Known Issues in OpenPlant PID V8i (SELECTseries 6)

Known Issues of OpenPlant PID V8i (SELECTseries 6)

• Drafting:

• • Whenever InRun Spec Validation dialog is opened, you must Apply (green check icon) before performing any other actions.  Otherwise drawing corruption could occur.  To fix, use Undo
  • Repeated copy: After the Modify Tags dialog, if dynamic graphics do not display, click anywhere inside the drawing area. Dynamic graphics will display and you can enter location for next copy.
  • When cancel a pump placement onto a pipe run, a bad virtual nozzle is left behind. If not removed, that end of the pipe run can no longer be connected to. To fix,

• • • Either Undo
    • Or manually select the bad virtual nozzle and Delete it.

• • Error moving two reducers together on same pipe run. This would be the case if you wish to move a control station along a pipe run segment.

• • • Workaround: Reducers should be moved individually. Ex. to move control station a little to the right

• • • • 1. Drag/Move the reducer to the right of the bypass, further right
      • 2. Move the bypass and its components
      • 3. Drag/Move the reducer to the left of the bypass

• DWG Mode:

• • Combustible Waste pipeline circles overlap line after Save
  • Oily Water pipeline circles overlap line and fill disappears after Save
  • Solid Fuels and Untreated Water pipelines lose shading after Save
  • Assembly containing multiline pipeline has preview issue

• APPID Conversion

• • Shared cell based components in APPID converted DWG drawings cannot be exported to assemblies, or be copied and pasted via 'Copy to Clipboard' and 'Paste from Component Clipboard' options.
  • Please refer to BE Community site for information on Conversion of APPID Ss5 to OPPID Ss6

• Miscellaneous:

• • Item Browser: Highlight and Zoom options have been disabled for logical groups: pipelines, instrument loops, and assemblies. It is still possible to highlight and zoom on their individual components.
  • File->Compress->Options has been disabled. The "delete empty cell headers" option is disabled, so Pipelines, Instrument Loops, and Assemblies will not be removed on File->Compress.
  • Design History shows associated item values None, when component properties are viewed for a selected revision.
  • When using Interval synchronization mode, if synchronize in the middle of an operation sometimes an exception occurs in the Message Center. Operations include placing, dragging and/or manipulation commands.

• • • Workaround: In the Interval Synchronize dialog, press No, if in the middle of an operation

• ProjectWise Integration

• • Integration with ProjectWise has issues due to OpenPlant PID rename.

• • • One time solution inside ProjectWise Administrator:

• • • • 1. Under Applications, select "Bentley OpenPlant PowerPID"
      • 2. Right-click Properties
      • 3. On the Actions tab, select Open entry
      • 4. Press Modify button
      • 5. Next to "Program class name" press the "..." button to browse
      • 6. Select "OpenPlant PID v8i (SELECTseries 5)"
      • 7. Press OK

• • • • • In the "Modify Properties..." dialog
        • The "Program class name" has been changed to "Bentley.OpenPlantPID.Application
        • The "Command line that will be used to start application" has been changed to full path to "OpenPlantPID.exe"

• • • • 8. Press OK for the "Modify Properties..." dialog
      • 9. Press OK for the "Bentley OpenPlant PowerPID Properties" dialog

• • Integration with ProjectWise Ss4+, with "Plant" environment, has an issue creating the document. It will cause database synchronization problems. The Revision field is a VARCHAR(4) in the database. In the schema, the document revision is a double.

• • • One time solution inside ProjectWise Administrator:

• • • • PWA->DataSource->Environments->Plant->Attributes
      • Double click or use right click "revision" to open the "revision Properties" dialog
      • In the Value tab, set the Default value to 0
      • In the Editing tab, set the Format string value to
  • • • • "%4.1f" for one character after the decimal point
        • "%4.2f" for two characters after the decimal point
        • "%d" for no decimal point

• • • If one time solution was not used:

• • • • If creating document with wizard, set the revision value during "Define Document Attributes"
      • If creating document without wizard, after creating document, open the document properties and set revision under Attributes tab
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  • Print to PDF does not work, if Advanced Wizard is used.  No Wizard option works.

• Installation Order

• • Problems can be exhibited when trying to generate drawings via Instrumentation and Wiring in a MicroStation environment, if OpenPlant PID is installed after after I&W.

• • • Workaround: Observing the following installation order will prevent these problems:

• • • • 1. OpenPlant PID
      • 2. MicroStation
      • 3. Instumentation and Wiring

• • OpenPlant PID documents cannot be created or edited from Vision, if OpenPlant PID is installed after Prerequisites and Common Tools.

• • • Workaround: Observing the following installation order will prevent these problems:

• • • • 1. OpenPlant PID
      • 2. Prerequisites and Common Tools

• • OpenPlant PID and Prerequisites and Common Tools installation on Windows 8.1

• • • There are 2 possible options:

• • • • Workaround: Prior to installing either application:

• • • • • 1. Start Menu's Programs and Features
        • 2. Select "Turn window features on or off"
        • 3. Select ".Net framework 3.5 (includes .Net 2.0 and 3.0)". Windows will install .Net 3.5 on your system, downloading files from Microsoft website.
        • 4. Install OpenPlant PID

• • • • Workaround:

• • • • • 1. Run the OpenPlant PID installer. A warning message that .NET framework 3.5 is missing appears
        • 2. Press OK and complete installation
        • 3. Run OpenPlant PID for the first time. It will ask to download and install .NET framework 3.5
        • 4. Press OK, to download and install
        • 5. Run OpenPlant PID again and it will work

• • Installation Error=1603 occurs when installing OpenPlant PID on a machine, which does not have any other Bentley software.
    
    • Workaround:
      
      • 1. Download and install "Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Package"
      • 2. Install OpenPlant PID

• AXSYS Conversion:

• • When doing an AXSYS to OPPID conversion, the user must be sure to open the AXSYS created dgn in the correct OPPID project. The AXSYS drawings are metric and should be opened in the OPPID_Metric project or user created metric project. If not, a unit consistency error will be displayed and the dgn will not be converted. The user must restore the backup file and open again in the correct project.
  • Conversion of AXSYS Dgn files: Certain classes such as REACTOR are not currently converted as the same classes as they are not supported in OpenPlant PID, where possible they are converted to the next Class in the OpenPlant Schema hierarchy such as VESSEL. If this is not possible they will be imported as a cell.
  • Import of AXSYS Generated OWL files: Import of modifications in the class SHELL_AND_TUBE_HEAT_EXCHANGER in AXSYS via the OWL file will fail as the version of the ISO 15926 Supplemental Schema had a missing reference. Updates made via the imodel import will work fine.