The following items summarize the new features and enhancements in the Promis.e CONNECT Edition Update 13 release:

• New Project Manager Function: Apply Page Property Data

  Apply Page Property Data opens all selected files and writes additional Page Property data required to support enhancements made to Import Drawings. It is not necessary to execute this function multiple time on same page. This version and future versions will automatically manage changes to the property values.

  

• Enhanced Import Drawings Function
  Import Drawings function will attempt to recognize intelligent OpenUtilities Substation objects and populate (push data) into the active Project Database. During the import process, dgn files are scanned for existing OpenUtilities Substation objects. When an object is found, all associated data is imported into the active project database. Import Drawings function will now automatically recognize and import below Page and Device properties. For details, refer to data fields within below Green Boxes. Requirement for Existing Pages: Apply Page Property data must be executed prior to using Import Drawings.

  • Imported Page Properties

    Page Properties automatically populated.

    

    Additional Page properties imported: Drawing Set, Installation, and Location descriptions.

    

  • Imported Device Properties

    Balloon numbers and Cable Text properties now included with the import process.

    

• Improved Duplicate Device Options

  When a device is duplicated the following dialog appears.

  

  Click "Detail" button to a complete duplicate device list. All duplicated instances are listed.

  

  Click “Yes” button to Duplicate Device. The software will automatically decide if selected device will be linked with an existing SubID (duplicated instance) or if a new Sub ID is required. There are two possible results depending on device usage.

  1. Software chooses an existing SubID
  2. Software creates new SubID

  Click “No” button to select an Available Device to link with. Only Available Devices for selection will be listed. Any Device instances that could result in a duplicated SubID are automatically excluded from the list.

  Example Scenario:

  In Schematic mode, user inserts 2 symbols Motor starter coil relay and assigns 210M1 for Device Tag. User then inserts the second layout symbol within Panel Layout mode. If user chooses the “No” option, the first instance is excluded from the Available Devices list because the first layout symbol already exists in Panel layout mode.

  

• Edit functions disabled when connection to Project Database does not exist.

  When the SQL Server is down and the user still tries to use some commands, such as Insert Symbol, Draw wire, Copy, Move, Delete, the software will prompt the warning message about connection to database failed.