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User Guide
Part 1: Basic Drawing Creation & Output
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Revision History
Date Version Notes
March 2003 11.5 Manual divided into two Parts:
Part 1: Basic Drawing Creation & Output (this manual)
Part 2: Drawing Annotation
Sept 2004 11.6 Background Processes included.
June 2005 11.6.SP1 Minor corrections and updates for this release.
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1 Introducing PDMS DRAFT ............................................................................ 1-1
1.1 What does DRAFT do?................................................................................................1-1
1.2 The DRAFT Database .................................................................................................1-1
1.3 Who Should Read this Manual ....................................................................................1-2
1.4 Organisation of the DRAFT User Guide ......................................................................1-2
1.5 Organisation of this User Guide...................................................................................1-2
2 General PDMS Commands ........................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Saving..........................................................................................................................2-1
2.1.1 Saving and Restoring the Current Display Status..........................................2-1
2.1.2 Saving Work...................................................................................................2-1
2.1.3 Seeing Changes Made by Other Users .........................................................2-2
2.2 Accessing Multiple Database Information....................................................................2-2
2.2.1 Finding the Current User Status.....................................................................2-2
2.2.2 Finding the Current System Status ................................................................2-2
2.2.3 Listing Multiple-Database Information............................................................2-3
2.2.4 Querying MDB Information.............................................................................2-4
2.2.5 Changing Multiple Databases ........................................................................2-4
2.3 Using Multiwrite Databases .........................................................................................2-5
2.3.1 User Claims....................................................................................................2-5
2.3.2 Notes on Standard Multiwrite DBs .................................................................2-6
2.3.3 Extract Databases..........................................................................................2-7
2.3.4 How to Find Out What You Can Claim...........................................................2-9
2.4 Comparing and Listing Database Changes ...............................................................2-12
2.4.1 Comparing Database States at Different Times...........................................2-12
2.4.2 Listing Database Changes...........................................................................2-12
2.5 Miscellaneous Facilities .............................................................................................2-14
2.5.1 Audible Error Trace......................................................................................2-14
2.5.2 Switching Text Output Off (DEVICE TTY only) ............................................2-14
2.5.3 Logging the Alpha Display ...........................................................................2-14
2.5.4 Controlling Output of Warning Messages ....................................................2-14
3 Drawing the Design....................................................................................... 3-1
3.1 Introducing the DRAFT Database................................................................................3-1
3.2 Creating a Drawing, a Sheet and a View.....................................................................3-2
3.2.1 Defining the Contents of a View.....................................................................3-3
3.3 Defining View Contents Using the AUTO Command...................................................3-3
3.4 Defining VIEW Contents Using Id Lists........................................................................3-4
3.4.1 Adding elements to 3D View..........................................................................3-5
3.4.2 Selective Additions to the Id List ....................................................................3-6
3.4.3 The Spatial Map.............................................................................................3-6
3.4.4 Changing the Limits of the View Contents .....................................................3-7
3.4.5 Cleaning Up Id Lists.......................................................................................3-7
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3.4.6 Querying Id Lists............................................................................................ 3-7
3.5 Changing the Picture by Changing VIEW Attributes ................................................... 3-8
3.5.1 The VIEW Frame........................................................................................... 3-8
3.5.2 The View Size................................................................................................ 3-8
3.5.3 The View Centre............................................................................................ 3-9
3.5.4 The View Scale............................................................................................ 3-10
3.5.5 Orientation of View Contents....................................................................... 3-10
3.5.6 Perspective.................................................................................................. 3-11
3.5.7 3D View....................................................................................................... 3-11
3.5.8 Looking Direction......................................................................................... 3-11
3.5.9 Representation Ruleset Reference ............................................................. 3-13
3.5.10 Hatching Ruleset Reference........................................................................ 3-13
3.5.11 Change Ruleset Reference ......................................................................... 3-13
3.5.12 Arc Tolerance .............................................................................................. 3-13
3.5.13 View Gap Length......................................................................................... 3-13
3.6 More on the AUTO command.................................................................................... 3-13
3.7 Hidden Line Representation...................................................................................... 3-14
3.8 Querying Commands................................................................................................. 3-18
3.8.1 Querying View Contents.............................................................................. 3-18
3.8.2 Querying Whether an Element Appears in a View...................................... 3-19
3.8.3 Querying the Nearest Side to an Item......................................................... 3-19
3.9 Switching Between Databases.................................................................................. 3-20
3.10 The Background Process Manager........................................................................... 3-21
3.10.1 Introduction.................................................................................................. 3-21
3.10.2 Prerequisites................................................................................................ 3-21
3.10.3 Initiating and Using the BPM....................................................................... 3-21
3.10.4 Managing Jobs using the Background Process Manager form................... 3-24
4 Graphical Representation ............................................................................ 4-1
4.1 Representation Styles ................................................................................................. 4-2
4.2 Representation Rules.................................................................................................. 4-5
4.2.1 Selective Style Allocation .............................................................................. 4-6
4.2.2 Local Rules.................................................................................................... 4-7
4.2.3 Setting the VIEW........................................................................................... 4-7
4.3 Automatic Hatching ..................................................................................................... 4-7
4.3.1 Hatching Rules .............................................................................................. 4-8
4.3.2 Hatching Rules .............................................................................................. 4-9
4.3.3 Which Elements can be Hatched .................................................................. 4-9
4.3.4 Hatching Styles.............................................................................................. 4-9
4.3.5 The Hatch Pattern ....................................................................................... 4-10
4.4 Querying Commands................................................................................................. 4-11
4.4.1 Querying Rulesets and Styles ..................................................................... 4-11
4.4.2 Querying Hatching Rulesets and Styles...................................................... 4-11
5 Section Planes .............................................................................................. 5-1
5.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................. 5-1
5.2 Creating and Using Planes.......................................................................................... 5-3
5.2.1 Perpendicular Plane (PPLA).......................................................................... 5-5
5.2.2 Flat Plane (FPLA) .......................................................................................... 5-7
5.2.3 Stepped Plane (SPLA) .................................................................................. 5-8
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5.3 Altering Planes...........................................................................................................5-11
5.4 Plane Querying ..........................................................................................................5-11
6 Using the Cursor ........................................................................................... 6-1
6.1 Identifying Elements Using the Cursor.........................................................................6-1
6.2 Picking P-points and Nodes.........................................................................................6-2
6.2.1 P-point Style...................................................................................................6-3
6.3 Picking Structural Elements and P-lines......................................................................6-3
6.4 Querying Position Data................................................................................................6-4
6.5 Snapping 2D Points to a Grid ......................................................................................6-4
6.6 Highlighting Displayed Elements .................................................................................6-6
7 Plotting and Drawing Output........................................................................ 7-1
7.1 General ........................................................................................................................7-1
7.2 Standard DXF Output ..................................................................................................7-2
7.2.1 Creating the DXF File.....................................................................................7-2
7.2.2 DXF File Contents..........................................................................................7-2
7.2.3 Sheet migration to AutoCAD..........................................................................7-3
7.2.4 File Header Options .......................................................................................7-3
7.2.5 Encoding of Multi-Byte Characters.................................................................7-4
7.2.6 Scaling ...........................................................................................................7-4
7.3 Configurable DXF Output.............................................................................................7-5
7.3.1 Configuration Datasets ..................................................................................7-5
7.3.2 Switches and BLOCK Rules to Control DXF Export ......................................7-8
7.3.3 Limitations....................................................................................................7-14
7.4 Configurable DGN Output ..........................................................................................7-14
7.4.1 Configuration Datasets ................................................................................7-14
7.4.2 Common Features of Option Switches ........................................................7-17
7.4.3 File-Related and Miscellaneous Options .....................................................7-18
7.4.4 Pen Related Options....................................................................................7-21
7.4.5 Font Related Options ...................................................................................7-23
7.4.6 Level-Related Options..................................................................................7-24
7.4.7 Group Related Options ................................................................................7-25
7.4.8 Product Support Options..............................................................................7-27
7.4.9 Validation feature and options .....................................................................7-27
7.4.10 Summary of Switches and Rules to Control DGN Export ............................7-28
7.4.11 Limitations....................................................................................................7-30
8 Pens and Linestyles...................................................................................... 8-1
8.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................8-1
8.2 Colours.........................................................................................................................8-3
8.3 Line Representations...................................................................................................8-4
8.3.1 Line Thicknesses ...........................................................................................8-5
8.3.2 Line Patterns..................................................................................................8-5
8.3.3 Glyphs............................................................................................................8-7
8.3.4 User-defined Glyphs ......................................................................................8-9
8.3.5 Line Pictures ................................................................................................8-11
8.4 Marker Types.............................................................................................................8-15
8.5 Hatch Patterns ...........................................................................................................8-16
8.6 Defining Pen Settings ................................................................................................8-21
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8.6.1 Defaults ....................................................................................................... 8-21
8.6.2 User-Definable Pens ................................................................................... 8-23
8.6.3 Graphical Feedback .................................................................................... 8-24
8.6.4 Querying Pen Settings................................................................................. 8-25
8.7 DRAFT Element Pen Attributes................................................................................. 8-25
9 Reports, Circulation Lists and Revisions ................................................... 9-1
9.1 The Report .................................................................................................................. 9-1
9.2 The Circulation List...................................................................................................... 9-2
9.3 Drawing Revisions....................................................................................................... 9-3
10 Change Highlighting................................................................................... 10-1
10.1 Design Change Styles............................................................................................... 10-2
10.2 Annotation Change Styles......................................................................................... 10-3
10.3 Change Rules............................................................................................................ 10-3
10.3.1 Design Change Rules.................................................................................. 10-3
10.3.2 Annotation Change Rules............................................................................ 10-4
10.4 Attribute Setting......................................................................................................... 10-5
10.5 The Comparison Date ............................................................................................... 10-5
10.6 UPDATE Command, SHOW CHANGES Option and Error Messages ..................... 10-6
10.7 Querying Commands................................................................................................. 10-8
10.7.1 Querying Change Rulesets and Design or Annotation Styles..................... 10-8
A DRAFT Database Hierarchy ......................................................................... A-1
A.1 Basic Hierarchy ........................................................................................................... A-1
B System Update Commands.......................................................................... B-1
B.1 Cross-Database Referencing...................................................................................... B-1
B.2 Updating Symbol Instances......................................................................................... B-2
C Picture File Naming Conventions................................................................ C-1
D Guidelines for Importing DGN files from DRAFT into MicroStation......... D-1
D.1 Introduction..................................................................................................................D-1
D.2 Exporting DRAFT drawings containing PDMS Fonts ..................................................D-1
D.3 Installing PDMS Fonts into MicroStation.....................................................................D-2
D.3.1 Creating a new Font resource library ............................................................D-2
D.3.2 Selecting .shx files to add to resource library................................................D-3
D.3.3 Selecting the library destination.....................................................................D-3
D.3.4 Copying the fonts into the library...................................................................D-3
D.3.5 Checking The Installation ..............................................................................D-3
D.3.6 Changing MicroStation font numbers ............................................................D-4
D.3.7 Select the required .rsc library.......................................................................D-4
D.3.8 Creating a new Font Geometry File...............................................................D-4
D.4 Mapping the Installed Fonts ........................................................................................D-5
D.5 PDMS font file names..................................................................................................D-5
D.6 Colours ........................................................................................................................D-7
D.7 Line Styles...................................................................................................................D-7
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1 Introducing PDMS DRAFT
1.1 What does DRAFT do?
DRAFT produces fully annotated scale drawings showing selected parts of the design
model created in PDMS DESIGN. DRAFT is fully integrated with DESIGN.
A model can be viewed from any direction, with hidden detail automatically removed or
shown in a different linestyle, as required. A drawing may contain more than one view
of a 3D model; for example, a plan view, a front elevation and an isometric view may be
displayed simultaneously.
In DRAFT an annotated drawing is made up of different types of graphics:
Graphics that represent the 3D model.
Graphics to provide backing and overlay sheets which will be common to a number
of drawings.
Graphics providing annotation, including not only dimensioning and text but also
such items as leader lines and label boxes.
All the graphic items exist as, or are defined by, elements in the DRAFT database.
1.2 The DRAFT Database
The DRAFT database contains a complete definition of a DRAFT drawing. The DRAFT
database does not contain information describing the geometry of the graphics that
make up a drawing, but gives a description of how those graphics should be presented
on a drawing.
From this database definition (together with the Design and Catalogue databases which
describe the appropriate 3D model) a drawing is generated which reflects the state of
the design at that particular time. The drawing can be displayed on the screen and
processed to produce a hard copy plotfile.
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1.3 Who Should Read this Manual
This is a command-level manual, written for people who are writing or customising their
own graphical user interface. It describes all the DRAFT commands, with worked
examples where appropriate. It is assumed that you are familiar with the normal way of
using DRAFT, through the supplied Graphical User Interface (GUI).
For an introduction to using DRAFT via the GUI, see Drawing Production Using
VANTAGE PDMS, and for further information, see the online help. For information
about DRAFT System Administration, see the VANTAGE PDMS DRAFT Administrator
Application User Guide.
For general information about customising the graphical user interface, see the
VANTAGE Plant Design Software Customisation Guide and VANTAGE Plant Design
Software Customisation Reference Manual.
1.4 Organisation of the DRAFT User Guide
The DRAFT User Guide has two parts:
Part 1, (this volume) describes all aspects of producing a drawing in DRAFT that do not
relate to annotations.
Part 2, Drawing Annotation, describes all aspects of DRAFT relating to annotations.
1.5 Organisation of this User Guide
This manual, Part 1 of the User Guide, is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter 2, General PDMS Commands, describes some general PDMS commands,
common to several PDMS modules, which are available in DRAFT.
Chapter 3, Drawing the Design, describes how to create a DRAFT picture without
annotations. It describes the part of the DRAFT database that stores the main
administrative and graphical elements and how to create them. It also describes
Views, which are the areas used to display Design elements, and how to define their
content.
Chapter 4, Graphical Representation, describes how Design elements are defined and
drawn using Representation Rules. It describes how Representation Rules are
defined and describes the part of the DRAFT database that stores the
Representation Rules. It also describes Hatching Rules, used for the automatic
hatching of faces of Design elements.
Chapter 5, Section Planes, describes how you can construct sections through Design
items, using Planes in DRAFT, which can be displayed at VIEW level.
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Chapter 6, Using the Cursor, describes how, with many DRAFT commands, you can
use the cursor to identify an element in the graphics window by using the ID
command followed by an @.
Chapter 7, Plotting and Drawing Output, describes how you can generate, at any
time during the drawing process, a plotfile consisting of a single Sheet, View, or the
content of an Area View.
Chapter 8, Pens and Linestyles, defines the attributes that are associated with pens
and describes how to set these attributes.
Chapter 9, Reports, Circulation lists and Revisions, describes how to create the
drawing office administrative elements; reports and circulation lists. It also
describes how DRAFT handles revision numbers.
Chapter 10, Change Highlighting, describes how you use Change Rules to control
how Design and Annotation elements that have been changed are drawn on a
DRAFT View. It describes how Change Rules are defined and describes the part of
the DRAFT database that stores the Change Rules. It also describes the concept of
Comparison Dates and how these are used to determine whether Design and
Annotation elements have been changed
Appendix A, DRAFT Database Hierarchy, provides a graphical representation of the
DRAFT database structure.
Appendix B, System Update Commands, describes functions in DRAFT that can be
used to minimise problems with cross-database referencing when Design databases
are deleted and rebuilt from macros. It also describes how the UPDATE
INSTANCES command is used to update picture files that use the instancing
mechanism.
Appendix C, Picture File Naming Conventions, describes the structure of picture file
names.
Appendix D, Guidelines for Importing DGN Files from DRAFT into MicroStation,
describes how DRAFT drawings can be output as DGN files that can be imported
into a freshly installed version of MicroStation/J. It contains guidelines for ensuring
that fonts are translated correctly and how to improve other aspects of the
translation.
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2 General PDMS Commands
This Section describes some general PDMS commands, common to several PDMS
modules, which are available in DRAFT.
2.1 Saving
2.1.1 Saving and Restoring the Current Display Status
If the intention is to leave DRAFT for a short period only the RECREATE/INSTALL
facility allows the display setup (including the full forms and menus set) to be saved, for
restoration later.
For example:
RECREATE /DS1
- saves the display status in file /DS1.
RECREATE /DS1 OVER
- as above, but an existing file /DS1 is overwritten.
RECRE DISPLAY /DS2
- saves modal settings, e.g. changes from default Pen
configuration, units, text quality etc. Read back in using $M.
INSTALL SETUP /DS1
- restores the display definition stored in file /DS1. (Refers to file
saved by RECREATE, not RECREATE DISPLAY.)
Note: Forms resized or moved using the cursor will be INSTALLed to their original
size.
2.1.2 Saving Work
The command:
SAVEWORK
saves the current DRAFT additions or modifications without leaving DRAFT. It is good
practice to use this command on a regular basis during a long DRAFT session to ensure
maximum data security.
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2.1.3 Seeing Changes Made by Other Users
The command
GETWORK
updates the DRAFT database with the changes made by other users, if the database has
been opened in multi-write mode.
2.2 Accessing Multiple Database Information
The Multiple Database Access facilities allow you to list information about the
databases you are using. It is also possible to change to another Multiple Database (see
Section 2.2.5), thus entering MDB Mode, from which further database-related activities
can be performed.
2.2.1 Finding the Current User Status
The STATUS command gives you information about your current user status and that of
the DBs to which you have access.
For example, a typical response to the STATUS command could be:
Project: XYZ
User: RAB (222f-PC378)
Teams: B
MDB: /DRAFTA
1 B/DRAFTA RW
2 MASTER/DRAFTAPP R
3 MASTER/DRAFTLIB R
4 MASTER/CATA R
5 MASTER/DESI R
Deferred DBS:
6 STRUCT/STEEL
This indicates that the designer has identified himself as being PDMS user RAB, that
he is logged in to workstation PC378 as user 222f (a hexadecimal code), that he is a
member of team B, that he is accessing Project XYZ, and that he has selected an MDB
called /DRAFTA.
His current DBs are B/DRAFTA, to which he has Read/Write access (as a member of the
team which owns it), and MASTER/DRAFTAPP, MASTER/DRAFTLIB, MASTER/CATA
and MASTER/DESI, to which he has Read-only access. The DB STRUCT/STEEL is non-
current and so he has no access to it at present.
2.2.2 Finding the Current System Status
The SYSTAT command gives you information about the current active status of the
project within which you are working. It lists all users who are currently accessing the
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project, the modules and databases that they are using, and whether they are examining
(Read-only status) or modifying (Read/Write status) the database. A typical response to
the SYSTAT command could be:
USER USERA (13d3-PC378)
MODULE DRAFT
MDB /USERB
DB MODE
USER/USERB RW
MASTER/DRAFTAPP R
MASTER/DRAFTLIB R
USER/DESIB R
MASTER/CATA R
MASTER/DESI R
This shows that user USERA is currently logged in and using module DRAFT. He is
accessing the MDB named /USERB whose constituent DBs are as listed. He has Read-
only status for the DBs owned by the MASTER (System) team and Read/Write access to
the DB USER/USERB.
2.2.3 Listing Multiple-Database Information
The LIST command allows you to list most of the available project information held in
the System Database, with the exception of confidential details such as other users
passwords. The latter can only be listed by the Project Coordinator using the ADMIN
module of PDMS.
A typical response to the LIST MDB command could be:
List of MDBS for project DRA
==============================
MDB: /USERA
Current DBS:
1 USER/USERA PADD EXCLUSIVE
2 MASTER/DRAFTAPP PADD UPDATE
3 MASTER/DRAFTLIB PADD UPDATE
4 MASTER/CATA CATA UPDATE
5 MASTER/DESI DESI UPDATE
Deferred DBS:
**NONE**
MDB: /USERB
Current DBS:
1 USER/USERB PADD EXCLUSIVE
2 MASTER/DRAFTAPP PADD UPDATE
3 MASTER/DRAFTLIB PADD UPDATE
4 USER/DESIB DESI EXCLUSIVE
5 MASTER/CATA CATA UPDATE
6 MASTER/DESI DESI UPDATE
Deferred DBS:
**NONE**
A typical response to the LIST USERS command could be:
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SYSTEM (FREE)
TEAMS : MASTER
GEN (GENERAL)
TEAMS : TEST
The information generated by the LIST command will be displayed within the PDMS
DRAFT REQUESTS window and can sent to a file - see Section 2.5.3.
2.2.4 Querying MDB Information
You can query the project configuration using the following commands:
QUERY USER
QUERY USER word
QUERY TEAM word
QUERY DB dbname
QUERY MDB name
2.2.5 Changing Multiple Databases
You can change the current multiple database, and also the current User and Project
during a DRAFT session without having to leave DRAFT and enter MONITOR. The
MDB command puts you into MDB Mode, where you can use a limited number of
MONITOR commands,
You can either update the current MDB to save your changes before entering MDB
Mode, or ignore any changes made since your last SAVEWORK command (see Section
2.1.2 ).
MDB UPDATE Save design changes and enter MDB Mode.
MDB NOUPDATE Enter MDB Mode without saving changes.
When you are in MDB mode, you can give the following commands, which are the same
as the corresponding MONITOR commands. For more information, see the VANTAGE
PDMS MONITOR Reference Manual.
EXCHANGE alter the databases in the current list of the current MDB
DEFER
CURRENT
PROTECT temporarily alters your access rights to specified databases.
USER changes the current user and project
PROJECT
VAR allows you to set variables
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QUERY allows you to query:
Users, including the number of active users,
Teams including the set (current) Team,
Databases, including copied Databases,
MDBs, Macros and Variables
You leave MDB mode and return to normal DRAFT mode by giving the command:
EXIT.
2.3 Using Multiwrite Databases
If a Draft (PADD) DB has been created as a multiwrite database, several users can
write to it simultaneously, although they cannot change the same element.
Multiwrite databases can either be Standard multiwrite databases, or Extract
databases. In both types, an element must be claimed before it can be modified.
Claiming an element prevents other users claiming (and modifying) the element; the
element must be unclaimed or released before another user can change it.
Claiming can be either explicit, where the user must use the CLAIM command before
attempting to modify the element, or implicit, where the claim is made automatically
when the user tries to modify the element. The claim mode is set when the DB is
created. For full details see the VANTAGE PDMS ADMIN Command Reference Manual.
2.3.1 User Claims
In a Standard multiwrite database, you must claim an element before changing it. This
is known as a user claim. If the claim mode is explicit (see below for details of how to
check this), you must first claim each element that you want to modify using the CLAIM
command. If the claim mode is implicit, the claim will be made automatically (although
you can still give explicit CLAIM commands if you want to prevent other users claiming
specific elements).
Only primary elements can be claimed, that is:
DEPT REGI DRWG LIBY SYLB ISOLB LALB SHLB BACK OVER SHEE
You can claim a specified element only, or a specified element plus all of the primary
elements below it in the hierarchy. If the claimed element is not a primary element, the
primary element above it in the hierarchy will be claimed.
Examples of use of the CLAIM/UNCLAIM commands are:
CLAIM /SHEE1 /SHEE2 /SHEE3
Claims named Sheets
CLAIM /DRWG HIERARCHY
Claims named Drawing and all of its owned hierarchy
CLAIM /VIEW2-1
Claims Sheet which owns named View (since VIEW is not a primary
element)
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An element must be unclaimed before another user can claim it and change it. User
claims are always unclaimed when you change modules or leaves PDMS, and you can
also unclaim elements at any time during a PDMS session using the UNCLAIM
command.
UNCLAIM /SHEE2 /SHEE3
Unclaims named Sheets
UNCLAIM ALL
Unclaims all elements currently claimed
2.3.2 Notes on Standard Multiwrite DBs
Elements cannot be claimed if other users have made recent changes to them. You
must issue a GETWORK command first.
Elements cannot be unclaimed if there are updates outstanding. You must issue a
SAVEWORK command first.
You can insert/remove primary elements in a members list without claiming the
owner. For example, you can add a Sheet into a Drawing without claiming the
Drawing. Thus two users can add different Sheets to the same Drawing: any
discrepancies will be resolved when a SAVEWORK is attempted.
Before an element can be deleted, that element and all of its sub-hierarchy must be
claimed.
The following potential problems may not be revealed until you try to save changes:
o If two concurrent users allocate the same name to different elements, the second
user to attempt a SAVEWORK will show up an error. The second user must
rename their element.
o If one user inserts a primary element into another elements list, while a
concurrent user deletes the latter element, an attempt to SAVEWORK will show
up an error. Either the first user must delete or move the primary element, or the
second user must QUIT without saving the deletion.
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2.3.3 Extract Databases
Unlike standard multiwrite databases, extracts allow users to keep elements claimed
when they exit from PDMS or change module. They can also be used, together with Data
Access Control, to manage workflow. See the VANTAGE PDMS ADMIN User Guide for
more information.
An extract is created from an existing Database. When an Extract is created, it will be
empty, with pointers back to the owing or master database. Extracts can only be
created from Multiwrite databases, and all extracts are themselves Multiwrite. An
extract can be worked on by one User at the same time as another user is working on
the master or another extract.
When a user works on the extract, an extract claim is made as well as a user claim.
If the claim mode is explicit, the extract claim will be made automatically when you
make a user claim using the CLAIM command. You can also claim to the extract only
using the EXTRACT CLAIM command.
If an element is claimed to an extract, only users with write access to the
extract will be able to make a user claim and start work on the element.
If the databases are set up with implicit claim, when the user modifies the
element, the element will be claimed both to the extract and then to the
user. If the element is already claimed to the extract, then the claim will
only be made to the user.
If the databases are set up with explicit claim, then the user will need to
use the CLAIM command before modifying the element.
Once a user has made a user claim, no other users will be able to work on
the elements claimed, as in a normal multiwrite database.
If a user unclaims an element, it will remain claimed to the extract until
the extract claim is released or issued.
When an extract User does a SAVEWORK, the changed data will be saved to the
Extract. The unchanged data will still be read via pointers back to the master DB. The
changes made to the extract can be written back to the master, or dropped. Also, the
extract can be refreshed with changes made to the master.
EXTRACT CLAIM /SHEE1 /SHEE2 /SHEE3
Claims named Sheets to the extract
EXTRACT CLAIM /SHEE1 /SHEE2 /DEPT-PIPE HIERARCHY
Claims the named elements, and all the elements in the hierarchy to
the extract
The HIERARCHY keyword must be the last on the command line. It will attempt to
claim to the extract all members of the elements listed in the command that are not
already claimed to the extract.
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EXTRACT FLUSH DB PIPE/PIPE
Writes all changes to the database back to the owing extract. The
Extract claim is maintained.
EXTRACT FLUSH /SHEE1 /SHEE2 /SHEE3
Writes the changes to the named elements back to the owing extract.
The Extract claim is maintained.
EXTRACT ISSUE DB PIPE/PIPE
Writes all the changes to the database back to the owning extract and
releases the extract claim.
EXTRACT ISSUE /REGI-A HIERARCHY
Writes all the changes to the named element and all elements under it
in the hierarchy back to the owning extract and releases the extract
claim.
EXTRACT ISSUE /SHEE1 /SHEE2 /SHEE3
Writes the changes to the named Sheets back to the owning extract
and releases the extract claim.
EXTRACT RELEASE DB PIPE/PIPE
Releases the extract claim: this command can only be given to release
changes that have already been flushed.
EXTRACT RELEASE /SHEE1 /SHEE2 /SHEE3
Releases the extract claim: this command can only be given to release
changes that have already been flushed.
EXTRACT RELEASE /REGI-A HIERARCHY
Releases the extract claim to the named element and all: elements
under it in the hierarchy.
EXTRACT DROP DB PIPE/PIPE
Drops changes that have not been flushed or issued. The user claim
must have been unclaimed before this command can be given.
The elements required can be specified by selection criteria, using a PML expression.
For example:
EXTRACT CLAIM ALL SHEET WHERE (:OWNER EQ USERA) HIERARCHY
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2.3.4 How to Find Out What You Can Claim
Before you start work on an extract, you should do a GETWORK and an EXTRACT
REFRESH, which will ensure that you have an up-to-date view of the database.
This section explains what different users will see as a result of Q CLAIMLIST
commands.
For this example, take the case of a database PIPE/PIPE, accessed by USERA, with two
extracts. Users USERX1 and USERX2 are working on the extracts.
DB PIPE/PIPEX1
USERX1
DB PIPE/PIPE-X2
USERX2
DB PIPE/PIPE
USERA
Figure 2-1 Example database and users
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USERA creates a Pipe and flushes the database back to the owning database,
PIPE/PIPE. The results of various Q CLAIMLIST commands by the three Users,
together with the extract control commands that they have to give to make the
new data available, are shown in the following diagram.
USERX1 creates PIPE-100
EXTRACT FLUSH DB PIPE/PIPE
Q CLAIMLIST:
none
Q CLAIMLIST OTHER:
none
Q CLAIMLIST EXTRACT:
/PIPE-100
USERA:
EXTRACT REFRESH DB PIPE/PIPE
Q CLAIMLIST:
none
Q CLAIMLIST OTHER:
/PIPE-100 Extract PIPE/PIPE_EX7001
Q CLAIMLIST EXTRACT:
/PIPE-100
USERX2:
EXTRACT REFRESH DB PIPE/PIPE
Q CLAIMLIST:
none
Q CLAIMLIST OTHER:
/PIPE-100 Extract PIPE/PIPE_EX7001
Q CLAIMLIST EXTRACT:
none
Note that USERX2 must use
Q CLAIMLIST OTHER
(not Q CLAIMLIST EXTRACT) to
see the claim
Figure 2-2 Example Q CLAIMLIST commands
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Note:
Q CLAIMLIST EXTRACT tells you what you can flush
Q CLAIMLIST OTHERS tells you want you can't claim
A useful querying command when you are using extracts is:
Q DBNAME
This command will return the name of the database you are writing to.
You can query the extract claimlist for a named database. The database can be the
current one or its owner:
Q CLAIMLIST EXTRACT DB dbname
When you create an element, PDMS only sees it as a user claim, not an extract claim,
until the element is flushed. It will then be reported as an extract claim (as well as a
user claim, if it has not been unclaimed).
Note that a change in the claim status of an existing element will be shown by the
appropriate Q CLAIMLIST command as soon as appropriate updates take place, but a
user will have to GETWORK as usual to see the changes to the Design model data.
We recommend that:
Before you make a user or extract claim, you should do an EXTRACT REFRESH
and GETWORK.
If you need to claim many elements to an extract, it improves performance if the
elements are claimed in a single command, for example, by using a collection:
EXTRACT CLAIM ALL FROM !COLL
To query whether or not the PADD DB that you are using permits multiwrite access:
Q DBAC
where DBAC is a pseudo-attribute, which can have the text settings CONTROL,
UPDATE or MULTIWRITE.
To query the claim mode of the database, use:
Q DBCL
where DBCL is a pseudo-attribute, which can have the text settings EXPLICIT or
IMPLICIT.
To query whether or not an element that you want to modify is currently claimed by
another user, navigate to that element and use:
Q LCLM
where LCLM is a pseudo-attribute with the logical settings True (element already
claimed) or False/Unset (element available for you to modify).
To produce a list of all elements currently claimed by your session:
Q CLAIMLIST
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To produce a list of all elements currently claimed by other users who are accessing the
same DB:
Q CLAIMLIST OTHER
2.4 Comparing and Listing Database Changes
2.4.1 Comparing Database States at Different Times
You can report on database changes since a specified time using the DIFFERENCE
command. The types of change reported include:
The insertion and/or deletion of elements;
Changes to the attribute settings of elements
DIFFERENCE ALL SHEE FOR /DEPT_1 SINCE 21 JANUARY
DIFF ALL SHEE SINCE /STAMP_001
DIFF CE SINCE 10:00
- assumes current day.
DIFF /DRWG1
- compares current settings with those at your last SAVEWORK
command.
DIFF DRWG SINCE SESSION 66
- compares current settings with those at the end of an earlier
DRAFT session.
The output may be sent to a file by using the standard ALPHA FILE or ALPHA LOG
facilities (see Section 2.5.3).
You can also report on differences in extract databases compared with other extracts
higher in the extract hierarchy, as described in the next Section.
2.4.2 Listing Database Changes
You can output all changes to one or more specified elements since a given date, session,
or Stamp using the OUTPUT command. The output is in the form of a macro. You can
then run in the macro to recreate the elements and their attributes.
You can include only those elements whose settings have been changed since a specified
earlier time (i.e. those elements which would be listed by the DIFFERENCE command).
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The output is generated in three stages:
1. Any elements that were originally locked are unlocked. Element deletions,
name changes and type changes are output. Reordering or insertion of
elements in their owners members list is treated as deletion followed by
creation, so that Refno attribute settings may be changed.
2. Newly created elements and all standard attribute settings are output.
3. Reference attribute settings and rules are output. Elements which were
originally locked are relocked and GADD commands are included if any
elements were included in Groups.
Examples of the use of the OUTPUT command are:
OUTPUT /VIEW1-1
Outputs all elements, whether or not they have ever been changed.
OUTPUT ALL SHEE FOR /DEPT-1 CHANGES SINCE 21 JANUARY
Outputs all changes to named element and its members since the given
date.
OUTPUT /VIEW1-1 CHANGES
Outputs all changes to named element and its members since last
SAVEWORK command.
OUTPUT /SHEET-1 CHANGES SINCE EXTRACT
In an extract database, outputs all changes since the extract was
created.
OUTPUT /SHEET-1 CHANGES SINCE LATEST EXTRACT
In an extract database, outputs all changes compared with the latest
version of the parent extract.
OUTPUT /SHEET-1 CHANGES SINCE EXTRACT 44
OUTPUT /SHEET-1 CHANGES SINCE EXTRACT PIPE/PIPE-X1
In an extract database, outputs all changes compared with the latest
version of the given extract, which must be higher in the extract
hierarchy.
OUTPUT /SHEET-1 CHANGES SINCE SESSION 77 EXTRACT 44
OUTPUT /SHEET-1 CHANGES SINCE OCT 2000 EXTRACT PIPE/PIPE-X1
In an extract database, outputs all changes compared with the given
extract, which must be higher in the extract hierarchy, at the given
session or date.
OUTPUT /SHEET-1 CHANGES SINCE /STAMP_001
Outputs all changes to named element since the named Stamp.
The macro is sent to a file by using the standard ALPHA FILE or ALPHA LOG commands
(see Section 2.5.3).
Corresponding versions of the DIFFERENCE command will output all differences. For
example:
OUTPUT /SHEET-1 DIFFERENCESS SINCE EXTRACT 44
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2.5 Miscellaneous Facilities
2.5.1 Audible Error Trace
When a macro error occurs, there is an audible alarm at the workstation to signal that
the error has occurred. Occasionally, macro errors can be anticipated and no audible
warning is required. This command allows the audible warning to be switched on or off
either interactively or via a macro.
If the audible warning is ON, it will sound whenever an error alert is displayed.
ALARM ON - sets the audible tone to be on.
ALARM OFF - suppresses the audible tone until it is turned on again.
2.5.2 Switching Text Output Off (DEVICE TTY only)
The TRACE command is only relevant in TTY mode. It controls the automatic output of
the Current Element name. With TRACE set to ON, the name of an element is
displayed as it is accessed. With Trace set to OFF, the element name is not displayed.
When macros are being run, TRACE is always set to OFF automatically.
Examples:
TRACE OFF - stops the automatic name output.
TRACE ON - (default) restarts automatic output of Current Element
name.
2.5.3 Logging the Alpha Display
The ALPHA command allows you to log commands and responses displayed in the
Command Input & Output window. Examples of the ALPHA LOG command are:
ALP LOG /LF1 - log displayed alpha information in file /LF1
ALP LOG /LF1 OVER - as above, but overwrite existing file /LF1
ALP LOG END - finish logging information
ALPHA FILE will only record commands you give, not the system's responses.
2.5.4 Controlling Output of Warning Messages
The WARNINGS command allows you to suppress the output of warning messages:
WARNINGS OFF - suppress the output of warnings
WARNINGS ON - enable the output of warnings (default).
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Summary of Commands
Entering DRAFT...
DRAFT - enters DRAFT
Leaving DRAFT...
QUIT - leaves DRAFT without saving database changes.
QUIT module_name - switches to named module, without saving database changes.
module_name - switches to named module, saving database changes.
Saving and Restoring the Current Display Status...
RECREATE name [OVERWRITE]
saves the display status in the named file. (OVERWRITE option
overwrites existing file of the same name)
RECREATE DISPLAY name [OVERWRITE]
saves modal settings, e.g. changes from default pen configuration,
units, text quality etc. Read back in using $M/name.
INSTALL SETUP name
restores the display definition stored in the named file. (Refers to
file saved by RECREATE, not RECREATE DISPLAY.)
Saving and Getting Work...
SAVEWORK - saves the current DRAFT additions or modifications without
leaving DRAFT
GETWORK - updates drawings with any changes made to the PADD
database by other users.
Audible Error Trace...
ALARM ON, ALARM OFF - turns audible error trace ON or OFF.
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Finding the Current User Status...
STATUS - list current user status.
Finding the Current System Status...
SYSTAT - list current active status of project.
Listing Multiple-Database Information...
LIST option - lists most of the available project information held in the
System Database.
option = USERS, MDBS, DBS, TEAMS
Querying MDB Information...
QUERY USER - lists information about current user.
QUERY USER word - lists information about named user.
QUERY TEAM word - lists information about named team.
QUERY DB dbname - lists information about named DB.
QUERY MDB name - lists information about named MDB.
MDB mode...
M A - saves changes and enters MDB Mode
DB UPD TE MDB NOUPDATE enters
MDB Mode without saving changes.
In MDB mode you can give the following commands. See the
VANTAGE PDMS MONITOR Reference Manual for more
information.
EXCHANGE alter the databases in the current list of the current MDB
DEFER
CURRENT
PROTECT temporarily alters your access rights to specified
databases.
USER changes the current user
PROJECT changes the current project
VAR allows you to set variables
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QUERY allows you to query:
Users, including the number of active users,
Teams including the set (current) Team,
Databases, including copied Databases,
MDBs, Macros and Variables
EXIT - leave MDB Mode.
Comparing and Listing Database Changes ...
OUTPUT selection [CHANGES] SINCE [date : session number]
List changes (optional) to selected part of database since (optional)
given date or session.
OUTPUT selection [CHANGES] SINCE [stamp]
List changes (optional) to selected part of database since given
Stamp.
OUTPUT selection [CHANGES] SINCE [LATEST] EXTRACT [date : session number]]
List changes (optional) to selected part of extract database since it
was created, or since given date or session in its parent extract.
OUTPUT selection [CHANGES] SINCE EXTRACT [ no. : name]
List changes (optional) to selected part of database compared with
the latest version of the given extract, which must be higher in the
extract hierarchy.
OUTPUT selection [CHANGES] [SINCE [date : session number] EXTRACT [ no. :
name]
List changes (optional) to selected part of database compared with
the given date or session in the given extract, which must be
higher in the extract hierarchy.
DIFF selection option SINCE [date : session number]
Lists difference between selected part of database since (optional)
given date or session.
DIFF selection option SINCE [stamp]
Lists differences between selected part of database since given
Stamp.
DIFF selection [CHANGES] SINCE [LATEST] EXTRACT [date : session number]]
List differences (optional) to selected part of extract database since
it was created, or since given date or session in its parent extract.
DIFF selection [CHANGES] SINCE EXTRACT [ no. : name]
List differences (optional) to selected part of extract database
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compared with the latest version of the given extract, which must
be higher in the extract hierarchy.
DIFF selection [CHANGES] [SINCE [date : session number] EXTRACT [ no. : name]
List differences (optional) to selected part of extract database
compared with the given date or session in the given extract, which
must be higher in the extract hierarchy.
Claiming in Standard Multiwrite Databases . . .
CLAIM selection [HIERARCHY]
Makes a user claim of selected element(s), optionally including all
elements under the named elements.
UNCLAIM [ ALL | selection option] [HIERARCHY]
Unclaims selected (or ALL) element(s).
Claiming in Extract Databases . . .
EXTRACT CLAIM selection [HIERARCHY]
Makes an extract claim of selected element(s), optionally including
all elements under the named elements.
EXTRACT FLUSH [DB dbname | selection [HIERARCHY]]
Writes changes back to the owning extract, optionally including all
elements under the named elements.
EXTRACT ISSUE [DB dbname | selection [HIERARCHY]]
Writes changes back to the owning extract, optionally including all
elements under the named elements, and releases the extract
claim.
EXTRACT RELEASE [DB dbname | selection [HIERARCHY]]
Releases the extract claim. The given elements must have been
flushed.
EXTRACT REFRESH
Refreshes the extract with changes made to the owning extract.
EXTRACT DROP [DB dbname | selection [HIERARCHY]]
Drops the changes made to the named elements.
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Controlling and Logging the Alpha Display...
ALP LOG /LF1 - log displayed alpha information in file /LF2
ALP LOG /LF1 OVER - as above, but overwrite existing file /LF1
ALP LOG END - finish recording alpha information
Suppressing warning messages...
WARNINGs OFF - suppress the output of warnings
WARNINGs ON - enable the output of warnings (default).
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This Section describes how to create an unannotated DRAFT picture. It describes the
part of the DRAFT database that stores the main administrative and graphical
elements, and how to create them. It then describes Views, which are the areas used to
display design elements, and how to define their contents.
Note: Throughout this manual, view (lower case letters) means an area view, alpha
view or plot view, whereas VIEW (upper-case letters) refers to the VIEW
database element. All other database elements are also named using four
upper-case letters (e.g. DRWG, SHEE, LIBY), but may also be referred to in
unabbreviated form with just a leading upper-case letter (e.g. Drawing instead
of DRWG).
3.1 Introducing the DRAFT Database
The top-level graphical elements in the DRAFT Database hierarchy are shown below.
DRAWING
SHEET
VIEW
Figure 3-1 The DRAFT Database Hierarchy - Principal Graphic Elements
The principal element is the Drawing (DRWG), which is the Database equivalent of the
traditional paper drawing. All the elements below DRWG in the hierarchy are used to
store the information required to completely define the Drawing.
A Drawing can own one or more Sheet (SHEE) elements, which correspond to the
sheets of a paper drawing (Sheet 1 of 3, Sheet 2 of 3 etc). A Drawing can consist of a
single Sheet. A Sheet is the highest-level element that may be displayed within a view.
A Sheet may own one or more VIEW elements. These are projections of parts of the
Design Database. A VIEW element has attributes that:
define the viewing parameters (looking direction, through point, scale, etc)
define the size, position and orientation of the region on the Sheet that the View
occupies
refer to another DRAFT database element that contains a list of the Design (or
Catalogue) elements that make up the VIEW picture.
The full DRAFT database hierarchy is illustrated in Appendix A.
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3.2 Creating a Drawing, a Sheet and a View
The top-level element in a PDMS database is the World. Users cannot delete or create
the World. Starting with the World as the current element, you can create the hierarchy
under the World using a command sequence such as:
NEW DEPT /PIPES
NEW REGI /PIPREG
NEW DRWG /PD101
NEW SHEET /SHEET1
NEW VIEW /PLAN
You can omit all commands except for NEW DRWG and NEW VIEW if there is only
Department, one Registry and one Sheet on the Drawing. If the administrative elements
do not exist they will be created automatically.
Departments (DEPT) and Registries (REGI) are administrative elements.
Departments own Registries, as shown in the following diagram.
WORLD
DEPT
REGI
REPO
DRWG
LIBY
SHEE
DLLB
IDLI
ADDE REME
VIEW
IDLN
(or to a DESIGN
database element)
DESIGN
Database
Note
different part of the Design model, or different views of the same part of the
model. See Section 3.5 for details of manipulating the contents of a VIEW.
Figure 3-2 The top part of the DRAFT Database Hierarchy
: You can have several VIEWs on a Sheet. Each VIEW can contain a picture of a
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3.2.1 Defining the Contents of a View
There are two methods of specifying the contents of a VIEW: