In PDMS 12, there is a new utility in DESIGN for entering a displaying regular or irregular grids that are stored in the database. It is described in the new Introduction to Common Functionality manual:
[COLOR="Blue"]This utility creates project wide and local, rectangular and radial, grids. Grids are related to design areas: some will be project wide, whilst others may be local to a building/room, etc. [/COLOR]
The topic caused considerable interest back in October at the PDMS 12 workshop at ISEIT in San Antonio.
AVEVA intends to introduce new facilities in DRAFT to show these grids on drawings and is working on the specifications. At this stage, any views or examples of what users might like to see would be welcome. It is anticipated that grids would be treated similarly to other objects but with some special behaviour - for example, they would probably not usually be subject to hidden-line elimination.
The same data structures are used for ship grids in the AVEVA Marine outfitting product. We intend to create similar new facilities for showing them on drawings in both product lines.
Please contribute to this discussion thread. If there is enough interest, it might be possible to arrange a more interactive web presentation and discussion.
Peter, I don't think the grid option in PDMS 12 is as good as the old grid solution with the exception that the information is stored in the database. I had better labeling option with the old grid system in design than I do with the new one.
[QUOTE=AJT;58006][INDENT]Hi,
I am using here PDMS 12 SP6 and for 2d drawing Autocad 2010....please let me know one thing
how to link pdms draft to Autocad because in PDMS 12 version Autocadsource folder is not available
please help me
thanks
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May I ask why you dont use Draft for 2D drawings....
When exporting to autocad you loose all intelligent attributes and makes life difficult after design modifications...!
If you do a search in this forum this topic has been discussed in depth and procedures are available, just a matter of trawling through
[INDENT]Hi,
I am using here PDMS 12 SP6 and for 2d drawing Autocad 2010....please let me know one thing
how to link pdms draft to Autocad because in PDMS 12 version Autocadsource folder is not available
please help me
thanks for rapid response ianmp,
client required autocad format drawing...and i want to link PDMS draft to Acad
becuase PDMS 11.6 version this facility is available......
2.9.2 Final Designer
Final Designer is no longer supplied with PDMS; the latest version supports only AutoCAD 2006 and works with PDMS 11.6 or 12.0 on Windows XP only.
Extensive improvements have been made to the Configurable DXF, DWG and DGN output capabilities of Draft to provide an alternative means of producing well-structured CAD deliverables.
[QUOTE=AJT;58010]...and i want to link PDMS draft to Acad
becuase PDMS 11.6 version this facility is available......
Is this not called Final Designer?
...from which I haven't a clue how far that development is progressed, I only know version 1.3 from many years back....
