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  • CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

    ABOUT THIS MANUAL ..............................................................................................................................1-2

    NEW FEATURES IN V2.0 ...........................................................................................................................1-3

    VERSION 2.0 NEW FEATURES .................................................................................................................1-32D PIPING APPLICATION..............................................................................................................1-3GENERAL.......................................................................................................................................1-3DRAFTING TOOLS MENU (* NEW *).............................................................................................1-4MISCELLANEOUS ATTACHMENTS..............................................................................................1-4PIPING TOOLS MENU ...................................................................................................................1-4COMPONENTS ..............................................................................................................................1-4

    HELP AND DOCUMENTATION..................................................................................................................1-7ADDING YOUR HELP.....................................................................................................................1-8

    HOW DOES IT WORK?............................................................................................................1-8PIPING CUSTOMER HELP......................................................................................................1-9

    TIPS ON USING REBIS HELP .......................................................................................................1-9

    SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ......................................................................................................................1-10GRAPHICS ENVIRONMENT........................................................................................................1-10SYSTEM .......................................................................................................................................1-10AUTOPLANT APPLICATIONS......................................................................................................1-10STRUCTURAL APPLICATIONS...................................................................................................1-10SUPPLEMENTAL/OTHER APPLICATIONS.................................................................................1-10INSTALLATION.............................................................................................................................1-10ASSUMPTIONS ............................................................................................................................1-10KNOWLEDGE OF AUTOCAD ......................................................................................................1-11KNOWLEDGE OF DRAFTING AND DESIGN TECHNIQUES......................................................1-11

    AUTHORIZATION.....................................................................................................................................1-11NEW SECURITY...........................................................................................................................1-11EXISTING HARDWARE LOCKS ..................................................................................................1-11

    DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS........................................................................................................1-12

    TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND TRAINING.................................................................................................1-13TYPES OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT.............................................................................................1-13

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    CHAPTER 2: GETTING STARTED

    PROJECT CONFIGURATION.....................................................................................................................2-2PROJECT CUSTOMIZATION TOOLS............................................................................................2-2

    AUTOPLANT CONFIGURATION EDITOR...............................................................................2-2AUTOPLANT CLASS EDITOR .................................................................................................2-3

    SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION.................................................................................................................2-3SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION FILES..........................................................................................2-3

    NETWORK VS LOCAL WORKSTATION INSTALLATIONS.....................................................2-3AT.INI KEYWORDS ........................................................................................................................2-4TEMPORARY FILES ......................................................................................................................2-4WINDOWS REGISTRY ENTRIES ..................................................................................................2-4SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION - HOW TO TOPICS ....................................................................2-5

    SETUP MULTIPLE CONFIGURATIONS..................................................................................2-5SET THE NETWORK PATH.....................................................................................................2-5SET THE LOCAL WORKSTATION PATH................................................................................2-6SET/MODIFY AN APPLICATION CONFIGURATION ..............................................................2-6SET THE TEMPORARY FILES DIRECTORY..........................................................................2-6

    INTERFACE ................................................................................................................................................2-7MENUS ...........................................................................................................................................2-7TOOLBARS.....................................................................................................................................2-8DRAWING AREA ..........................................................................................................................2-11COMMAND PROMPTS ................................................................................................................2-13DIALOGS ......................................................................................................................................2-15

    CONNECTION TECHNIQUES ..................................................................................................................2-16GENERAL COMPONENT PLACEMENT......................................................................................2-17PLACE A COMPONENT IN SPACE .............................................................................................2-17PLACE A PIECE OF PIPE IN SPACE...........................................................................................2-18PLACE AN ELBOW IN SPACE.....................................................................................................2-21ATTACH TO AN EXISTING COMPONENT..................................................................................2-24PLACE A KNOWN DISTANCE FROM AN EXISTING COMPONENT..........................................2-26ALIGN TO EXISTING COMPONENTS.........................................................................................2-29AUTOMATICALLY PLACE CONNECTING PIPE (AUTO PIPE) ...................................................2-34CHANGE THE REFERENCE POINT............................................................................................2-36AUTOMATICALLY ROUTE COMPONENTS ................................................................................2-37PLACE ON A SMART POLYLINE.................................................................................................2-39

    DRAWING PRODUCTION OVERVIEW....................................................................................................2-41

    SPECIFICATION OVERVIEW...................................................................................................................2-43SPEC DATABASE TABLE FORMAT............................................................................................2-43PROVIDED SPECS AND CATALOGS .........................................................................................2-43

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    CHAPTER 3: SETUP MENU

    OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................3-2

    DRAWING PREFERENCES .....................................................................................................................4-3

    2D HIDDEN LINE OPTIONS .......................................................................................................................4-6

    MODULE SETUP ......................................................................................................................................4-8AVAILABLE MODULES ..................................................................................................................4-8LOAD ALL.......................................................................................................................................4-9LOAD MODULE..............................................................................................................................4-9UNLOAD MODULE.........................................................................................................................4-9UNLOAD ALL MODULES ...............................................................................................................4-9VIEW MODULE DETAILS...............................................................................................................4-9APPLY.............................................................................................................................................4-9CABLE TRAY MODULE (PIPING MODULE ONLY) .....................................................................4-10

    LOAD......................................................................................................................................4-10SPECS/CATALOGS ...............................................................................................................4-10COMPONENTS ......................................................................................................................4-10DRAWING PREFERENCES...................................................................................................4-10

    CONDUIT MODULE (PIPING MODULE ONLY)...........................................................................4-10LOAD......................................................................................................................................4-10SPECS/CATALOGS ...............................................................................................................4-11COMPONENTS ......................................................................................................................4-11

    DUCTILE IRON MODULE ............................................................................................................4-11LOAD......................................................................................................................................4-11SPECS/CATALOGS ...............................................................................................................4-11COMPONENTS ......................................................................................................................4-11

    HIGH PURITY MODULE...............................................................................................................4-12LOAD......................................................................................................................................4-12SPECS/CATALOGS ...............................................................................................................4-12COMPONENTS ......................................................................................................................4-12

    HVAC MODULE (PIPING MODULE ONLY) .................................................................................4-12LOAD......................................................................................................................................4-12SPECS/CATALOGS ...............................................................................................................4-12COMPONENTS ......................................................................................................................4-13

    LINED PIPE MODULE ..................................................................................................................4-13LOAD......................................................................................................................................4-13SPECS/CATALOGS ...............................................................................................................4-13COMPONENTS ......................................................................................................................4-13

    TUBING MODULE ........................................................................................................................4-13LOAD......................................................................................................................................4-13SPECS/CATALOGS ...............................................................................................................4-14COMPONENTS ......................................................................................................................4-14

    VICTAULIC MODULE ...................................................................................................................4-14LOAD......................................................................................................................................4-14SPECS/CATALOGS ...............................................................................................................4-14COMPONENTS ......................................................................................................................4-14

    MODULE CUSTOMIZATION ........................................................................................................4-15MODULE SETUP CUSTOMIZATION - HOW TO TOPICS...........................................................4-15

    DEFINE A NEW MODULE GROUP CONFIGURATION ........................................................4-15DEFINE A NEW MODULE DIRECTORY STRUCTURE.........................................................4-16MODIFY THE MODULE SETUP DIALOG..............................................................................4-16

    COMPONENT PREFERENCES................................................................................................................4-17SPECIFICATION...........................................................................................................................4-17NOMINAL SIZE.............................................................................................................................4-17LINE NUMBER..............................................................................................................................4-17

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    DATA MODE.................................................................................................................................4-17

    COMPONENT COPY PREFERENCES ...................................................................................................4-18POST-COPY UPDATE AUTOMATION.........................................................................................4-18

    PROMPT FOR NEW COMPONENT VALUE..........................................................................4-18SYSTEM DEFAULT UPDATING ............................................................................................4-19AUTOMATIC SCRIPT-BASED UPDATING............................................................................4-19

    COMPONENT FIELDS .................................................................................................................4-19COMPONENT COPY PREFERENCES DIALOG ...................................................................4-19

    PREFIX AND SUFFIX...................................................................................................................4-20BASIC SCRIPT UPDATE METHOD .............................................................................................4-21ESTABLISH POST-COPY COMPONENT UPDATE PREFERENCES.........................................4-21SET THE PREFIX AND/OR SUFFIX WHEN UPDATING COPIED COMPONENTS....................4-21COPY A COMPONENT ................................................................................................................4-22

    COMPONENT UPDATE PREFERENCES ..............................................................................................4-23AVAILABLE FIELDS .....................................................................................................................4-23ADD > ...........................................................................................................................................4-24REMOVE.......................................................................................................................................4-24FIELDS TO INCLUDE...................................................................................................................4-24

    CHAPTER 4: COMPONENT MENUS

    PIPE COMPONENTS..................................................................................................................................4-2

    BENDS AND RETURNS .............................................................................................................................4-4

    BRANCHING COMPONENTS ....................................................................................................................4-5

    TAP PORT...................................................................................................................................................4-6

    VALVES ......................................................................................................................................................4-8TOPWORKS .................................................................................................................................4-8

    AUTOMATIC INSERTION ........................................................................................................4-8MANUAL INSERTION ..............................................................................................................4-8TOPWORKS PLACEMENT CUSTOMIZATION .......................................................................4-9DIALOG SELECTION...............................................................................................................4-9SPEC SELECTION.................................................................................................................4-10CLASS SELECTION...............................................................................................................4-10TURN OFF TOPWORKS PLACEMENT.................................................................................4-10

    USER VALVES ...........................................................................................................................4-11ADDING A CUSTOM COMPONENT............................................................................................4-11

    FLANGES..................................................................................................................................................4-12

    REDUCERS AND SWAGES .....................................................................................................................4-12

    MISCELLANEOUS FITTINGS ..................................................................................................................4-13USER FITTINGS .........................................................................................................................4-15

    ADDING A CUSTOM COMPONENT......................................................................................4-15

    SUPPORTS ...............................................................................................................................................4-16ADDING A CUSTOM COMPONENT............................................................................................4-16PLACE A SUPPORT.....................................................................................................................4-17

    MISCELLANEOUS ATTACHMENTS .....................................................................................................4-18PIPING..........................................................................................................................................4-18ISOMETRICS................................................................................................................................4-18ADDING A CUSTOM COMPONENT............................................................................................4-19REFERENCE DIMENSION ATTACHMENT .................................................................................4-19

    CUSTOMIZATION CONSIDERATIONS.................................................................................4-21

    COMPONENT PLACEMENT - HOW TO TOPICS....................................................................................4-21ADD OPERATORS TO VALVES (TOPWORKS) ..........................................................................4-21ALIGN TO EXISTING COMPONENTS.........................................................................................4-22

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    ATTACH TO AN EXISTING COMPONENT..................................................................................4-23AUTOMATICALLY ROUTE COMPONENTS ................................................................................4-23AUTOMATICALLY PLACE CONNECTING PIPE (AUTOPIPE)....................................................4-23CHANGE THE REFERENCE POINT............................................................................................4-24DEFINE A TAP PORT FOR OLET PLACEMENT.........................................................................4-24PLACE A COMPONENT IN SPACE .............................................................................................4-25PLACE A KNOWN DISTANCE FROM AN EXISTING COMPONENT..........................................4-25PLACE ON A SMART POLYLINE.................................................................................................4-26

    COMPONENT MANIPULATION - HOW TO TOPICS...............................................................................4-27EDIT COMPONENT INFORMATION............................................................................................4-27UPDATE COMPONENT INFORMATION .....................................................................................4-27COPY A COMPONENT ................................................................................................................4-28ESTABLISH POST-COPY COMPONENT UPDATE PREFERENCES.........................................4-29MOVE A COMPONENT................................................................................................................4-29SET THE PREFIX AND/OR SUFFIX WHEN UPDATING COPIED COMPONENTS....................4-30

    CHAPTER 5: PIPING TOOLS MENU

    OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................5-2

    CENTERLINE ROUTERS MENU................................................................................................................5-2EDIT COMPONENT PREFERENCES............................................................................................5-2FROM DIALOG .............................................................................................................................5-3

    OPTIONS..................................................................................................................................5-3INFO MODE DIALOG ...................................................................................................................5-11FROM POLYLINE .......................................................................................................................5-12FROM FILE .................................................................................................................................5-13

    FILE STRUCTURE .................................................................................................................5-13PRO-PIPE ROUTER ...................................................................................................................5-13DESIGNER ROUTER .................................................................................................................5-14FROM POINTS ...........................................................................................................................5-15

    BACK ......................................................................................................................................5-15REDRAW................................................................................................................................5-15REF.........................................................................................................................................5-15ABS.........................................................................................................................................5-16NORTH...................................................................................................................................5-16SOUTH ...................................................................................................................................5-16WEST .....................................................................................................................................5-16EAST ......................................................................................................................................5-16UP...........................................................................................................................................5-16DOWN ....................................................................................................................................5-16PICK NEXT POINT.................................................................................................................5-16

    CENTERLINE ROUTER - HOW TO TOPICS ...............................................................................5-17ROUTE A CENTERLINE FROM DIALOG ..............................................................................5-17ROUTE A CENTERLINE FROM POINTS ..............................................................................5-17ROUTE A CENTERLINE FROM POLYLINE ..........................................................................5-18ROUTE A CENTERLINE - DESIGNER ROUTER ..................................................................5-18ROUTE A CENTERLINE - PROPIPE ROUTER .....................................................................5-19ROUTE A CENTERLINE FROM FILE ....................................................................................5-19EDIT CENTERLINE PREFERENCES ....................................................................................5-19

    REPRESENTATIONS ...............................................................................................................................5-20OPERATION BUTTONS...............................................................................................................5-20AUTOCAD ENTITIES....................................................................................................................5-21

    ACIS .......................................................................................................................................5-212D VIEW .................................................................................................................................5-21MESH .....................................................................................................................................5-21

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    3D DISPLAY MODES................................................................................................................................5-22WIREFRAME ..............................................................................................................................5-22CENTERLINE .............................................................................................................................5-22WIREFRAME W/CENTERLINE ..................................................................................................5-23MESH ..........................................................................................................................................5-23SET VIEWPORT DRAW MODE ...................................................................................................5-24RESET ALL VIEWPORT DRAW MODES.....................................................................................5-24SHADE ALL VIEWPORTS............................................................................................................5-24HIDE ALL VIEWPORTS................................................................................................................5-24CONTROL 3D DISPLAY MODES.................................................................................................5-24

    3D DISPLAY UTILITIES MENU ................................................................................................................5-25SET OBJECT RIMS ON................................................................................................................5-25SET OBJECT RIMS OFF..............................................................................................................5-25SET CENTERLINE COLOR..........................................................................................................5-25SET CENTERLINE TYPE .............................................................................................................5-26SET CENTERLINE VISIBILITY.....................................................................................................5-26SET TORUS CENTERLINE TYPE................................................................................................5-27SET CLIPPED GRAPHICS TYPE.................................................................................................5-27

    CONNECTIVITY CHECKER .....................................................................................................................5-27CHECKER ...................................................................................................................................5-27CHECK RUN ...............................................................................................................................5-29RESUME CHECKER ..................................................................................................................5-29CONNECTIVITY - HOW TO TOPICS ...........................................................................................5-29

    CHECK SELECTED COMPONENTS FOR CONNECTIVITY.................................................5-29CHECK ENTIRE RUN ............................................................................................................5-29RESUME CHECKER ..............................................................................................................5-30

    DIMENSION NODES.................................................................................................................................5-30

    JOIN COMPONENTS................................................................................................................................5-31

    STOP SIGNS ...........................................................................................................................................5-32PLACE STOP SIGNS FOR ISO....................................................................................................5-32

    CHAPTER 6: DATABASE TOOLS MENU

    OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................6-2

    EDIT COMPONENT ..................................................................................................................................6-2EDIT COMPONENT - PAGE 2 ......................................................................................................6-4

    UPDATE COMPONENT ............................................................................................................................6-5

    CLEAN DATABASE ..................................................................................................................................6-6

    VIEW DATABASE .....................................................................................................................................6-8

    DATABASE INFORMATION .....................................................................................................................6-8CLEAR CONNECTIONS.................................................................................................................6-9VIEW TRANSACTIONS..................................................................................................................6-9

    UPDATE FROM SPEC................................................................................................................................6-9

    DATABASE - HOW TO TOPICS...............................................................................................................6-11EDIT COMPONENT INFORMATION............................................................................................6-11UPDATE COMPONENT INFORMATION .....................................................................................6-11CLEAN THE DRAWING DATABASE TO REMOVE INVALID LINKS ...........................................6-12VIEW THE DRAWING DATABASE...............................................................................................6-12

    DRAWING DATABASE CUSTOMIZATION .............................................................................................6-13DRAWING DATABASE FORMAT.................................................................................................6-13DRAWING DATABASE TABLES ..................................................................................................6-14

    HOW IT WORKS ....................................................................................................................6-15DRAWING DATABASE TABLE SCHEMAS..................................................................................6-16

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    SCHEMA DEFINITION ...........................................................................................................6-16PIPING/ISOMETRICS COMPONENT DATA................................................................................6-17EQUIPMENT COMPONENT DATA..............................................................................................6-18DRAWING DATABASE CUSTOMIZATION - HOW TO TOPICS..................................................6-18

    SET THE DRAWING DATABASE FORMAT AS MS ACCESS OR DBASE ...........................6-18SET THE EXTENSIONS FOR DBASE DRAWING DATABASE TABLES ..............................6-19ADD A TABLE TO THE DRAWING DATABASE ....................................................................6-19ADD/MODIFY THE DRAWING DATABASE TABLE STRUCTURE (FIELDS)........................6-20DEFINE THE DATA PUT INTO THE DRAWING DATABASE................................................6-20ADD A DRAWING DATABASE FIELD TO THE DRAWING PREFERENCES DIALOG.........6-21ADD/MODIFY THE FIELDS IN THE EDIT COMPONENT DIALOGS.....................................6-23

    CHAPTER 7: 2D PIPING AND THE DRAFTING TOOLS MENU

    2D PIPING APPLICATION OVERVIEW......................................................................................................7-2PACKAGING THE 2D PIPING PRODUCT .....................................................................................7-2HIDDEN LINE REMOVAL OUTPUT FOR CUSTOM ENTITIES.....................................................7-2AUTOCAD R14 VS. AUTOCAD 2000 .............................................................................................7-2MODIFICATIONS TO DRAWING PREFERENCES DIALOG .........................................................7-22D HIDDEN LINE OPTIONS...........................................................................................................7-3SYMBOL MANAGER ......................................................................................................................7-4RESTRICTIONS FROM THE STANDARD 3D PIPING PRODUCT................................................7-4

    PIPING TOOLS ........................................................................................................................7-4DRAW SCRIPTS.............................................................................................................................7-52D HLR OPTIONS ..........................................................................................................................7-5

    DRAFTING TOOLS MENU .........................................................................................................................7-6

    SYMBOL MANAGER..................................................................................................................................7-6AUTOCAD 2000 USAGE ................................................................................................................7-6AUTOCAD R14 USAGE..................................................................................................................7-7PROCEDURES...............................................................................................................................7-7SYMBOL LIBRARY DETAILS.........................................................................................................7-9

    TITLE BLOCK.............................................................................................................................................7-9

    2D SYMBOLS ...........................................................................................................................................7-10CUSTOMIZATION ........................................................................................................................7-10

    INSULATE PIPE........................................................................................................................................7-11

    PIPE END SYMBOL..................................................................................................................................7-11

    2D EDITING MENU ...................................................................................................................................7-11BROKEN PIPE..............................................................................................................................7-12BREAK..........................................................................................................................................7-12MEND............................................................................................................................................7-13MEND ALL ....................................................................................................................................7-13

    CHAPTER 8: ANNOTATION

    OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................8-2

    ANNOTATION PREFERENCES ...............................................................................................................8-2ANNOTATION STYLE ....................................................................................................................8-2PLACEMENT ..................................................................................................................................8-3NORMAL MODE.............................................................................................................................8-3TEXT MODE ...................................................................................................................................8-3TEXT OPTIONS..............................................................................................................................8-4BLOCK OPTIONS...........................................................................................................................8-4CONTAINER OPTIONS..................................................................................................................8-4LEADER OPTIONS.........................................................................................................................8-4

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    EDIT ANNOTATION....................................................................................................................................8-5FORMAT.........................................................................................................................................8-5EDIT VERTEX.................................................................................................................................8-5ROTATE..........................................................................................................................................8-5MOVE..............................................................................................................................................8-5ANNOTATION.................................................................................................................................8-5EXIT ................................................................................................................................................8-6

    DATABASE FIELD ANNOTATION.............................................................................................................8-6

    LINE NUMBER ANNOTATION...................................................................................................................8-6

    NOTES ANNOTATION ...............................................................................................................................8-7

    ELEVATION ANNOTATION .......................................................................................................................8-7

    COORDINATE ANNOTATION....................................................................................................................8-7

    TAGS...........................................................................................................................................................8-7

    INSTRUMENT BALLOONS ......................................................................................................................8-8

    ANNOTATION - HOW TO TOPICS.............................................................................................................8-9EDIT ANNOTATION .......................................................................................................................8-9PLACE A MATERIAL TAG..............................................................................................................8-9PLACE AN INSTRUMENT BALLOON ..........................................................................................8-10DATABASE FIELD ANNOTATION - HOW TO TOPICS ...............................................................8-11

    PLACE "MAIN SIZE" ANNOTATION ......................................................................................8-11PLACE "DESCRIPTION" ANNOTATION................................................................................8-11PLACE "LONG DESCRIPTION" ANNOTATION ....................................................................8-12PLACE "SPECIFICATION" ANNOTATION.............................................................................8-12PLACE "PIPE CUT LENGTH" ANNOTATION ........................................................................8-13PLACE "INSULATION" ANNOTATION...................................................................................8-13

    LINE NUMBER ANNOTATION - HOW TO TOPICS.....................................................................8-14PLACE SHORT LINE NUMBER ANNOTATION.....................................................................8-14PLACE LONG LINE NUMBER ANNOTATION.......................................................................8-14PLACE SHORT LINE NUMBER ANNOTATION WITH CENTERLINE SYMBOL...................8-15PLACE LONG LINE NUMBER ANNOTATION WITH CENTERLINE SYMBOL .....................8-16

    NOTE ANNOTATION - HOW TO TOPICS ...................................................................................8-16INSERT A GENERAL NOTE ..................................................................................................8-16

    INSERT ELEVATION INFORMATION..........................................................................................8-17COORDINATE ANNOTATION - HOW TO TOPICS .....................................................................8-18

    PLACE NE/ NS/ EW COORDINATE ANNOTATION ..............................................................8-18PLACE GENERAL COORDINATE ANNOTATION.................................................................8-18

    CHAPTER 9: REPORTS MENU

    OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................9-2

    BILL OF MATERIALS ...............................................................................................................................9-2GENERAL PROCEDURE ...............................................................................................................9-3REPORT NAME..............................................................................................................................9-3REPORT FILE.................................................................................................................................9-4UNITS/PRECISION.........................................................................................................................9-4MISC. OPTIONS.............................................................................................................................9-4MATERIAL TAG OPTIONS.............................................................................................................9-5BILL OF MATERIALS CONFIGURATION ......................................................................................9-6

    GENERAL TAB (BOM CONFIG) ..............................................................................................9-7TITLE TAB (BOM CONFIG) .....................................................................................................9-9HEADER TAB (BOM CONFIG) ..............................................................................................9-10ROW TAB (BOM CONFIG).....................................................................................................9-11COLUMN TAB (BOM CONFIG)..............................................................................................9-12

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    BILL OF MATERIALS - HOW TO TOPICS ...................................................................................9-13GENERATE A BILL OF MATERIALS .....................................................................................9-13SELECT THE BOM FORMAT CONFIGURATION .................................................................9-14ADD/MODIFY A BOM FORMAT CONFIGURATION..............................................................9-14SET THE BOM PLACEMENT METHOD ................................................................................9-15SET THE BOM BORDER PROPERTIES ...............................................................................9-15SET THE BOM HEADER PROPERTIES................................................................................9-16SET THE BOM TITLE PROPERTIES.....................................................................................9-16SET THE BOM ROW PROPERTIES......................................................................................9-17SET THE BOM COLUMN PROPERTIES...............................................................................9-17

    BILL OF MATERIALS CUSTOMIZATION.....................................................................................9-18HOW DOES IT WORK?..........................................................................................................9-18REPORT FILES......................................................................................................................9-18

    GENERATE REPORTS ...........................................................................................................................9-19REPORT TYPE.............................................................................................................................9-20REPORT NAME............................................................................................................................9-20REPORT FILE...............................................................................................................................9-22OPTIONS......................................................................................................................................9-22UNITS/PRECISION.......................................................................................................................9-23OUTPUT .......................................................................................................................................9-23OK.................................................................................................................................................9-23REPORTS - HOW TO TOPICS.....................................................................................................9-24

    GENERATE REPORTS..........................................................................................................9-24REPORT GENERATOR CUSTOMIZATION...........................................................................9-24HOW DOES IT WORK?..........................................................................................................9-24REPORT FILES......................................................................................................................9-25REPORT TYPES ....................................................................................................................9-25REPORT DEFINITION............................................................................................................9-25

    REPORTS CUSTOMIZATION - HOW TO TOPICS......................................................................9-26ADD/MODIFY A REPORT TYPE............................................................................................9-26CREATE A NEW REPORT FILE ............................................................................................9-26ADD A NEW REPORT DEFINITION ......................................................................................9-26ADD A MENU COMMAND TO GENERATE A SPECIFIC EXTERNAL REPORT ..................9-27

    CHAPTER 10: DRAWING PRODUCTION MENU

    OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................................10-2

    DRAWING SETUP ..................................................................................................................................10-2

    WORK AREA SETUP .............................................................................................................................10-3WORK AREA ................................................................................................................................10-4REFERENCE DRAWINGS ...........................................................................................................10-4INSERTION POINT.......................................................................................................................10-5PICK..............................................................................................................................................10-5ROTATION....................................................................................................................................10-5MEMBERSHIP STATUS...............................................................................................................10-5XREF ATTACHMENT TYPE.........................................................................................................10-5NEW..............................................................................................................................................10-6OPEN............................................................................................................................................10-6SAVE.............................................................................................................................................10-6SAVE AS.......................................................................................................................................10-6CLOSE..........................................................................................................................................10-6CANCEL........................................................................................................................................10-6

    WORK AREA VIEWS ..............................................................................................................................10-7CURRENT WORKING AREA .......................................................................................................10-7ADD...............................................................................................................................................10-7REMOVE.......................................................................................................................................10-7

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    WINDOW ......................................................................................................................................10-7EDIT..............................................................................................................................................10-7COPY............................................................................................................................................10-8INSERT/APPLY IN MODEL ..........................................................................................................10-8PREVIEW......................................................................................................................................10-8AUTO ZOOM ................................................................................................................................10-8VIEW PROPERTIES.....................................................................................................................10-9

    VIEW TITLE............................................................................................................................10-9VIEW.......................................................................................................................................10-9SCALE ....................................................................................................................................10-9PROJECTION TILE ..............................................................................................................10-10VIEW OPTIONS....................................................................................................................10-10MATCH LINE OPTIONS.......................................................................................................10-103D VIEW ENVELOPE...........................................................................................................10-10OK.........................................................................................................................................10-11CANCEL ...............................................................................................................................10-11EDIT SCALES.......................................................................................................................10-11COORDINATE SYSTEM ......................................................................................................10-12

    UPDATE WORK AREA .........................................................................................................................10-12

    CHAPTER 11: 2D TO 3D MENU

    OVERVIEW ...............................................................................................................................................11-2

    PROCESS OVERVIEW .............................................................................................................................11-2THE MAPPING PROCESS...........................................................................................................11-2MAPPING FILES...........................................................................................................................11-3

    CLASSMAP.INI.......................................................................................................................11-3PIDFLD.INI .............................................................................................................................11-32D3D.INI .................................................................................................................................11-4PIDPREF.INI...........................................................................................................................11-5

    SET PROJECT..........................................................................................................................................11-5

    BROWSE/INSERT COMPONENTS..........................................................................................................11-6

    PREFERENCES........................................................................................................................................11-7

    CHAPTER 12: OTHER COMMANDS AND FUNCTIONS

    SCRIPTING TOOLS MENU ......................................................................................................................12-2LOAD ............................................................................................................................................12-2UNLOAD .......................................................................................................................................12-2EXECUTE .....................................................................................................................................12-2DEBUG .........................................................................................................................................12-2

    SPECIFICATION SELECTION DIALOG...................................................................................................12-2

    DRAWING NODES AND DRAWING BORDER CUSTOMIZATION.........................................................12-3

    SPECIFICATION SELECTION ERROR....................................................................................................12-3

    SPECIFICATION VALIDATION ................................................................................................................12-4VALIDATION.................................................................................................................................12-4SPEC REPAIR ..............................................................................................................................12-4CATALOG REPAIR.......................................................................................................................12-4NOTES/WARNINGS .....................................................................................................................12-5DRAWING REPAIR.......................................................................................................................12-5

    DRAWING SELECTION OPTIONS...........................................................................................................12-6ALL................................................................................................................................................12-6MANUAL .......................................................................................................................................12-6ADVANCED - CURRENT DRAWING ...........................................................................................12-6

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    DOMAIN .................................................................................................................................12-7SELECT/ENTER.....................................................................................................................12-7TYPE ......................................................................................................................................12-7ATTRIBUTE FIELD.................................................................................................................12-7CONSTRAINT ........................................................................................................................12-8ATTRIBUTE VALUE ...............................................................................................................12-8OPERATOR............................................................................................................................12-9ACTIVE QUERIES..................................................................................................................12-9WINDOW SELECTION...........................................................................................................12-9INCLUDE XREFS ...................................................................................................................12-9SAVE ......................................................................................................................................12-9NEW .....................................................................................................................................12-10DELETE................................................................................................................................12-10

    ADVANCED - MULTIPLE DRAWING .........................................................................................12-11DOMAIN ...............................................................................................................................12-11SELECT/ENTER...................................................................................................................12-11ADD DRAWINGS..................................................................................................................12-12TYPE ....................................................................................................................................12-12ATTRIBUTE FIELD...............................................................................................................12-12CONSTRAINT ......................................................................................................................12-12ATTRIBUTE VALUE .............................................................................................................12-12OPERATOR..........................................................................................................................12-13ACTIVE QUERIES................................................................................................................12-14SAVE ....................................................................................................................................12-14NEW .....................................................................................................................................12-14DELETE................................................................................................................................12-14

    DEFINING A SELECTION SET ..................................................................................................12-15SELECT ALL THE COMPONENTS IN THE CURRENT DRAWING. ...................................12-15MANUALLY SELECT COMPONENTS IN THE CURRENT DRAWING ...............................12-15DEFINE MULTIPLE DRAWING QUERIES...........................................................................12-15DEFINE A CURRENT DRAWING QUERY...........................................................................12-16CREATE AND SAVE A QUERY ...........................................................................................12-16MODIFY AN EXISTING QUERY ..........................................................................................12-17DEFINE A COMPLEX QUERY (MULTIPLE CONSTRAINTS)..............................................12-17DELETE A QUERY...............................................................................................................12-18

  • This Reference Guide was generated in response to users requests to have the application on-line help formatted in a manner that could be referenced away from a setting in which the actualsoftware was installed and running in front of them. It is provided in Adobe Acrobat Readerformat to enable you to print as many copies of this information as desired.

    ABOUT THIS MANUAL 1-2

    NEW FEATURES IN V1.5 1-3

    HELP AND DOCUMENTATION 1-7

    SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1-10

    AUTHORIZATION 1-11

    DOCUMENTATION CONVENTIONS 1-12

    TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND TRAINING 1-13

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    This area of the PIPING help system provides version-by-version links to new features added to theapplication. The following identifies the New Features and Modifications in Version 2.0 of the PIPINGapplication.

    The following provides a brief description of the new features and modifications in Version 2.0 of thePIPING application.

    A 2D version of the AutoPLANT PIPING application may now be purchased separately. Users that purchasean authorization for the full 3D AutoPLANT PIPING application will get the 2D functionality free of charge.

    The 2D PIPING product will be installed in the same manner as the 3D PIPING product. The functionalitywill be controlled by the Rebis Security system. The security system will control whether a user has access tothe 2D or 3D PIPING environment and the associated commands and functions. When an Authorizationrequest is made, the request will be specifically for the use of 2D or 3D PIPING. This will be controlled bythe creation of either a 2D or 3D piping model, export to PCF etc. The primary control of the componentdrawing mode will be handled through the Drawing Preferences dialog.

    The AutoPLANT report writer has been upgraded to version 7.0 of Crystal Reports. Due to an anomaly inCrystal Reports, you should request the free correction release of version 7.0 from Seagate (version7.0.100.15 or higher). This will enable version 5.0 reports to be saved without crashing under version 7.0(this is only if you are using version 7.0 of Seagate). If you are currently customising reports, you maycontinue to do so with version 5.0. However, obviously the new report templates delivered can only bemodified with version 7.0 or higher.

    Although version 8.0 has not been tested we expect this bug has been corrected in the standardversion 8.0 release allowing version 5.0 reports to be saved in version 8.0. Under this version thereport should be saved as a version 7.0 report unless you want to upgrade his own runtime to version8.0.

    Architectural Desktop support: This version will be supported when run with the version of AutoCADthat is delivered with Architectural Desktop. There is no interaction with any of the Desktop objects orany other added functionality associated with the Desktop product.

    DIN specs now have the nominal diameter prefixed with DN, such as DN100 for 100mm pipe. Variousother changes were made to support the DN prefix. These include a correction to pulled pipe.

    Using international settings in Windows for decimal delimiter now works correctly for welds and withISOMETRICS dimensioning.

    Toolbars now load correctly on computers using dual-byte character sets (Asian characters)

    New HDPE Catalog and spec. The catalog is called Driscopipe and the spec HDPE.

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    The Drafting Tools menu has been added to the main Piping menu. It contains commands specificallydesigned for the placement and manipulation of 2D AutoCAD entities. A new Symbol Managerapplication is included, which provides a dockable interface (AutoCAD 2000 ONLY) that lists symbolsin a tree view. A separate floating dialog interface is provided for AutoCAD R14 users. These symbolsmay be inserted from the Symbol Manager directly into your drawing, or new symbols added.

    The Broken Pipe commands, which were previously located in the Annotation menu have been moved tothe Drafting Tools menu. The 2D symbol placement options that were also in the Annotation menu havealso been moved to this menu.

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    Reference Dimension attachment: The Reference Dimension attachment is now available for placementby executing the Miscellaneous Attachments option from the Piping/Iso menu, then selecting ReferenceDimension. This attachment is provided to enable you to dimension from a point on a component to adisconnected item in an ISOGEN isometric drawing generated from a PIPING model or ISOMETRICSdrawing using AutoPLANT Import/Export. This capability was added to enable you to identify thecomponent and the item to which it references.

    3D Display Utilities/Set Clipped Graphics Type: Enables you to toggle the display of clipped cylinder(pipe) graphics to either Baseballs or Quadrant display. You may also enter SETCLIPPEDGRAPHICS atthe command line to manually toggle this clipped graphics display of individual cylinders.

    Representations: The numerous individual menu commands that were provided to generate graphicrepresentations of your components have been centralized in a single dialog control.

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    Nozzles: A need has been established to create a nozzle component that will simply represent the nozzleas a symbolic representation and will typically be used when the user has already modeled the nozzle butneeds a connection to an existing pipe line. This would allow complete Isos to be generated as well as acomplete Bill Of Materials output and other requirements. To satisfy this requirement the existing nozzlecomponent has been modified.

    High Purity elbow draw scripts have been improved to be more realistic. They now include a straightsection of tube before the bend.

    Insulation is now drawn on all components, not just pipe and elbows.

    Pulled pipe is now available in the Tubing module (renamed from Swagelok)

    Tap ports can now be placed on diaphragm valves.

    Single and double line representations have been enhanced. Both single and double line modes will nowdraw elevation views correctly. The check valve representations have also been corrected.

    Pulled pipe now can be tapped on the straight sections. You can also add pipe supports to the straightsections.

    The cut pipe symbol can now be optionally changed to the Japanese standard.

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    Rectangular and Round HVAC components in imperial, metric, and mixed metric units have been added.The McGill catalog was used.

    449D9?>1144541. Generic Guides/Anchor Boxes

    2. Vessel Pipe Guides

    3. Platform Pipe Guides

    4. Riser Clamp

    5. Base Anchor

    6. General Hanger

    7. Rod Spring Hanger

    8. Pipe Lug Attachment

    9. Elbow Lug Attachment

    10. Angle Steel Trapeze Hanger Bar

    11. Single C-Channel Trapeze Hanger Bar

    12. Spring Can Trapeze Hanger

    13. Tee Shoe with Pad

    14. Pipe Insulation Saddle

    15. Pipe Wear Protection Pad

    16. Adjustable Post Support17. Adjustable Elbow Spring Support18. Base Spring Support

    19. Dummy Leg Support

    20. Single Pipe Trunnion Support

    21. Double Pipe Trunnion Support

    22. General Steel Support

    23. Attached General Hanger

    24. Attached Angle Steel Trapeze Hanger Bar

    25. Attached Single C-Channel Trapeze Hanger Bar

    26. Attached Adjustable Post Support27. Attached Base Spring Support

    28. Attached Channel Shoe Support

    29. Attached Tee Shoe Support

    30. Attached Slide Plate Assembly

    31. Attached Generic Guide Boxes

    32. Attached Generic Anchor Boxes

    33. Attached U Bolt Anchor

    34. Insulated Pipe Vessel Guide

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    449D9?>173?=@?>5>DC81F5255>144541. Trimmed 45 degree Elbow

    2. Reducing Lateral

    3. Long Weldneck Flange

    4. Control/Ball Valve

    5. Control/Globe

    6. Control/Check

    7. Control/Butterfly

    8. Control/Angle

    9. Control/3 Way

    10. Control/4 Way

    11. Control/Gate

    12. Relief/Angle

    13. Pressure Reducing/Angle

    14. Pressure Reducing/Instrument Angle

    15. Miscellaneous Fittings/Blinds/Restriction Plate

    16. Miscellaneous Fittings/Strainers/2- Port Wye

    9C31449D9?>15>DC1. Reinforcing Pad

    2. Plain Lock Coupling # 90

    3. Roto Chain Links

    4. Roto Chain Operator

    5. Injection Quill6. Venturi Flow meter Symbol

    7. Complex Flow meter Symbol

    8. Isogen Reference Dimensions

    General components have been added to the High Purity module. Ball valves have been added to theHigh Purity catalog and specs as well. The valve topworks have been improved for this module.

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    The following table describes the help/tutorial documents provided with your software:

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    AT_PIPE.PDF Description: This is an Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF version of this Tutorial.

    Access: Select AutoPLANT 3D/Tutorials/Piping from your Windows Start menu.

    AT_PIPE.CHM Description: This is the main PIPING application help file. It provides a detailed description of every available feature andfunction.

    Access: Select Help/Contents from the Piping application menu, or select AutoPLANT 3D/Program Help Files/PIPINGHelp from your Windows Start menu.

    AT_XCHG.CHM Description: This is the main Import/Export module application help file. It provides a detailed description of every availablefeature and function.

    Access: Select Help/Contents from the Import/Export application menu, or select AutoPLANT 3D/Program HelpFiles/Import-Export Help from your Windows Start menu.

    AT_CUS.CHM Description: This help system provides information on customizing many of the program functions provided with yourAutoPLANT applications (e.g., project customization, drawing database customization, module customization, report/BOMcustomization, etc.).

    Access: Select AutoPLANT 3D/Customization Tools and Help/AutoPLANT Program Customization Help fromyour Windows Start menu.

    BSCRIPT.CHM Description: This help system provides information on AutoPLANT Basic Language Extensions provided to customize almostany area of the application. Each topic provides the command/function prototype, a description of its parameters, and an example.Help is also provided for the Standard Basic language elements. Context-sensitive help is provided for almost all of theselanguage elements when using the Rebis Script Editor to customize/create basic scripts. Simply place the cursor within theelement you need help on and pressing the function key.

    Access: Select AutoPLANT 3D/Customization Tools and Help/Basic Language Reference Help from yourWindows Start menu. The Rebis Script Editor may also be launched from this program group.

    AT_CE.CHM Description: This is the AutoPLANT Class Editor application help file. The AutoPLANT Class Editor provides an intuitivegraphical user interface to modify the information in the configuration files that define the PIPING/ISOMETRICS modules and theindividual components available in each module. It also provides direct access to the method script files, port definition, andspecification search criteria that are used by each component class.

    Access: Select Help/Contents from the Class Editor application menu, or select AutoPLANT 3D/Customization Toolsand Help/Class Editor Help from your Windows Start menu.

    AT_CFG.CHM Description: This is the AutoPLANT Configuration Editor application help file. The AutoPLANT Configuration Editor wasdesigned to remove the tedious effort that would have been required to manually edit the configuration files used to create andcustomize project configurations.

    Access: Select Help/Contents from the Configuration Editor application menu, or select AutoPLANT 3D/CustomizationTools and Help/Configuration Editor Help from your Windows Start menu.

    DLG_EDIT.CHM Description: This is the Rebis Dialog Editor application help file. The Rebis Dialog Editor provides an intuitive graphical userinterface to create/customize AutoPLANT-compatible Basic dialogs that may be used in your Basic scripts and functions.

    Access: Select Help/Contents from the Dialog Editor application menu, or select AutoPLANT 3D/Customization Toolsand Help/Dialog Editor Help from your Windows Start menu.

    EBS_EDIT.CHM Description: This is the Rebis Script Editor application help file. The Rebis Script Editor provides an intuitive user interface tocreate/customize AutoPLANT Basic drawing scripts and functions. Context-sensitive help is provided to almost every standardBasic and Rebis Basic API Extension command, function, data type, etc.

    Access: Select Help/Contents from the Script Editor application menu, or select AutoPLANT 3D/Customization Toolsand Help/Script Editor Help from your Windows Start menu.

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    EXPLORER.CHM Description: This is the Rebis Explorer/ID application help file. Rebis Explorer is an interactive 3D viewer for large models andsets of models, which may be purchased separately. You can load multiple models varying from thousands to millions of trianglesin size and interact with them at a guaranteed frame rate. It supports multiple formats via a plugin mechanism, as well as its ownnative file formats, AutoCADs *.dwg and *.dxf files and 3D Studios *.3ds files are supported. A range of navigating and viewingcontrols enable even the largest and most complex model to be explored with ease.

    Access: Select Help/Help Topics from the Explorer/ID application menu, or select AutoPLANT 3D/Explorer ID/RebisExplorer Help from your Windows Start menu.

    SPECGEN.CHM Description: This is the Specification Generator application help file. The Spec Generator is a stand-alone application whoseprimary function is to generate specifications for use with Rebis applications.

    Access: Select Help/Contents from the Spec Generator application menu, or select AutoPLANT 3D/SpecGen/SpecGenHelp from your Windows Start menu.

    MIGRATE_X.PDF Description: A migration guide is provided in PDF format that describes additions/modifications made in this release of thesoftware.

    Access: This document resides in your ..\SUPPORT directory.

    Separate help files are provided for each of the supplemental applications that ship with yourAutoPLANT software. These helps may be launched individually via the AutoPLANT/CustomizationTools and Help group in your Windows Start menu, or by starting the application and selectingHelp/Contents.

    Rebis has developed a simple system to enable Dealers, Contractors, Users, etc. to provide links to their owncustom HTML help system within each primary AutoPLANT applications help system.

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    The topic Adding Your Help/Piping Customer Help that is compiled within the PIPING help file provides alink to a stand-alone HTML file named CUSTPIPE.HTM. This file may be modified to form the start pointfor your custom HTML help system. The path and name of this file is assigned in the >+HOS'RFV@ group ofyour ..\CFG\AT.INI file as shown below and may be modified.>+HOS'RFV@

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    You can modify the CUSTPIPE.HTM file to include links to your own HTML help topics using any HTMLeditor (Microsoft Word 97 can be used to create HTML files).

    This system was devised to enable you to create your own internal set of procedures in HTML format, whichmay then be accessed directly from within the individual AutoPLANT application help systems. This systemalso enables you to download or upgrade your existing AutoPLANT help files, while maintaining the integrityof your internally generated HTML procedures.

    The following procedure explains how to modify CUSTPIPE.HTM to link your own internal procedures to aRebis application HTML help system. This example explains how to create a new HTML file namedMyProc1.HTM, then establish a link to this procedure by modifying the provided CUSTPIPE.HTM file usingMicrosoft Word 97.

    Create a directory where you will want to store your HTML help procedures.

    Start Word.

    Enter some text for your topic. For example, type My Procedure and tag it using the Heading 1 style. Entersome more text as desired to define a common procedure used by your organization.

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    Select File/Save As, then set the Save As Type selection to HTML Document. Type the file name asMYPROC1.htm and then save the file in the directory created in Step 1.

    Open the ..\SUPPORT\CUSTPIPE.htm file in Word 97 (you may need to change the file type selection to*.htm).

    You can change the text "Example" to the name of your organization, or whatever you would like.

    Create a new line and type My Procedure 1.

    Select the text My Procedure 1 with your cursor, then select Insert/Hyperlink.

    Press the Browse button next to the Link to file or URL field. Select your MyProc1.htm file from the directory created in Step 1, then press OK. Press OK to assign the

    link.

    Save the file and exit. Thats all there is to it.

    To test your link, run the PIPING application help file. Display the Adding Your Help/PIPING CustomerHelp topic, then press the Click here to display your CUSTPIPE.HTM button. Your link now appears in theCUSTPIPE.htm help topic in a separate HTML help window. Click on the My Procedure 1 link to displayyour custom help procedure.

    There is a wealth of additional information available on HTML help via the Internet.

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    The Add Your Help topic above explains how you can add a link to your own HTML based help system fromwithin PIPINGs help. The main HTML page of your help system must be named CUSTPIPE.HTM and mustreside in the same directory as the PIPING help file AT_PIPE.CHM. Once you have created your helpsystem, you can click the Display your Custom HTML Help button in the PIPING Customer Help topic toaccess it. An example CUSTPIPE.HTM has been created for you and may be modified.

    Rebis Help has been designed to provide you access to a variety of different types of help. The suggestionsbelow will make the help system more useful.

    Table of Contents With our new HTML help format, a Table of Contents is always displayed in the left pane of yourhelp window. As you click on links within a topic, the topic that you jump to is automaticallyhighlighted in the left pane to enable you to more easily view where you are within the overall helpsystem.

    Index An extensive index of help topics has been provided to enable you to quickly locate information ona particular topic. Click on the Index tab, then begin entering the word(s) that you want to search.As you type, the index will automatically scroll using the letters entered as a filter. When you findan entry in the index that you want to view, press the Display button.

    Search A more thorough search for a specific keyword or phrase may be performed from the Search tab.Click on the Search tab, then enter the keyword or phrase that you want to find and press ListTopics. All of the topics within the help system that contain the entered keyword or phrase willappear in the selection list. Select the topic that you want to display, then press the Display buttonto view the topic.

    Relationship betweenCommand Reference andHow To topics

    The Command Reference folder in the help system has been organized to replicate the layout ofthe application