Standard Preferences Dialog

The Standard Preferences is a dockable control which displays preferences for the active PID drawing.

Accessed from:

Equipment Ribbon > Tools Group > Preferences
Piping Ribbon > Tools Group > Preferences
Instruments Ribbon > Tools Group > Preferences
Tools Ribbon > Managers Group > Preferences

The dialog is separated into the following sections.

Note: You can collapse seldom used sections by clicking the

icon to the left of the section.

Pull Latest changes from PlantSight

Available when connected to PlantSight. Click this button to refresh the local BIM briefcase and to refresh the Standard Preferences dialog. After the process is complete it will display a message in the message center. For example,

The latest changes from PlantSight have been pulled.

Component

Setting	Description
Specification	Set the specification by selecting from the drop down list. Note: By default, OpenPlant PID is configured to use the set of OPM specifications that are shipped with the application. However, it can also be configured to use piping specs from PDW, PSDS and PDx applications as well. Click here for additional information on configuring OpenPlant PID to use these specs.
End condition	Select a default end condition by selecting from the drop down list. Tip: If the Specs option is turned on, you should not specify a valve end condition as you will be prompted for this when you place a valve.

Plant Breakdown Structure

Setting	Description
Plant Area	Displays a list of pre-defined values for Plant Areas for the project. Select New to display the Properties dialog where you can define the name and properties for the Plant Area.
Service	Displays a list of pre-defined values for Services for the project. Select New to display the Properties dialog where you can define the name and properties for the Service.
Unit	Displays a list of pre-defined values for Units for the project. Select New to display the Properties dialog where you can define the name and properties for the Unit.

Tag

Setting	Description
Show Dialog	This option toggles the display of the Properties dialog when you place components requiring tags. When enabled the dialog will display letting you define the tag and properties for the component. When disabled, the component is placed using the settings in the Standard Preferences dialog using the next incremented number as the tag number.

Key-in: PID MODEL STANDARDPREFERENCES