Resolving Out-of-Date Issues in Composite Drawings - Intergraph Smart Electrical - Help - Hexagon

During the course of the life cycle of your plant, some of your composite drawing can become out of date. You can do a number of things to remedy this situation:

• When opening a composite drawing, the software refreshes the data and some of the out-of date issues are resolved automatically on the fly. For example, changes made to the properties of plant items or deletion of plant items are resolved on the fly. Also, changes in the properties of a drawing or revision changes are also resolved automatically.

• When printing a single drawing without opening it or when printing several drawings in batch mode the software prompts you to select an appropriate option for printing. You can print out an up-to-date drawing but the out-of-date issues will still remain unresolved until you open the drawings or resolve them manually.

• In an open drawing, you can always press F5 to refresh the data. Don't forget to save the drawing to retain the changes.

• There are several out-of date situations that the software can identify for you by running the Out-of-Date Summary Report. When running this report, some of the issues are resolved automatically. For details about this report, see Generate an Out-of-Date Summary Report for details. When running this report, the software identifies and resolves automatically the changes in the document template or if the template has been replaced.

• Smart Electrical cannot resolve all out-of-date issues automatically. However, running the Out-of-Date Summary Report can detect and identify the out-of-date issues. You can then resolve these issues manually in the specified drawings. The report specifies the drawings and items that need to be fixed. You can see which items in the drawings are out of date and resolve these issues manually in the relevant drawings. Here are the situations that the software detects and specifies in the Out-of-Date Summary Report:

  • Modification of symbols or labels (can only be resolved manually in the specified drawings).

  • Missing symbols or labels (can only be resolved manually in the specified drawings).

  • Changes in the association of custom symbols (can only be resolved manually in the specified drawings).

  • Changes in the properties of related items (can be resolved by pressing F5 in the drawings).

  • Changes in the select lists (can be resolved by pressing F5 in the drawings).

  • Changes in the units of measure (can be resolved by pressing F5 in the drawings).

  • Changes in plant item properties, symbol files, or symbology filters that have been set in Options Manager (Options > Item Type Symbology > Define).