PDMS

User Bulletin
Version 11.5

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Introduction...................................................................................................1-1
Major Changes .......................................................................................................... 1-1 Summary of Changes ................................................................................................ 1-2 Operating System and Hardware Environment...................................................... 1-2

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The Model Editor....................................................................................................... 2-2 2.1.1 Undo and Redo ................................................................................................. 2-4 The Design Explorer ................................................................................................. 2-5 Element Tooltips ....................................................................................................... 2-6 View Manipulation Changes .................................................................................... 2-6 2.4.1 The 3D View Window ...................................................................................... 2-8 2.4.2 New Viewing Features..................................................................................... 2-8 2.4.3 Changed Viewing Features ............................................................................. 2-9 Default Auto Colour Rules in Design..................................................................... 2-10 HVAC Insulation Weight Calculation.................................................................... 2-11

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New GUI for Management of Datasets in Paragon................................................. 3-1 User-Defined Nominal Bore in Paragon .................................................................. 3-4

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PDMS Reports Utility Changes....................................................................4-1 Relocation of Database Definition files ......................................................5-1 Product User Reports...................................................................................6-1

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Introduction
This bulletin describes the new and enhanced functionality available in PDMS 11.5. It gives an overview of the major changes, which are described in full in new and revised User Documentation. Smaller changes and enhancements are also described in full in this Bulletin.

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Major Changes
PDMS has long led the way for 3D Plant Design. It has always been object-based, using the concept of building a computer model of the plant, in order to ensure that the design works in every detail. Deliverables are always consistent as they are derived from this model. Interaction with this model has used realistic colour-shaded images for over 10 years. PDMS 11.5 brings a major leap forward in the graphical user interface. The first step of a programme to build the Next Generation of PDMS, it introduces standard Windows User Interface technology whilst maintaining full upward compatibility of data and functionality. Major new features introduced by PDMS 11.5 include: the Model Editor, bringing dragndrop graphical editing using the colour-shaded design view for modification of the 3D plant model, including UNDO and REDO of movement and rotation operations the Design Explorer using a Microsoft Windows-style Tree-view display of the model hierarchy for navigation improvements to the control and manipulation of 3D Views of the Design model.

Future work will extend this new interface with a family of specialist discipline-oriented Editors to support the workflow for engineering design. These will further improve productivity and ease of use, and will exploit emerging Windows standards such as Microsoft .NET for familiarity and ease of integration.

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Summary of Changes
the Model Editor the Design Explorer improved 3D view manipulation the ability to print a Design colour-shaded view direct to a printer using the Windows Print dialog box. the ability to copy a Design colour-shaded view to the Windows Paste buffer new user-defined Nominal Bores in the piping catalogue new user interface in Paragon for managing Datasets improvements to Report output improved HVAC insulation weight calculation improvements to PDMS Global. Global Version 2.2 features are described in the Plant Design Global User Bulletin. PDMS 11.5 is a pre-requisite for the installation of Global 2.2.

1.3 Operating System and Hardware Environment

PDMS 11.5 is supported for use on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. There is no Unix version of PDMS 11.5. PDMS 11.5 should run successfully on Windows NT4, but it has not been tested under Windows NT4 and it is no longer supported in that environment. 256MB of memory is recommended for this release. PDMS 11.5 will operate with less than 256MB of memory, but system performance will be compromised. Due to the rapidly changing list of hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics cards commercially available, an up-to-date list of supported graphics cards is not included in the documentation released with PDMS. However, the AVEVA Web pages (http://www.aveva.com) contain a current list of both tested and supported graphics cards.

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PDMS Design Changes

This section gives an overview of the new and changed features in PDMS Design. In PDMS 11.5, new view manipulation features have been implemented, along with improvements to presentation of existing view manipulation commands. A new mode of operation, called the Model Editor, has been introduced that allows you to drag selected Plant Items into position, and rotate them, by using the mouse pointer. The existing Navigate mode and Event Driven Graphics modes of operation remain, with Model Editor added as a third mode of operation. Model Editor Features are described in a new PDMS manual, the Graphical Model Manipulation User Guide. The Design online help has also been thoroughly revised to take account of Model Editor mode. A new Design Explorer window has been added to PDMS Design, which replaces the Members List for the most common database navigation operations. The Members List is still available. The Design Explorer View provides a view of the database hierarchy, the use of which will be familiar to anyone who has used the Microsoft Windows File Explorer. The Design Explorer is described in the PDMS Design online help. Other enhancements to PDMS Design include: the ability to print a Design colour-shaded 3D View direct to a printer using the standard Windows Print dialog box. The content of the active 3D View Window can be copied to the Windows paste buffer. From here it can be pasted into other applications, such as Microsoft Word. dynamic tags (tooltips) displayed on the items displayed in a 3D View. auto-colour automatically enabled for pre-setting colours of elements when they are added to a 3D View. Improved HVAC insulation weight calculation

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2.1 The Model Editor

The Model Editor is a mode of operation in DESIGN which enables you to reposition selected Plant Items using the mouse pointer. The Model Editor is described in a new PDMS manual, the Graphical Model Manipulation User Guide. You enter and leave Model Editor mode by clicking the Model Editor button on the toolbar, or by using the Edit>Model Editor menu selection. The Model Editor enables quick and easy layout of Plant Items in the Design model. The intended use of the Model Editor is to move plant items such as Equipment, Structures, Piping/HVAC/Cable Tray items, and Hangers in the model. It is not intended for detailed editing of an
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individual Plant Item. For example, it is not used for moving PDMS primitives in an Equipment, or steel Joints and Fittings along a Beam. However, the tools provided can be used to modify Pipe routes, because Piping items can be selected and moved individually. Using the Model Editor, it becomes much more productive to carry out operations such as moving a pump set with its associated Pipework, or moving Equipment with its support structure and Pipework. This productivity gain is made because it is very easy to select groups of Plant Items using the advanced graphical selection tools, and move or rotate the entire group in one operation.

Moving a Graphical Selection constrained in a plane

Rotating a Graphical Selection about an axis

Movement and rotation operations can be carried out without filling in forms. A Locator Handle is displayed with every graphical selection. The selection can be moved by simply picking up the handle with the mouse and dragging it in the view. Accurate positioning and orientation can be achieved even when the selection is dragged with the mouse. The Locator Handle acts as a frame-of-reference for movement and rotation of the group of selected Plant Items. The selection can be moved or rotated in incremental steps which can be user defined, or the selection can be aligned with other items in the display by using the advanced Feature Alignment functions:

Rotating an elbow to align with a Nozzle using a rotation handle and feature alignment
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New Edit and Selection menus have been added to the main menu bar for the Model Editor. The Edit menu provides facilities to control the position and orientation of both the graphical selection and the Locator Handle. The Selection menu contains options that control the appearance of the Locator Handle and the appearance of plant items as they are dragged with the mouse. It also contains options that control the selection and movement of the graphical selection.

2.1.1 Undo and Redo

The ease with which you can manipulate the model using the new graphical techniques provided in the Model Editor makes it easier to make mistakes. Usually these are spotted immediately, and you are able to undo the change, and to restore the previous state. Undo will step back to the previous change to the database as a result of manipulating the Graphical Selection either by direct graphical manipulation or from the context sensitive menus. Undo and Redo work exclusively with graphical manipulation operations in the Model Editor. If you modify the database by any means other than using the features of Model Editor mode, then it will no longer be possible to undo previous database changes made using graphical manipulation.

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The Design Explorer

Design Explorer replaces most of the functions of the Members List in Design only. Design Explorer is described in full in the Design online help. The Members List is still available from the Display menu. The Design Explorer provides an easy-to-use, graphical method of exploring the Design Database. It has the following features: A Tree View display of Design database elements in the current MDB. The icons in the tree view represent the different Design database element types. Navigation to database elements in Design databases A list of items referenced by the current selected element in the Tree View Add items to the display, and remove items from the display Modify colour, translucency and visibility of displayed items Rename Design database elements Delete a Design Element

The Members List should still be used alongside the Design Explorer if you need to navigate to elements in a Catalogue database. The Design Explorer will be displayed on entry to Design. If you dismiss it, it can be reinstated by selecting Display>Browser from the main menu bar.

The History List This history list keeps a list of recently visited elements. Clicking on an element in the list will navigate to the selected element. Alternatively, a name of an existing element can be typed into the input box. If the element exists, it becomes the current element.

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The Reference List If Reference List is selected in the bottom half of the Explorer, then the names of Design database elements that are referenced by the current element are listed. For example, if the current element is an Equipment, then the pipes connected to any Nozzle belonging to that Equipment will be listed. If an individual Nozzle is selected, then the Pipe connected to that Nozzle would be listed. An item in the Reference List can be made the Current Element in the Database Explorer, providing a simple way to find groups of connected elements, and add them to the display. The Draw List The Draw List within the Design Explorer shows the names of displayed items. Items are added to or removed from the display by using the features provided in earlier versions of PDMS, or by using the new features provided in the Design Explorer. Colour, translucency and edge display are properties of drawn items that can be modified. Clicking Show Visual Properties at the bottom of the Draw list shows the user interface to modify these properties. A colour palette is provided to change the display colour of items selected in the Draw List immediately. Setting the translucency of displayed items allows you to see through the translucent items to items behind them in the display. The degree of opaqueness can be controlled by specifying the percentage translucency, where 0% is a solid colour, and 100% is completely transparent. The Show Edges option can be used to add or remove edge display on the selected items.

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Element Tooltips
The name of the element under the mouse pointer is now shown in a tooltip. A tooltip is displayed if the mouse pointer is left stationary over the element for a fraction of a second.

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View Manipulation Changes

View manipulation commands are enhanced and made more accessible in PDMS 11.5. View manipulation commands in PDMS Design are accessed using:

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The new View menu on the main menu bar The new 3D View shortcut menu, obtained by clicking on the 3D View background with the right mouse button Buttons located next to the 3D view on a 3D View window Function keys on the keyboard Shortcut menus on Design items Direct manipulation of the 3D view using the mouse

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2.4.1 The 3D View Window

There is a new mode of operation: Model Editor Mode. In this mode, one or more elements can be selected, and those elements can be moved or rotated dynamically by dragging with the mouse pointer. Model Editor mode and the existing Event Driven Graphics mode are kept separate, so it is not possible to enter EDG mode while in Model Editor mode, or vice-versa

2.4.2 New Viewing Features

Mouse wheel zoom Rolling the mouse wheel forwards zooms in on the currently active 3D View. Rolling the mouse wheel backwards zooms out on the currently active 3D View. Zoom Rectangle In PDMS 11.5, the mouse pointer can be used to identify the volume required to fill the 3D View. Dragging out a rectangle on a 3D View will zoom in to the area defined by the extent of the rectangle. Zoom To model to fill the view. Options are provided to zoom to the current selected elements, or to zoom to an element identified with the mouse pointer. A Zoom To Draw List function is provided to view the entire displayed model. Walk To
Walk To operates in a similar way to Zoom To. It differs from Zoom To in that it adjusts the display limits. Walk To>Draw List is equivalent to Limits>Draw List in previous versions of PDMS. Zoom To zooms and pans the 3D View to get the required part of the 3D

Animated Zoom and Pan This new feature provides smooth pan and zoom operations in 3D Views when Zoom To and Walk To are used. This means that the zoom operation is animated to show the transition from the original view definition to the final view definition. If Animation is disabled, zooming and panning operations happen immediately, without a smooth transition to the final view. This is the default mode of operation.

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If Animation is enabled, smooth transition will be seen if the system determines that the view does not contain too much information for a smooth transition to be possible. Otherwise, the system uses immediate pan and zoom. Set Centre of View element or screen position is centred in the 3D view. High Quality setting This is a new feature which can be used to toggle between a higher quality image of the Design model, which is slower to draw and manipulate, or a standard quality image, which is faster to draw and manipulate. Zoom To on Element shortcut menus New context menus have been provided on Design database graphical elements in Model Editor Mode. Using the right mouse button on an element shows a menu, which includes options to zoom in to the selected element, or remove it from the display.
Set Centre of View allows you to pan the 3D view such that the identified

2.4.3 Changed Viewing Features

The 3D View shortcut menu has changed at PDMS 11.5 to introduce the new viewing facilities, and to remove some of the less frequently used options that contributed to the old 3D View menu being too long. The graphics clipping functions have moved from the view context menu to the 3D View toolbar which is positioned down the left-hand side of each 3D view. Two new clipping buttons have been added to the toolbar. One enables clipping, and clips to the Current Element. The other enables or disables clipping with a left mouse button click, and provides advanced clipping options on a right mouse button click. The 3D View background colour function has moved to the 3D View Control form, accessed via the Display>View Control menu. In PDMS 11.5, it is possible to set the background colour for one or more 3D Views by selecting the 3D Views from the list on the 3D View Control form, and using the Settings>Background submenu to show the colour palette. Two commonly used 3D View background colour settings are made available on the View menu black background for normal design work, and white background for copying images to the Windows paste buffer or for printing a 3D View.

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The Limits functions have moved from the 3D View context menu to the 3D View toolbar. Clicking on the top button in the toolbar with the left mouse button still performs the LIMITS CE function. Clicking on that button with the right mouse button now shows a menu of the more advanced Limits setting functions. The old Limits>Drawlist menu command is replaced by the Walk To>Entire Draw List option that appears on the new View menu, the 3D View shortcut menu, and on the View toolbar (third button from the top). The Set Centre Of View options on the View menus replace the old 3D View long menu Rotate>CE Centroid and Rotate>Pick Centroid commands. The Save View function has moved to the new main menu bar View menu and the View shortcut menu. In previous versions of PDMS, this function was found on a right mouse button pop-up on the Restore View (camera) buttons in the 3D View toolbar. Clicking on the Restore View buttons with the left mouse button continues to work as it did in previous versions of PDMS.

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Default Auto Colour Rules in Design

Auto colour rules can be used to assign colours to elements when they are added to the display, allowing different types of Design database elements to be drawn in specified colours. When auto colour is switched off, all elements are added to the display in the default colour grey. In previous versions of PDMS, a set of auto colour rules was supplied with the product, but auto colour was switched off in the auto colour configuration file. In PDMS 11.5, the default auto colour rules have been improved, and auto-colour is switched on by default. If users have existing Project or User auto-colour settings, these will override the new settings supplied with PDMS 11.5. Users who do not have Project or User auto colour settings will see auto colouring activated when they use PDMS 11.5. In order to turn off auto colour, or change the auto colour rules, use menu Settings>Graphics>Colour to display the Colours form. Changes made to the auto colour configuration must be saved by using the File>Save menu on the Colours form to become your default settings. For more information on auto colours, look up Auto Colour in the Design online help.

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Adding elements to the display takes a little longer with auto-colour enabled. However, the clarity of the picture produced is much improved over a scene containing all items coloured grey, making it easier to interact with the model.

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HVAC Insulation Weight Calculation

This development allows HVAC weight and centre of gravity calculations to include HVAC insulation. The HVAC Main Branch form has a new field for specifying the Insulation Spec. The material density is defined by the material reference (MATREF) attribute of the insulation spec. The Insulation thickness is specified in the Insulation Thickness field on the same form. In order to calculate insulation weight in HVAC Designer, it is first necessary to define your insulation specifications and materials. The PDMS sample project contains an example of a HVAC insulation specification in element /CADCHVACISPEC in database MASTER/HVACCATA. The easiest way to build your own insulation specification is to start by duplicating the sample project insulation specification. In Paragon, create a SPEC for insulation as follows: Create a new SPEC element which is a copy of the standard insulation specification supplied with PDMS 11.5. For example, NEW SPEC /USERHVACISPEC copy /CADCHVACISPEC rename /CADCHVACISPEC /USERHVACISPEC Set the PURP attribute of SPEC /USERHVACISPEC to the value INSU, and the PURP attribute of the SPWL owning this SPEC to the value HVAC. When the weights are calculated using the HVAC Designer Application, the insulation weight is stored in HVAC component design parameter 89. The best way to query the insulation weight put into design parameter 89 is to create a new DATA property in CATA /CADCHVACCATA as follows: NEW DATA /CADCHVACCATA-DTSE-COMMON-IWEI DKEY IWEI DTITLE 'Insulation Weight' PPROP ( DESP[89] ) NUMB 89 PURP DESP

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Once the insulation weight has been calculated, it can be retrieved by querying property IWEI.

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PDMS Paragon Enhancements

New GUI for Management of Datasets in Paragon
Catalogue Datasets have been available in Paragon since PDMS 10.5 but they have been created and modified by using the command line. There has been no Graphical User Interface to make this task easier. As part of the PDMS 11.2 Equipment Template development, a user interface was written for Design Datasets. The Design Dataset user interface has been used as a basis of this new user interface for Catalogue Datasets in Paragon. The menus in the Paragon Steelwork and Piping applications have been extended to include Create>Data Set and Modify>Data Set functions.
Create>Data Set displays the standard create and name form for Paragon elements, and then displays the Catalogue Property Definitions form. Modify>Data Set displays the details of the current Catalogue Dataset in the Catalogue Property Definitions form. If the Current Element is a component, and it has a valid reference to a Catalogue Dataset (DTREF), then the Catalogue Property Definitions form displays details of that Catalogue Dataset.

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The CE button reinitialises the form for the Current Dataset. The name of the dataset to be modified is displayed adjacent the CE button. Note that the form has no Apply button. The upper parts of the form define the current property and the Include, Replace and Remove buttons act upon the Currently Defined Properties list. Define each property as follows: Description Key Enter a brief description of the property, for use in displayed lists. Enter a word (max four characters) to identify the property in reports or rules. (If the Property Definition is set to Attribute, the Key must be the same as the attribute to which the property is to apply.) Select the type of property being defined. The other controls change to suit the selected type:

Definition

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Design Parameter

Enter Design Parameter number in No box. Select the appropriate Type for the data (Distance, Bore, Numeric, Integer or Word). Enter a Default value. The specified default value is displayed in the input field corresponding to this parameter on the Properties forms in Design. Default values are also used where the value for this property cannot be derived from the design data at any stage.

Parameter

Enter Parameter number in No box. Select the appropriate Type for the data (Distance, Bore, Numeric, Integer or Word). The attribute is defined by the Key. Key must be set to a valid attribute before you can select this option, for example, DIAM for Diameter. Type is set automatically to match the specified attribute. Use this option to specify an expression which is not related to a specific attribute. Select the appropriate Type for the data (Distance, Bore, Numeric, Integer or Word). Enter a Default value, to be used if the property cannot be derived from the design data at any stage. Enter the expression in the Expr text-box.

Attribute

Expression

Plotfile

Use this option to specify a plot file to be displayed for the item on the properties form. Set Type to the plot format: Portrait or Landscape. Enter the pathname for the folder holding the plot file into the Sub-Dir field (the default directory is as specified by the PDMSPLOTS environment variable). The pathname must not contain spaces. Enter the plot file name into the File text-box. The file name must not contain spaces.

Null

This property type is used where the property category is currently unset. The type of a fully defined property should be selected from one of the property types listed above. Select this check box if you want the current property to be shown on the Catalogue Properties definition form.

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Click Include - to add a new property definition into the property list. Click Replace to overwrite the currently selected property in the list by a new definition. Click Remove to delete the currently selected property from the list. order, displaying the Type, Key, Description and Default values. In order to modify one of these definitions, click on any property definition. This populates the Property and Data fields with details from the selected property definition. These details can be modified, and the property definition changed by clicking on Replace.
Current Data Elements shows a list of the property definitions in Type

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User-Defined Nominal Bore in Paragon

Although all pipe bores are stored in the PDMS databases in metric (mm) units, they may be input and output in either metric or imperial units. Since pipe nominal bore cannot be calculated by applying a simple conversion factor, PDMS holds tables of standard nominal bore pipe sizes and, unless specified otherwise, compares each actual bore against the values in the appropriate metric or imperial table. If the actual bore falls within a predefined tolerance of one of the nominal bores, it is assumed that the standard sized-pipe is suitable and so that nominal bore is output. In the case where the pipe bore is not one of the standard sizes provided in PDMS, it is not possible to look up an imperial or metric units nominal bore size. This development addresses that limitation. This development allows you to specify your own table of nominal bores for the project. New commands have been provided in Paragon to load a table of nominal bores into a Catalogue database. If you load your own table of nominal bores, it will be used in place of the standard nominal bore table, so it is necessary to define in the userdefined table all of the standard nominal bores required on your project, even if they are available in the standard table. At this stage of the development, this feature is provided on the command line only. There is no Graphical User Interface to create a new nominal bore table. The recommended approach to adding your own nominal bore table is to modify a command macro provided in the PDMS executable directory (normally C:\AVEVA\pdms11.5) called nominal_bore.mac, and run this macro in Paragon to load the table. An extract from this file shows the commands used to create a new Nominal

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Bore World element in the catalogue database, along with definitions of standard bore sizes up to 25mm/1in.
NEW NBRWLD /NOMINALBOREWORLD PURP BORE NEW NOMINB /NOMINALBORE6MM MMBORE 6 INCBORE .125 NEW NOMINB /NOMINALBORE8MM MMBORE 8 INCBORE .25 NEW NOMINB /NOMINALBORE10MM MMBORE 10 INCBORE .375 NEW NOMINB /NOMINALBORE15MM MMBORE 15 INCBORE .5 NEW NOMINB /NOMINALBORE20MM MMBORE 20 INCBORE .75 NEW NOMINB /NOMINALBORE25MM MMBORE 25 INCBORE 1

The command NEW NBRWLD /NOMINALBOREWORLD creates a new nominal bore table in a catalogue DB. This element must have its Purpose attribute set to the word BORE by using the command PURP BORE, otherwise this table will be ignored by PDMS. The command NEW NOMINB /name adds a new nominal bore entry to the table. The metric unit nominal bore is specified in millimetres by the command MMBORE, and the imperial unit nominal bore is specified in inches by the command INCBORE. The consistency of the user defined nominal bore table can be checked by using the command CHECK CE at the nominal bore table world element. This will report errors such as unset metric or imperial bore sizes, and duplicated entries in the table. If more than one user-defined nominal bore table exists in an MDB, this is treated as if entries from all of the tables were merged into a single table.

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PDMS Reports Utility Changes

New variables are provided to enhance the layout of reports produced using the PDMS Reports Utility. These variables are described in the PDMS online help. The new variables are designed to be used outside the body of the report, that is, in the Introduction, Summary, Header or Footer. Note that you can run a predefined PML1 macro that can exist in the PDMSDFLTS environment path. The filename of the macro must be REPORTS-VARIABLES. The macro can contain any global variable definitions that may be used in the report Introduction, Header, Footer and Summary. Variable !criteria !date !filename !pageno !projcode !projdesc !projname !projnumb !projmess !selfrom !selhierarchy !selno Description Inserts the complete selection criteria on which the report is based. Inserts today's date. Inserts the filename to which the report will be sent. Inserts page numbers. Inserts current project 3-character code. Inserts current project description. Inserts current project name. Inserts current project number. Inserts current project message. Inserts MDB, Drawlist or Obstruction List, as specified on the Hierarchy form. Inserts the contents of the Hierarchy text box. Inserts the sequence number of an element in a selection. This variable should be used when the Sorting option on the Creating Column form is set to the value Fix. Inserts the number of elements that match the criteria.

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Variable !seltype !selvolspec !selvolume !time

Description Inserts the contents of the Type text box. Inserts Off, Completely within or Partially within, as specified on the Hierarchy form. Inserts the coordinates defining the volume, as specified on the Hierarchy form. Inserts the time.

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Relocation of Database Definition files

If you are moving from a PDMS 11.4SP1 project to PDMS 11.5, you can ignore this chapter. At PDMS 11.4SP1, the standard database definition files were moved to the PDMS executable directory defined by the environment variable PDMSEXE. The benefit of this change is that it simplifies the upgrade process when new attributes and elements are added to a PDMS database. It is no longer necessary to copy the definition files (also known as virgin database files) to the project data areas in order to gain access to new elements and attributes.

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Product User Reports

This section briefly describes Software Change Requests (SCR) that have been resolved in PDMS 11.5. Users responsible for raising specific SCRs that result in changes to PDMS will already have been notified individually of our response. Change ID Brief Description Template Equipment property form: If component (specification) option field is set, then unset by either the "Default" or "Reset" button, the option gadgets are set back to the appropriate value. However, the data used to create the template is its value prior to the Reset, and not the current gadgets state Template Equipment properties: The "unlink" functionality does not work correctly. The unlinked element still retains its reference back to the original template definition. Template Equipment property form: If a template has its specification reference unset. Then the user gets an error when the property form is applied. Desclash: Splash Crash if command REM APP MOVED used when there is nothing to remove Design: Purpose selection at Zone not being restricted by Site purpose Draft: Appware won't load if there is an invalid TMRF on an SYTM element Draft: MTBE & MTEN not working for ATTAs Draft crashes drawing complicated panels Penetrations on attached sections not drawn. Negative primitives in Templates that should cut attached SCTNs are ignored in DRAFT Design: Some MOVE command options not working with Branches Admin Elements form: Sort databases by number does not sort correctly

HPD11866

HPD11869

HPD11870

HPD12395 HPD12748 HPD13435 HPD13796 HPD13982 HPD14181

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Change ID HPD14707 SCR10010 SCR10053 SCR10081 SCR10082

Brief Description HVAC Designer application does not recognise MDS ATTs Isodraft: online help for Chinese systems outputs in Greek Design: Autocolour rules do not work for HVAC / WALLs / SCREED Using the General ADP Update View form on an SDA view causes confusion Design: When a SCTN has joint or fitting with negative geometry attached along its length the start or end positions of the 'cut' plines is likely to be incorrect Upgrade macro changed so that a subsequent MAKE GLOBAL command works properly Isodraft: Incorrect dimension on skewed pipe Draft: CSV report template crashes Equipment Application: When creating a nozzle, the Create nozzle form is displayed. If you select the nozzle type button, a child form is displayed. If the mouse is moved over the picture in the Create Nozzle form, the child form is hidden HVAC Designer: HVAC insulation should be included in the CofG and weigh calculations. (See section 2.6 HVAC Insulation Weight Calculation) Late evaluation problem with material item descriptions Isodraft: A single flange item that is a Spool (gasket one side, field weld the other) has its spool id shown on item after field weld Design List Utility should report errors on action Equipment application > Position > Equipment Point > At explicit... form not working correctly in imperial units Installation of PDMS 11.4 over PDMS 11.3 causes plotting problems Isodraft: Inconsistent results using the Attex command to append text to the component description. Isodraft: Incorrect representation of 180 degree flanged bends Draft: Rubber-band feedback not working on Wildcat 5110

SCR10086 SCR10114 SCR10115 SCR10125

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SCR10283 SCR10328

SCR10487 SCR10492 SCR10513 SCR10517 SCR10597 SCR10602

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Change ID SCR10628 26720 26726 30013 33073 33359 34670 35818 36451

Brief Description and 6110 graphics cards Draft: Problem instancing large SYTM elements Fatal error detected by graphics package Reporter: Require ability to substitute expanded filename in reports Reporter: Require ability to substitute project data (PROJNAME, PROJUSER, PROJDESC etc.) in reports Reporter requires the ability to output the name of the project in the report header Reporter: GUI not being updated with header information on previously stored template. ASL: Horizontal stringers positioned incorrectly on side-exit ladder Reporter: GUI not being updated with information on previously stored template. Reporter: Headers and footers output in CSV format reports Isodraft: Using imperial units, extracting pipe BORE attribute is not displaying units along with size, for example BORE 3in in design is shown as 3 Isodraft: Using imperial units, OUTCOME for attributes HEIGHT, RADIUS and ALLOCATE are displayed as metric values not imperial In Hangers and Supports ADP, File>Defaults>Save gives an error because // is put in front of the filename. Illegal SPREF on welds causes Isodraft to crash instead of issuing a warning The following nominal metric bores must be considered as a valid nominal bore: 16, 24, 30, 34, 45, 58, 60, 70, 90, 120, 160 (see section Error! Reference source not found. Error! Reference source not found.) Isodraft omits from the bolt calculation, the P1-P2 distance for the first Wafer fitting found in the direction of flow Q var !!ce.sessmod.hierarchy causes database error 534

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