PDS Environment

Pipe Support Designer — Activates an interactive command environment that is used to create
pipe supports in the model, and revise existing pipe support model graphics and database
information.
Pipe Stress Analysis — Activates a set of forms that are used to extract information from piping
models for input to third-party pipe stress analysis products.
Interference Manager — Activates a set of forms that are used to check for interferences
among project models and to control approved interferences.
Isometric Drawing Manager — Activates a set of forms that are used to extract isometric
drawings from piping models and to review or plot the created isometric drawings.
Drawing Manager — Activates a set of forms that are used to create and manipulate drawings
and drawing views; provide access to the interactive graphics environment for drawings; and
provide access to a plot manager and vector hiddenline manager.
DesignReview Integrator — Activates a set of forms that are used to extract information to
form label files for use in SmartPlant Review and to review data from a SmartPlant Review
session.
Report Manager — Activates a set of forms that are used to create and revise report format
files and report on information in a project including Material Take-Off reports.
Project Administrator — Provides access to a set of forms that are used to create a project,
create and revise project files, define project seed data, and control the project.
Reference Data Manager — Provides access to a set of forms that are used to control the
reference data for a project including Piping Job Specification data, Graphic Commodity Data,
Alphanumeric Commodity Data, Standard Note Library, Label Description Library, and Piping
Assembly Library.
User ID — Used for access control. This field also sets the Review User ID for use in the
Interference Manager module.
If access control has been defined, you must key in a valid user ID as defined by your system
manager to gain access to the projects. Refer to Access Control Manager, page 467, for more
information on using access control.
If access control has not been defined, no entry is required for this field.
Password — Key in the password for the specified user ID.
Project List Field — Displays the defined projects for the network and allows you to select the
active project. The system lists all the defined PDS projects (2D-only, 3D-only, and 2D & 3D).
An error is displayed if you select an option that is incompatible with the active project. For
example, if the active project is a 2D-only project, you cannot access the Interference Manager
module.
If access control has been defined, only those projects for which you have some level of access
are displayed.
Message Area — Displays prompts and messages that are associated with the active process.
Error messages are displayed in red.

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PD_Shell Form Conventions

The following conventions describe how to respond to the various buttons, lists, and prompts
that make up the environments. The display size of forms and dialog boxes in the non-
Microstation graphics environment are independent of the size of the workstation's display
system. Most forms contain the same basic features: buttons, fields, text, and other gadgets. In
general, anything you find on a form is called a gadget.
You move through the PD_Shell forms by selecting function buttons or other gadgets from the
form. Select means to place the screen cursor (which appears as an arrow) on top of a screen
gadget and press <D>.
For most of the forms with scrolling lists, you can double-click on a row to select and accept the
data in that row. This performs the same action as selecting a row (which highlights) and then
selecting the Accept button.
You use the select action to select functions, access other forms, activate data fields, toggle
buttons, select from lists, scroll through data displayed on the screen, and so on.
The following summarizes other basic actions you use in the environments:
Enter - When keying in any data in a key-in field, press the <ENTER> or <Tab> key for the
data to be entered into the system. You can also press <ENTER> or <Tab> to move through a
set of key-in fields.
Delete - If you make a mistake while keying in text, press the <Delete> key to erase character(s)
to the left of the cursor.

Common Tools on the PD_Shell Forms

There are many gadgets in the environments that are common to most or all of the forms. The
following describes these tools.

Standard Commands
The PD_Shell forms have a set of standard buttons in the upper right corner of most of the form
windows. The available commands vary from form to form depending on the type of operation.
The Help button activates on-line Help for the
active form. Help remains active until you
delete the Help window.
The Shell button exits the active form and
returns control to the base manager that is
associated with the active form. For most
forms this returns to the Plant Design System
Environment form.
The Top button exits the active form and
returns control to the top form of the active
branch.
The Cancel button cancels or exits from the
active form. Control returns to the
immediately preceding form in the hierarchy.

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