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Workflow
Step 5: Define Mapping Rules (page 16)
Step 6: Create 3D Model in ShipConstructor (page 19)
Step 7: Extract Data from P&ID and ShipConstructor Projects (page 20)
Step 8: Run P&ID DesignValidation Comparison (page 21)
Step 9: Access P&ID DesignValidation Commands Directly (page 25)
Step 10: Review Comparison Results (page 25)
Step 11: Investigate Individual Cases (page 27)
Step 12: Fix Discrepancies (page 29)
The twelve sections that follow provide a detailed discussion of each step.
Step 1: Plan for Comparability
Before proceeding to modeling the project in either ShipConstructor or AutoCAD P&ID environment, it is generally
beneficial to spend some time on planning for future comparability between the P&ID and ShipConstructor projects. The
nature of the P&ID DesignValidation product is such that doing some planning at an early stage of the project can bring
significant benefits later.
It is recommended that at the planning stage, the user considers of the following questions:
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Which properties should be used as unique identifiers of assets and pipe lines on both sides of the comparison
equation?
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Should object identifiers rely on single properties or combinations of several properties?
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Which properties should be mapped together as comparison properties for pipe lines and for assets?
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Will it be feasible to fill in values of identifier and comparison properties consistently for all objects on both
sides of the comparison equation?
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Is there a potential for having some properties populated with values automatically?
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Values of which properties will have to be typed in manually?
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What can be done to simplify manual work when typing in property values manually? Can values themselves be
simplified?
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What is the best way to organize the Spec-System-Branch tree in ShipConstructor so that pipe systems are
easily comparable against the P&ID side?
While each of the questions above can have more than one right answer, a few relatively standard and recommended
solutions are discussed below.
Identifier Properties for Assets
AutoCAD P&ID offers a built-in functionality for uniquely identifying assets by their tags. The recommendation is to
leverage this already existing functionality as part of the P&ID DesignValidation workflow.
For example, to make the comparison between the P&ID side and the ShipConstructor side possible, users are
recommended to map P&ID tags to ShipConstructor UDAs that act as tags on the ShipConstructor side. Values of
ShipConstructor UDAs should be filled manually to be consistent with P&ID tags. Due to manual assignment of UDA
values, it is also recommended that the user keeps asset tags short and simple to minimize the number of typing
mistakes.
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