This Technical Bulletin will describe how to define Revision History in a custom border to be used in AutoPLANT P&ID drawings. AutoPLANT P&ID was not designed to support Revision History in its borders as attributed tokens. The steps below include a customization to the software code to support this new functionality.
Step One – Project Administration Modifications/Additions. - Project Administrator
Step Two: Modification of the Border AutoCAD Block.Add new customized Revision Attributes to border. Notice the new format. REV:1 = Token to pull the REV value for the 1st revision.
REV:1,ORD:1,REV_BY:1 – First RevisionREV:2,ORD:2,REV_BY:2 – Second RevisionREV:3,ORD:3,REV_BY:3 – Third Revision
Step Three: Add lisp code to pid-sup.lsp.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Bentley\Plant V8i\P&ID\
Click the link below to view the custom AutoCAD Lisp functionality to be added to the Pid-sup.lsp file. Right click the link to download and save the file.
Lisp code for Revision History in Custom Borders
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