Comparing System Editing to Propagation - Intergraph Smart P&ID - 10 - Help - Intergraph

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10
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11
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10.0(2018)

Smart P&ID is a data-centric application that makes use of a live connection to the plant database within the graphical environment. The drawing provides a familiar user interface for creating and modifying the data in the database. The database is the master data-store. The drawings can be re- generated from the data in the database.

PDS 2D is a drawing-centric application that can load the plant database from the data in the drawings. Drawings can be created independently and loaded into the database at a later time. The drawings contain the master data. The database can be regenerated from the data in the drawings.

The term propagation as used in PDS 2D describes the process by which the data in the drawings are loaded into the database. This process includes three major parts: 1) Validation of the graphics, 2) Validation of the data and the spreading of the data through the network of connected items, 3) Loading of the database.

Validation of the graphics, validation of the data and loading of the database are not included in Smart P&ID System Editing (propagation). System Editing is not a post-process of any kind. It is not driven by the existence of labels on the drawing. It does not apply a precedence algorithm to determine the property value for each item.

It is a process that happens every time a property is changed (if the command is turned on). It is a process by which a property value can be spread throughout a connected network of items without requiring the user to visit each item. It is a process by which consistency can be maintained with minimal effort as the design changes.

See System Editing.