1.2           Functionality

·            Only one typical can be assigned to each target function.

·            Copying the typical function together with all its sub functions, devices, sheets etc.

Automatic wires are not copied into the target project. They have to be newly created in the target project.

·            You can define up to 30 typical unit levels. On copying typicals, the attributes Typical Unit 1 - 30 are taken into account.

By default, the attributes Typical Unit 1-10 are available at functions. You can add further typical units via Define Dialog.

These typical units serve to assign the storage of the devices of the typical project to the units in the target project. The objects (devices, terminals, etc.) are copied into these units. In this context, Typical Unit 1 has a special function (cf. Options determining the behavior). If there are no units specified in the target project, the units of the typical project are directly copied into the target project.

For simple instrumentations, AUCOTEC proposes the following structure:

Typical Unit 1: Field devices, sensors, field junction box

Typical Unit 2: Jumper board

Typical Unit 3: Transmitter cabinet

Typical Unit 4: Jumper board

Typical Unit 5: Signal processing, SLC cabinets, process control systems

·            You can individually adapt the attribute names of Typical Unit 1 - 30. This renaming can only be done with the support of AUCOTEC.

·            You can define up to 30 additional typical locations. On copying typicals, the attributes Typical Location 1 - 30 of the typical project are taken into account.

By default, the attributes Typical Location 1-10 are available at functions. You can add further typical locations via Define Dialog.

The typical locations can be assigned to the locations in the target project. This selection is only possible if the locations aspect is activated in both projects; otherwise a message is shown. All locations associated with the equipment of the typical are copied together with their parents and merged if applicable; in the process, the associations of the typical are attached to the target object. Child objects are handled in the same way. Merging is done based upon the attributes Type and Name.

·            You can specify the filing structure of the documents.

·            If the sheets of the typical project are assigned to a typical unit, these associations are also set in the target project.

·            If equipment (same name and position) already exists in the target project, the newly copied objects of the typical project are merged with that equipment.

The Typical Manager enables several users to simultaneously access the working project and the typical project.

 

If the Typical Manager is aborted in the main dialog, all changes made since Apply was used last are undone.