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  1. In Microsoft Excel, open the ExportLayer.xlsx file. The location of this Microsoft Excel workbook is specified in Options Manager.

  2. Assign levels or layers using alphanumeric names to ensure that graphics appear in the designated levels or layers.

    • You can choose more filters for the Filter column of this worksheet from filters in Filter Manager.

    • If you save your drawing to the AutoCAD format, you can name layers with any combination of alphanumeric characters.

  3. Save ExportLayer.xlsx.

    In addition to ExportLayer.xlsx definitions, you can also apply a display set to the drawing to specify the assignment of drawing objects to different layers and their color assignments. For details, see Notes and table below.

  4. Go to File > Save As.

  5. In the Save As dialog, select the drive and folder for the new drawing.

  6. In the File path box, if desired, edit the name and path for the drawing file, or select Browse to open the File Name and Path window to navigate to the desired path.

  7. From the Save as type list, select the file format that you want to use.

  • The value of the Override Layers on Export attribute in the pidacad.ini file affects the output when saving a file as AutoCAD. If symbols are exported as blocks (when the value of the Dissolve Symbol to Groups attribute is set to 0), you must specify a value of 2 or 3 for the Override Layers on Export attribute to ensure that the blocks are exported to the correct AutoCAD layer. For full details of the Override Layers on Export attribute, see Configuration File Settings for AutoCAD Translation.

  • When saving to AutoCAD or MicroStation, the software checks the ExportLayer.xlsx file and if it finds a reference to a filter that does not exist in the reference data, a Filters Not Found dialog is displayed showing a list of missing filters. When you select Exit to dismiss the dialog, the save as process stops.

  • When saving to AutoCAD or MicroStation using a display set, the software uses the ExportLayer.xlsx file only for filtering items that do not meet any of the display set filter criteria and for which the Color value of filtered or background items is not None.

  • 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.

  • When you save a drawing in .dwg format, the text labels appear in low-resolution due to the changes made to the text width factor in RAD.

  • When saving a drawing to AutoCAD with SmartFrame objects such as auxiliary graphics, you must do the following to prevent a border showing around such objects:

    1. In the Smart P&ID installation folder path ..\Program Files (x86)\SmartPlant\P&ID Workstation\bin, select the pidacad.dwg seed file and copy it to a location where you have write permissions.

    2. Launch AutoCAD and open the copied pidacad.dwg file.

    3. Under System Variables, set the value of the FRAME variable to 0.

    4. Save the change to update the pidacad.dwg file.

    5. Copy the pidacad.dwg file back to the bin folder in the Smart P&ID installation path.

  • The dependent behavior of drawing items on the color value of display sets is as follows:

    Color Value

    Effect on Filtered Items

    Effect on Background Items

    Specific color

    Layer is created with name of display set filter and filtered items go to that layer with the color specified by the display set filter. If Override Layers on Export = 2 in the pidacad.ini or pidmstn.ini file, the color from the seed file overrides the display set filter color for the particular layer.

    Items are mapped according to filters in the ExportLayer.xlsx file. Colors specified by the display set filter are ignored for items mapped to layers that appear in ExportLayer.xlsx, and the colors of those items are assigned according to the Override Layers on Export setting. Items sent to the Default layer are assigned the background items color from the display set.

    Default

    Layer is created with name of display set filter and filtered items go to that layer with the default color specified in Options Manager. If Override Layers on Export = 2, the color from the seed file overrides the default color for the particular layer.

    Items are mapped according to filters in the ExportLayer.xlsx file. Color is assigned according to Override Layers on Export setting.

    None

    Items are sent to the HiddenObjects layer and the ExportLayer.xlsx file settings are ignored.

    Items are sent to the HiddenObjects layer and the ExportLayer.xlsx file settings are ignored.

  • When saving to AutoCAD, extra layers such as ConsistencyChecks, HeatTrace, HiddenObjects, Labels, and others may be created on your AutoCAD drawing. To delete one of these layers, you must add a row to the ExportLayer.xlsx file and enter the name of the layer in the Filter column and the value -9999 in the Layer column as shown: