OpenPlant CONNECT Edition Readme

New and Changed in OpenPlant Isometrics Manager CONNECT Edition

The What's New section provides a list of new features included in the latest release of OpenPlant Isometrics Manager.
SettingDescription
Interface Changes The following changes have been made to the OpenPlant Isometrics Manager interface:
  • A command ribbon has been added for quick access to the main options to load iModels and isometric configuration.
  • Separate options for and are available. Each opens a new interface also utilizing ribbon functionality.
  • New command option have been added to the for the user to edit Isometrics. The following options are available in the ribbon when an isometric is opened:
Isometric Configuration There are now two separate commands for Isometric Configuration:
Suppress Component Internal Segment Dimension For multi-segmented components, this option provides the ability to suppress the individual segment dimensions and only showing an overall dimension for the component such as change-over valve.

To suppress these dimensions the following needs to set in the Overrides.txt file:

DIMOPT=1

Valve Tag Label A default setting has been added to the configuration page for Valve Tags.
Customizable Date Output Previous versions of OpenPlant Isometrics Manager used 2 predefined date styles (US and European) with 8 predefined date output formats. The CONNECT Edition will allow users to customize the date output to what best suits their needs. This is customizable in the Textnodes.txt file for each isometric style.
Iso Extractor menu available when opening an AutoPLANT isometric from Windows. Previously, the IsoExtractor pulldown menu was only available when opening the ISO from within the OpenPlant Isometrics Manager interface that is present when generating an ISO from within AutoPlant. In the CONNECT Edition release the user is able to see this pulldown with all of its functionality when opening the ISO from windows explorer.