Instrument Designer

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Instrument Designer handles automatic generation of instrumentation CAD drawings from the multi-user IDO project or plant database. It manages the process of CAD drawing creation, transferring of design data to drawings, parametric (automatic) creation of termination (wiring) drawings, document revision updates and batch printing. IDO Designer essentially converts your loop and wiring design from the project database into AutoCAD drawing files.

Instrument Designer contains a Hookup module that enables fast installation detail generation and accurate Bill of Materials using standard hookup arrangements and a user definable component catalog.

Here is a feature summary:
Drawing List Management
Loop Diagram Generation
Termination Diagram Generation
Hookup/Installation Drawing Generation
Change Management

Drawing List Management

• Add/Edit/Delete drawings in the Drawing List (register) manually
• Add loop drawings automatically from Instrument Engineer’s Loop List
• Add termination drawings automatically from Wiring Manager’s Equipment List
• Manage drawing revisions (update all selected in “batch” mode)
• Create new revision using next revision number or Update current revisions with new information
• Updates all drawing data:
  • Drawing title block from Drawing List (titles, drawing no., plant area etc)
  • Revisions from Revisions history
  • Engineering data from any Instrumentation Design Office database field
  • Link drawing text fields to any user defined database field using IDO Datalinks or SQL queries
• Create/Update selected drawings in batch mode
• Print selected drawings in batch mode
• Create up to date Drawing List report including Title & revision information

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Loop Diagram Generation

• Create multiple drawings based on user templates (fully user definable)
• Edit drawings and update existing drawings without templates
• Updates cable/termination data from Wiring Manager (e.g. Cable, Terminal & Wire No.’s etc.)
• Updates Instrument data from Instrument Engineer (e.g. P&ID No, Manufacturer, Model No., Range, DCS/PLC I/O info etc.)
• Updates title block information (Titles, Rev etc) and stacks revision history etc

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Termination Diagram Generation

• Creates drawings based on:
  • Templates (typically termination schedules)
  • Parametrics (typically termination diagrams) – user defined parameters - fully automated drawing creation
• Updates cable/termination data from Wiring Manager (e.g. Cable, Terminal & Wires No.’s)
• Supports cross-patch wiring and links between terminals
• Supports automatic continuation over multiple drawings (e.g. Marshalling Racks etc)
• Supports automatic reference drawing numbers to loop diagrams for field cables & To/From equipment & drawing numbers for termination drawings
• Updates title block information (Titles, Rev etc) and stacks revision history etc

Hookup/Installation Drawing Generation

• Assign tags to Hookup Type (Hookup drawings are user defined using AutoCAD®)
• Assign Hookup Items from user definable catalog (IDO currently has over 3000 items already entered)
• Auto create Drawings with Bill of Materials and Tag List
• Project Bill Of Materials (BOM) reports (by Plant Area and Total Project BOM)

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Change Management

• Report all drawings added/deleted & renamed. Revision changes etc.
• Report detail changes in each field (e.g. Drawing No. now: ABCD was: XYZ,  Revision now: A  was:  B etc)
• “Clouds” changes in loop drawing information (e.g. Cable No. or DCS address changed etc)
• Log changes for reporting (e.g. 8/7/2003 Drawing No. XYZ: Cable No. now: 1234 was: 4567 etc)

Unlike competitive products, Instrument Designer can be used on almost any existing AutoCAD® drawing and allows drawings to be updated from the Instrument Design Office database (Instrument Engineer, Wiring Manager data or user defined) without requiring use of templates. For example, several loop drawings could be initially generated from a standard loop definition (template), then any number can be edited and made non-standard, but the information can still be updated automatically from the original project database.

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