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Solution 3.1 Working with Aspects and Objects

3.1.1.1 Create a Plant object

Open your Engineering Workplace.

1. Open your Engineering Workplace by right-clicking on the My ePlant icon on
your desktop and selecting Engineering Workplace or Plant Explorer
Workplace

In the Functional Structure create a new Generic object under the Root
object. Name this new object Sxx_Plant. (Note that there is an underscore
character between Sxx and Plant.
1. Select the Functional Structure in the structure selector (upper left hand corner
in Engineering Workplace). Right click on the Root object and select New
Object

2. Select the *Generic Type from the list of objects. Enter a name by typing in
Sxx_Plant in the name box. Make sure you replace the xx with your student
number (01, 02, 03, 04, etc.). Click the Create button.

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3. The resulting new object created should look like this in Engineering Workplace

3.1.1.2 Create two Process Area Objects

Create two Generic objects to represent the Process Areas as children of

the Sxx_Plant object you just created. Name them Sxx_Reactor and
Sxx_Tankfarm. (Again, note the underscore character after Sxx).
1. Right click the Sxx_Plant object you just created in the Functional Structure and
select New Object

2. Select the *Generic Type object and enter Sxx_Reactor in the name box.
Then click the Create button.

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3. Again, right-click the Sxx_Plant object in the Functional Structure and select
New Object

4. Select the Generic object and give this object the name Sxx_Tankfarm. Click
Create.

5. Check that the Functional Structure has the objects in the correct location.

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The Sxx_Reactor object should have two Generic objects added as child
objects, name them Sxx_TempControl and Sxx_LevelControl.
1. Right click on the Sxx_Reactor object and select New Object from the
context menu.

2. The resulting object configuration in the Functional Structure should now be:

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3.1.1.3 Insert Existing Objects into another Structure

Insert the Sxx_Plant object you created (previously in the Functional

Structure) into the Location Structure under the Location Structures Root
object.
1. Navigate to the Location Structure in the structure selector box. Right click the
Root object and select Insert Object

2. Navigate to the Functional Structure in the structure selector box, select the
Sxx_Plant object and then click the Insert button. Once the Insert button has
been clicked, click the Close button.

3. The Location Structure now has the Plant object inserted. Note, however, that only
the Plant object was inserted. None of the child objects under the Plant object
from the Functional Structure were included.

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Create two Generic objects under the Plant object to represent physical
locations within the Plant. Name them Sxx_Building_1 and
Sxx_Building_2.
1. Create new generic objects as before, this time, however, you will create them as
child objects under the Sxx_Plant object in the Location Structure. Right click
the Sxx_Plant object and select New Object

2. Name the first object Sxx_Building_1

3. Add the new object, again, as a child object under the Sxx_Plant object.

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4. Name this one Sxx_Building_2

5. The resulting configuration should be:

Since our Sxx_Reactor object is physically located in Building_1, insert

the Sxx_Reactor object and all of its child objects from the Functional
Structure as objects under the new Sxx_Building_1 object in the Location
Structure.
1. Insert the objects as before. This time, however, right click on the object where the
inserted object will be place beneath. Start by right clicking the Sxx_Building
object in the Location Structure, selecting the Sxx_Reactor object from the
Functional structure and clicking Insert. After this is done, close the Insert Object
dialog.

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2. Now insert the Sxx_TempControl and Sxx_LevelControl objects from the

Functional structure under the Sxx_Reactor object in the Location Structure by
right clicking the Sxx_Reactor object.

3. When the process is completed, your final configuration should be:

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3.1.1.4 Add some Aspects

Add the following aspects to your Sxx_Plant object:

Alarm and Event List AspectB

1. Right-click the Sxx_Plant object in the Functional Structure and select New
Aspect from the context menu.

2. Navigate the Aspect Types available on the left side of the New Aspect dialog
window to the Alarm and Event List aspect as shown. A name can be entered for
this list if desired. Leave the name at the default of Alarm and Event List. Click
the Create button.

3. Check that the Alarm and Event List aspect was added to the Sxx_Plant object.
(Note that since this is exactly the same object as is in the Location Structure, the
new Alarm and Event List aspect will show up on the Sxx_Plant object in the
Location structure.

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Graphic Display Aspect

1. Add a new aspect as before by right-clicking the Sxx_Plant object.

2. This time, click the List Presentation box at the bottom of the New Aspect
dialog window. Scroll down the list and select the Graphic Display aspect.
Leave the default name as Graphics Display and click Create.

3. You will note that newly-added aspects are added to the top of the aspect pane in
Engineering Workplace. Check that the newly created Graphic Display aspect was
added.

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Windows Application Aspect. Configure the Windows Application aspect to

open Windows Notepad.

1. Add a new aspect to the Sxx_Plant object as before.

2. Select the Windows Application aspect and create the aspect with the name
Notepad.

3. Either select the aspect and configure it in Engineering Workplaces preview

(bottom right) pane or right click the new aspect and select Config View.

4. Click the Browse button in the preview pane.

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5. Browse to the windows notepad.exe application (C:\Windows directory), highlight

the notepad.exe application and click the Open button.

6. Press the Apply button.

Add the following aspects to your Sxx_Reactor and Sxx_Tankfarm

objects:

Alarm and Event List

Object Icon

1. These aspects are added to the related objects exactly as you did before.

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3.1.1.5 Change the Icons

Configure the Object Icon aspects for these objects in your Functional
Structure as follows:

Sxx_Reactor object -- o_reactor_n16.ico

1. Go to the configuration view of the Object Icon aspect on the Sxx_Reactor object
in the Functional Structure and double-click in the box under the title Small.

2. Icons are added to this selection window by clicking the Add button.

3. Browse to the directory C:\Program Files\ABB Industrial IT\Operate IT\Process

Portal A\Icons and select the o_reactor_n16.ico file and click the Open
button.

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4. Select the new icon on the left and click the OK button.

5. Since the aspect configuration has changed, apply the changes by clicking the
Apply button.

Sxx_Tankfarm object -- tank_object.ico

1. This is accomplished exactly the same way as before. Select the Sxx_Tankfarm
object in the Functional Structure and go to the Object Icon aspects configuration
screen and double-click the box under Small.

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2. Select Add and browser to the tank_object.ico file.

3. Select the desired icon on the left and click OK.

4. Apply your changes to the Object Icon aspects configuration.

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3.1.1.6 Change the Default Aspect

Check that the graphic display is set as default aspect on the Sxx_Plant
object (otherwise set it).
1. Right click on the Graphics Display aspect on the Sxx_Plant object and select
Properties from the context menu.

2. Select the Aspect Details tab and enable the Default Aspect checkbox. Apply
the changes by clicking the OK button.

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