Isometric Styles

In order to control generation of different types of Isometric Drawings, an administrator will need to define new styles and modify existing styles and their base default values used for isometric drawing generation

General Information

The default location for style definition files is:  C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Plant V8i\Bentley Plant V8i Projects\{project}\Config\OpenPLANT\Isometrics\styles\

The following styles are delivered with each example project. As delivered, they are configured identically.

• As-Built

• Check

• IFC

• Stress

• Tracing

Isometrics Configuration Tool

The Isometrics Configuration tool is used to define project and style settings for the Isometric drawings. The tool consists of two tabs:

• Isometric Management – Defines default project settings to use when generating isometric drawings
• Isometric Style – Provides options to define configurations for individual isometric styles

Option 1 – From Bentley Project Administrator

1. Click Start – Select All Programs > Bentley > Plant V8i > Project Tools > Project Administrator

2. From Bentley Project Administrator:

   1. Select a Project from the tree

3. From the Login to Project dialog:

   1. User Name – Enter a user name with Supervisor rights

   2. Password – Enter the password for the user

   3. Click OK

      
      

       

4. From Bentley Project Administrator:

   1. Expand the Project in the tree

   2. Expand OpenPlant Isometrics

   3. Select Settings

   4. Click Create/Modify

       

      
      

Option 2 – From OpenPlant Isometrics Manager

1. Click Start – Select All Programs > Bentley > OpenPlant Isometrics Manager > OpenPlant Isometrics Manager in AutoPLANT access mode

2. From the Open Project dialog:

   1. Select a project

   2. Click OK

       

      
      

       

3. From the Login to Project dialog:

   1. User Name – Enter a user name with Supervisor rights

   2. Password – Enter the password for the user

   3. Click OK

       

      
      

       

4. From Bentley OpenPlant Isometrics Manager:

   1. Select  Tools > Configuration from the menu

Adding an Isometric Style

1. Open the Isometrics Configuration tool

2. From the Isometric Configuration dialog:

   1. Select the Isometrics Style tab

   2. Click Add Style

       

      
      

       

3. From the Add Style dialog:

   1. Select Base Style – Select an existing style as a template

   2. Name of Style – Enter the name of the new style

   3. Click Ok

      

Removing an Isometric Style

1. Open the Isometrics Configuration tool

2. From the Isometric Configuration dialog:

   1. Select the Isometrics Style tab

   2. Click Remove Style

       

      
      

       

3. From the Remove Style dialog:

Click Yes

See Also

http://communities.bentley.com/products/plant/design___engineering/w/plant_design_and_engineering__wiki/22042.how-to-make-openplant-isometrics-manager-styles-stored-globally-for-all-projects-using-autoplant-modeler