EPLANT-P&ID V 2009.0

CHANGES IN CURRENT 2009.0 VERSION WITH RESPECT TO THE PREVIOUS ONE 2008.0

GRAPHIC MODULE

Incorporates the following changes:

• AutoCADŽ 2010. This EPLANT-Piping version is compatible with the latest 2010 version of AutoCADŽ.
• AutoCAD Menu
  The EPLANT-P&ID menu has now only three bars: the first one for P&ID and the second one for Utilities. The old third bar (Flow Diagrams) is no longer available.
• Equipment Descriptions
  Additional parameters can be loaded as Equipment Descriptions in the Description Blocks, that can be associated to each equipment and inserted and moved in any place of the drawing, but remain linked to each equipment.
• Attribute Editor
  This command is now compatible with the additional descriptions blocks and the P&ID Document Number block.
• P&ID Document Number Block
  Executing this command, previous block (if any) is updated to the current format (that contains a new attribute to store the Flow Composition Table).
• Convert P&ID older than V2009
  This new command allows to automatically convert P&IDs created with previous versions, adding a new attribute to each line definition block (to store the flow current number) and modifies the P&ID Document Number Block using the new version which includes the Flow Composition Table attribute.
• Flow Current Compositions
  They are now loaded in Excel files, instead of drawing files as before. Mapping of the reading cells and writing columns in the Line data base table is done conveniently in the same Excel file. These XLS files are placed in the project FD folder. Former dwg drawing files in this folder are no longer read.
• Define New Symbol
  This new command allows to easily define a new symbol and its slide.
• Automatic Slides Generation
  This command substitutes the older one in Lisp and it is used to easily generate slides associated with the project symbology and used in the menus.
• Automatic Symbols Placement
  This command substitutes the older one in Lisp and it is used to easily document an existing symbology library.

DATA BASE MODULE

Incorporates the following changes:

• Excel Reports
  Reports in the data base module can be generated directly to XLS files using predefined templates that can be modified by the user.
• Data Sheet Generation
  Data Sheets can now be automatically generated combining data extrated from diagrams with data from a project reference file and using Excel templates as Data Sheets templates.
• Description Blocks
  This new option allows to define and modify the descriptive texts preloaded into the description blocks associated to equipments.

Last updated September 06, 2009.