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Smart P&ID Version
9 (2019)
Smart Engineering Manager Version
10 (2019)
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10.0(2018)

Some common difficulties that you may encounter are listed here, along with possible solutions.

No Projects on This Site

On some systems, you receive the No projects on this site error when you try to connect to the Smart P&ID site server. As a workaround, you can edit the Microsoft Access file \projectname\project\SPMap.mdb directly and add a line in the connection table as follows:

  • Project Number is the PDS project name (case sensitive)

  • MapPathName is the complete UNC path to the Smart P&ID plant SPMap.mdb file located in the PDS project directory

  • IsThreeD has to be selected

  • SPSiteNode is the UNC path to the SmartPlantV4.ini file

  • SPProjectName is the Smart P&ID plant name

Save changes made to the SPMap.mdb file, and run the SP PID to PDS 3D command again.

If a client computer experiences problems connecting to the project, remove the Intergraph SmartPlant Attribute Mapper and Smart P&ID Automation components using Add/Remove Programs. Restart the computer and reinstall PD_Shell and Smart P&ID Integration Tools using the silent installation. Be aware that for PDS users to set up the attribute map and perform data transfer, they must have permission to access the Smart P&ID server through Smart Engineering Manager.

Display

Start PD_Shell, and go to piping. Inside the PDS piping model but before using the Graphical P&ID Setup command, select one of the two methods below so that all of the P&ID items are clearly visible in order to display properly the converted P&ID within PDS:

  • Method 1: Turn off the Reference File > Use Color Table setting under User > User Preferences > Reference File. This action displays the drawing using the active color scheme for the PDS model, rather than honoring the colors from Smart P&ID.

  • Method 2: Change the Background color of the piping model to a lighter color by using Settings > Colors.

Display by Unit Filter

Run the Graphical P&ID Setup command as with PDS 2D, unless the unit is simply a filter. If not specified, all plant P&IDs are shown. Note that the P&ID Drawing Name is what you see on the data transfer dialogs, not the drawing number.

Temperature/Pressure Units

Select lines for pipe run and component data for the Name from P&ID option. For pipe run data, four sets of temperature/pressure values with units must be set in the Smart P&ID or you will receive an error about temperature/pressure limits. You can choose the No Minimum T-P Data for Service Limits Verification option in the PDS project data manager to prevent that error. When using this option, the lower range of the temperature/pressure values is not checked, thus allowing undefined values in PDS: -9999.

Removing Software from a Silent Installation Configuration

For a silent installation, when you accept the Smart P&ID Integration Tools option on the PDS component loader dialog, the following components are installed and the following folders created:

  • Intergraph SmartPlant Attribute Mapper

  • Intergraph Smart P&ID Automation, including

  • ..\Common Files\Intergraph\RAD (used by Smart P&ID and SmartSketch)

  • ..\Common Files\Intergraph Shared\SmartPlant

  • ..\SmartPlant

If you need to remove the components for the silent installation and have SmartSketch on the computer, remove SmartSketch and its associated components first. Continue by removing PD_Shell from the PDS remove product utilities. This action prompts you to confirm deletion of the Intergraph SmartPlant Attribute Mapper. Select Yes, and confirm the deletion of all shared files.

This step does not delete Intergraph Smart P&ID Automation. To remove automation, go to Add/Remove Programs, select Intergraph SPP&ID Automation from the list, accept its deletion, and confirm deletion of all shared files. Then restart your computer.

Before re-installing any software in the client computer, delete the three folders specified above, and any files contained in them.

Known Issues and Limitations

  • The Graphical P&ID Setup command cannot convert and display a P&ID that has a space in the P&ID file path. Make sure the paths and filenames to the P&IDs have no spaces in them. You get the same result if you use a comma in the P&ID title.

  • When the P&ID plant hierarchy does not contain the Unit item, an error occurs when snapping to a piping segment or a component in the PD_Design environment.

  • You must define the Option Code property for a component in Smart P&ID if you are planning to use the Name from P&ID command for transferring any other component information. The implication is that your piping specifications must be created before drawing the P&IDs if you use this command for any data transfer.

  • You must dismiss the Graphics Setup menu after selecting the P&ID that you want to display. Sometimes this form may be hidden, and you must dismiss it before you can transfer data from a pipeline.

  • Levels settings (that is, displays of drawing filters) are not saved for a Smart P&ID drawing. You must select the correct levels each time that you enter the drawing.

  • If you want to see the P&ID labels and line types correctly, you must map your P&ID fonts to proper MicroStation fonts in one of the .ini files. ISO Plus RDB fonts and borders.txt contain this information. Also, the standard RDB Arial Narrow is mapped to a not-always-present MicroStation font and causes unreadable labels on the screen.