Mapping of (AutoPLANT) Pipe Nozzle properties for use in Open Plant Isometrics

In AutoPLANT you can place nozzles from the equipment module and from the piping module. If you want the properties of the piping nozzle to be available for OpenPlantIsometrics Manager, you need to map these properties in the schema.

Review property names in AutoPLANT

In AutoPLANT you can check the component properties by double-clicking the respective component.

The most relevant properties to be mapped are the Tag properties (see below) with internal names: TAGNUMBER and TAG.

Open the Schema

Use the class editor to open the OpenPlant_3D.01.04.ecschema.xml from the project location: c:\ProgramData\Bentley\Plant V8i\Bentley Plant V8i Projects\<project>\Config\OpenPlant\schemas\OpenPlant_3D.01.04.ecschema.xml.

In the Class Editor tree browser, expand “Classes” to:

Classes > Plant Base Object > Named Item > Device Piping Component > Pipe Nozzle.
With Pipe Nozzle, click the “Properties” tab. And find the property “EQUIPMENT_TAG”
For EQUIPMENT_TAG, click the Override button, to override its definition.
Click “Custom Attributes” > “Add/Remove”
From the displayed list of custom attributes, find “AutoPLANT_PDW_Property_Map”
Use the down-arrow button to add AutoPLANT_PDW_Property_Map to “Applied custom attributes”
Click OK
The new property map is added to the EQUIPMENT_TAG property definition:
For “PropertyName” you can now specify TAGNUMBER, which is the AutoPLANT property to which you want to map Equipment_tag.
This same procedure we can now repeate for the NUMBER property, which we are going to map to the AutoPLANT “TAG” property.

With Pipe Nozzle, click the “Properties” tab. And find the property “NUMBER”
For NUMBER, click the Override button, to override its definition.
Click “Custom Attributes” > “Add/Remove”
From the displayed list of custom attributes, find “AutoPLANT_PDW_Property_Map”
Use the down-arrow button to add AutoPLANT_PDW_Property_Map to “Applied custom attributes”
Click OK
The new property map is added to the NUMBER property definition:
For PropertyName you can now specify TAG, which is the AutoPLANT property to which you want to map NUMBER.
Now we need one last change: The AutoPLANT “TAG” property is also mapped to another property in this schema: ORDER_NUMBER. This appears to create a conflict.
Because ORDER_NUMBER is not used in the iso creation process, we will remove TAG as datasource for ORDER_NUMBER.

Still with Pipe Nozzle, on the “Properties” tab, find the property “ORDER_NUMBER”
Click the “Override” button to override the settings of this property.
Now, in the categories “AutoPLANT_PDW_Property_Map” and “AutoPLANT_PDW_Catalogue_Property_Map” you can empty the field of “property name” and remove the word “TAG”:
Now save the schema changes and exit Class Editor

Specify a User Label

If you want to use the above schema change in a connection label for the pipe nozzle, you can specify a user label in the OpenPlant Configuration Manager.

Open Configuration manager from AutoPLANT Project Configuration or from OPIM – out-session.
Select the active isometric style and pick the category “User Labels”
Click the green button
Specify label definition as shown:
Save and close the Configuration Manager
Create an iso from a pipeline that connects to a pipe nozzle to see the effect.