Contents

Preface PDS ................................................................................................................................................. v

What's New in Project Administrator (PD_Project) ............................................................................. vi

Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 1
PDS Overview ........................................................................................................................................ 1
Project Setup .................................................................................................................................... 2
Preliminary Design .......................................................................................................................... 4
Detailed Design - 2D ....................................................................................................................... 5
Detailed Design - 3D ....................................................................................................................... 6
Project Organization ...................................................................................................................... 14
Project Administrator Overview .................................................................................................... 14
System Setup ................................................................................................................................. 16
System Configurations .................................................................................................................. 16
Loading Products ........................................................................................................................... 17
Database Information .................................................................................................................... 23
Preparing the Server and Workstations for PDS ........................................................................... 24

PDS Environment ..................................................................................................................................... 25

PD Shell ............................................................................................................................................... 25
PD_Shell Form Conventions ......................................................................................................... 28
Common Tools on the PD_Shell Forms ........................................................................................ 28

Batch Processes ......................................................................................................................................... 33

Project Administrator .............................................................................................................................. 35

Project Setup Manager............................................................................................................................. 37

Create Project ....................................................................................................................................... 38
Project Control Schema ................................................................................................................. 41
FrameWorks Plus Project .............................................................................................................. 41
Raceway Project Schema............................................................................................................... 43
Piping Design Schema ................................................................................................................... 43
Piping RDB Schema ...................................................................................................................... 48
Raceway RDB Schema .................................................................................................................. 48
Specify Coordinate System............................................................................................................ 48
Revise Project - Attribute Display ....................................................................................................... 50
Revise Project - Add Attributes ........................................................................................................... 52
Revise Project - DBAccess .................................................................................................................. 54
Delete Project Information ................................................................................................................... 57
Delete Reference Data ................................................................................................................... 59
Site Administrator ................................................................................................................................ 61
Create Site...................................................................................................................................... 62

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Revise Site ..................................................................................................................................... 63

Delete Site...................................................................................................................................... 64
Insert FrameWorks Data ...................................................................................................................... 65
Insert Electrical Raceway Data ............................................................................................................ 67
Insert ModelDraft Data ........................................................................................................................ 68

Project Environment Manager ................................................................................................................ 73

Project Environment Manager Form .................................................................................................... 74
Create Options Form ............................................................................................................................ 76
Create Discipline Data ................................................................................................................... 77
Create Design Area Data ............................................................................................................... 78
Create Model ................................................................................................................................. 78
Model Setup Data Form ................................................................................................................ 83
Copy Model ................................................................................................................................... 85
Create Database Tables ........................................................................................................................ 94
Create Model Data from ASCII File ............................................................................................. 95
Revise Options Form.......................................................................................................................... 100
Revise Project Data ..................................................................................................................... 101
Revise Project Location ............................................................................................................... 102
Revise Discipline Data ....................................................................................................................... 114
Revise Model Data ...................................................................................................................... 115
Revise Area Model Association .................................................................................................. 116
Revise Site ID for Models ........................................................................................................... 118
Delete Options Form .......................................................................................................................... 121
Delete Discipline ......................................................................................................................... 122
Delete Design Area Form ............................................................................................................ 124
Delete Model ............................................................................................................................... 125
Report Options Form.......................................................................................................................... 126
Report - Models ........................................................................................................................... 127
Report - Named Items.................................................................................................................. 129

Create Design Area Data........................................................................................................................ 131

Create Design Area Data Form .......................................................................................................... 131
Revise Design Area Data ................................................................................................................... 133

Project Data Manager ............................................................................................................................ 137

Project Data Manager Form ............................................................................................................... 137
Seed Options Form ...................................................................................................................... 138
Model ........................................................................................................................................... 236
Equipment.................................................................................................................................... 243
Raceway Model ........................................................................................................................... 246
Drawing ....................................................................................................................................... 247
Interference .................................................................................................................................. 252

Project Control Manager ....................................................................................................................... 255

Project Control Manager Form .......................................................................................................... 255
Report Format Form (Project Administrator) .............................................................................. 260

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Report Discrimination Data Form ............................................................................................... 263

Report Form (Project Administrator) .......................................................................................... 268
Report Management Defaults Form (Project Administrator) ...................................................... 276
Package ........................................................................................................................................ 278
Project Search Criteria (Project Administrator)........................................................................... 284

Project Archival Manager ..................................................................................................................... 287

Project Archival Manager Form......................................................................................................... 287
Project Archival ........................................................................................................................... 289
Scheduled Project Archival ......................................................................................................... 308
Active Project Retrieval............................................................................................................... 316
Inactive Project Retrieval ............................................................................................................ 319
Model/Drawing Data Retrieval for Workshare Projects .................................................................... 327
Import Project Retrieval .............................................................................................................. 328
Schedule Project Import .............................................................................................................. 334
Model/Drawing Import for Workshare Projects ................................................................................ 338

System Manager...................................................................................................................................... 341

Edit Project Directory File ................................................................................................................. 342
Manage Project Directory File ........................................................................................................... 343
Create Project Directory File ............................................................................................................. 345

File Lock Manager.................................................................................................................................. 347

Access Control Manager ........................................................................................................................ 351

Access Control Manager Password Form .......................................................................................... 351
Access Control Files .......................................................................................................................... 356
Authorization Data ............................................................................................................................. 357
User Functions ................................................................................................................................... 363

Export to PDME ..................................................................................................................................... 365

Export to PDME Command Configuration File ................................................................................ 368
Overwrite /Regenerate Intermediate File ........................................................................................... 369
P&I Drawings..................................................................................................................................... 370
PFD .................................................................................................................................................... 371
IDM .................................................................................................................................................... 374
Orthographic Drawings ...................................................................................................................... 375
Isometric Drawings ............................................................................................................................ 377
Structural Drawings ........................................................................................................................... 379
MTO Reports ..................................................................................................................................... 380
DesignReview Sessions ..................................................................................................................... 381
Document Types ................................................................................................................................ 382
PDS/PDME Document Index Format ................................................................................................ 383

Upgrading Existing Projects .................................................................................................................. 397

6.0/6.1 to 6.3 Update Process ............................................................................................................. 399

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