The system will automatically define a display depth large enough to display the drawing
view graphics.
To move a drawing view within the border file, snap to the outline (or any element) of the
drawing view to be moved. Then drag the highlighted graphics to the preferred location and
press <D> to accept the location.
The move does not affect any annotation graphics associated with the drawing view. Therefore,
you should not move the drawing view once the drawing sheet has been annotated with
dimensioning, labels, etc. (You can use the Update Labels command to re-attach intelligent
labels after moving or redefining a drawing view. However, this does not update dimensioning or
dumb labels).
Reference Models
This option activates the Drawing View Ref Model Attachments form. It contains a list of the
current reference models attached to the active drawing view. The form contains options that
copy drawings, attach and detach models, and add, remove, and review model categories.
The system uses the default model data categories defined using the Project Setup
command to determine which categories will be displayed in the models selected. If no defaults
are set, the system displays the categories that are active in the selected models.
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Disc/Model Number --- Displays one character to identify the discipline, and displays the model
number.
Description --- Displays the description assigned to the model.
DSP SNP LOC --- Displays the model's Display, Snap, and Locate toggle status.
Display / Snap / Locate --- These toggles set the Display, Snap, and Locate features to either
ON or OFF. These options are only valid for composed drawing views, and they only appear
when a reference model is selected from the list.
Display On / Off - Controls whether or not the selected reference models will display on the
screen and on plotted drawings.
Snap On / Off - Controls whether or not the user can "snap to" points in the selected reference
models.
Locate On / Off - Controls whether or not the user can copy database information from the
reference models into the active file.
Apply to Active / Discipline / All --- Assigns the Display, Snap, and Locate toggle settings to
either the active drawing view only, or to all drawing views in the same discipline as the active
drawing view, or to all possible drawing views in all disciplines.
Copy Active Drawing (on page 184) --- Used to copy reference file attachments from the
drawing views in the active drawing.
Copy Another Drawing (on page 185)--- Copies reference model attachments from drawing
view in the project.
Attach Model (on page 186)--- Attaches reference models to a specified drawing view.
Automatic Attach & Verify (on page 187) --- Automatically attaches reference files for the
active drawing view. It displays a list of all models in the project that are within the range of the
selected drawing view volume.
Detach Model (on page 188)--- Removes the reference file from a specified drawing view
(deletes the reference model entry).
Reference Model Categories--- Reviews/revises, adds, or deletes model categories for the
active reference model.
Reload Reference Model --- Automatically reloads all selected reference models for a drawing
view.
If prompted
to...
Do this:
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Select Another View --- Activates the Drawing View Selection form so that you can select
another view from which to copy reference model attachments.
Drawing View Number --- Displays the drawing view numbers for the active drawing on the
Drawing View Selection form.
Drawing Number --- Displays the active drawing number on the Drawing View Selection form
.
Discipline/Model Name --- Displays the discipline and model name of the models available in
the selected drawing view on the Copy Drawing View Attachments form.
Drawing Number --- Displays the active drawing number on the Copy Drawing View
Attachments form.
Drawing View Number --- Displays the selected drawing view number on the Copy Drawing
View Attachments form.
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If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Drawing
View
Select Model
Select Another View --- Activates the Drawing View Selection form so that you can select
another view from which to copy reference model attachments.
Drawing View Number --- Displays the drawing view numbers for the active drawing on the
Drawing View Selection form.
Drawing Number --- Displays the active drawing number on the Drawing View Selection form.
Discipline/Model Name --- Displays the discipline and model name of the models available in
the selected drawing view on the Copy Drawing View Attachments form.
Drawing Number --- Displays the active drawing number on the Copy Drawing View
Attachments form.
Drawing View Number --- Displays the selected drawing view number on the Copy Drawing
View Attachments form.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Drawing
Type
Select Drawing
Select Drawing
View
Select Model
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Attach Model
This option is used to attach reference models to specified drawing views.
Do this:
Select Discipline
or Exit
Select Area or
Exit
Select Model
The system uses the default model data categories defined using the Project Setup
command to determine which categories will be displayed in the models selected. If no defaults
are set, the system displays the categories that are active in the selected models.
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All Disciplines/Pre-Defined Disciplines --- The Pre-Defined Disciplines setting filters the
reference models by the discipline defined for the drawing type using the Project Setup
command. The All Disciplines setting displays all reference models in the drawing view volume
selected, regardless of the discipline.
Propogated / Sparse Models --- Only applicable for projects using ModelDraft, this toggle limits
the Automatic Attach / Verify form to show only propogated or sparse models in the reference
model display list. Propogated and sparse models cannot be attached simultaneously, unless
propogated and sparse graphics are included in the same model.
Disc/Model Name --- Displays a list of the currently-attached models on the Reference Models
form.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Toggle (Pre-Defined/All)
and Accept
Select Model
Accept or Select
Additional Models
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Detach Model
This option is used to detach reference model attachments from a specified drawing view.
Disc/Model Number --- Displays the discipline and model number for currently-attached
models.
Description --- Displays the description for each of the currently-attached models.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select Model
Accept or Select
Additional Models
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Do this:
Select View
Review/Revise
This option is the default option on the Model Categories form. It is already selected when the
form is activated. It reviews and revises the model categories (display levels) displayed for a
selected view.
Selected Model Only / All Piping Reference --- Restricts the system to use either the selected
model only, or all piping reference models.
If prompted to...
Do this:
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Add Category
This option is used to add drawing categories for display in a selected view. You can specify that
all graphics be turned on for display, or that only specific categories be turned on.
Selected Model Only / All Piping Reference --- Restricts the system to use either the selected
model only, or all piping reference models.
All Model Graphics --- Activates all model graphics categories so that they will be displayed.
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If prompted to...
Do this:
Select View
Select Category
Select View or
Revise Categories
Selected Model Only / All Piping Reference --- Restricts the system to use either the selected
model only, or all piping reference models.
All Model Graphics --- Turns off all model graphics categories so that they will not be
displayed.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Select View
Select Category
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If prompted to...
Do this:
If prompted to...
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Do this:
Accept/Reject
Accept/Reject Drawing
View
Accept/Reject Drawing
View Alignment
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The active drawing view must be selected on the Compose Drawing form.
View Number --- Displays the current number for the selected view. You can key in a new one,
if needed.
View Name --- Displays the current name for the selected view. You can key in a new one, if
needed.
View Scale --- Displays the current scale of the selected view. You can change the scale by
placing a data point in this field. The list of available scales will activate, and you will be
prompted to select the desired scale.
Drawing View Volume --- Displays the current clipping volume associated with the active
drawing view.
If prompted to...
Do this:
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Specify Drawing View Select a scale value from the display list.
Scale
When the view scale is revised, the system revises the scale in the Drawing View (or Composite
Drawing View) entity so that any drawing view scale displayable attribute labels in the drawing
for this drawing view can be updated. The system updates the clipping volume for the active
drawing view to reflect the new coordinate settings.
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Revise Orientation
This option activates the Revise Orientation form. It is used to revise the orientation for the
active drawing view. The current orientation for the active drawing view is highlighted on the
form.
The active drawing view must be selected on the Compose Drawing form.
View Number --- Displays the number that identifies the active drawing view.
View Name --- Displays the name that describes the active drawing view.
Degrees Rotated --- Key in the number of degrees you want to rotate the view. This field is only
applicable when Rotated View is selected.
Rotate Drawing View: Model X, Model Y, Model Z --- Rotates the active drawing view around
either the X, Y, or Z axis. This option is only applicable when Rotated View is selected.
If prompted to...
Do this:
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Unassigned Views
This option is used to assign previously-created unassigned views to a drawing. You can select
a view to be composed from a displayed list. Any views selected from the list and left
un-composed will be unassigned and available for later selection.
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The system activates the Select Unassigned Views form which lists all the unassigned views
for each orientation.
2.
3.
4.
5.
For the Drawing Graphics environment, you can control the symbology of the volume graphics
using the PDS Drawing Annotation Category Data option in the Project Data Manager in Project
Administrator. Please refer to the Project Administrator Reference Guide for information on
changing the volume graphic symbology.
Before you can see the volumes in the Equipment, Raceway, PE_HVAC, and FrameWorks Plus
environments, you must turn on the Constructions view attribute. You can activate the View
Attributes dialog box by pressing CTRL+B.
In addition, the following system environment variables must be defined to control the
symbology and level of the volumes in the Piping, Equipment, Raceway, PE_HVAC, and
FrameWorks Plus environments:
AREA_VOLUME_GRAPHICS_COLOR
AREA_VOLUME_GRAPHICS_WEIGHT
AREA_VOLUME_GRAPHICS_STYLE
AREA_VOLUME_GRAPHICS_LEVEL
Please refer to the Project Setup Technical Reference Guide for more information on setting
environment variables.
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Revision Markers
This command activates the Revision Markers form, and is used to place a revision triangle or
revision cloud on a drawing.
The graphic parameters for the revision triangle or revision cloud must be previously defined in
the Label Description Library. Label number 205 is reserved for revision triangles.
Refer to the "Create Label Graphic Data" section in the Reference Data Manager (PD_Data)
Reference Guide to define the graphic parameters. The "PDS Drawing Annotation Category
Data" section in the Project Administrator (PD_Project) Reference Guide defines the color codes
and line weights.
Draw Revision Cloud --- Defines the type of revision marker as cloud.
Draw Revision Triangle --- Defines the type of revision marker as a triangle.
Move Label --- Select and place a data point or snap to identify the label to be moved. You can
move a specified label or a label and any associated graphics to a new location using drag
mode.The system highlights the identified label (and optionally all associated graphics, such as
the leader line).
Place a second data point to place the label at the new location.
This command allows you to select Acceptto identify the last label placed.
1. Select the Revision Markers command.
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Place a data point to specify the location for the revision triangle to be placed on the drawing
view.
The system places a triangle at the specified location and places the drawing revision
number (retrieved from the drawing RDB) in the triangle.
5. Specify Arc Start Point.
Place a data point to indicate the starting point for the first arc in the cloud.
6. Specify Arc Curvature.
Place a data point to indicate a point on the arc.
7. Specify Arc End Point.
Place a data point to indicate the end point for the arc.
Display Report
This command activates the Display Report form. It contains a list of reports for the active
project. You can display a report by selecting it from the list, and the report can be placed in a
drawing using the Place Report in Drawing option.
Graphic parameters such as color, weight, and character size for the report can be set in
the Project Data Manager under graphic symbology data for drawings.
The system displays the Display Report form with a list of the reports.
2. Select Report.
Select the report to be displayed from the list on the Display Report form.
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3. Accept or Select Other Report.
Accept the highlighted report, select another report. The system displays the report on the
Display Report form.
You can view the displayed report by using the arrows in the center of the form to move left
and right and the scroll bar to move up and down.
4. Select the Select Another Report option to re-display the report list for selection and
display of another report.
OR
Select the Place Report in Drawing option from the Display Report form to place the
displayed report in the drawing view.
5. Key in the required Max Blank Lines and Space Factor values.
When you generate a report, there can be sections with blank lines. Max Blank Lines limits
the number of blank lines to the specified value when you place the report in a drawing.
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Space Factor sets the spacing between the lines in the report. he default spacing is set in
Project Administrator.
Select the desired Report Position to specify the report placement parameters. These
parameters set the justification when you place the report in a drawing.
6. Data Button will Place Report.
Place a data point in the drawing view to specify the location of the report being placed.
The justification is from the data button in the view.
Place Cell
This command is used to place user-defined cell into a drawing.The cell's name, which does not
display in the form, and the cell's description needs to be defined in a Drawing Annotation Cells
List, dwg_cell_list, in the project directory. Each cell name, followed by the description, must be
on a separate line and at least one space must separate the cell name from the description. The
description is limited to 60 characters. Blank lines and comment lines beginning with an
exclamation point (!) in the first column may be placed anywhere in this library.
Because cells placed with MicroStation do not respect the PD_Draw pre-defined
category settings, attempting to move or delete cells placed through MicroStation may cause
unpredictable results. It is recommended that all desired cells be added to the PD_Draw cell
library (and added to the dwg_cell_list file) and placed through the PDS Place Cell command.
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3. Define the Active Scale and Active Angle if you want.
4. Place the cell in the drawing.
Line Style --- Determines the active line style. If selected, this option activates a graphic display
of line styles for you to select from. Select the desired line style, and it will replace the
currently-displayed line style.
Justification Options --- Activates a palette of options used to set the position of text relative to
its origin.
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These options are the PDS interface for automating the MicroStation Text Justification feature.
The letters on each button have the following meanings:
L = left
R = right
T = top
B = bottom
C = center
M = margin (applicable to multi-line labels only)
For example, select R M B to place the origin at the right margin on the bottom line of text in a
multi-line label, or select C C to place the origin at the absolute center of the label.
Refer to the MicroStation documentation if you need more information about text
justification.
Horizontal/Vertical --- Places the text parallel to the horizontal or vertical plane. (These options
are mutually exclusive.)
Place Line Active Angle --- Places a line with user-defined endpoints at the active angle.
Place Line --- Places a line with user-defined endpoints at the angle determined by the
endpoints.
Place Text --- Prompts for the user-defined text, and then places it at the active angle at the
point selected.
Move Element --- Allows movement of selected elements. Place a data point on the element to
be moved, then move the element to the desired location. Place a second data point to select
the new location of the element, and then hit the Reject/Reset button to accept the new
placement and finish the operation.
Delete Element --- Allows deletion of selected elements. Place a data point on the element to
be deleted, and then place a second data point to accept the deletion of the selected element.
Active Angle --- Displays the current active angle at which the text (and line, if applicable) will
be displayed.
Enter Text --- Accepts the user-defined text that will be placed. This field will display up to 40
characters at once, although more can be entered into the field.
Weight --- Displays the current line weight value. Placing a data point on this field will allow a
different value to be entered.
Text Height --- Displays the current text height value. Placing a data point on this field will allow
a different value to be entered.
Text Width --- Displays the current text width value. Placing a data point on this field will allow a
different value to be entered.
Text Weight --- Displays the current text weight value. Placing a data point on this field will
allow a different value to be entered.
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If prompted
to...
Do this:
Select
Category
Revision Markers
Overlay Drawing
This command attaches another orthographic drawing as a reference file to the active drawing
to share drawing annotation between related drawings.
Only the drawing annotation categories from the overlay drawing is displayed. Category display
changes made using the Drawing Categories command for the active drawing also updates any
overlaid drawings.
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Select the drawings to overlay and Accept.
Review Attribute
This command activates the Review Attribute form. It is used to display the attribute values of
the identified piping component or segment, attribute values of the selected equipment item, and
attribute values of the selected equipment nozzle. It displays information on the selected
attribute for ModelDraft, HVAC, and raceway components. It also reviews the user data
associated with the element and the information associated with the PDS markers placed in the
model.
The system displays the attribute values from the database for the selected element.
3. Select Cancel to exit the form.
Measure Distance
This option activates the Measure Distance form, used to for measuring distances between any
two components (piping, equipment, structural, etc.) or inquiring the location of any component
in terms of the project's Plant Coordinate System.
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Reference Point --- Select this option to define from which point to start measuring from.
Keypoint Snap / Project Snap --- If set to Keypoint Snap, tentative points go to the nearest
element keypoint. The number of element keypoints can be changed using the ky= MicroStation
key-in. If set to Project Snap, tentative points connect to the element where they are placed.
Measurement Point --- Defines the point being specified as the point to measure to.
Delta Easting --- Displays the easting distance between the two points.
Delta Northing --- Displays the northing distance between the two points.
Delta Elevation --- Displays the elevation distance between the two points.
Absolute --- Displays the actual distance between the two points.
1. Select the Measure Distance command from the bar menu.
The Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates of the reference point displays in the left
message field.
4. Enter Measurement Point or Select Other Option.
Identify the point to measure to.
The Easting, Northing, and Elevation coordinates of the measurement point displays in the
right message field. The distance between the two points displays.
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Justification Options (Just) --- Activates a palette of options used to set the position of text
relative to its origin.
These options are the PDS interface for automating the MicroStation Text Justification feature.
The letters on each button have the following meanings:
L = left
R = right
T = top
B = bottom
C = center
M = margin (applicable to multi-line labels only)
For example, select R M B to place the origin at the right margin on the bottom line of text in a
multi-line label, or select C C to place the origin at the absolute center of the label.
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Refer to the MicroStation documentation if you need more information about text
justification.
Line Style --- Determines the active line style. If selected, this option activates a graphic display
of line styles for you to select from. Select the desired line style, and it will replace the
currently-displayed line style.
Weight --- Displays the current line weight value. Placing a data point on this field will allow a
different value to be entered.
Text Height --- Displays the current text height value. Placing a data point on this field will allow
a different value to be entered.
Text Width --- Displays the current text width value. Placing a data point on this field will allow a
different value to be entered.
Text Weight --- Displays the current text weight value. Placing a data point on this field will
allow a different value to be entered.
1. Select the Drawing Annotation Symbology command from the bar menu.
The system displays the Drawing Annotation Symbology form with a list of the predefined
drawing annotation categories.
2. Select Category.
Select a category to use.
Name Label
This command activates the Name Label form, and is used to place annotation graphics, text,
and labels on the drawing.
The list of name labels available for placement can be restricted on the basis of drawing
type. This is done in Project Setup; refer to this section found later in the document for more
information.
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The Project Data Manager module controls whether or not the Leader Line ON/OFF and Line
Terminator ON/OFF options are available for use.
The graphics for the name label are placed on the MicroStation level associated with the PDS
Drawing category of name labels. The graphic parameters and label text contents for the label
type are defined in the Label Description Library. Refer to the PDS Piping Reference Database
User's Guide for more information on category assignments and label descriptions. The system
places name labels in a drawing with capitalized text regardless of how the data is stored.
Labels can include an angle such as the bend angle of a piping component to be displayed in
degrees and minutes, including any decimal attributes, on the basis of the angular format. This
format is specified on the Angular/Slope Label/Readout form in the Project Data Manager.
Mechanics
Placing Name Labels in Circular Enclosures
When placing name labels with circles, make sure the text height is small enough to fit inside of
the circle. The circle does not open if the text height is too large.
The following rules apply to any labels specified to be enclosed within a circle or a circle with a
bisector:
You specify the circle diameter in absolute terms, for example 1/2", in the Label Description
Library Manager when the label is created or revised. If the circle diameter is undefined, the
circle is created in the same manner as the current practice.
If the label's text does not include a dash and the text fits within the circle defined for that
label, the label's text is center-justified in circle.
If the label's text does not include a dash but the text does not fit within the circle defined for
that label, the label's text is placed left-justified with respect to the circle and the right side of
the circle is opened for the text.
If the label's text includes a dash, the text is broken into two lines. The text that precedes the
dash will be placed above the bisector, and the text that follows the dash will be placed
below the bisector. The dash itself is not included within the label.
A user-defined extension to the text length can be used to determine whether or not the
label's text fits within the circular enclosure. This extension is specified using the
Miscellaneous Label Data form in Project Data Manager (Project Administrator). The
extension is specified as a scale factor of the average text width of the label. ("Average text
width" is defined as the actual text length divided by the number of characters comprising
the text.)If no extension is specified in Project Data Manager, the default extension of .25
times the average text width.
Placing Name Labels in Rectangular Enclosures
The following rules apply to any labels specified to be enclosed within a rectangle:
The length of the rectangle is determined by the actual length of the label's text for that
specific label - not the maximum length of the label's text, as defined in the Label Description
Library. This length is padded by .25 times the text width unless a user-defined extension is
used.
The label's text is left-justified for multi-line labels.
A user-defined extension to the text length can be used to determine whether or not the
label's text fits within the circular enclosure. This extension is specified using the
Miscellaneous Label Data form in Project Data Manager (Project Administrator). The
extension is specified as a scale factor of the average text width of the label. ("Average text
width" is defined as the actual text length divided by the number of characters comprising
the text.)If no extension is specified in Project Data Manager, the default extension of .25
times the average text width.
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Placing Name Labels to Identify Equipment Groups
When you want to place a name label on an equipment group that is a parametric shape
(defined through Equipment Eden), snap to an element within the parametric shape. The
associative linkage, which uniquely identifies the parametric shape within the equipment group,
and the key point that identifies that element will be used to associate (and update) the label
with the equipment group.
If the Equipment Eden definition for a parametric shape is modified after a label has been
associated with it, the associativity between the element and the label may be lost. In this
case, you will need to delete the label and place a new one.
If the parametric shape is deleted and replaced, a new associative linkage will be assigned,
and subsequent use of Update Labels will automatically delete the label.
This feature has no effect on labels associated with nozzles, since nozzles have well-defined
connect points.
If the equipment group was placed using primitive shapes, the gruop will have no associative
linkage, and you must associate the label with the equipment group's attribute linkage by placing
a data point on the appropriate element. Therefore, it is recommended that you create
equipment groups using Equipment Eden as much as possible.
System label selection: --- Select Component Tag, Piping Line Number, Piping Piecemark, or
Piping Reducer to label a specific item within a drawing view.
Drawing View Scale --- Select to place a displayable attribute label for the drawing view scale.
Drawing View Name --- Select to place a displayable attribute label for the drawing view name.
You can specify the drawing view for which the drawing view scale or name label applies by
snapping to the outline graphics for the drawing view or by identifying a design element in the
drawing view. Unless specifically notified (by a message), these labels can all be updated with
the Update Labels command.
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Select the Drawing View option or one of the four discipline (Piping/Equipment, Structural,
PLANTGEN, Electrical Raceway) options, and specify the type of label from a display list
associated with the selected option to place user-defined labels.
Select Miscellaneous to place labels from the Miscellaneous list defined in the Label Description
Library of Reference Data Manager (PD_Data). Refer to the description of the Label Description
Library in the Reference Data Manager Reference Guide for more information on creating labels
with user-specified text.
Select User Input to place a label with text to be specified as the label is created. Select the
label from the display list and key in the text string, which remains active until you select a
different label type or select the Restart button. To key in a two line label, key in a backslash "\"
in the text string where you want the second line to start. This user-specified text is respected by
the Update Labels command. Refer to the description of the Label Description Library in the
Reference Data Manager Reference Guide for more information on creating labels with
user-specified text.
Text Drag Off/On --- Defines if the name label text is placed using drag mode or not. After the
leader line is placed, the text and any label enclosure is placed in drag mode. Moving the text
does not affect the leader line. To accept the placement of the dragged text, select Accept from
the pocket menu.
Place No Leader/Place Leader Line --- Defines if the label is placed with a leader line or not.
When no leader line is placed, and the drag mode is enabled, the text for the label will be
formed and displayed in drag mode. You may then use the data button, or snap to existing
graphics in the drawing to specify the desired location of the label. You can cancel the label
placement with the reset button.
Def Line Style / Alt Line Style --- Set to designate use of the default or alternate line style. The
values for these line styles are defined in Project Data Manager. The centerline style will be
used as the alternate line style until you define this value differently on the basis of label type in
Project Data Manager.
Line Term Off/On --- Defines if the leader line terminator displays or not.
Once the label is placed in the drawing, both the Place No Leader/Place Leader Line and
the Line Term Off/On options remains in effect until you do one of the following:
Change the option for either the leader line or the line terminator.
Select a different label type.
Select an option that results in a different list of label types being displayed.
Select the Restart button.
Exit the command.
Select one of the following options within the Place Name Label command:
Define Active Leader Line
Move Label
Move Text Only
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Modify Label
Delete Element
Place Flow Arrow
Add Coordinate Label
Axis Lock Off/On --- When this lock is on, it provides a flat 3-D axis lock for placement of name
labels in a drawing. You can toggle this axis lock while placing the vertices of the leader line. In
other words, one segment can be locked to either the horizontal or vertical axis of the drawing,
whereas another segment may not be locked to a drawing axis.
Active Leader Line On/Off --- Set to On to place the leader line defined with the Define Active
Leader Line option. Set to Off to use the leader line defined in the label description library for the
selected label.
You can select an alternate line style for any leader line that is used as a centerline extension
without affecting name labels' text, label enclosures, or line terminators.
Name Label Only/With Coordinate Label --- Toggle to place a name label only, or to place a
name label and a coordinate label as one operation. Following the placement of the name label
the system activates the Coordinate Label form. Refer to Coordinate Label (on page 220). Both
the name label and the coordinate label created with this command can be updated using the
Update Labels command.
The text for the coordinate labels and the name labels are associated for move, modify,
and delete operations. However, the data structure of the combination label distinguishes
between the text for the coordinate label and the text for the name label when updating the
labels.
The text representing the coordinate label is created on the MicroStation level associated with
the drawing category for coordinate labels. The text representing the name label and the
remaining graphics are created on the MicroStation level associated with the drawing category
for name labels.
Add Label Below/Add Label Above --- Toggle used when placing name labels using the With
Coordinate Label option to specify whether the coordinate label is placed above or below the
name label.
With Active Angle/Along Leader Line --- Set to With Active Angle to specify that the label
text be oriented along the active angle, or set to Along Leader Line to specify that the text be
oriented along the leader line's last segment.
Coordinate Label --- Activates the Coordinate Label form. This form allows you to place
coordinate labels.
Justification Options (Just) --- Activates a palette of options used to set the position of text
relative to its origin.
These options are the PDS interface for automating the MicroStation Text Justification feature.
The letters on each button have the following meanings:
L = left
R = right
T = top
B = bottom
C = center
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M = margin (applicable to multi-line labels only)
For example, select R M B to place the origin at the right margin on the bottom line of text in a
multi-line label, or select C C to place the origin at the absolute center of the label.
Refer to the MicroStation documentation if you need more information about text
justification.
Text Size --- Defines the label text size. Select the active text size from the list box or select
Select From Label to set the active text size to that of an existing label.
Active Angle: --- Key in the angle value in degrees to set a specific rotation angle. Set the With
Active Angle/Along Leader Line toggle to With Active Angle.
Horizontal --- Defines the orientation for the active label as horizontal.
Vertical --- Defines the orientation for the active label as vertical.
Define Active Leader Line --- Defines a leader line as the leader line used when the Active
Leader Line toggle is set to On, the system automatically places the defined active leader line
with the label.
Move Label --- Set the Move Entire/Partial toggle to move either the entire label, or move just a
single element of a label which has multiple text elements. If Move Partial is selected, only the
text element identified by the user will be moved. For example, if a label consists of at least one
coordinate value and a name label, you may move the name label, and leave the coordinate
value(s) in the current position. The default setting for this toggle is Move Entire.
After setting the toggle to the desired position, place a data point or snap to identify the label to
be moved. You can move a specified label or a label and any associated graphics to a new
location using drag mode. The system highlights the identified label (and optionally all
associated graphics, such as the leader line).
Place a second data point to place the label at the new location.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Move Text Only --- Set the Move Entire/Partial toggle to move either the entire text, or move
just a single text element of a label which has multiple text elements. If Move Partial is selected,
only the text element identified by the user will be moved. The default setting for this toggle is
Move Entire.
After setting the toggle to the desired position, select and place a data point or snap to identify
the text label to be moved. This option works the same as the Move Entire Label option except
that only the label is moved, and the leader line graphics remain in place. The system puts the
text only in raster drag.
Place a second data point to place the label at the new location.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Modify Label --- This option provides the features of the Move Label option and the
MicroStation Modify Element command. Select and place a data point or snap to identify the
label to be modified.
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This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Snap lock and text drag modes are automatically activated with this command, and they are
restored to their previous values when exiting this command by any means. Also, this option
respects the Place No Leader/Place Leader Line, Line Terminator ON/OFF, and
Default/Alternate Line Style options on the basis of the label identified, regardless of the
previous status of these options. These options will be restored to their previous settings upon
the command being exited by any means.
If a label was placed with a leader line or a line terminator, you can delete the existing leader
line or terminator by disabling the appropriate option. By default, deleting a leader line will
automatically delete its terminator, if one exists. If the label does not include a leader line, you
can place one by enabling the Place Leader Line option. When placing a leader line, the first
point for the leader line will be the "key point" of the component used in initially creating the
label. You will be prompted for the remaining vertices of the leader line.
For "combination" labels that contain a coordinate label and a name label, the leader line and
terminator will assume the symbology associated with the label you select.
If text drag mode is enabled, the text will be placed in drag mode for you to re-position once you
accept the leader line. If drag mode is disabled, the location of the text for the label will not be
revised as part of adding the leader line.
You can revise the active angle for the text or drag the identified label, leader line or two
segments of a leader line by their vertex to the desired destination and place a data point. You
can move the text with the label enclosure graphics, if applicable. The leader line segment
closest to the text rubber-bands, stretching until the next data point is placed.
If you snap near a vertex, the segments joined by it are moved together to the next data point
placed. If you snap to the text part of the label, the label is moved from the nearest vertex. If you
snap to a point along a segment of a leader line, the leader line is moved. If you snap to the
leader line or the vertex of the leader line closest to the text, both the leader line and the text are
moved.
If the orientation of the active label is revised, subsequent labels identified will automatically be
rotated to that orientation.
This option maintains the associativity between the location of the label in the drawing and the
location of the component in the model being labeled.
You can press <R> to redefine the vertices of the leader line, and Accept the displayed leader
line.
Delete Element --- Deletes entire or selected elements of name or coodinate labels. This option
activates a Delete Entire / Delete Partial toggle. Set the toggle to entire or partial, select the
label to be deleted, and then perform a data-button search to identify the element to be deleted.
Then, press <D> to accept the element, or press <R> to reset.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
If a combination label (consisting of multiple text elements) is selected, you may delete a
single text element.
Place Flow Arrow --- Select and place a data point to identify the pipe to be labeled with a flow
direction arrow. Then press <D> to accept the highlighted pipe. You can place a flow arrow
(including bi-directional flow arrows, where applicable) in any drawing view if flow for the
drawing was defined in the design file. If flow has not been defined for the specified pipe, a
message is displayed informing you that the flow direction is undefined. Place a data point to
specify the origin for the flow arrow symbol.
Add Coordinate Label --- Select and place a data point or snap to identify the previously
created name label to be used for adding a coordinate label. (Do not identify the component
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being labeled.) Then, Accept to place the specified name label. The system automatically
creates the coordinate label relative to the witness line of the identified name label and
associates the two labels. Both the name label and the coordinate label can be updated by
using the Update Labels command. The text for the coordinate label and the text for the name
label are associated for move, modify, and delete operations.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
The flow arrow symbol must be defined in active cell library for the drawing as in the
delivered cell library.
The system projects this point to the centerline of the pipe and places the flow arrow. Flow
arrows can also be placed during automatic label placement.
If drag mode is enabled, the flow arrow will be oriented in drag mode on the basis of the
direction of flow in the model and the drawing view's orientation.
Edit Text (on page 219)--- Select this option to partially edit that part of the user-defined text in
the label.
Add Name Label --- Select and place a data point or snap to identify the previously created
coordinate label to be used for adding a name label. (Do not identify the component being
labeled.) Then, Accept to place the specified name label. The system automatically creates the
name label relative to the witness line of the identified coordinate label and associates the two
labels. Both the name label and the coordinate label can be updated by using the Update Labels
command. The text for the coordinate label and the text for the name label are associated for
move, modify, and delete operations.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
At any point in the operation of this command, you can set the character size or define the label
orientation.
1. Select the Name Label command.
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8. Accept Leader Line or Reset.
Select Accept at any point to complete the reference line and set the label location. (For
example, if Accept is used when only one vertex of the leader line has been defined, the
active label orientation is used to place the label with no leader line. When no leader line is
present, you can place the label in drag mode.)
Some labels are defined in the label description library to have no leader lines. For
these labels the system only prompts for the location of the text.
An example of element labels placed using a leader line to set the label location is shown
below.
Edit Text
This option is used to edit partially a part of the user label. It cannot be used to edit text in a
non-associative label created with the Place Text command. This command does not replace
any text formed from attribute data or predefined text.
1. Select the Edit Text option from the Update Labels form.
2. Identify Label (Data Btn or Snap).
Place a data point or snap to identify the label to be edited.
3. Key in text to be replaced in label.
Key in the text string to be replaced from the user-defined portion of the identified label.
4. Key in replacement text.
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Key in the text string to replace the specified string, and select Accept to process the
specified edit.
If the name label being edited is a user-input associative label, the system prompts for a
substring to search in the label's text and the substring with which it is to be replaced.
Only a substring of the user-defined part of the label is substituted through this option. It
does not replace any text formed from attribute data or predefined in the Label Description
Library.
For named labels, only name labels with a user-defined attribute defined as part of the label
in the Label Description Library can be edited with this command.
You can use MicroStation commands to delete or add graphics to the label as long as the
additions are added to the label graphic group.
Coordinate Label
This command activates the Coordinate Label form. It is used to label the coordinates at a
specified location, to select the coordinate values to be labeled, and to specify the form of the
coordinate label. These options may require frequent changes depending on the density and
configuration of data within the area being labeled.
Most coordinate labels can be updated to reflect changes in the model, or to be realigned with a
drawing view which was modified. However, coordinate labels placed in non-PDS models are
non-associative. A warning is displayed indicating that the coordinate label will not be moved,
updated, or deleted automatically by the Update Labels command on the basis of any changes
to the corresponding non-PDS model.
Since the coordinate value(s) to be labeled reflect the active PDS Coordinate System, the
graphics for the coordinate label are placed on the MicroStation level associated with the PDS
Drawing category for coordinate labels. Refer to the Project Data Manager section in the PD
Project Administrator Reference Guide for more information on category assignments and label
descriptions.
Until you revise the default values in Project Data Manager, the Coordinate Label command
uses the following symbology options:
The default line style of coordinate label witness lines is solid (0).
The alternate (centerline) line style for coordinate label witness lines is dashed (4).
Any coordinate label with no prefix or suffix defined will be displayed with the text height and
width for coordinate labels without supplementary text.
Any coordinate label with a prefix or suffix defined will be displayed using the text width,
height, and weight determined by the prefix/suffix supplementary text option.
There will be two spaces between the prefix or suffix and the coordinate value. Any leading
or trailing blanks defined in the prefix or suffix will be automatically removed prior to forming
the coordinate label.
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The line spacing for labels with multiple lines is determined from the RDB data for the drawing.
For previously-created drawings, the default is the present function of text height. Placement of
a coordinate label without a leader line is based on the active MicroStation text/text node
justification.
Label Only --- Places the label only (no leader lines). When using this command and the drag
mode, the text for the label will be formed and displayed in drag mode. You may then use the
data button, or snap to existing graphics in the drawing to specify the desired location of the
label. You can cancel the label placement with the reset button. (Coordinate label justification
settings will be ignored when drag mode is enabled.)
Label Placement Options --- Determine placement of the label's text along the leader line.
Above - Places the label's text above the leader line.
Below - Places the label's text below the leader line.
--- On --- - Places the label's text on the leader line, and places no character other than
those in the label's text.
[On] - Places the label's text on the leader line, and between brackets.
--- End - Places the label's text at the end of the leader line.
Coordinate Sequence --- Displays the current sequence in which coordinate values will be
defined. The default sequence is Easting, Northing, Elevation. To change this sequence, place a
data point in this field; this activates a list of possible sequences for you to choose from.
Select the desired sequence by placing a data point on it. Any coordinate labels created prior to
this enhancement will be considered by the Update Labels command to have been defined as
Easting, Northing, Elevation.
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Supplementary Text Options --- You can specify that the coordinate label be created with
supplementary text. This text supplements the basic coordinate label, which consists of the
coordinate value, the coordinate axis short description, and the coordinate system short
description. The supplementary text can be placed as a prefix or suffix.
Supplementary text may be edited or added in the drawing's seed data (Type 63) through the
Project Data Manager in the Project Administrator. Refer to the Project Administrator Reference
Guide for more information regarding supplementary text.
Select the coordinate (Easting, Northing, or Elevation) to activate a display list of special text
options. If you select one of the Prefix or Suffix options, the system prompts for the text.
The prefix and suffix text options are defined in the RDB. Refer to the Project Data Manager
section in the PD Project Administrator Reference Guide for information on defining these
values. Some of these options are only valid when labeling a specific coordinate value, such as
Bottom of Pipe and Elevation.
Bottom of Pipe --- If you select Bottom Of Pipe as the prefix or suffix for an elevation
coordinate, the system indicates that this option is active and forces all coordinate labels to have
the elevation of the Bottom of Pipe. This option can only be activated when selected in
conjunction with the Prefix or Suffix for elevation.
Face of Flange --- If you select Face of Flange, the connect point location at the bolted end of a
piping item which is used for the coordinate readout is adjusted by one-half gasket separation.
For equipment nozzles, the datum point location is at the face-of-flange so it is not necessary to
compensate for gasket separation. This command verifies that you have selected a bolted end
of a piping component, a pipe, an instrument component, or a nozzle.
Top of Steel --- If you select Top of Steel, the coordinate value labeled is the highest elevation
of the structural member rather than the elevation of the identified graphic.
You may place a top-of-steel coordinate label using sparse model graphics. If you do so, you
must snap to a structural member for which the center line represents top-of-steel.
Top of Concrete --- If you select Top of Concrete, the coordinate value labeled is the highest
elevation of the concrete rather than the elevation of the identified graphic.
Top of Platform --- If you select Top of Platform, the coordinate value labeled is the elevation
of the plane of the platform on which the grating or checkered plate is supported.
If a structural model is identified in conjunction with this feature, the following rules will apply:
The coordinate labeled will be the highest elevation of the structural component, rather than the
elevation of the graphic selected. An error message will be displayed if a horizontal component
is not identified in conjunction with this feature.
Update Labels will respect any changes made to the drawing view definition or the platform
which it describes.
If an equipment model is identified in conjunction with this feature, the following rules will apply:
The elevation option for the coordinates will be automatically enabled.
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The coordinate labeled will be the highest elevation of the equipment's parametric shape, rather
than the elevation of the graphic selected. An error message will be displayed if a horizontal
component is not identified in conjunction with this feature.
Update Labels will respect any changes made to the drawing view definition or the platform
which it describes
Bottom of Duct --- If you select Bottom of Duct, the coordinate value labeled is the lowest
elevation of the HVAC duct rather than the elevation of the identified graphic.
Text Drag Off/On --- Defines if the coordinate label text is placed using drag mode or not. After
the leader line is placed, the text and any label enclosure is placed in drag mode. Moving the
text does not affect the leader line. To accept the placement of the dragged text, select Accept
from the pocket menu.
Def Line Style / Alt Line Style --- Set to designate use of the default or alternate line style. The
values for these line styles are defined in Project Data Manager. The centerline style will be
used as the alternate line style until you define this value differently on the basis of label type in
Project Data Manager.
Line Term Off/On --- Set to determine whether or not the witness line for a coordinate label has
a line terminator.
The line terminator specified in the RDB for coordinate labels is used if the line terminator
is on. If you choose a witness line without a line terminator, a gap is left between the location
being labeled and the end of the witness line. The plot size of the gap is defined in the RDB.
Axis Lock On/Off --- When this lock is on, it provides a flat 3-D axis lock for placement of
coordinate labels with as many as four vertices. You can toggle this axis lock while placing the
vertices of the leader line. In other words, one segment can be locked to either the horizontal or
vertical axis of the drawing, whereas another segment may not be locked to a drawing axis.
Activation of the axis lock limits you to a leader line with only two vertices, and deactivation
enables you to place a leader line with as many as four vertices.
Active Leader Line On/Off --- Set to On to place the leader line defined with the Define Active
Leader Line option. Set to Off to use the leader line defined in the label description library for the
selected label.
You can select an alternate line style for any leader line that is used as a centerline extension
without affecting name labels' text, label enclosures, or line terminators.
Coordinate Only/With Name Label --- Toggle to create a coordinate label only, or create a
coordinate label and a name label as one operation. Following the placement of the coordinate
label, the system activates the Name Label form. Both the coordinate label and the name label
created with this command can be updated using the Update Labels commands.
The text for the coordinate labels and the name labels are associated for move, modify,
and delete operations. However, the data structure of the combination label distinguishes
between the text for the coordinate label and the text for the name label when updating the
labels.
The text representing the name label is created on the MicroStation level associated with the
drawing category for name labels. The text representing the name coordinate and the remaining
graphics are created on the MicroStation level associated with the drawing category for
coordinate labels.
Add Label Below/Add Label Above --- Toggle used when placing name labels using the With
Name Label option to specify whether the name label is placed above or below the coordinate
label.
With Active Angle/Along Leader Line --- Set to With Active Angle to specify that the label text
be oriented along the active angle, or set to Along Leader Line to specify that the text be
oriented along the leader line's last segment.
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Name Label --- Activates the Name Label form. This form allows you to place name labels.
Justification Options (Just) --- Activates a palette of options used to set the position of text
relative to its origin.
These options are the PDS interface for automating the MicroStation Text Justification feature.
The letters on each button have the following meanings:
L = left
R = right
T = top
B = bottom
C = center
M = margin (applicable to multi-line labels only)
For example, select R M B to place the origin at the right margin on the bottom line of text in a
multi-line label, or select C C to place the origin at the absolute center of the label.
Refer to the MicroStation documentation if you need more information about text
justification.
Text Size --- Defines the label text size. Select the active text size from the list box or select
Select From Label to set the active text size to that of an existing label.
Active Angle: --- Key in the angle value in degrees to set a specific rotation angle. Set the With
Active Angle/Along Leader Line toggle to With Active Angle.
Horizontal --- Defines the orientation for the active label as horizontal.
Vertical --- Defines the orientation for the active label as vertical.
Define Active Leader Line --- Defines a leader line as the leader line used when the Active
Leader Line toggle is set to On, the system automatically places the defined active leader line
with the label.
Move Label --- Set the Move Entire/Partial toggle to move either the entire label, or move just a
single element of a label which has multiple text elements. If Move Partial is selected, only the
text element identified by the user will be moved. For example, if a label consists of at least one
coordinate value and a name label, you may move the name label, and leave the coordinate
value(s) in the current position. The default setting for this toggle is Move Entire.
After setting the toggle to the desired setting, select and place a data point or snap to identify
the label to be moved. You can move a specified label or a label and any associated graphics to
a new location using drag mode. The system highlights the identified label (and optionally all
associated graphics, such as the leader line).
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Place a second data point to place the label at the new location.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Move Text Only --- Set the Move Entire/Partial toggle to move either the entire label, or move
just a single element of a label which has multiple text elements. If Move Partial is selected, only
the text element identified by the user will be moved. The default setting for this toggle is Move
Entire.
Select and place a data point or snap to identify the label to be moved. This option works the
same as the Move Label option except that only the label is moved, and the leader line graphics
remain in place. The system puts the text only in raster drag.
Place a second data point to place the label at the new location.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Modify Label --- This option provides the features of the Move Label option and the
MicroStation Modify Element command. Select and place a data point or snap to identify the
label to be modified.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Snap lock and text drag modes are automatically activated with this command, and they are
restored to their previous values when exiting this command by any means. Also, this option
respects the Place No Leader/Place Leader Line, Line Terminator ON/OFF, and
Default/Alternate Line Style options on the basis of the label identified, regardless of the
previous status of these options. These options will be restored to their previous settings upon
the command being exited by any means.
If a label was placed with a leader line or a line terminator, you can delete the existing leader
line or terminator by disabling the appropriate option. By default, deleting a leader line will
automatically delete its terminator, if one exists. If the label does not include a leader line, you
can place one by enabling the Place Leader Line option. When placing a leader line, the first
point for the leader line will be the "key point" of the component used in initially creating the
label. You will be prompted for the remaining vertices of the leader line.
For "combination" labels that contain a coordinate label and a name label, the leader line and
terminator will assume the symbology associated with the label you select.
If text drag mode is enabled, the text will be placed in drag mode for you to re-position once you
accept the leader line. If drag mode is disabled, the location of the text for the label will not be
revised as part of adding the leader line.
You can revise the active angle for the text or drag the identified label, leader line or two
segments of a leader line by their vertex to the desired destination and place a data point. You
can move the text with the label enclosure graphics, if applicable. The leader line segment
closest to the text rubber-bands, stretching until the next data point is placed.
If you snap near a vertex, the segments joined by it are moved together to the next data point
placed. If you snap to the text part of the label, the label is moved from the nearest vertex. If you
snap to a point along a segment of a leader line, the leader line is moved. If you snap to the
leader line or the vertex of the leader line closest to the text, both the leader line and the text are
moved.
If the orientation of the active label is revised, subsequent labels identified will automatically be
rotated to that orientation.
This option maintains the associativity between the location of the label in the drawing and the
location of the component in the model being labeled.
You can press <R> to redefine the vertices of the leader line, and Accept the displayed leader
line.
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Delete Element --- Deletes entire or selected elements of name or coodinate labels. This option
activates a Delete Entire / Delete Partial toggle. Set the toggle to entire or partial, select the
label to be deleted, then perform a data-button search to identify the element to be deleted.
Then, press <D> to accept the element, or press <R> to reset.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
If a combination label (consisting of multiple text elements) is selected, you may delete a
single text element.
This command also deletes rejection markers placed by the Mass Annotation command.
Add Coord Label --- Select and place a data point or snap to identify a previously created
name label to be used for adding a coordinate label. (Do not identify the component being
labeled.)Then, place a data point to specify the label location. The system places the coordinate
label relative to the witness line of the identified name label and associates the two labels.
Both the name label and the coordinate label can be updated by using the Update Labels
command. The text for the coordinate label and the text for the name label are associated for
move, modify, and delete operations.
At any point during the operation of this command you can set the character size or define the
label orientation. The line spacing for the labels is 0.25 times the active character size. You can
select RESET at any time to identify another item or select another label type.
1. Select the Coordinate Label command.
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If you select Top of Concrete, the coordinate value labeled is the highest elevation of the
concrete rather than the elevation of the identified graphic.
6. Toggle the appropriate lock option to on or off as desired.
7. Select the coordinate (Easting, Northing, Elevation) corresponding to the type of coordinate
label to be placed from the bottom of the form. You can select any combination of
coordinates.
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12. Select an option from the bottom of the form to manipulate, modify, add or delete coordinate
labels placed in the drawing view(s).
The system highlights the identified label (and optionally all associated graphics, such as
the leader line).
13. Place a second data point to place the label at the new location.
Automatic Labels
This option selects label(s) to be placed automatically in one or more drawing views. It can also
be used to label the contents of a fence and to define component search criteria to automatically
label only certain elements.
The following rules apply to any labels specified to a include a circle or a circle with a bisector
line as the label enclosure.
You specify the circle diameter in absolute terms, for example 1/2", in the Label Description
Library Manager when the label is created or revised. If the circle diameter is undefined, the
circle is created in the same manner as the current practice.
If the label's text does not include a dash and the text fits within the circle defined for that
label, the label's text is placed center-justified with respect to the center of the circle.
If the label's text does not include a dash but the text does not fit within the circle defined for
that label, the label's text is placed left-justified with respect to the circle and the right side of
the circle is opened for the text.
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If the label's text includes a dash, the text is broken into two lines. The top line is the text
that precedes the dash and the lower line is the text that follows the dash. The dash itself is
not included within the label.
In determining whether or not the text fits within the circle, .25 times the text width is added to
the length.
The following rules apply to any labels specified to a include a rectangle as the label enclosured.
The length of the rectangle is determined by the actual length of the label's text for that
specific label - not the maximum length of the label's text, as defined in the Label Description
Library. This length is padded by .25 times the text width.
The label's text is left-justified for multi-line labels.
Labels can include an angle such as the bend angle of a piping component to be displayed in
degrees and minutes, including any decimal attributes, on the basis of the angular format. This
format is specified on the Angular/Slope Label/Readout form in the Project Data Manager.
Active Leader Line Off/On --- Set to On to place the leader line defined with the Define Active
Leader Line option on either the Coordinate Labels form or the Name Labels form. Set to Off
to use the leader line defined in the label description library for the selected label.
Search Crit Off/On --- Set on to use a specific search criteria defined with the Define Search
Criteria option which restricts the elements to be automatically labeled based on database
attributes.
Label Fence Contents (on page 231) --- Places a fence and labels the items inside the fence.
The Label Fence Contents command is discussed in the next section.
Define Component Search Criteria (see "Search Criteria - Component Form" on page 109) --Initiates a search for specific components, and labels those that are found.
Orient Active Label --- Specifies the angle at which the label will be placed. You may select
Horizontal, Vertical, or key in the angle.
If prompted to...
Do this:
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Select Drawing View and/or Select the drawing view(s) to be labeled
Label Type
from the Drawing Views list at the top of the
form, then select the label type(s) to be
placed from the Label Types list. Select
Accept to process the request. The system
places the specified label(s) at a location
near the low or high range of the labeled
item and displays the message Automated
Label Placement Complete.
You can use the Move Label or Modify Label option in the Update Labels, Name Labels or
Coordinate Labels commands to move the labels after placement.
The Automatic Labels command places leader lines automatically based on the range of the
first element of the equipment occurrence. The command will not place a leader line when
the first element of the equipment occurrence is a datum point. A datum point is a point
string and has no range.
For example, with the following workflow, the command will not place a leader line:
Place a cylinder.
Add a datum point.
Delete the cylinder.
Add another cylinder to the datum point.
This workflow makes the datum point the first element of the new equipment occurrence, so
no leader line will be placed.
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The system automatically places the selected label within the fenced area, and displays the
message Automated Label Placement Complete.
Revise Text
This option completely replaces the part of the label that is user-defined text. This option is also
used to replace text in a non-associative label which was created with the MicroStation Place
Text command. You cannot revise labels which are completely formed from attribute data or
predefined text.
1. Select the Revise Text option from the Update Labels form.
2. Identify Label (Data Btn or Snap).
Place a data point or snap to identify the label to be revised.
3. User Defined Text Label - Keyin Text.
Key in the text string to replace the user-defined portion of the identified label.
If the name label being revised is associative, the system re-prompts for the text. The system
substitutes the entered text for the user-defined part of the label. The label is re-formed
based on the attribute data and the label definition in the Label Description Library.
An error message is displayed if the label text was created from formatted attribute
data and pre-defined text.
For associative name labels, this requires a change to the data structure of the label in order
to include the position and length of the user-specified text within the label.
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This form specifies which component attributes are restricted for the report. The default is no
search criteria (that is, no restrictions --- all component attributes are reported). The most
commonly reported component attributes are available as form options, but you are not
restricted to those options. To display additional attributes, grouped by entity, click Other.
Define all the common search criteria such as Commodity Code and Fabrication
Category before selecting the Other option. Once the Other option is selected, the search
criteria should be defined separately for each category, such as Piping Component, Instrument
Component, Piping/Tubing and Pipe Support.
When you select an attribute, applicable operator options are displayed along the bottom of the
form.
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The combination of these operators with either attribute values or (where applicable) code list
values enables you to fully specify an attribute restriction (for example, fluid code = AC). You
can combine these specifications as needed using the And and Or options, which are displayed
in place of the operator options after you have defined a segment attribute restriction.
When you select an entity grouping that includes the attribute you want to restrict, a list of
associated attributes is displayed.
When you select a code-listed attribute, the Review Standard Notes form is displayed.
This form provides a list of valid codes for the specified attribute. Simply select a code from the
list and click Accept to continue with the specification.
When you are using this form to copy and/or revise an existing discrimination data file, additional
options are provided for you to insert, remove, or clear search criteria specifications.
The search criteria defined through the Piping Component, Instrument Component,
Piping/Tubing and Pipe Support buttons will not be displayed as a single list. To see the search
criteria defined through these buttons, select the appropriate button.
Component --- Displays the restricted component attributes once they have been defined.
Commodity Name --- Restricts the reported components by means of the commodity name
attribute. Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete the specification.
Commodity Code --- Restricts the reported components by means of the commodity code
attribute. Select an operator and a code list value to complete the specification.
Fabrication Category --- Restricts the reported components by means of the frabrication
category attribute. Select an operator and a code list value to complete the specification.
Component Group Number --- Restricts the reported components by means of the component
group number attribute. Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete the
specification.
Tag/Component Number --- Restricts the reported components by means of the
tag/component number attribute. Select an operator and key in an attribute value to complete
the specification.
Other --- Displays the entity options.
Piping Component --- Restricts the reported components by means of any of the attributes that
are associated with piping components. From the displayed list, select an attribute. Then select
an operator and either key in an attribute value or select a code list value to complete the
specification.
Instrument Component --- Restricts the reported components by means of any of the attributes
that are associated with instruments components. From the displayed list, select an attribute.
Then select an operator and either key in an attribute value or select a code list value to
complete the specification.
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Piping/Tubing --- Restricts the reported components by means of any of the attributes that are
associated with piping or tubing components. From the displayed list, select an attribute. Then
select an operator and either key in an attribute value or select a code list value to complete the
specification.
Pipe Support --- Restricts the reported components by means of any of the attributes that are
associated with pipe support attributes. From the displayed list, select an attribute. Then select
an operator and either key in an attribute value or select a code list value to complete the
specification.
Clear ALL Component Search Criteria --- Deletes the restricted component attributes once
they have been defined.
Insert Search Definition --- Displays the And and Or options to add search criteria to the
specification.
Remove Search Definition --- Removes a selected line from the defined search criteria. To
remove a line, click RemoveSearch Definition, select the line to be removed, and click Accept.
Clear Search Criteria --- Removes the complete search criteria specification. Select this option
and click Accept to remove the defined set of search criteria.
1. Select Component Search Criteria.
The Search Criteria - Component form is displayed.
2. Select Attribute.
Select an attribute to be restricted.
The available operator options are displayed.
3. Select Operator.
Select an operator from the displayed options.
4. For code-listed attributes, select a value from the displayed list and click Accept. For all
other attributes, type an attribute value in the available field.
5. Use the And and Or options to specify additional restrictions as needed. Then click Accept.
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Selecting and accepting a drawing type from this list activates the list of available drawings of
the selected drawing type.
Selecting and accepting a drawing from the list activates the Update Annotation Labels job
submission form. The Update Annotation Labels activity may be submitted immediately, or you
may delay submission until a specified day and time. To submit the job immediately, leave the
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When the batch job is processed, it will create three log files in the temp directory:
udl_log.<drawing type number> contains the environment variables set for the batch
process
dlupdate.<drawing type number> contains the report of which drawings were updated and
which were not
dlquelog.<drawing type number> contains messages for any errors that may have been
encountered while processing the drawings being updated
The file extension for each of these log files is the code-listed drawing type value for the drawing
view being processed. For example, the log file extension for files associated with the drawing
type delivered as Piping Perspectives, Plans, Sections and Details would be 665, as that
drawing type is number 665 in Standard Note 2000 (Drawing Type).
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When the drawing is selected and confirmed, the system activates the main Vector Hidden
Line Manager form.
In order to ensure predictable results, Vector Hidden Line Manager should be run only
when referenced models are not being revised, unless the pre-processor option to copy
referenced models to a temporary working directory is used. More information about this
pre-processing option is available in the next section.
Pre-processing Option
The pre-processing option, if used, forces VHL to copy reference model files into a temporary
working directory before processing begins. This will prevent unpredictable results that could be
obtained by running VHL on model files that were being modified during processing.
To set up this option, you must export the VHL_PPOPS variable with a keyword that specifies
the working directory that will be used to store the reference model files being processed. You
can specify the desired working directory explicitly, or you can assign the system's temp
directory to be the working directory.
Refer to the examples below on how to specify the working directory:
$ENV{'VHL_PPOPS'}='temp:drive:\explicit\directory\path';
In this case, temp lets the system know that the specified path is to be used as the working
directory.
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$ENV{'VHL_PPOPS'}='temp:drive:\explicit\directory\path savetemp';
The addition of the savetemp variable will cause the system to retain files in the specified
directory instead of automatically deleting them upon completion of the process. This
command can be useful for troubleshooting purposes.
EXAMPLE: $ENV{'VHL_PPOPS'}='temp:c:\vhlfiles savetemp';
Save and maintain copies of all reference files used when VHL is run on a drawing in the
c:\vhlfiles directory.
In either case, the system creates a subdirectory under the specified temporary directory to
store the copied files. This directory will be named vhltmpaa, where aa is varied to creat a
unique subdirectory. For instance, if the vhltmpaa, vhltmpab, and vhltmpac directories exist, the
next subdirectory to be created would be named vhltmpad.
Post-processing Options
Post-processor options are activated by exporting the VHL_PPOPS variable with any of the
following keywords:
arc
Forces the system to recreate arcs out of VHL-stroked circular elements.
backp
Removes the backplane (the invisible back face of a drawn object) and edges parallel to the
viewing direction. If this option is not used, VHL retains edges from these faces even though
they are overlaid by identical edges originating from a matching front face. For example, if
you run VHL with backp enabled, on a view where you are viewing a pipe "end on" so it
looks like a circle) the graphics for the inside edge (the other end of the pipe) will not show
when moving or deleting the circle that represents the pipe in the VHL graphics.
cell
Regroups all elements that came from one original outermost element (type 2, 18, 19, 23,
and so forth) so that they fall under one cell header. If the original element was a simple
unnested element that was processed into several pieces, they will also be grouped under a
cell header.
This is useful if you intend to edit VHL graphics after the process has been completed. All
PDS-placed EDEN components are drawn "on the fly" based on line information. The last
step EDEN takes prior to placing the component in the model file is to make the graphical
item a cell. When VHL is run, it breaks the cells down into simple geometries for processing.
If the cell option is not used, the final output is the same elements that VHL processed. If the
option is used, items that were cells are again made into cells. For instance, if a gate valve
is processed by VHL without the cell option, the valve will be made up of various line
elements. If you try to move, copy, or in any way modify the "valve," you will only get it one
piece at a time, such as the valve operator stem. If the cell option were used, the valve
could be manipulated as one item.
Cells are named according to the following sequence:
V0001H
V0002H
V0003H
:
V0009H
V000AH
V000BH
V000CH
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:
VZZZZH
To avoid naming conflicts, previously existing VHL cells (recognized by the V and H
terminators) are named according to the same convention.
join
Attempts successive processing iterations (passes) to join fragmented line strings and arcs.
The number of passes is dependent on the VHL resolution. (A resolution of 1000 in
PD_Draw results in one processing pass.)
min:X
Eliminates any line string with a total viewplane- projected length (in UORs) less than the
value of X, where X is any non-negative integer.
keep
Keeps the original VHL output file for troubleshooting purposes, and does not overwrite it
with the post- processor output (.pOp) file. By default, the .pOp file is renamed to the final
output file. The .pOp file resides in the same directory as the VHL post- processor output
file.
links
Retains linkages passed from VHL to the post-processor so you can identify the origin of
each output element. Links option should only be used along with Cell option. Links option
alone does not affect processing. This is useful in troubleshooting. The linkage format is
listed below:
word1 - U bit set, class=0, wtf=7
word2 - 4265 (hex 10A9) before; 4266 after postprocessing
word3 - areano (starting from 1)
word4 - attachmentno (from type 5)
word5 - bandno (starting from 1)
word6 - surface type and surfaceno (low 12 bits)
word7 - 4-byte elementno of header element as shown by EDG
word8 - used only if word7 is large enough to need two words
Total size: 8 words. Fields useful for tracking output elements are areano, attachmentno,
and elementno.
oldgg
Carry source graphic group numbers onto output elements.This can be used with or without
the cell header option. Be aware that graphic group numbers from different reference files
may not be unique.
pdslevels
Ignore PD_Draw specified output levels, and carry output levels onto output elements.
Caution:This feature is not supported by PD_Draw. Using this feature invalidates the
current method for controlling VHL graphics, and will result in accumulation of graphics
output from different runs.
For example, using this option, a drawing with piping and equipment reference models using
the delivered categories will have revision clouds and triangles, equipment physical, and
physical not approved pipe supports all on level 10 in the drawing.
This option should be used only when the drawing will NOT be edited again inside
PDS after VHL processing (as when the VHL document will be a deliverable). Running VHL
with this post-processor option should be the last step for creating a deliverable non_PDS
drawing.
verbose
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Queues --- Displays a scrolling list of the queues available for performing the hidden line
removal process.
Refer to the Queue Setup section for information on creating and defining queues.
Reference Model Display by System --- Indicates that VHL should use reference file and
category settings you selected in the Project Setup. These settings are used on the basis of
disciplines within the drawing types.
If you do not revise a given discipline within a drawing type in Project Setup, VHL uses the
active display setting for each of that discipline's reference models in the drawing views, as
defined in the drawing graphical environment.
Category control will not be restored to its initial state if changed. You must reset
categories manually after each run, if necessary.
Reference Model Display by User --- Indicates that at the time of submission, you will select
the reference file and category settings to be used. The selected settings and file will be applied
to all views in all drawings submitted to VHL for processing.
When you select this option, PDS displays the active settings for the first view in the first
drawing, as a starting point. You can revise the display settings ON or OFF as required for the
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Do this:
Select Drawing
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5. Click Accept.
The system creates the new VHL drawings in the vhl subdirectory under the drawings
directory. For example, if the drawings directory is ~\dwg\665 for piping perspectives, the
new VHL drawing is created in the ~\dwg\665\vhl subdirectory.
This new drawing does not behave like a default VHL drawing. Hence, this step
should be the final one in creating the drawings.
Drawings in the ~\vhl subdirectory are intended to be standalone MicroStation drawings,
and are not updated by subsequent modifications to PDS models.
Attributes
The following table shows the attributes used in the Drawing Type and Symbology Map, along
with their data types and maximum length.
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Data Type
Length
Remarks
smallint
character
2
30
Codelisted value
The Drawing Type attribute is the codelisted value for the desired drawing type. The Map
Number attribute is a user- defined name that is used in the SearchCriteriaSymbologyMap table.
Sample Map
Drawingtype
MapNumber
=======================================
663
PipeOneLine
665
PipePerspective
Attributes
Attribute Name
Data Type
Length
Remarks
MapNumber
character
30
SequenceNumber
integer
DisciplineIndexNum
smallint
discipline_index_no from
pdtable_112
SearchCriteriaNumb character
er
24
search_number from
pdtable_145
Color
integer
Codelisted from
Microstation color table
Level
integer
MicroStation Level
Sample Map
MapNumber
SeqNum
DiscIndxNum SrchCritNum Color Level
===============================================================
PipeOneLine
1
1
vhlpip1
2
2
PipeOneLine
2
1
vhlpip2
4
4
PipePerspective
1
1
vhlpip2
3
5
PipePerspective
2
1
vhlpipl
6
10
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The search criteria text cannot exceed 47 characters, including the OLT keyword.
The ENT search criteria cannot be applied to all the tables listed in the mscatalog table.
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Use this form to create, copy, revise or delete VHL search criteria for piping and equipment.
This command only assigns search criteria for Piping and Equipment models. Search
criteria for HVAC, FrameWorks Plus and EE Raceway must be defined directly in the Access
database.
Create --- Displays the Search Criteria Data Creation form, which adds a new record of a VHL
search criteria file in the Access database.
Copy --- Displays the Search Criteria Data File Revision form, which copies the record of an
existing VHL search criteria file from the Access database and copies the corresponding data
file.
Revise --- Displays the Search Criteria Data File Revision form, which modifies an existing
record of a VHL search criteria file in the Access database.
Delete --- Displays the Deletion form, which deletes an existing VHL search criteria file as well
as its associated record in the Access database.
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This form creates a VHL search criteria data file in a specified directory. It also creates a
corresponding record in the Access database.
Number --- The unique number, up to 24 characters, that is the short name of the search criteria
data file record in the project control database.
Description --- The description, up to 40 characters, of the search criteria data file record in the
project control database.
File Specification --- The file name (up to 14 characters) of the search criteria data file to be
created.
File Path --- The disk location of the search criteria data file. This field retains the active
settings.
File Node --- The nodename of the system on which the search criteria data file is located. This
field retains the active settings.
Segment Search Criteria --- Displays the Search Criteria form, which defines the segment
search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria - Piping Segment Form
(on page 105).
Component Search Criteria --- Displays the Component Search Criteria form, which defines
the component search criteria for the report. For more information, see Search Criteria Component Form (on page 109).
Revise AND/OR Relation --- Displays a list of And/Or relationships
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This form revises an existing search criteria data file. It also copies an existing search criteria
data file; you can then use the revision options to modify the copy as needed. The
corresponding records in the project control database are copied and/or modified as needed.
Number --- The unique number, up to 24 characters, that is the short name of the search criteria
data file record in the project control database.
Description --- The description, up to 40 characters, of the search criteria data file record in the
project control database.
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Use this list to change the And/Or relationships between piping segment search criteria (table
12, piping segment data) and the search criteria for the component data in table 34, piping
component data; table 50, piping/tubing data; table 67, instrument component data; and table
80, pipe support data.
Each category of component search criteria data is related to the piping segment search criteria
by a logical AND or a logical OR. By default, the logical relationship between the piping segment
search criteria and the four categories of component search criteria is AND. This means that
only components that meet the criteria defined for both sets of criteria are reported.
Setting this relationship to OR increases the amount of data reported in that all components that
match either set of criteria are reported.
This is not an exclusive OR. With the OR setting, components that match both (or either)
sets of criteria are reported.
1. From the Search Criteria Data form, select Copy or Revise.
The Search Criteria Data File Revision form is displayed, with a list of available data files.
2. From the displayed list, select a data file to be copied or revised. Then click Accept.
3. Specify Discrimination Data.
In the fields provided, key in the number, description, and file specification, path, and node.
4. Select additional options as needed to define the report search criteria data. Then click
Accept.
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This form deletes a report record from the project control database and can optionally delete the
associated file. This form is used with format files and their database records, discrimination
data files and their database records, and search criteria files and their database records.
Number/Description --- Displays the 24-character short name and the 40-character description
of a report record in the project control database.
Delete File/Do Not Delete File --- Determines whether the associated file is deleted. When set
to Delete File, the database record is deleted along with the associated file. When set to Do Not
Delete File, only the database record is deleted.
1. Select Report Format.
From the displayed list, select the database record to be deleted.
2. Set the Delete File/Do Not Delete File toggle as needed. Then click Accept.
The specified record is deleted. If specified, the associated file is also deleted.
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Annotating Drawings
These commands are used to place annotation graphics in the drawing to fully document the
drawing views. You can also update existing labels to reflect changes to the model.
Mass Annotation (on page 256) --- Automatically labels one drawing view at a time. ASCII files
control which object types are available for labeling, and how these objects are to be labeled.
Place Labels (on page 263) --- Activates a form that is a synthesis of the older Name Label and
Coordinate Label commands. If you prefer, you may still use the older Name Label and
Coordinate Label commands to place your labels.
Equipment Center Lines (see "Equipment Centerlines" on page 271) --- Automatically places
center lines on equipment types that have been designated to receive them. ASCII files control
which object types receive centerline labels, how these labels are placed.
Update Labels (on page 275) --- Updates displayable attribute drawing labels and coordinate
labels to agree with changes in the model. It can also be used to reposition labels or edit
user-defined text in a label.
Revision Markers (on page 201) --- Places a revision triangle or revision cloud on a drawing with
the specified type of revision marker to be placed.
Display Report (on page 202) --- Places a report in a drawing. It activates the Display Report
form which contains a list of the available drawing reports.
Place Cell (on page 204) --- Places a user-defined cell in a drawing.
Place Text and Line (on page 205) --- Places user-defined text and leader lines.
Overlay Drawing (on page 207) --- Attaches another orthographic drawing as a reference file to
the active drawing to share drawing annotations between related drawings.
Review Attribute (on page 208) --- Displays the attribute values of the identified piping
component or segment, or of the selected equipment item or nozzle. It also displays selected
attribute information for MDR, HVAC, and raceway components. This option displays user data
associated with the identified element and PDS markers placed in the file.
Measure Distance (on page 208) --- Measures the distance between any two components, or
inquires the location of any component in terms of the project's Plant Coordinate System.
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Drawing Annotation Symbology (on page 210) --- Updates the active line weight, symbology,
color, and text size values according to definitions made during project setup.
Name Label (on page 211) --- Selects the type of label to be placed. This command is used to
place annotation graphics, text, and labels on the drawing view.
Coordinate Label (on page 220) --- Selects the coordinate values to be labeled and to specify
the form of the coordinate label.
Automatic Labels (on page 228) --- Labels one or more drawing views automatically with the
specified type of label. It can also be used to label the contents of a fence and to define
component search criteria to restrict the elements to be labeled.
Mass Annotation
The Mass Annotation command allows simple, automatic placement of annotation labels on
selected drawing views. You select from a list the drawing types and the objects to be labeled,
then you select the desired type of label for each object.
Both the Reference Data Manager and the Project Administrator modules have setup issues
that are concerned with the Mass Annotation command; both modules contain a form used to
control aspects of automatic label placement. The form used in the Label Library Manager in
PD_Data is used to control Mass Annotation settings for name labels, and the form used in
PD_Project controls Mass Annotation settings for coordinate labels.
This form allows you to specify the following options for use with the Mass Annotation command
in PD_Draw:
Are Previously Labeled Objects to be Labeled?
This option allows you to prevent labeling of objects that have already been labeled, if
desired. If the setting to re-label values that are incorrect is used, the system will update the
label value, then move on to the next label.
Are Objects Clipped by Drawing View Bounds to be Labeled?
Allows you to prevent labeling of objects only partially included within the drawing view. An
option is provided to label only objects whose labeling point is within the bounds of the
active drawing view.
Are Objects Hidden by Other Objects to be Labeled?
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Allows you to prevent labeling of objects that would not be partially or totally visible after
vector-hidden lines have been processed. Options include labeling of objects whose labeling
points are visible, not labeling partially-hidden objects, and not labeling completely hidden
objects.
Each label definition form in the Label Description Library of Reference Data Manager has a
Mass Annotation Data option. Refer to the Reference Data Manager (PD_Data) Reference
Guide for more information.
A Mass Annotation Data option is also available while defining drawing seed data or individual
drawing files' data in Project Administrator. Refer to the Project Administrator (PD_Project)
Reference Guide for more information.
The Mass Annotation command uses Code List 31 (Object Type) to control some aspects of
automatic label placement. The command is also dependent on the presence of the following
ASCII files in the project directory:
<yyy>_object.dwg (where yyy is eqp or in)
labels.<xxx> (where xxx is the numerical code-listed value of the drawing types being
annotated)
These files control which object types are to be labeled, and which types of labels are placed on
those drawing types. These files are described below, and sample files (applicable to drawing
type 665) are delivered to the project directory. You will need to create similar files for each
drawing type that you wish to be available in the Mass Annotation command.
Which object types in a given drawing view will be available for labeling by users of the
Mass Annotation command?
The eqp_object.dwg file lists the equipment object types (ranging 120-140, as listed in Standard
Note 31: Object Type) for which the Mass Annotation command allows you to place labels. The
in_object.dwg file lists the instrumentation object types available to the Mass Annotation
command. Object types other than those listed in Standard Note 31 will not be available for use
by the Mass Annotation command.
These files also specify the equipment parametric form numbers for each object available for
Mass Annotation.
!Object Type Parametric Definition Forms
!---------------------------------------------------------------120
A001,A003
!Equipment Platform
124
A051
!Equipment Handrail
128
A015,A016
!Equipment Penetration
130
A041
!Equipment Stair
135
A021,A031
!Equipment Ladder
140
A061,A063
!Equipment Davit
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The labels.<xxx> files define which label numbers and search criteria apply to a particular object
type (from Standard Note 31) in the particular drawing type being annotated. For each piping
object type, there are two possible entries: one without search criteria and one with search
criteria defined in Report Manager (PD_Report).
For piping segments, only the longest segment for any given line ID will be labeled.
Search criteria is valid only for piping object types. For more information on creating search
criteria, refer to the Search Criteria Data Form.
The labels.<xxx> files follow the rules listed below:
Name labels are specified by the number given to them in the Label Description Library.
Coordinate labels are specified the character C.
Labels can be placed individually or in combination according to the following convention:
A comma (,) specifies single label placement; use a comma (,) between all single label
specifications. Examples: the string 2, 7, 10 specifies that name labels 2, 7, and 10 are
available for placement for that object type; the string 5, C specifies that the single name
label 5 and a coordinate label (designated later in this list as C) are available for placement
for that object type.
A dash (-) specifies the availability of all the labels in the given range. Example: the string
10-15 specifies the availability of name labels 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 for that particular
object.
A plus (+) specifies the availability of a combined name label and coordinate label. Example:
the string 5, 12+C specifies availability of name label 5, and the combination of name label
12 and a coordinate label.
Note that the coordinate label portion of a combination label may be rejected by the
Reject Label command, described later in this chapter, but the entire combination label will
be rejected if the name label porton is rejected.
SC = specifies availability of labels for piping items matching the given search criteria
definition. Example: the string SC = YOUR_SEARCH_CRIT_NAME, 1, C specifies that all
piping components meeting the given search criteria will receive both a name label 1 and a
coordinate label.
The sample labels.665 file is listed below:
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!Drawing Type = 665
!ObjectType
Search Criteria Number
Label Numbers
!---------------------------------------------------------------!Piping Object Types
205
1
!Piping Segment
210
2,7,10-11,C !Piping Component
215
3 + C
!Piping Specialty
217
8
!Pipes
220
13, 15
!Piping Support
250
5
!In-Line Instrument
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5
!On-Line Instrument
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5
!Off-Line Instrument
!Equipment Object Types
101
12 + C
!Equipment Group
110
6, C
!Equipment Nozzle
!EERWAY Object Types
300
17, C
!EERWAY Connect Point
The information in the above sample file controls label placement for both
piping and equipment object types in drawings of type 665. For examples of
the previously explained convention, refer to the line describing the labels
to be placed for piping object type 210:
210
2, 7, 10-11, C
!Piping Component
This type of piping component can be annotated by name labels 2, 7, 10, 11, and a coordinate
label.
Label Only --- Places the label only (no leader lines). When using this command and the drag
mode, the text for the label will be formed and displayed in drag mode. You may then use the
data button, or snap to existing graphics in the drawing to specify the desired location of the
label. You can cancel the label placement with the reset button. (Coordinate label justification
settings will be ignored when drag mode is enabled.)
Label Placement Options --- Determine placement of the label's text along the leader line.
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These options are the PDS interface for automating the MicroStation Text Justification feature.
The letters on each button have the following meanings:
L = left
R = right
T = top
B = bottom
C = center
M = margin (applicable to multi-line labels only)
For example, select R M B to place the origin at the right margin on the bottom line of text in a
multi-line label, or select C C to place the origin at the absolute center of the label.
Refer to the MicroStation documentation if you need more information about text
justification.
Text Size --- Defines the label text size. Select the active text size from the list box or select
Select From Label to set the active text size to that of an existing label.
Active Angle: --- Key in the angle value in degrees to set a specific rotation angle. Set the With
Active Angle/Along Leader Line toggle to With Active Angle.
Horizontal --- Defines the orientation for the active label as horizontal.
Vertical --- Defines the orientation for the active label as vertical.
Reject Labeling Point --- Rejects the default labeling point on the object being labeled. You will
be prompted to specify a new labeling point.
Reject Label --- Rejects the label being placed, places a rejected label marker indicating that
the label has been rejected, and continues on to label the rest of the selected objects. The
system places rejected labels on a level 63 (delivered as Mass Annotation Rejected Labels).
The system, upon subsequent labeling operations, will not attempt to replace a rejected label
until the rejected label marker is deleted using the Delete Element command.
Skip Current Label --- Bypasses the label being placed, and continues on to label the rest of
the selected objects. The system, upon subsequent labeling operations, will attempt to place a
label at this same point.
Continually selecting the Skip Current Label option will cycle through all possible mass
annotation label placement points.
Window Center to Item --- Shifts the window center to correspond with the placement point of
the active object, centering the object on your screen.
Active Working View --- Allows selection of the working view to be displayed. Select the
number of the view you wish to be the working view for annotation. The view numbers are
equivalent to the Microstation view numbers.
1. Select the Mass Annotation command from the Annotation palette.
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The system displays the Drawing Bounds form and prompts you to select the desired
drawing view(s) to be annotated.
2. Select the desired drawing view(s) you wish to annotate, then Accept the highlighted
selections.
The system displays the Select Object and Label Type form and prompts you to select an
object type to be labeled.
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The system updates the form to display the object types available for mass annotation of the
selected drawing type and prompts you to select labels for that object type, or to select
another drawing type.
4. Select the appropriate labels for the object types to be annotated, then Accept the
highlighted selections and activate Mass Annotation's Place Labels form. The system
processes the mass annotation data, and activates a variation of the Place Labels form.
You will be prompted to perform the next step in the label placement sequence for the type
of label being placed. (If leader lines are available for that type of label, you will be prompted
to place the second data point; the first label data point is label point 1 by default, as defined
for that equipment in the Equipment Modeling module.)
5. At this point you may modify, reject, or skip the active label. To place and accept a label,
place the desired data points to define the leader line, then Accept the active label.
The system determines the next label placement point, and prompts you to perform the next
step in the label placement sequence.
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The Mass Annotation command uses placement point 1 as the default placement
point for labels' leader lines. You can override this setting during placement.
Place Labels
The Place Labels command is a synthesis of the older Name Label and Coordinate Label
commands found in previous versions of the Drawing Manager module. The Name Label and
Coordinate Label commands are still available for you to use if you so prefer.
Labels placed on equipment items that are not associated with a Datum Point may not
act as expected when the Update Labels command is used. If the view scale is altered, or if the
Datum Point is relocated, the label will maintain its previous distance and relationship to the
Datum Point.
Label Only --- Places the label only (no leader lines). You can cancel the label placement with
the reset button.
Label Placement Options --- Determine placement of the label's text along the leader line.
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Coordinate Sequence --- Displays the current sequence in which coordinate values will be
defined. The default sequence is Easting, Northing, Elevation. To change this sequence, place a
data point in this field; this activates a list of possible sequences for you to choose from.
Select the desired sequence by placing a data point on it. Any coordinate labels created prior to
this enhancement will be considered by the Update Labels command to have been defined as
Easting, Northing, Elevation.
Supplementary Text Options --- You can specify that the coordinate label be created with
supplementary text. This text supplements the basic coordinate label, which consists of the
coordinate value, the coordinate axis short description, and the coordinate system short
description. The supplementary text can be placed as a prefix or suffix.
Supplementary text may be edited or added in the drawing's seed data (Type 63) through the
Project Data Manager in the Project Administrator. Refer to the Project Administrator Reference
Guide for more information regarding supplementary text.
Select the coordinate (Easting, Northing, or Elevation) to activate a display list of special text
options. If you select one of the Prefix or Suffix options, the system prompts for the text.
The prefix and suffix text options are defined in the RDB. Refer to the Project Data Manager
section in the Project Administrator (PD_Project) Reference Guide for information on defining
these values. Some of these options are only valid when labeling a specific coordinate value,
such as Bottom of Pipe and Elevation.
Bottom of Pipe --- If you select Bottom Of Pipe as the prefix or suffix for an elevation
coordinate, the system indicates that this option is active and forces all coordinate labels to have
the elevation of the Bottom of Pipe. This option can only be activated when selected in
conjunction with the Prefix or Suffix for elevation.
Face of Flange --- If you select Face of Flange, the connect point location at the bolted end of a
piping item which is used for the coordinate readout is adjusted by one-half gasket separation.
For equipment nozzles, the datum point location is at the face-of-flange, so it is not necessary to
compensate for gasket separation. This command verifies that you have selected a bolted end
of a piping component, a pipe, an instrument component, or a nozzle.
Top of Steel --- If you select Top of Steel, the coordinate value labeled is the highest elevation
of the structural member rather than the elevation of the identified graphic.
You may place a top-of-steel coordinate label using sparse model graphics. If you do so, you
must snap to a structural member for which the center line represents top-of-steel.
Top of Concrete --- If you select Top of Concrete, the coordinate value labeled is the highest
elevation of the concrete rather than the elevation of the identified graphic.
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Top of Platform --- If you select Top of Platform, the coordinate value labeled is the elevation
of the plane of the platform on which the grating or checkered plate is supported.
If a structural model is identified in conjunction with this feature, the following rules will apply:
The coordinate labeled will be the highest elevation of the structural component, rather than the
elevation of the graphic selected. An error message will be displayed if a horizontal component
is not identified in conjunction with this feature.
Update Labels will respect any changes made to the drawing view definition or the
platform which it describes.
If an equipment model is identified in conjunction with this feature, the following rules will apply:
The elevation option for the coordinates will be automatically enabled.
The coordinate labeled will be the highest elevation of the equipment's parametric shape, rather
than the elevation of the graphic selected. An error message will be displayed if a horizontal
component is not identified in conjunction with this feature.
Bottom of Duct --- If you select Bottom of Duct, the coordinate value labeled is the lowest
elevation of the HVAC duct rather than the elevation of the identified graphic.
Text Drag Off/On --- Defines if the label text is placed using drag mode or not. After the leader
line is placed, the text and any label enclosure is placed in drag mode. Moving the text does not
affect the leader line. To accept the placement of the dragged text, select Accept.
Def Line Style / Alt Line Style --- Set to designate use of the default or alternate line style. The
values for these line styles are defined in Project Data Manager. The centerline style will be
used as the alternate line style until you define this value differently on the basis of label type in
Project Data Manager.
Line Term Off/On --- Set to determine whether or not the witness line for a coordinate label has
a line terminator.
The line terminator specified in the RDB for coordinate labels is used if the line terminator
is on. If you choose a witness line without a line terminator, a gap is left between the location
being labeled and the end of the witness line. The plot size of the gap is defined in the RDB.
Axis Lock On/Off --- When this lock is on, it provides a flat 3-D axis lock for placement of
coordinate labels with as many as four vertices. You can toggle this axis lock while placing the
vertices of the leader line. In other words, one segment can be locked to either the horizontal or
vertical axis of the drawing, whereas another segment may not be locked to a drawing axis.
Activation of the axis lock limits you to a leader line with only two vertices, and deactivation
enables you to place a leader line with as many as four vertices.
Active Leader Line On/Off --- Set to On to place the leader line defined with the Define Active
Leader Line option. Set to Off to use the leader line defined in the label description library for the
selected label.
You can select an alternate line style for any leader line that is used as a centerline extension
without affecting name labels' text, label enclosures, or line terminators.
Name Label Only/With Coordinate Label --- Toggle to place a name label only, or to place a
coordinate label and a name label as one operation. Both the coordinate label and the name
label created with this command can be updated using the Update Labels commands.
The text for the coordinate labels and the name labels are associated for move, modify, and
delete operations. However, the data structure of the combination label distinguishes
between the text for the coordinate label and the text for the name label when updating the
labels.
The text representing the name label is created on the MicroStation level associated with
the drawing category for name labels. The text representing the name coordinate and the
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remaining graphics are created on the MicroStation level associated with the drawing
category for coordinate labels.
Add Label Below/Add Label Above --- Toggle used when placing name labels using the With
Name Label option to specify whether the name label is placed above or below the coordinate
label.
With Active Angle/Along Leader Line --- Set to With Active Angle to specify that the label
text be oriented along the active angle, or set to Along Leader Line to specify that the text be
oriented along the leader line's last segment.
Justification Options (Just) --- Activates a palette of options used to set the position of text
relative to its origin.
Coordinate label justification settings will be ignored when drag mode is enabled.
These options are the PDS interface for automating the MicroStation Text Justification feature.
The letters on each button have the following meanings:
L = left
R = right
T = top
B = bottom
C = center
M = margin (applicable to multi-line labels only)
For example, select R M B to place the origin at the right margin on the bottom line of text in a
multi-line label, or select C C to place the origin at the absolute center of the label.
Refer to the MicroStation documentation if you need more information about text
justification.
Text Size --- The Text Size fields display the text size that is to be used with the selected label.
When a label is selected, the text size fields are automatically populated with the values that are
to be used for that label. If the text size is read from the Label Description Library or from the
Type 63 data, the Text Size fields are read-only. If the Text Size fields are populated with the
active text size, the fields can be edited.
Active Angle --- Key in the angle value in degrees to set a specific rotation angle. Set the With
Active Angle/Along Leader Line toggle to With Active Angle.
Horizontal --- Defines the orientation for the active label as horizontal.
Vertical --- Defines the orientation for the active label as vertical.
Coordinate Label --- Disables name label options on the form.
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Other --- Activates a list of other types of labels that may be placed.
The following four labels (between Coordinate Label and Other) are defined per drawing
type in the lab_button.dwg file during project setup. This file resides in the project directory. A
sample lab_button.dwg file is shown below:
# This file maps the command buttons on the Label Placement
# form in the Place Label Command to a Label Number in the
# Label Description Library.
# There are a set of special labels described below that
# do not refer to a specific label number but a set of
# labels.
#
Special Label Number
#
SP1, "Piping Line Number"
#
SP2, "Component Tag"
#
SP3, "Piping Reducer"
#
SP4, "Piping Piece Mark"
# You May define a Maximum of 4 Label Numbers per Drawing Type
# Define Drawing Type to Which Buttons Apply
# Define Label Numbers and Text for Buttons
# Label Number, Text to Display on Button
# (MAXIMUM of 20 Characters)
DrawingType=641
! Plot Plans
12, "Equipment Number"
14, "Structural ID"
50, "Dwg View Name"
52, "Dwg View Scale"
DrawingType=643
! Equipment Arrangement Drawings
12, "Equipment Number"
6, "Nozzle Number"
50, "Dwg View Name"
52, "Dwg View Scale"
DrawingType=665
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SP1, "Piping Line Number"
5,
"Instr. Tag Number"
6,
"Nozzle Number"
12,
"Equipment Number"
DrawingType=731
! Instrument Location Plans
SP1, "Piping Line Number"
5,
"Instr. Tag Number"
6,
"Nozzle Number"
12,
"Equipment Number"
As shown in the sample file, the DrawingType=xxx line (where xxx is the drawing type number
found in Standard Note 2000) begins a button definition for a drawing type. You may define up
to 4 buttons per drawing type by using the label type number from the Label Description Library,
followed by a comma (,), followed by the desired button text in quotes.
If a drawing type is not defined in the lab_button.dwg file, the following default buttons (the
SPx buttons listed in the lab_button.dwg file above) are used:
SP1: Component Tag
The types of labels listed in each option depend on settings in the Label Description Library
in the Reference Data Manager module.
Refer to the Reference Data Manager (PD_Data) Reference Guide for more information on
Label Description Library and setting up labels. More information on these options can also
be found at Name Label (on page 211).
Specific Labels --- Allows placement of specific label types. Options include Piping Line
Number, Component Tag, Piping Reducer, Piping Piecemark, Flow Arrow, Drawing View Scale,
and Drawing View Name labels.
Define Active Leader Line --- Defines a leader line as the leader line used when theActive
Leader Line toggle is set to On, the system automatically places the defined active leader line
with the label.
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Move Label --- Set the Move Entire/Partial toggle to move either the entire label, or move just
a single element of a label which has multiple text elements. If Move Partial is selected, only the
text element identified by the user will be moved. For example, if a label consists of at least one
coordinate value and a name label, you may move the name label, and leave the coordinate
value(s) in the current position. The default setting for this toggle is Move Entire.
After setting the toggle to the desired position, place a data point or snap to identify the label to
be moved. You can move a specified label or a label and any associated graphics to a new
location using drag mode. The system highlights the identified label (and optionally all
associated graphics, such as the leader line).
Place a second data point to place the label at the new location.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Move Text Only --- Set the Move Entire/Partial toggle to move either the entire text, or move
just a single text element of a label which has multiple text elements. If Move Partial is selected,
only the text element identified by the user will be moved. The default setting for this toggle is
Move Entire.
After setting the toggle to the desired position, select and place a data point or snap to identify
the text label to be moved. This option works the same as the Move Entire Label option except
that only the label is moved, and the leader line graphics remain in place. The system puts the
text only in raster drag.
Place a second data point to place the label at the new location.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Modify Label --- This option provides the features of the Move Label option and the
MicroStation Modify Element command. Select and place a data point or snap to identify the
label to be modified.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Snap lock and text drag modes are automatically activated with this command, and they are
restored to their previous values when exiting this command by any means. Also, this option
respects the Place No Leader/Place Leader Line, Line Terminator ON/OFF, and
Default/Alternate Line Style options on the basis of the label identified, regardless of the
previous status of these options. These options will be restored to their previous settings upon
the command being exited by any means.
If a label was placed with a leader line or a line terminator, you can delete the existing leader
line or terminator by disabling the appropriate option. By default, deleting a leader line will
automatically delete its terminator, if one exists. If the label does not include a leader line, you
can place one by enabling the Place Leader Line option. When placing a leader line, the first
point for the leader line will be the "key point" of the component used in initially creating the
label. You will be prompted for the remaining vertices of the leader line.
For "combination" labels that contain a coordinate label and a name label, the leader line and
terminator will assume the symbology associated with the label you select.
If text drag mode is enabled, the text will be placed in drag mode for you to re-position once you
accept the leader line. If drag mode is disabled, the location of the text for the label will not be
revised as part of adding the leader line.
You can revise the active angle for the text or drag the identified label, leader line or two
segments of a leader line by their vertex to the desired destination and place a data point. You
can move the text with the label enclosure graphics, if applicable. The leader line segment
closest to the text rubber-bands, stretching until the next data point is placed.
If you snap near a vertex, the segments joined by it are moved together to the next data point
placed. If you snap to the text part of the label, the label is moved from the nearest vertex. If you
snap to a point along a segment of a leader line, the leader line is moved. If you snap to the
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leader line or the vertex of the leader line closest to the text, both the leader line and the text are
moved.
If the orientation of the active label is revised, subsequent labels identified will automatically be
rotated to that orientation.
This option maintains the associativity between the location of the label in the drawing and the
location of the component in the model being labeled.
You can press <R> to redefine the vertices of the leader line, and select Accept on the displayed
leader line.
Delete Element --- Deletes entire or selected elements of name or coodinate labels. This option
activates a Delete Entire / Delete Partial toggle. Set the toggle to entire or partial, select the
label to be deleted, then perform a data-button search to identify the element to be deleted.
Then, press <D> to accept the element, or press <R> to reset.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
If a combination label (consisting of multiple text elements) is selected, you may delete a
single text element.
This command also deletes rejection markers placed by the Mass Annotation command.
Edit Text --- This option allows you to edit the part of a label that was entered directly at
placement. You will be prompted to identify the label that you wish to edit.
The Edit Text command will edit user defined text but will not resize the label enclosure if
placed with the User Input label type. If the label is to be edited, the correct steps would be to
delete the label and replace it with the correct text. The new label enclosure will be sized
correctly. The deletion step is not needed if the user defined label does not include a label
enclosure.
Add Coordinate Label --- Select and place a data point or snap to identify the previously
created name label to be used for adding a coordinate label. (Do not identify the component
being labeled.) Then, Accept to place the specified name label. The system automatically
creates the coordinate label relative to the witness line of the identified name label and
associates the two labels. Both the name label and the coordinate label can be updated by
using the Update Labels command. The text for the coordinate label and the text for the name
label are associated for move, modify, and delete operations.
Add Name Label --- Select and place a data point or snap to identify a previously created label
to be used for creating a name label. (Do not identify the component being labeled.) Then,
Accept to place the name label. The system automatically creates the name label and
associates the two labels. Both labels can be updated by using the Update Labels command.
The text for the two labels are associated for move, modify, and delete operations.
1. Select the Place Labels command from the Update Labels palette.
The system activates the Place Label form, and prompts you to select the desired labeling
option.
2. Select the desired type of label, then select any additional options you wish to use to modify
the label being placed. For example, you may select the sequence of coordinate display for
coordinate labels; you can also adjust the text size, justification, and termination options for
name and coordinate labels. After selecting the desired label and its settings, Accept the
selections.
You will be prompted to identify the coordinate location or element which you wish to label.
3. Identify the coordinate location or element which you wish to label.
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For labels which allow line terminators, you will be prompted to specify all remaining vertices
for the line terminator. When all terminator vertices have been specified, you will be
prompted to accept the leader line or reset the form.
4. Specify all remaining vertices for the line terminator, then Accept the selections.
The system places the label, and prompts you to select another label to be placed.
Equipment Centerlines
This command activates the Place/Revise Equipment Centerlines form, which lets you place
or revise centerline labels for equipment items in orthogonal views. This command is limited to
the labeling of parametrics only; equipment objects defined as primitives will not be labeled.
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The eqp_center.dwg file (delivered to the project directory) controls which equipment objects
receive centerline labels. In addition to listing the objects which may be labeled with this
command, this file also specifies the following attributes:
Which views of the objects will be labeled.
Multiple centerlines for specified objects.
Which data points on the equipment object through which the centerline label will be placed.
The direction of the centerline.
The length of centerline label's extension beyond the graphical extents of the equipment
object.
The symbology of the centerline label.
An excerpt from the sample eqp_center.dwg file is listed below.
UNIT= INCH
!Form
View
CL DP
Annotation
!No
Type
No No
Direction
Extension Category
!------------------------------------------------------------------------E205
ST
1
DP1 SNS
0.375
3 ! top
2
DP1 SEW
0.375
3
PS
1
DP1 VERT
0.375
3 ! side
PT
1
DP1 VERT
0.375
3 ! front
E210
ST
1
DP1 SNS
0.375
3 ! top
2
DP1 SEW
0.375
3
PS
1
DP1 VERT
0.375
3 ! side
PT
1
DP1 VERT
0.375
3 ! front
E215
ST
1
DP1 SNS
0.375
3 ! top
2
DP1 SEW
0.375
3
PS
1
DP1 VERT
0.375
3 ! side
PT
1
DP1 VERT
0.375
3 ! front
Using the first equipment type shown as an example, each field in the file format will be
described.
The presence of the parametric form number of a given equipment type (form number E205 in
this example) specifies that the command will recognize all equipment objects of that type as
recipients of a centerline label.
UNIT= INCH
!Form
View
CL DP
Annotation
!No
Type
No No
Direction
Extension Category
!------------------------------------------------------------------------E205
ST
1
DP1 SNS
0.375
3 ! top
2
DP1 SEW
0.375
3
PS
1
DP1 VERT
0.375
3 ! side
PT
1
DP1 VERT
0.375
3 ! front
Each line of the file describes how centerline labels will be placed for one view of that
equipment parametric. To place more than one centerline in that view, simply add another row
of keywords under the same parametric form number as shown in the example above.
The rest of the fields in the file are explained below.
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UNIT=
Form No
View Type
The type of object view (top, side and end view) for
which centerlines are being defined. The keywords
Primary (P), Secondary (S), and Tertiary (T) describe
the axis of the equipment placement orientation tee. For
example, PS is the plane that includes the primary and
secondary axis of the equipment group. This field will
be empty if this line describes the second or third
centerline for a given equiupment form in a given
drawing view.
CL No
DP No
Direction
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Extension
Annotation
category
Any text preceded by an exclamation point (!) will not be processed by the system; this
allows users to place comments inside the file.
Place Centerlines by View --- Prompts you to select the view to be processed by the command.
Select the view, then select Accept to place centerlines for that view.
Place Centerlines by Group --- Activates an Equipment Number field, which allows you to
specify the number of the equipment upon which you wish to place centerlines.
Key in the desired equipment number or snap to the desired equipment, then select Accept to
place centerlines for the specified equipment in all drawing views.
Extend Centerline --- Allows you to extend the centerlines that have been placed. After selecting
this command, place a data point on the centerline that you wish to extend. Move the end of the
centerline label to the desired location, then place a second data point to accept the new
centerline extension.
Delete Centerline --- Allows deletion of the existing centerlines. After selecting this command,
snap to the equipment containing the centerline which you wish to delete. Select Accept (or
place a data point) to delete the selected centerline.
Delete Element --- Allows deletion of existing label elements. After selecting this command,
place a data point on the label element which you wish to delete, then place a second data point
to accept deletion of that element.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
If a combination label (consisting of multiple text elements) is selected, you may delete a
single text element.
1. Select the Equipment Centerlines command from the Annotation palette.
The system activates the Place/Revise Equipment Centerlines form and prompts you to
select the drawing view for which you wish to place centerline labels. (The default action for
the Place/Revise Equipment Centerlines form is Place Centerlines by View.)
2. Select the view for which you wish to place centerline labels. Select Accept to place
centerlines on all equipment groups allowed in the view.
OR
Specify the desired equipment group by using the Place Centerline by Group option, then
select Accept to place centerlines on the specified equipment group.
3. Use the remaining commands to modify or delete existing centerline labels as necessary.
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Update Labels
This command activates the Update Labels form used to update displayable attribute drawing
labels and coordinate labels to reflect changes in the model. Labels can be updated by selected
view or by identifying a specific label in the view. This option is also used to reposition, modify,
delete, and partially edit or completely replace user-defined labels.
This command does not delete associative name labels or coordinate labels when both of the
following conditions have been met:
The range of the component in the model continues to intersect the volume of the
corresponding drawing view.
The range of the name or coordinate label (including the text and the leader line) continues
to intersect the space within the drawing that is enclosed by the corresponding drawing
view's skeleton.
The Update Labels command updates name labels on the basis of the Reference Database
under any of the following conditions:
When changes to the applicable alphanumeric data in the model have been made.
When changes to the definition of the format for that name label type in the Label
Description Library have been made.
When the label attributes listed in the Label Graphic Data form of the Label Description
Library are modified. Such items include line weight, line style, color, character size, and
several other label attributes.
When the definition of the label enclosure for that name label type was revised in the Label
Description Library.
When the selection of underlining for the text within that name label type has been revised in
the Label Description Library. For instance, if the name label was created at a time when the
Label Description Library specified no underlining for the label's text, but the definition has
been changed, the name label is updated. If the text for the name label was created with
underlining and the Label Description Library has been revised, the name label is updated.
In all cases when the underlining option has been enabled, the length of the underlining will
be corrected when the length of text within the applicable name label is updated.
When one of the labeled attributes (such as a coordinate) has been changed.
Equipment must be defined with a datum point for labels to update on primitive graphics.
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The Update Labels command also updates equipment centerlines placed with the Equipment
Centerlines command. It will update the centerline position if an equipment group has been
moved or deleted. It will not update the centerlines for a group that has been rotated, or if a
modification has been made to the corresponding parametric form. In either of these cases, the
centerline should be deleted and replaced after the modification.
Selecting the Restart command near the top of the form will highlight all available views.
Otherwise, you may select the desired view(s) from list on the form, or you will be prompted to
identify them in the drawing.
Create Revision Labels/Do NOT Create Revision Labels --- Controls the creation of revision
labels. If this option is activated, the system will maintain a copy of any name or coordinate label
that is updated or deleted. These revision labels can be displayed inside revision clouds or
revision triangles on orthographic drawings.
When this option is enabled, a copy of the previous version of the name or coordinate label is
made in the following instances:
The text for a name or coordinate label is updated in the drawing on the basis of changes in the
database or movement of the labelled component.
A name or coordinate label is deleted in the drawing because the labelled component has been
deleted from the model.
The label format has been changed during the project life cycle.
Update Labels cannot distinguish between a label being moved as a result of a
component being moved in the model and a label being moved because a drawing view was
repositioned for the sake of drawing composition. Therefore, if you select this option after
moving a drawing view, all name and coordinate labels will be copied as updated labels.
The revision labels will be identical to the drawing labels except that:
The weight for a revision management label will be two (2) greater than the weight of the
corresponding drawing label.
The color of a revision management label will be zero (typically white).
They will be assigned to the same drawing category as defined for the "hidden"
vector-hidden-line graphics for that drawing view. This will allow creation and deletion of these
labels to be managed according to drawing view.
Only the label's text will be copied as a revision management label; the leader line and any
enclosures will not.
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Since a drawing can have no more than 64 drawing categories, it is necessary to share
the category for the optional "hidden" vector-hidden-line graphics. Because of this, users should
coordinate creation and deletion of hidden graphics with the use of revision management labels.
Axis Lock Off/On --- When this lock is on, it provides a flat 3-D axis lock for placement of labels
in a drawing. You can toggle this axis lock while placing the vertices of the leader line. In other
words, one segment can be locked to either the horizontal or vertical axis of the drawing,
whereas another segment may not be locked to a drawing axis.
Update Selected Views --- Updates all the labels in the specified view.
Update Single Labels --- Updates the specified drawing label(s) to reflect the current status of
the model.
Move Entire Label --- Repositions the drawing label(s) in the drawing view, but does not update
the text. Set the Move Entire/Partial toggle to move either the entire label, or to move just a
single element of a label which has multiple text elements.
If Move Partial is selected, only the text element identified by the user will be moved. For
example, if a label consists of at least one coordinate value and a name label, you may move
the name label, and leave the coordinate value(s) in the current position. The default setting for
this toggle is Move Entire.
Move Text Only --- Repositions the drawing label text in the drawing view. Set the Move
Entire/Partial toggle to move either the entire label, or move just a single element of a label
which has multiple text elements. If Move Partial is selected, only the text element identified by
the user will be moved. The default setting for this toggle is Move Entire.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Modify Label --- This option provides the features of the Move Label option and the
MicroStation Modify Element command. Select and place a data point or snap to identify the
label to be modified.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
Snap lock and text drag modes are automatically activated with this command, and they are
restored to their previous values when exiting this command by any means. Also, this option
respects the Place No Leader/Place Leader Line, Line Terminator ON/OFF, and
Default/Alternate Line Style options on the basis of the label identified, regardless of the
previous status of these options. These options will be restored to their previous settings upon
the command being exited by any means.
If a label was placed with a leader line or a line terminator, you can delete the existing leader
line or terminator by disabling the appropriate option. By default, deleting a leader line will
automatically delete its terminator, if one exists. If the label does not include a leader line, you
can place one by enabling the Place Leader Line option. When placing a leader line, the first
point for the leader line will be the "key point" of the component used in initially creating the
label. You will be prompted for the remaining vertices of the leader line.
For "combination" labels that contain a coordinate label and a name label, the leader line and
terminator will assume the symbology associated with the label you select.
If text drag mode is enabled, the text will be placed in drag mode for you to re-position once you
accept the leader line. If drag mode is disabled, the location of the text for the label will not be
revised as part of adding the leader line.
You can revise the active angle for the text or drag the identified label, leader line or two
segments of a leader line by their vertex to the desired destination and place a data point. You
can move the text with the label enclosure graphics, if applicable. The leader line segment
closest to the text rubber-bands, stretching until the next data point is placed.
If you snap near a vertex, the segments joined by it are moved together to the next data point
placed. If you snap to the text part of the label, the label is moved from the nearest vertex. If you
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snap to a point along a segment of a leader line, the leader line is moved. If you snap to the
leader line or the vertex of the leader line closest to the text, both the leader line and the text are
moved.
If the orientation of the active label is revised, subsequent labels identified will automatically be
rotated to that orientation.
This option maintains the associativity between the location of the label in the drawing and the
location of the component in the model being labeled.
You can press <R> to redefine the vertices of the leader line, and Accept the displayed leader
line.
Delete Element --- Deletes entire or selected elements of name or coordinate labels. This
option activates a Delete Entire / Delete Partial toggle. Set the toggle to entire or partial, select
the label to be deleted, then perform a data-button search to identify the element to be deleted.
Then, press <D> to accept the element, or press <R> to reset.
This command allows you to select Accept to identify the last label placed.
If a combination label (consisting of multiple text elements) is selected, you may delete a
single text element.
This command also deletes rejection markers placed by the Mass Annotation command.
Delete Revision Labels --- Deletes revision management labels from all or selected drawing
views. Place a data point on the drawing view containing revision management labels to be
deleted. The selected drawing view will be highlighted. To select all drawing views, place a data
point on each one. When the form is accepted, the revision management labels for the selected
drawing view(s) will be deleted.
Although revision management labels share the drawing category with "hidden"
vector-hidden-line graphics, deleting revision management labels will not affect the "hidden"
vector-hidden-line graphics. However, re-creating vector hidden-line graphics will delete all
graphics on that level, including revision management labels, for the active view.
Revise Text (on page 231) --- Select to completely replace user-defined label text.
Edit Text (on page 219) --- Select to partially edit that part of the user-defined text in the label.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Accept/Select Update
Labels option
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Plot Manager
This command provides a PDS-specific plotting interface for drawings external to the graphics
environment. It is used to control reference model display, category display within the reference
models, and category display within the drawing independently of the default or active settings in
the drawing being plotted. The drawplotsize file in the project directory contains the default
Drawing Plot Size Table.
Plot Manager provides the following options:
Display levels for all reference models associated with a specified drawing can be set On or
Off.
Display levels for all reference models associated with a specified drawing view can be set
On or Off.
Individual reference model display levels associated with a specific drawing view can be set
On or Off.
To plot a drawing using Plot Manager, you must first have a plot queue. Plot queues are created
automatically when the software is installed.
Plot Manager automatically displays the date and time for the following events:
The most recent activation of the hidden-line graphics process. The date and time will be
preceded by the text VHL:. The data and time will be added to the drawing.
The plotting process. The date and time will be preceded by the text Plotted:. Although the
date and time will be plotted on the hard copy of the drawing, the text will not be added to
the actual drawing file.
Through Project Data Manager, you can define the size, font, color, and weight of the text that
displays this information. This text will be displayed on the unique "VHL/Plot Date/Time" drawing
category. If the symbology options for this feature are not defined, the following defaults will be
used:
Text Size - uses drawing's active character size
Text Font - uses text font for coordinate labels
Color - set to zero (0)
Weight - set to zero (0)
See Also
Plot Drawing (on page 282)
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Plot Drawing
The Plot Manager automatically determines the plot size using the Drawing Plot Size Table in
the project directory on the basis of the drawing size. This command specifies the drawing type
and drawing to be plotted. There is also an option for including or removing reference models.
Four optional queues, besides the default queue, can be created and defined.
1. Select Plot Manager from the Drawing Management form.
The system displays the Plot Manager form with a Drawing Type display list.
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Set the No Rotation / Rotate 90 Degrees toggle to the desired position.
Set the Default Categories and Reference Models / Select Categories and Reference
Models toggle to the appropriate position.
The default position tells the system to use the categories specified for that drawing
type in the Project Setup form. If no default categories exist for that drawing type, the
actively displayed categories will be plotted.
This command's default toggle setting is different from the default setting of the
Plot command in the graphics environment.
5. Toggle from Submit Immediately to Submission is Delayed to specify the time to submit
the plotted drawing.
THEN
6. Select Accept to submit with the chosen options.
If Default Categories and Reference Models is selected, the system processes the drawings,
and sends the data to the plot queue for plotting.
If Select Categories and Reference Models is selected, the system processes the drawing
information and displays a list of drawing views associated with the specified drawing. The
options used to specify the categories to be turned on or off are displayed.
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Select All Reference Models Display OFF to specify that the categories displayed for all
reference models associated with the selected drawing be turned off for the drawing plot.
OR
Select All Reference Models Display ON to specify that the categories displayed for all
reference models associated with the selected drawing be turned on for the drawing plot.
8. Select Accept to accept the specified plot processing information.
The system processes the information and submits the plotted drawing to the plot queue at
the time previously specified.
9. Select Cancel to exit the form. To exit the form without submitting the plots, select the Shell
or Top buttons.
The actual drawing size is set by the plot queue in relation to the plot size.
Drawing Categories
This option activates the Drawing Categories form. It is used to specify the categories to be
turned on or off for the drawing plot. The categories that are turned on are highlighted. When
you select a highlighted category, the highlight is removed to indicate that the category is turned
off.
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If prompted
to...
Do this:
Select
Category
Plot Manager
Reference Models
This option activates the Reference Models form. It is used to select reference models and
review and specify the individual reference model categories to be turned on or off for the
specific drawing view being plotted.
The drawing view must be selected from the top of the Plot Manager form.
All Reference Models Display OFF --- Specifies that the categories displayed for all of the
reference models associated with the drawing view be turned off for the drawing plot.
All Reference Models Display ON --- Specifies that the categories displayed for all of the
reference models associated with the drawing view to be turned on for the drawing plot.
Reference Model Categories --- Reviews and specifies the categories to be turned on or off for
a specific reference model.
Disc/Model Name --- Displays the available models available for plotting.
1. Select the Reference Models option from the Plot Manager form.
The system activates the Reference Models form with a list of reference models for the
specified drawing view to be plotted.
2. Select Optionor Select Reference Model.
Select All Reference Models Display OFF to specify that the categories displayed for all of
the reference models associated with the drawing view be turned off for the drawing plot.
OR
Select All Reference Models Display ON to specify that the categories displayed for all of
the reference models associated with the drawing view be turned on for the drawing plot.
OR
Select the desired reference model from the list of models at the top of the form, and select
the Reference Model Categories option to review and specify the categories to be turned
on or off for a specific reference model.
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The system activates the Review Model Categories form.
The categories that are turned on are highlighted. When you select a highlighted category,
the highlight is removed to indicate that the category is turned off.
3. Select Category.
Select the categories that you wish to turn off or on for the drawing to be plotted.
4. Select Accept to accept the specified categories to be turned on or off.
The system processes the specified drawing plot information and returns to the Plot
Manager form.
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Project Planner
The Project Planner option activates the interactive graphics environment to allow you to create
unassigned drawing views. After an unassigned view is created, it can be assigned to only one
drawing.
1. Select Project Planner from the Drawing Management form.
2. The first time you select this option, the system prompts
Key plan file does not exist, Accept to Create
3. Select Accept to create the project key plan model.
The system copies the model seed file to the file keyplan.dgn in the project directory.
Key Plan model successfully created,
The system activates the graphics command environment for the project key plan model.
Refer to the description of the graphics environment in Drawing Annotation Symbology (on page
210) for more information on working in graphics.
See Also
Project Planner Command Menu (on page 287)
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PlotPlan
Drawing Views (on page 11) --- Activates the form used to create
unassigned drawing views.
Viewing Options (on page 293) --- Activates a form consisting of
viewing options.
Exit (on page 302) --- Exits Project Planner, and returns you to
the Drawing Management menu.
Drawing Views
This command activates the Create Unassigned Drawing Views form. It is used to create a
drawing view. You can specify the drawing view by using a saved view definition created for a
screen view in the model, selecting the orientation and specifying the clipping volume
coordinates to be used, or defining a volume about a specified named item. This command also
specifies the active category data for the drawing view.
Standard View Buttons --- Define the orientation of the drawing view. These buttons include:
Plan, Looking East, Looking North, Isometric, Looking West, Looking South, and Plan (Vertical).
Delete Unassigned Views --- Deletes an existing unassigned view.
Update Views --- Updates the screen display for the unassigned drawing views.
Select Model --- Identifies the model file for the unassigned drawing view to be created.
Named Item --- Uses the coordinates and clipping volume of a named item to define them for
the drawing view.
Saved View --- Uses coordinates and clipping volume of the saved view to define them for the
drawing view.
Graphic Symbology --- Defines the graphic symbology for the Key Plan model.
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View Number --- Key in the drawing view number (short code - up to 24 characters) for the
unassigned drawing view to be created. The system verifies that the number is unique within the
project.
View Name --- Key in the drawing view name (long description - up to 40 characters) associated
with the specified drawing view.
View Scale --- The system displays a scale display list. Select a new scale value for the view to
be created.
Model Number --- Key in the model number to identify the model for the unassigned drawing
view or select the Select Model (on page 290) option from the bottom of the form to select the
model from a series of forms.
Drawing View Volume fields --- The Low and High columns and the Easting, Northing, and
Elevation fields display the volume for the drawing view.
If you plan to use a saved view to define the drawing view, the saved view must be created in
the model before selecting this command.
1. Select the Drawing Views command from the panel menu.
See Also
Delete Unassigned View (on page 291)
Update Views (on page 292)
Graphic Symbology (on page 292)
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Select Model
This option identifies the model file for the unassigned drawing view to be created.
The system displays the Design Area display list for the selected discipline.
2. Select Area or Exit.
Select the design area for the model file and select Accept.
3. Select Model.
Select the model file and select Accept.
Named Item
This option activates the Create View Of Named Item form. It uses pre-defined named item to
specify the data coordinates and clipping volume to be used in the drawing view.
The view number and name of the unassigned drawing view to be created must be specified in
the Create Unassigned Drawing View form.
The appropriate name attribute must have been defined for the item.
1. Select the Named Item option from the Create Unassigned Drawing View form.
These coordinates define the distance from the center to the edges of the cube which fits the
named item. You can change any of the Delta Coordinates to revise the displayed clipping
volume.
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3. Accept the displayed values.
The system returns to the Create Drawing View form and updates the coordinate values.
Orientation: --- Displays all of the possible orientations for a drawing view.
Number/Name --- Displays all of the unassigned drawing views for a selected orientation.
1. Select the Delete Unassigned View option from the Create Unassigned Drawing Views
form.
The system displays the unassigned drawing views for the selected orientation.
OR
No Unassigned Drawing View Defined If there are no views for the selected orientation.
3. Select Unassigned Views.
Select the unassigned drawing views to be deleted and select Accept.
The system deletes the selected view and updates the form.
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Update Views
This option updates the screen display for the unassigned drawing views.
Graphic Symbology
This option activates the Project Key Plan Graphic Symbology form.It is used to define the
graphic symbology (level, color, line weight, and line style) for the Key Plan model.
1. Select the Graphic Symbology option from the Create Unassigned Drawing View form.
The system activates the Project Key Plan Graphic Symbology form.
2. Select the field for the symbology value to be revised.
3. Level
Place a data point along the slider to set the MicroStation display level.
Color
The system activates the Select Color form which displays the active color settings for the
project. Select the color from the form and select Accept.
Weight
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Viewing Options
This command provides access to a set of options that allow you to manipulate the model views
for each screen or window.
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Set View Orientation
The Plan View, Iso View, Looking North, Looking South, Looking East, and Looking West
commands allow you to set the view orientation to one of the standard viewing directions. You
can specify more than one screen with the same view.
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Update Window
The Update View commands updates the screen display for a virtual screen or a specified view.
Rotate About X Axis --- Rotates the horizontal axis of a screen view counter-clockwise.
Rotate About Y Axis --- Rotates the vertical axis of a screen view counter-clockwise.
Rotate About Z Axis --- Rotates the X and Y axes of a screen view counter-clockwise.
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Match Planar Element
The Match Planar Element command allows you to establish a view normal to a planar element.
Rotation 3 Points
The Rotation 3 Points command allows you to rotate the view orientation so that you are looking
normal to the X and Y planes defined by the three points. The first two data points define the X
axis. The line between the first and third data points define the Y axis.
If prompted to...
Do this:
Enter first point @x axis Place a data point to define the origin of the X
origin
axis.
Enter second point on x Place a data point to define the positive direction
axis
of the X axis.
Enter point to define y
axis
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Dialog View Rotation
This command activates the MicroStation View Rotation dialog box.
Color Shading
The Permanent Color Shading and Color Shading options are used to render the contents of a
screen view. When you select either of the color shading options the system displays a list of
render options.
Select the option for the type of rendering to be performed and select the screen view to be
processed.
For Permanent Color Shading, select a view number from the form (1-8). The selected
view will display with the specified render option until you change it.
For Color Shading, place a data point in the screen view to be updated. The rendered view
will revert to wireframe display when it is updated.
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Wiremesh
This option renders the contents of a view(s) as a wiremesh display. Wiremesh display is similar
to the default wireframe display in that all elements are transparent and do not obscure other
elements. In a wiremesh display, however, curved surfaces are represented by a polygonal
mesh rather than a simple wireframe. This representation can increase the realism of curved
surfaces, although it may also increase the amount of clutter as more lines are displayed for
surfaces that would normally be hidden.
Cross-Section
This option renders the contents of a view as a cross-section. If an auxiliary coordinate system
(ACS) is active, the cross-section is cut at the X-Y plane of the ACS. Otherwise it is cut at the
views active depth (parallel to the view).
Hidden Line
This option renders the contents of a view as a polygon display. In a polygon display, only parts
of elements that would actually be visible are displayed. Lines hidden behind objects are
removed to create a more realistic representation. MicroStation accomplishes this by
decomposing each element into polygons. Hidden line removal processing is much slower than
wireframe and wiremesh display, and the processing time is roughly equivalent to the other,
more realistic type of rendering.
Constant Shading
This option renders the contents of a view as a constant shaded model. In a constant shaded
model, each element is displayed as one or more polygons filled with a single (constant) color.
The color is computed once for each polygon from the element color, material characteristics,
and lighting configuration (see 3D concepts in the user's guide). Curved surfaces are
decomposed into a mesh of polygons. Each polygon is shaded with a single color and surfaces
appear tiled.
Smooth Shading
This option renders the contents of a view as a smooth (Gouraud) shaded model. In smooth
shaded models, the appearance of curved surfaces is more realistic than in constant shaded
models because polygon color is computed at polygon boundaries and color is blended across
polygon interiors. This gives surfaces a smooth appearance.
Phong Shading
This option renders the contents of a view as a Phong shaded model. This is the most realistic
type of rendering supported by MicroStation.
In a Phong shaded model, the color of each pixel is recomputed. Phong shading is useful for
producing high-quality images when speed is not critical and very exact lighting effects are
desired. If light sources are close to the objects being rendered, such as a spotlight shining on a
home, Phong shading may be the only way to see the exact location of the light beam.
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Large numbers of computations slow display time considerably. In most instances, Phong
shaded models are very similar to smooth shaded models and do not justify the increased
processing time.
Stereo
This option renders the contents of a view as a 3D image. It creates a stereo pair of images and
merges the two images into a single image, which you can view by wearing red/blue glasses.
Put on the red/blue glasses making sure that the red lens is over the left eye and the blue lens is
over the right eye. View the image with your eyes level and square to the screen.
Camera View
This option activates five options used to define the target, position, and clipping planes for a
view camera.
Camera Setup
This option lets you set the target, position, and clipping planes for a view camera and turn on
the camera for the view. The camera lens is set with the Camera Lens option.
To define the camera target use a data point. The point becomes the focal point (center) of the
view. Objects beyond the target point will appear smaller due to the nature of the perspective
projection. Objects in front of the target point will appear larger and may be excluded from the
viewing pyramid.
Place a data point to define the camera position. A dynamic pyramid displays to show the
viewing volume with the camera at the pointer location.
Place a data point to define the front clipping plane (display depth). Any elements or portions of
elements in front of this plane are not displayed.
Place a final data point to define the back clipping plane (display depth). Any elements or
portions of elements beyond this plane are not displayed, but the view is turned on.
Camera Target
This option lets you set the target of a view camera without changing the camera position. This
is like standing in one position and moving the camera to view different targets.
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Camera Position
This option lets you set the position of a view camera without changing the camera target. This
is like focusing the camera at an object and moving around to obtain different views of the
object.
Camera Lens
This option activates the camera lens settings display list. This list lets you set the angles and
focal lengths of view camera lenses.
The camera lens settings displayed are for the view chosen from the view number option.
Angle/Focal Length
The lens angle for the camera of the chosen view can be specified in degrees or as the lens
focal length in millimeters (mm). You can also specify the lens by choosing a standard lens from
the Standard option menu. The angles and focal lengths of the standard lenses are:
Standard Lens
Angle
Focal Length (mm)
Fisheye
93.3
20
Extra Wide
74.3
28
Wide
62.4
35
Normal
46.0
50
Portrait
28.0
85
Telephoto
12.1
200
Telescopic
2.4
1000
Camera Off
This option turns the camera view off.
Views
The Views commands allow you to manipulate views between two specified windows.
Copy View --- copies a selected view display from one window to another.
Swap View --- option allows you to change from either the right or left screen display.
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View On --- option activates eight view options which correspond to the window views (1-4) on
the right screen and window views (5-8) on the left screen.
View Off --- option allows you to select and place a data point in the window views to turn
specified views off.
Level Symbology On
This command provides the option to enable the display of reference models with the active
reference model symbology.
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Form Left/Right Screen
The Form Left Screen / Form Right Screen toggle sets forms to be automatically displayed on
the right (front) screen or the left (back) screen. This option is only relevant for dual-screen
configurations.
Exit
The Exit command is used to exit graphics and save all changes to the design file. Exiting a
design file does NOT save the active parameters set in the file. To save the active parameters,
you must use the File Design command.
View
The Viewing commands on this palette are the same commands as the ones appearing on the
Viewing command palette for Composition/Annotation, with the exception of Viewing Options.
The Viewing Options palette contains the same commands as described in PlotPlan (on page
288).
File
File Design (on page 303) --- Saves the active parameters defined
in the current design session.
Exit (on page 303) --- Exits the design file.
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File Design
The File Design command allows you to save the active parameters defined in the current
design session. This command saves:
MicroStation parameters such as active views and active display volumes.
PDS parameters such as active segment parameters. It also saves the screen location of
the Piping Designer base form.
Exit
The Exit command is used to exit graphics and save all changes to the design file. Exiting a
design file does NOT save the active parameters set in the file. To save the active parameters,
you must use the File Design command.
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Project Setup
This option activates the Project Setup form. It provides various options to define defaults for all
drawings created in a project. It also provides fields that allow you to set up drawing directories,
network address name, drawing scale, and drawing size for each drawing type. These fields,
displayed on the right side of the form, can be used independently of the options at the top of
the form. If only these fields are defined, all reference categories and drawing types are
available when you create a drawing. There can only be one default directory for each drawing
type.
There are also fields available for entering the cell library name, directory, and network address
of the cell library to be used for annotation in the drawings. Each drawing type may use either
the project cell library or an alternate cell library.
Once any of the options are used, the system displays only the defined reference
categories (disciplines) and model data display categories for the drawings of that drawing type.
Reference models that are attached to drawings not in the defined reference categories will not
be available for selection as reference models.
Drawing Type (on page 307) --- Displays the project drawing types.
Reference Categories (on page 308) --- Defines a default list of reference-model data categories
that determines which levels in an attached model are on and off for a drawing type. It also
filters models with the definitions specified using the Automatic Attach & Verify option.
Copy Drawing Type (on page 310) --- Copies an existing project setup.
Remove Reference (on page 311) --- Removes all reference model data categories in a given
drawing type which were previously defined using the Reference Categories option for the
project.
Plotting Categories (on page 312) --- Specifies which levels in a drawing are to be plotted for a
specific drawing type. You can remove data categories from the plotting list by placing a data
point on the appropriate category names.
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Label Filter (on page 313) --- Specifies which labels will be available for annotation of a specific
drawing type. You can remove labels from the display list by placing a data point on the
appropriate label names.
All Project Setup options have the following fields on their forms:
Drawing Directory --- Key in the location of the directory to contain the drawing file.
Network Address --- Key in the node address of the workstation to contain the drawing file.
Drawing Scale --- Select a value from the display list of plotted scales for the drawing. This sets
the default scale factor. You can change the scale when you create/revise each drawing. The
scale factors are in the Standard Note Library. The scale of the drawing view can be modified at
time of creation.
English Units - m' m" = n' n" --- Where m is the scale on the drawing and n is the scale on the
model. For example, 1/4"=1' indicates that 1/4 inch on the drawing represents 1 foot in the
model.
Metric Units - n:nn --- Where n is the scale on the drawing and nn is the scale on the model.
For example, 1:100 indicates that 1 mm on the drawing represents 100 mm in the model.
Drawing Size --- Select either A, B, C, D, E, or F from the display list of border sizes.
Refer to the section on Drawing Plot Size (on page 13) for information on the drawing border
reference files for the various sizes and drawing types.
English
A
8 1/2 X 11
B
11 X 17
C
17 X 22
D
24 X 36
E
34 X 44
F
28 X 40
Metric
A0
840mm X 1189mm
A1
595mm X 840mm
A2
420mm X 595mm
A3
297mm X 420mm
A4
210mm X 297mm
Cell Library Name --- Key in the name of an alternate cell library to be used for this drawing
type. If nothing is entered here, the project cell library will be chosen by default.
Cell Directory --- Specifies the directory in which the cell library resides.
Cell Network Address --- Specifies the network address of the machine on which the cell
library resides.
Project Seed File/Alternate Seed File --- Specifies whether the project seed drawing or an
alternate seed drawing is to be used in creating drawings. The alternate seed drawings, named
draw_seed.<drawing_type>, will be created in the project directory.
1. Select the Project Setup command from the Drawing Management form.
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The system displays the Project Setup form with a Drawing Type display list.
2. Select the Drawing Type option from the Project Setup form.
The system activates a scrolling list of drawing types, and expects a specific type to be
selected before further action can be taken. When a drawing type is selected, the system
activates a form that allows you to key in the defaults of the selected drawing type.
If there is a drawing category, whose default values you would like to copy, select the Copy
Drawing Type option. This option will display a scrolling list of drawing types. When a
drawing type is selected from this list and the form is confirmed, the system will copy the
default location, scale, size, and cell information of that drawing type into the fields of the
previously-selected drawing type.
3. Select the Reference Categories or Remove Reference option.
The system activates a form which allows you to modify a list of reference categories to
remove or include when creating a drawing in the project.
4. Select the Plotting Categories option.
The system activates a form which allows you to pick plotting categories to remove or
include when creating a drawing in the project.
5. Select the Label Filter option.
The system activates a form which allows you to pick annotation labels that will be
displayed on the label placement forms in the graphics environment.
6. Select the Project Seed File / Alternate Seed File toggle setting that is appropriate for this
drawing type.
Drawing Type
This option activates the Drawing Type field. It is used to define the default settings for each
drawing in a new project.
1. Select the Project Setup option from the Drawing Management form.
The system displays the Project Setup form and the Drawing Type display list.
2. Specify Drawing Type.
Select a drawing type from the list. You can have one default directory for each available
drawing type in your project.
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3. Specify the default drawing file pathname/network address.
4. Select the Reference Categories option to add reference categories to define which
disciplines will be displayed in the drawings of the specified drawing type. See Reference
Categories (on page 308) for more information.
5. Select the Remove Reference option to remove reference categories so that the models
within the specified disciplines will not be displayed in the drawings created in this directory.
6. Accept or Reject.
Accept the Project Setup and return to the Drawing Management form.
OR
Select Cancel to exit and return to the Drawing Management form.
Reference Categories
This option activates a Reference Categories display list. It is used to determine the default
disciplines that are available to be attached to a view when reference files are attached.
It is also used to select the default reference categories and model data display categories for a
specified drawing type. These categories can be toggled to on or off by highlighting or
de-highlighting them.
Like all of the other options on the Project Setup form, this option first displays a list of
reference categories. It then allows you to selectively set the default model data display
categories.
If a discipline is not selected, it will not appear in the list of disciplines available for
attachment.
1. Select the Reference Categories option to define reference models for the default drawing
setup.
The system displays a list of available reference model data display categories, and
indicates whether listed categories are turned On or Off during the drawing view creation
and during VHL processing.
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3. You may control all categories for drawing view creation and VHL by using the Turn on All
Create Categories and the Turn on All VHL Categories options.
You may also toggle selected categories Off or On for drawing view creation and/or VHL
processing by placing a data point on the current setting. When the categories are turned
off, they are no longer highlighted.
Turning a category On for creation means that whenever a drawing view is created, the
specified category will be displayed in the drawing view.
Turning a category On for VHL means that the specified category will be processed for VHL.
Turning a category Off for VHL means that the specified category will be ignored by VHL.
4. You may also override the default symbology for the active discipline by using the Define
Reference Symbology command. This will allow each discipline's reference file symbology
to be set for display, VHL (and, therefore, plotting). When the default symbology is used, the
toggles on this form are all set to Disabled.
Toggling Color to the Enabled setting activates the Reference Model Symbology Color
form. This form allows you to select which color you would like to use to represent the active
discipline. These settings are used for the categories set to On for VHL.
Toggling Style to the Enabled setting displays the available line styles. This allows you to
select which line style you would like to use to represent the active discipline.
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Toggling Weight to the Enabled setting displays the available line weights. This allows you
to select which line weight you would like to use to represent the active discipline.
5. Set the symbology options to obtain the desired effects.
THEN
Select Accept to return to the Project Setup form.
OR
Select Cancel to return to the Project Setup form and discard all changes.
The user-defined reference symbology settings for VHL in this form apply only to the
visible edges from the VHL output. Refer to the "Hidden Line Data" section in the Project
Administrator (PD_Project) Reference Guide for more information about setting user-defined
symbology for the hidden lines (as opposed to the visible edges).
1. Select the Project Setup option from the Drawing Management form.
The system displays the Project Setup form and a Drawing Type list with a list of the
drawing types that have been defined.
2. Select the Copy Drawing Type option.
The system displays a Drawing Type display list with the drawing types that have previously
defined project setups.
3. Specify Drawing Type.
Select the drawing type of the project setup to be copied.
The system automatically displays the information for that project setup.
4. Select the Drawing Type option.
5. Select the new drawing type for the copied project setup.
6. Key in any modification to the location and size fields.
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7. Select the Reference Categories option to modify reference categories and model data
display categories for the drawing type in the specified directory.
8. Select the Remove Reference option to remove reference categories from the drawing type
in the specified directory.
9. Accept the Project Setup and return to the Drawing Management form.
OR
Select Cancel to exit and return to the Drawing Management form.
Remove Reference
This option activates a Remove Reference display list. It is used to remove reference categories
for the project setup default for creating a drawing or drawing view in a specified drawing type.
This command removes the default model disciplines defined by the Reference Categories
command or those included in a copied project setup.
1. Select the Remove Reference option to remove reference model definitions from the
project setup.
The system displays the Remove Reference display list that contains all of the categories
that are defined for the project.
2. Select Disciplines to Remove and Accept.
Select the categories to remove and select Accept.
OR
Select Cancel to return to the Drawing Management form.
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Plotting Categories
This option activates a Plotting Categories display list. It is used to specify which levels in an
attached model are to be plotted for a specific drawing type.
1. Select the Plotting Categories option to remove plotting category definitions from the
project setup.
The system displays the Plotting Categories display list that contains all of the categories
that are defined to be plotted for the project.
2. Select Categories to Remove and Accept.
Select the categories to remove and select Accept.
OR
Select Cancel to return to the Drawing Management form.
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Label Filter
This option activates a Label Filter display list. It is used to specify which types of labels will be
displayed for a specific drawing type.
1. Select the Label Filter option to remove labels from the list.
The system displays the display list that contains all of the labels that are defined to be
displayed for the project.
2. Select Labels to Remove and Accept.
Select the labels to remove and select Accept.
OR
Select Cancel to return to the Drawing Management form.
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Create (see "Create I/Plot Parameter File" on page 316) --- Creates I/Plot Parameter records.
This option is activated by default when the form appears.
Revise (see "Revise I/Plot Parameter File" on page 317) --- Revises existing I/Plot Parameter
records.
Delete (see "Delete I/Plot Parameter File" on page 318) --- Deletes existing I/Plot Parameter
records.
I/Plot Number --- Defines the I/Plot number (short name) of the parameter file to be created (an
alphanumeric value up to 24 characters long).
Note: Special characters such as & $ @ - / . + = # * and a blank space cannot be used to define
the I/Plot number.
I/Plot Description --- Defines the I/Plot Parameter file description (an alphanumeric value up to
40 characters).
File Specification --- Defines the file specification (an alphanumeric value up to 14 characters).
Path Name --- Defines directory path (up to 36 characters) specifying the directory to contain
the parameter file.
Workstation/Server Name --- Defines the workstation node address to contain the drawing file
(an alphanumeric value up to 26 characters).
1. Select the Plot Setup Manager option from the Drawing Management form.
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I/Plot Number --- Defines the I/Plot number (short name) of the parameter file to be created (an
alphanumeric value up to 24 characters).
Special characters such as & $ @ - / . + = # * and blank spaces cannot be used to define
the I/Plot number.
I/Plot Description --- Defines the I/Plot Parameter file description (an alphanumeric value up to
40 characters).
File Specification --- Defines the file specification (an alphanumeric value up to 14 characters).
Path Name --- Defines the directory path specifying the directory to contain the parameter file
(up to 36 characters).
Workstation/Server Name --- Defines the workstation node address to contain the drawing file
(an alphanumeric value up to 26 characters).
1. Specify I/Plot Number.
Key in the I/Plot identification and location information.
2. Select Accept to create the I/Plot Parameter file.
OR
Select Cancel to return to the Drawing Management form.
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I/Plot Number --- Displays the I/Plot number (short name) of the parameter file to be revised (an
alphanumeric value up to 24 characters).
Special characters such as & $ @ - / . + = # * and blank spaces cannot be used to define
the I/Plot number.
I/Plot Description --- Displays the I/Plot Parameter file description (an alphanumeric value up to
40 characters).
File Specification --- Displays the file specification (an alphanumeric value up to 14
characters).
Path Name --- Displays the directory path specifying the directory location to contain the
parameter file (up to 36 characters)
Workstation/Server Name --- Displays the workstation node address to contain the drawing file
(an alphanumeric value up to 26 characters).
1. Select the Revise option from the I/Plot Parameter File form.
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I/Plot Number --- Displays the I/Plot number (short name) of the parameter file to be deleted (an
alphanumeric value up to 24 characters).
Special characters such as & $ @ - / . + = # * and blank spaces cannot be used to define
the I/Plot number.
I/Plot Description --- Displays the I/Plot Parameter file description (an alphanumeric value up to
40 characters).
File Specification --- Displays the file specification (an alphanumeric value up to 14
characters).
Path Name --- Displays the directory path location of the directory that contains the parameter
file (up to 36 characters).
Workstation/Server Name --- Displays the workstation node address that contains the drawing
file (an alphanumeric value up to 26 characters).
1. Select the Delete option from the I/Plot Parameter File form.
The system displays a list of the existing parameter files.
2. Select I/Plot Parameter file for Deletion.
Select the Parameter file to be deleted.
3. Accept to Delete I/Plot Parameter Definition.
Select Accept to delete.
OR
Select Cancel to return to the Drawing Management form.
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Index
A
Active Options 140
Add Category 145, 190
Align Drawing View 192
Annotating Drawings 255
Approval/Revision Interface Form 125
Approve Drawing 128
Area Volume Graphics 198
Attach Model 85, 186
Attach Models to Drawing Views 55
Auto Attach/Verify 88
Automatic Attach & Verify 187
Automatic Labels 228
Automatic Title Block Generation 21
B
Before Using Drawing Manager 10
C
Camera View 299
Cells 17
Color Shading 297
Compose Drawing 176
Compose Drawing View 180
Composing Drawings 149
Coordinate Label 220
Copy Active Drawing 184
Copy Another Drawing 185
Copy Drawing 39
Copy Drawing Type 310
Copy Drawing View 53, 169
Copy From Active Drawing 82
Copy From Another Drawing 83
Create Composite Drawing View 57, 159
Create Composite Drawing View - Define
Views 161
Create Composite Drawing View --- Define
Views 60
Create Composite Drawing View - Saved
View 162
Create Composite Drawing View --- Saved
View 61
Create Composite Drawing Views Example
63
Create Composite Plan Drawing View 173
Create Drawing 33
D
Database Tables 18
Define View Location 50, 158
Delete Drawing 91
Delete Drawing View 192
Delete I/Plot Parameter File 318
Delete Options 90
Delete Unassigned View 291
Detach Model 87, 188
Dialog View Rotation 297
Discrimination Data Creation Form 103
Discrimination Data Deletion Form 114
Discrimination Data Form 102
Discrimination Data Revision Form 104
Display Report 202
Displaying Dimensions in Whole Millimeters
27
Drawing 131
Drawing Annotation Symbology 210
Drawing Borders 12
Drawing Categories 16, 144, 284
Drawing Management 29
Drawing Manager 31
Drawing Manager Overview 9
Drawing Manager Theory of Operation 10
Drawing Manager's Output 21
Drawing Plot Size 13
Drawing Selection 143
Drawing Type 307
Drawing Type and Symbology Map 245
Drawing View Data 42
Drawing Views 11, 288
Drawings 11
E
Edit Text 219
EE Raceway VHL Search Criteria 247
Element Commands 147
Equipment Centerlines 271
Exit 140, 302, 303
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G
Graphic Symbology 292
Graphics Environment 131
L
Label Fence Contents 231
Label Filter 313
Labels 20
Level Symbology Off 301
Level Symbology On 301
M
Mass Annotation 256
Match Planar Element 296
Measure Distance 208
N
Name Label 211
Named Item 46, 153, 290
Named Item by Model 47, 154
Named Item by Project 48, 156
Nominal Pipe Diameter Value 26
O
Overlay Drawing 207
P
Place Cell 204
Place Labels 263
Place Text and Line 205
Plot 139
Plot Drawing 282
Plot Manager 281
Plot Setup Manager 315
PlotPlan 288
Plotting Categories 312
Preface PDS 7
Project Planner 287
Project Planner Command Menu 287
Project Setup 305
320
S
Saved View 50, 152
Search Criteria - Component Form 109
Search Criteria - Equipment/Nozzles Form
113
Search Criteria - Piping Segment Form
105
Search Criteria Data Creation Form 116,
250
Search Criteria Data Form 115
Search Criteria Data Revision Form 117
Search Criteria Deletion Form 118, 253
Index
Search Criteria for VHL 249
Search Criteria Revision Form 251
Search Criteria Symbology Map 246
Seed Files 14
Select Another Drawing 143
Select Drawing - Delete Drawing View 91
Select Drawing (Discrimination Data
Creation) 104
Select Model 290
Set View Orientation 294
Settings Command 147
Standard Notes / Code Lists 20
Supplemental Title Block Data 25
Symbology Based VHL Drawings 244
T
The Search Criteria - Component Form
232
U
Unassigned Views 197
Update Annotation Labels 237
Update Labels 275
Update Views 292
Update Window 295
User Commands 147
V
Vector Hidden Line Manager 239
View 131, 302
View Depth 138
Viewing Commands 134
Viewing Directions 137
Viewing Hidden Line Graphics 177
Viewing Options 133, 293
Viewing, More Commands 135
Views 300
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