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Whenever you save a drawing using File > Save, the software uses the name and folder location specified in Drawing Manager during drawing creation. If you want to save the drawing ina format other than .pid, use the Save As or Save as PDF command.

When you open an existing drawing, the software copies the drawing from the disk or network and displays it on the screen. As you work, the changes that you make to the drawing appear on your screen. These changes are saved in the database automatically.

If another user modifies an item on an open drawing using automation and you also modify the same item from Smart P&ID, on saving the drawing, you will receive a message that you must close and then reopen the drawing. All unsaved changes that you made to the drawing will be lost.

After you have saved a drawing, it remains displayed on the screen. You can use File > Close to close the drawing and clear it from your screen, or you can use File > Exit to close the drawing and quit the software.

Saving Assemblies

You can save a group of items in a drawing as an assembly. Assemblies are saved in a specific folder specified in Options Manager. You can retrieve assemblies from Catalog Explorer to place in a drawing.

Saving Drawings in Other Formats

You can save drawings to the following formats using the Save As command:

  • MicroStation (*.dgn)

  • AutoCAD (*.dwg)

  • AutoCAD (*.dxf)

  • Smart P&ID uses the ExportLayer.xlsx file to map drawing item types to the layers that they will be assigned to. Filters are used to define the scope of the item type, for example 'Equipment - New' The file then specifies the layer to which the scoped item type will be assigned. If a symbol’s item type does not match any of the filter definitions and if that symbol is in the current drawing layer (Primary, Typical, or both), the symbol is saved in the Default layer. If a display set is assigned to the drawing and the Color value of filtered or background items is None, the software ignores the ExportLayer.xlsx file and those items go to the hidden layer in AutoCAD or MicroStation. If the Color value of filtered or background items is not None, filtered items go to the layer specified by the filter and background items go to the default layer unless a filter exists in the ExportLayer.xlsx file for a particular item or set of items, in which case the settings in the ExportLayer.xlsx file override the display set settings for those background items.

  • Text boxes on drawings that are saved as AutoCAD drawings display a border if the fill color Blank is selected in the Text Block Properties. To remove the border around text boxes in translated AutoCAD drawings, modify the P&ID symbol in Catalog Manager and set the Text Block Properties fill color to None.

  • You can save drawings as PDF files using the Save as PDF command.

  • You can also batch save drawings in other formats in Drawing Manager. See Save Drawings in Other Formats in the Drawing Manager Help.