AVEVA VPE P&ID 7.

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An intelligent, AutoCAD-based P&ID design application

AVEVA VPE P&ID is a P&ID design system which stores intelligent engineering data Business Benefits
onto graphical entities in an AutoCAD drawing while the designer draws and Design efficiency
annotates the P&IDs.
• Intelligent data is created
These intelligent P&IDs, containing tagged items, quantities and connectivity data, can automatically as the design is
be loaded into the AVEVA schematic model via AVEVA P&ID Manager, or synchronised drawn.
with the VPE Workbench database for the production of project reports and datasheets. • User Defined Attributes allow
customisation to individual
AVEVA VPE P&ID is quick to set up, easy to use and highly productive. It supports projects.
different engineering standards, individual company working methods, and complex
projects containing many hundreds of P&IDs. Save time and cost

• Design data can be reused on

subsequent projects.

• Easy generation of reports

saves man-hours.

Eliminate errors

• Intelligent data and

configurable automatic error-
checking ensure design
integrity from the outset.

• Supports ISO 15926 for

standards compliance.

Easy to adopt

• Familiar AutoCAD environment

ensures a minimal learning
curve and ready availability of
skilled users.

The VPE P&ID user interface, based on the familiar AutoCAD environment

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Key Features
Database integration
VPE P&ID can export data into the AVEVA P&ID Manager application,
allowing P&IDs from different sources to be consolidated into the
project’s model database.
When used online with the AVEVA VPE Workbench database, VPE P&ID
allows database information to be retrieved and displayed on the P&ID,
or used for design validation during the draughting process.
Effective stand-alone application
VPE P&ID is an efficient and productive stand-alone application, ideal
for working at remote sites, or for project subcontractors. It includes
Microsoft Access database functionality for checking tag duplication.
New in VPE P&ID 7.2
VPE P&ID 7.2 includes several new productivity and usability
enhancements, including:
Full Excel interface for rapid editing of P&ID data
Data manipulation is now made easier, more accurate and versatile.
An Excel file may be created from P&IDs, tags and UDAs and used for
many purposes. Attributes can be updated in Excel and imported back
into the P&ID; VPE P&ID automatically validates imported Project lists of
values to identify inconsistencies and prevent unauthorised edits to the
drawing.
Individual Excel worksheets are configurable using the VPE P&ID
Administrator.

Standard AutoCAD 2008 user interface and concepts Tag duplication checking

Being an extension to familiar AutoCAD features, VPE P&ID can be easily Stand-alone duplicate tag checking can be carried out automatically
adopted by AutoCAD users with minimal training. across the entire set of project drawings. Checking can be configured for
different equipment groups to either warn or prevent duplicate tag
Flexible project configuration entries.
VPE P&ID allows the use of many industry naming standards, such as Enhanced Copy and Paste
ISA, KKS or PIP. It also allows for project configuration of attributes
such as line styles, layers, colours, fonts, and so on, to produce P&IDs Copy and Paste intelligent sections of a drawing across P&IDs.
which comply with users’ CAD standards.
Improved dialogue boxes
Easy-to-use catalogue editor
Common tasks are made easier and more efficient.
New intelligent symbols can be added rapidly, or standard AutoCAD
symbols reused by adding intelligence to them. ‘Dumb’ AutoCAD P&IDs Multiple database support
can be easily converted into intelligent P&IDs.
VPE P&ID can connect to AVEVA VPE Workbench databases running under
Automation functions different versions of Oracle.

Automation functions make the P&ID draughting process fast and easy. Enhanced tag checking
Diagrams can be drawn once and reused within the design or elsewhere.
Tag uniqueness can be checked against partial tag identifiers.
Data can be imported or exported to Excel and multiple P&IDs saved in
batch mode to AVEVA VPE Workbench. Full ISO 15926 compatibility

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software release. AVEVA is not responsible for any inadvertent errors. All product names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective holders.

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