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Table of Contents
Foreword 0
Section I Introduction 6
Section II Unity XPG Builder 8
Section III Allen Bradley L5K Builder 12
Section IV Adroit Agent Builder 16
Section V Galaxy Builder 20
................................................................................................................................... 201 Updating the Picklist
Section VI P&ID Tag Extraction 24
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1 IntroductionThis course assumes that you are already familiar with PLC programming and the output youobtain from that.This course will only show you how to utilize that output in the relevant user tool.
If applicable, all the input files for a user tool should be located in the library folder as indicated inthe corresponding topic.
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2 Unity XPG Builder
UnitySection column is added to the IIndex table the first time the tool is opened.
The default location of the DFB Template folder: ...\Library\Add-IN\UnityThe default location of the XPG Output folder: [ProjectFolder]\Add-IN\Unity
These locations may be changed in the tool's options.
The workflow for using the Unity XPG Builder is as follows:
1. Select the tag numbers you wish to assign a section file to.2. Select the section file.3. In the Section File Associations ribbon bar, click Associate Unity Section File with Tag
Number(s).4. In the Section File Associations ribbon bar, click Update Database.5. In the Unity XPG ribbon bar, click Build XPG File.
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3 Allen Bradley L5K Builder
L5KSection column is added to the IIndex table the first time the tool is opened.
The default location of the L5X Template folder: ...\Library\Add-IN\Allen-Bradley\L5X TemplateThe default location of the L5K Master folder: ...\Library\Add-IN\Allen-Bradley\L5K MasterThe default location of the L5K Output folder: [ProjectFolder]\Add-IN\Allen-Bradley\L5K Outputfiles
These locations may be changed in the tool's options.
The workflow for using the Allen-Bradley L5K Builder is as follows:
1. Select the tag numbers you wish to assign a section file to.2. Select the section file.3. In the Section File Associations ribbon bar, click Associate L5K Section File with Tag
Number(s).4. In the L5K ribbon bar, click Build File.
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4 Adroit Agent Builder
AdroitAgent column is added to the IIndex table the first time the tool is opened.
The default location of the Agent Template folder: ...\Library\Add-IN\AdroitThe default location of the Output folder: [ProjectFolder]\Add-IN\Adroit
These locations may be changed in the tool's options.
The workflow for using the Adroit Agent Builder is as follows:
1. Select the tag numbers you wish to associate a group file with.2. Select the group file.3. In the Section File Associations ribbon bar, click Associate Group File with Tag
Number(s).4. In the Adroit Agent ribbon bar, click Build Output File.
To assign Agent Types to Agent Group sub-sections:
1. Select the Agent Group sub-section.2. Select the Agent File.3. Click the green arrow in the Agent Files section.
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5 Galaxy Builder
aaTemplate, aaContainer, aaArea, aaContainedName, aaSecurityGroup columns are added tothe IIndex table the first time the tool is opened.
The default location of the Galaxy Output folder: [ProjectFolder]\Add-IN\ArchestrA
This location may be changed in the tool's options.
The workflow for using the Galaxy Builder is as follows:
1. In the Tables ribbon bar, select the table you wish to work with.2. Select the tag numbers you wish to associate a Galaxy template with.3. Select the Galaxy template.4. In the Associate template with Instrument ribbon bar, click Associate Galaxy Template
with Tag Number(s).5. In the ArchestrA ribbon bar, click Build Galaxy Import Sheet.
5.1 Updating the Picklist
1. To edit the Picklist, select the corresponding tab in the Template List.2. Click the button in the Picklist ribbon bar.3. In the List Item field, enter 4. In the Description field, enter the description of the List Item.5. In the table field, specify which tables this template should be available for. (separated by a
comma)6. Click OK.
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6 P&ID Tag ExtractionWith this tool you can import all the tag numbers found on your AutoCAD P&ID's into the 1Desdatabase.
Example
1. In the menu bar, click User Tools.2. In the P&ID Import Tools ribbon bar, click AutoCAD Tags.3. In the Drawing ribbon bar, click Open PID Folder.4. Browse to ...\Specialized Training 4\PID Drawings\5. Click OK.6. Select DesSoft Training 1.dwg in the drawing list.7. In the Drawing ribbon bar, click Extract Tags.
The fields shown are attributes in the P&ID drawing.
Double check the 'Tablename' field for each component.
8. In the Format Tag Number ribbon bar, enter the desired Tag Rule for the Tag Numbers.9. In the Format Tag Number ribbon bar, click Build Tag Numbers.10.In the Tag Data ribbon bar, click Select All.11.In the Tag Data ribbon bar, click Import.12.Click Yes.
You can also export to Excel to change to the data and perform a normaltable import afterwards.