This command searches, selects, and displays the Smart P&ID within the PDS piping design environment. This display enables the graphical transfer of piping segment data by snapping to graphics in the active P&ID. You can also specify a component name for placement by selecting a component in the P&ID.
For data transfer purposes, only one P&ID can be active. You can select a P&ID to display from the list of P&IDs extracted from the Smart P&ID database. The list of P&IDs is limited to P&IDs for the active unit number in the PDS piping model, or if the active unit number is undefined, then all P&IDs from the Smart P&ID database are listed in alphanumeric order by drawing number.
The Graphical P&ID Setup command checks for the existence of Smart P&ID data in the PDS project. If P&ID data is found, then PDS 2D starts the old software component to allow data transfer from P&ID. If the project is PDS 3D only, then the data transfer from Smart P&ID to PDS 3D starts.
You can use the following options to select the P&ID to display.
P&ID Conversion Option
Launches Smart P&ID automation to convert the selected P&ID from its native format to IGDS format. The converted drawing is placed in a temporary folder. The drawing is closed automatically upon exiting the design session.
Units of Measure Option
Converts SI units in Smart P&ID using unit-related codelists from the Standard Note library in PDS. Smart P&ID stores all properties with a unit of measure in SI units. For example, length is stored in meters regardless of your plant settings. The software then checks another property that determines how you want length values to appear. When a property represents a quantity based on units (for example, pressure, temperature, and so forth) data transfer looks at the active segment data, or type 63 settings, to determine the unit of measure to use. The SI value stored in the database is then converted using unit- related code lists from the Standard Note library.
Code-listed Attributes Option
Uses a codelist map to translate the codelisted attributes. The Attribute Mapper stores mapping of codelist numbers such that their text values match. Data transfer uses this codelist map to translate the codelisted attributes from the database to the PDS database.
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If the Smart P&ID database participates in Workshare environment, then the P&ID list is a combination of the P&IDs owned and subscribed to (that is, published by remote location) by the site.
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Use the LocalModelItemLookupTable.sql utility if your connected Workshare satellite experiences performance problems when transferring piping data from Smart P&ID to PDS. This script converts a satellite database view (namely, the T_ModelItemLookup) that references a host table into a local table, allowing the data transfer to proceed without using a DBLink. Smart P&ID uses the DBLink to fetch unique Long IDs from the Host when running from a connected Workshare satellite. If the performance of opening the PID file in PDS is an issue or if maintaining the correlation between Smart P&ID and PDS after the merge is not an issue, then you can run this script to change the lookup for the Long ID from a view to the host to a local query. This utility is delivered as an SQL script to the ..\SmartPlant\P&ID Workstation\bin folder and can be executed using any Oracle user interface, such as SQLPlus. Do not use this script if the transferred PDS data will be merged back into a host PDS database because the Long IDs will not be unique at the host.
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Because Smart P&ID databases are unit-dependent and PDS databases are design area-dependent, one PDS piping design area can include data from different Smart P&ID units. Consequently, you must specify the correct unit number in the active segment data prior to requesting a list of P&IDs from a Smart P&ID database.