How to define Revision History in Custom Borders [TN]


	Applies To

	Product(s):	AutoPLANT P&ID
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	Original Author:	bmoberg, Bentley Technical Support Group

Overview

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

In Project Administrator browse to the Project>Database>Databases>Projdata and set AutoPLANT P&ID and Project Administrator as a Registered Application for the Doc_Rev table as shown below:
Add Revision fields to the AT_DWG_NAME System Query. This is the query that controls what data is passed between the project database and the AutoPLANT P&ID border. Any fields to be assigned to a border token must first be added in this view.
1. In Project Administrator browse to the Project>Database>Databases>AT_Views
2. Select AT_DWG_NAME view and select the Edit button.
3. Select the Joins tab and add the Doc_Rev table using the Doc_id to Doc_id join as shown below:
4. Save and Exit to write the changes to the database schema.
5. Edit the AT_DWG_NAME view again and this time select the Fields tab. Select the fields you want to be tokens for the Revision section of the border as shown below:
6. Save and Exit 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 Revision
REV:2,ORD:2,REV_BY:2 – Second Revision
REV:3,ORD:3,REV_BY:3 – Third Revision

Step Three: Add lisp code to pid-sup.lsp.

Browse to and open the Pid-sup.lsp file located in the following path:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Bentley\Plant V8i\P&ID\
Search for the “Drawing Initialization” section and place the code directly above this section as shown below:

Custom Code goes here…
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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;;; Drawing initialization
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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