Multi-Discipline Supports Automatic Drawing Production User Guide

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1 Introduction

1.1 Overview

Drawings for Multi-Discipline Supports (MDS) are created using the AVEVA Area Based

Automatic Drawing Production (ADP) application (referred to as ABA).

The purpose of this document is to provide the user with guidance on how to produce MDS

drawings from the design model. A pre-requisite to using MDS-ADP is that the Area Based

ADP application has been installed and configured by the administrator.

It is expected that the MDS-ADP user will not need full AVEVA product training in order to be

able to use the application. However, a minimum level of knowledge is required to be able to

enter and exit DRAFT in the required models.

MDS-ADP allows the user to produce drawings by selecting a support or supports and a

template. In an example of a typical MDS-ADP work process, if a user changes the design

model for a maintenance project, the drawings used in that area may be updated. The user

will enter DRAFT, start ADP, select the area and reproduce all the drawings generated for

that area, running the process overnight.

This guide has been structured to take the MDS-ADP user through all the steps needed to

produce new and modified drawings in a logical order. However, the information has been

compiled in a format that should allow a user to reference a particular aspect of MDS-ADP

to gain specific information.

1.2 Overview of the MDS Applicat ion

The MDS application allows the user to create standard supports for pipework, cable trays,

and HVAC. The application is highly interactive, enabling the user to design supports with

the minimum of effort. It is also highly configurable allowing the administrator to define

project-related defaults to control the design of supports and to determine the range and

types of ancillary support components that can be used on the project.

The standard supports in this application, which are designed using structural sections, are

template-driven. A default set of structural templates based on British Standard Steelwork

Sections is supplied with the application. All of these templates may be configured to suit

the needs of an office or project to adopt a relevant national standard for steelwork sections.

1.3 Administrator s Role

The administrator is responsible for initial setup of the MDS defaults in the DATASETS

stored in the PARAGON database, the default files associated with the MDS application

(refer to theAdministrator Guide) and setup of the structural steel sizes associated with the

framework templates. The MDS application is supplied with a British Steel set of framework


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templates, which the administrator must modify to suit the specific requirements of the

project.

1.4 MDS Catalogues and Specif ications

The MDS application is supplied with a catalogue and specification. The range of bore and

components in the catalogue are fixed and should be adequate for all projects. The

catalogue supplied and associated /MDS specification must not be modified by the

administrator or any other user.


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Using Area Based ADP (Draft Users)

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2 Using Area Based ADP (Draft Users)

2.1 Introduction

The only functionality a normal DRAFT user has within the Area Based ADP application is

the ability to create drawings using the administrative elements previously defined by a

DRAFT administrator such as Templates and Tasks. If any of the application componentscovered in this user guide do not exist, consult your DRAFT ABA administrator.

2.2 Starting the Application

To begin creating one or more ABA drawings, click on Drafton the top menu bar and select

Au to Drawing Produc tionfrom the drop down menu (Figure 2:1.: Draft Main Menu).

Figure 2:1. Draft Main Menu

This loads the ADP top menu bar containing the Area Based ADP menu selections.

(Area Based ADP Defaults in the Settings menu and MDS Drawings in the Create

menu).

For information on setting the MDS Area Based ADP defaults, refer to the MDS

Customisation Guide.


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2.3 Starting the MDS-ABA Drawing Process

From within the Automatic Drawing Production module, click on the Create top bar menu

and select MDSDrawings

from the drop down menu (Figure 2:2.: ABA Create menu).

Figure 2:2. ABA Create menu

The Create MDS Drawing form now appears, allowing the user to begin creating drawings

(Figure 2:3.: Create MDS Drawing form).


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Figure 2:4. Typical MDS ABA Drawing

2.3.1 Viewing Existing Drawings

Click the Existing Drawings button on the Create MDS Drawing form above to view

existing drawings (Figure 2:5.: ABA Browse Sheets form). The latest MDS ABA drawing

created will be displayed (Figure 2:4.: Typical MDS ABA Drawing).


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Figure 2:5. ABA Browse Sheets form

Use this form to:

Refresh the list of available drawings (Select File > Reload from the top menu bar).

Display a form to read any stored log file (Select Browse>Stored LogFilesfrom thetop menu bar).

Modify Template View(s). Right-click an item to display the ABA Template View formand access the Views available under the Sheet Template from which the pickeddrawing was derived.

Modify Template Sheet. Right-click an item to display the ABA Template Sheet formand access the Sheet Template from which the picked drawing was derived.

Modify Template Drawing. Right-click an item to display the ABA Template Drawing

form and access the Drawing Template from which the picked drawing was derived.

Click on Cancel to return to the Create MDS Drawing form.

Note: The three modify functions are only available to an ABA DRAFT administrator (Area

Based ADP Administrator Guide).

2.3.2 Stored LogFiles

To access logfiles click the Stored LogFiles button on the Create MDS Drawing form

(Figure 2:3.: Create MDS Drawing form). The form shown in Figure 2:6.: Stored LogFiles

formis displayed.


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Figure 2:6. Stored LogFiles form

Use the browser to navigate to the required directory (the default is %PDMSABALOG%),

and then select the required file. You can then:

View the current LogFile.

Edit a LogFile by selecting Editand clicking onApply. This brings up a default editor.

Load the contents of a LogFile into the selection fields of the Create MDS Drawingform. To do this select Loadand click onApply. This allows you to re-create a previousprocess run.

Click on the Dismiss button to return to the Create MDS Drawing form. (If the Process

Drawings Control form is displayed, this can be ignored; click Cancelto close the form).

2.3.3 MDS User View

You will need sufficient working knowledge of DRAFT to make use of this facility.

An additional view may be created on an existing MDS ABA drawing, called a 'User View',

which is displayed on the graphical canvas of the main form in the Automatic Drawing

Production application.

A User View is an additional view created by copying an existing view at the users selected

location on the existing drawing. This view will be regenerated each time the MDS ABA

drawing is recreated, and the drawing creation process will generally update any DRAFT

elements, e.g. Dimensions etc., as required. The User View is recognised by the MDS ABA

application by setting the view attribute SpPurpose to USER. A User View may only be

created from a valid MDS ABA view, and not from a User View.


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You can modify the view as required by modifying attributes and creating or deleting view

elements etc. Manipulation and/or positioning of the DRAFT elements in the view may also

be done.

Select Create>MDS User Viewfrom the ADP top menu bar. The prompt Identify VIEW to

be copied from or ESCAPE is displayed.

Identify any element in the view to be copied. The 'Point Construction Option Form' will be

displayed, with the option '2D Cursor hit' selected as default.

Figure 2:7. Point Construction Option form

Locate the centre of the User View on the canvas via the 'Cross Hairs' displayed on the

screen. An exact copy of the copied view is created at the selected location. The view can

now be modified as required.

2.3.4 MDS Over View

An Over View is an additional view created by copying an existing view at the exact location

of the existing view on the existing drawing.

This view will NOT be regenerated each time the MDS ABA drawing is recreated. The Over

View is recognised by the MDS ABA application by setting the view attribute SpPurpose toUSER. An Over View may only be created from a valid MDS ABA view, and not from a User

View.

An Over View only copies the MDS support elements, and does NOT copy anything else,

e.g. Dimensions, Pat No. tags etc.

Select Create>MDSOver Viewfrom the ADP top menu bar. The prompt Identify VIEW to

be copied from or Escape is displayed.

Identify any element in the view to be copied. The Over View is created by overlaying the

new Over View exactly over the top of the existing view.

The purpose of this type of view is to clarify the design of the MDS support elements, e.g. as

in a Plan View, by drawing the MDS support elements in full if they are obscured and drawn

in 'hidden detail' representation below the main structural supporting steelwork members.

An additional note inside parenthesis will be added to the existing view title, i.e. (Support

shown in full detail for clarity).


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3 Utilities

This section describes the use of the last four items accessible from the Utilitiesdrop down

menu (Figure 3:1.: Utilities menu).

Figure 3:1. Utilities menu

3.1 MDS Drawing Lock

Use this option to lock a drawing, preventing any changes to be made.


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Select the option Utilities>MDS Drawing Lockand the form shown below is displayed.

Select the Lock Drawingoption and click onApplyto lock the drawing.

To unlock a drawing, select Unlock Drawingand clickApply.

A locked drawing will NOT be deleted and/or overwritten via the MDS ABA drawing creation

process, even if the MDS support name is selected in the main 'Create MDS Drawing' form.

However the user will have to check the ABA log file, e.g. %PDMSABALOG%/Aba_7-June-

07_10-52-36.log, for the list of MDS support drawings successfully created or aborted. A

typical ABA log file output is shown below.

====================================

ABA Log Fi l e - Processi ng 1 Dr awi ngs

====================================

Ent r y f or Dr awi ng / MDS- ABA- 3- VI EWS( METRI C) - PS01005- AREA (=23706/324, =22384/ 63420)

End of Process Li st

Processi ng Dr awi ng ( 1 of 1)

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

7 J un 2007 10: 52: 37

Cannot del ete ol d dr awi ng / MDS- ABA- 3- VI EWS( METRI C) - PS01005- AREA asi t i s l ocked - Dr awi ng abor t ed

Dr awi ng ( 1 of 1) Processed

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Dr af t r un- t i me warni ngs:

64, 353) 0 el ement s wi t h nul l or i l l egal I DNM at t r i but es have beendel eted. I DLI ST / MDS- ABA- 3- VI EWS(METRI C) - PS01005- AREA/ S1/ V7/ I DLI ST/I DLI

64, 353) 0 el ement s wi t h nul l or i l l egal DDNM at t r i but es have beendel eted. VI EW/ MDS- ABA- 3- VI EWS(METRI C) - PS01005- AREA/ S1/ V7

64, 353) 0 el ement s wi t h nul l or i l l egal I DNM at t r i but es have beendel eted. VI EW/ MDS- ABA- 3- VI EWS(METRI C) - PS01005- AREA/ S1/ V7

Cannot del ete ol d dr awi ng / MDS- ABA- 3- VI EWS( METRI C) - PS01005- AREA asi t i s l ocked - Dr awi ng abor t ed


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3.2 MDS Revision Control

To use this function:

1. Select MDSRevision Controlfrom the Utilitiesmenu to display the following form:

2. Click on theNew Revisionbutton and the form changes as shown below:


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3. Enter the information you want to add to the drawing. An example is shown below:


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4. Click on theApplybutton to update the information on the drawing as shown on theextract below:


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Subsequent updates of drawings retain revision information. Positioning, revision text, and

number of allowable revisions are controlled via the drawing template. See the MDS

Administrator Guidefor more information.

3.3 MDS Scale Override

MDS calculates the scale required to fit the whole support within the views. If this scale is

unacceptable, the user may override the scale calculated by MDS and force a scale to be

used.

To do this:

1. Select MDSScale Overridefrom the Utilitiesmenu to display the following form:

2. Select the required scale from the Scaledrop down box and click on the OKbutton. Inthe example shown below a scale of 1/10 has been selected.


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3.4 MDS Layer Control

The layers created on a MDS drawing can be controlled.

To do this, Select MDSLayer Contro lfrom the Utilitiesmenu to display the following form:

The Viewgadget shows the current editable view. To turn the whole view on or off, use the

toggle in the top right of the form.

The Layer list shows all the current layers in the selected views. Highlighting a layer

displays its members in the lower box. Right-click on the Layer list to show the following

submenu:


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The Layer Memberslist shows all the members of a particular layer. Click on a member to

toggle between show, and hide. In the example shown below two members have been set

to hidden.

Each menu item works as follows:

Show Allshows all members of the selected layer.

Hide Allhides all members of the selected layer.

Show/Hide on selection changes the behaviour of the list so that when the userselects the list all the members will be shown or hidden depending on their currentstate.

Hide Layer by Cursor displays the prompt Identify LAYE in the graphical canvas.Identifying a single element in a current view will hide all elements contained in theowning LAYE element. The LAYER list shows the layers that are hidden:


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3.5 MDS Rescale Pipe Symbols

This utility is used to rescale pipe symbols to suit the VSCA view scale attribute.

Select Utilities>MDSRescale Pipe Symbolsfrom the main menu.

The utility will try to navigate to a DRAFT view element, but if it is unable to navigate to a

view you will be prompted to 'Identify view to rescale pipe symbols' in the graphical canvas.

In both cases once the utility has navigated to a view element, the pipe symbols shown in

the view are automatically rescaled to suit the VSCA view scale attribute.

Note: Currently only two types of pipe symbols may be rescaled on MDS drawings. Both

pipe symbols are represented by DRAFT SLAB (Symbol Label) elements with the

TMRF(Template reference) attribute set to either /DRA/MAS/SYMBOLS/GEN/

BREAKS/BB-1 or /MDS/ABA/TAGS/BREAK/PIPE

3.6 Update DM Plotfile

Select Update DM Plotfilefrom the Utilitiesmenu to update the Deliverable Manager (DM)

plot file with the latest copy in DRAFT. Use this when modifications have been made in

DRAFT. Update DM Plotfile overwrites the file and runs any post-actions required by DM,

for example DM drawing stickers.

Note: This utility requires that the AVEVA Delivery Manager and AVEVA Model Object

Manager software products are installed and working on the current project.


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A

Area Based ADP

using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:1

D

DM Plotfile

updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:9

Drawing Lock

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:1

E

Existing Drawings

viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:4

L

Layer Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:7

M

MDS Application

overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:1

MDS Catalogues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:2

MDS Over View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:7

MDS Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:2

MDS User View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:6

MDS-ABA Drawing Process

starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:2

R

Rescale Pipe Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:9

Revision Control

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:3

S

Scale Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:6

Stored LogFiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:5

U

Utilties menu

options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:1

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