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Product Release Letter AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4.8 Partial Fix Release 51906 Windows 2000 and XP
This letter introduces and describes this release, which is supported on the indicated platform(s).

This Release Contains

A partial release of AVEVA PDMS 12.0 which upgrades the full release 51843 AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4 and replaces 51903 AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4.7. The separately licensed products or product components installable from or upgraded by this release are as follows: Product Code
V01FN240 V00FN277 V00FN268 V00FN267 V00FN266

Product Name
AVEVA PDMS AVEVA Diagrams AVEVA Cable Design AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator AVEVA P&ID Manager

Version Number
12.0 SP4 12.0 SP4 12.0 SP4 12.0.SP4 12.0.SP4

Prerequisite for this release - operating system:

Build Operating System Minimum Supported O/S Version (for each supported platform) Mandatory O/S Patches (for each supported platform) Windows XP SP 2 Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2000 SP4 with Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (supplied)

Please note that recommended/supported hardware and software configurations are constantly subject to review, so please consult the AVEVA support web pages for the latest recommendations.

Prerequisite for this release - products:

Full release 51843 AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4 - see also release notes for that release. Flexman 4.1 and an appropriate Flexman license.

For further information please contact your local AVEVA support office, which can be found at http://support.aveva.com This document has been prepared and approved by the following:

Job Title Product Manager Test Manager Head of Product GSC Manager
File: d51906.doc Last saved: 26-Oct-2009

Name Peter Brunning John Henderson Gavin Watton Ricky Padhiar

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For further details of Flexman License Server 4.1, please see http://support.aveva.com.

AVEVA Licensing Library

All products in this release include the AVEVA licensing library cadcflex 4.1; please refer to the Flexman 4.1 Installation and Configuration Guide (or later) or the Licensing section of the AVEVA support website http://support.aveva.com for a list of licensing features supported by this version of cadcflex.

Works (is compatible) with:

Other AVEVA Plant 12.0.SP4 products (on the DVDR 41038) AVEVA Model Management 12.0.SP3, Clash Manager 12.0.SP3 AVEVA NET Gateway 1.1 VANTAGE Plant Design PDMS VPRM Gateway 5.1 For full details, please see the compatibility matrix on the http://support.aveva.com/support/.

Supersedes:
Fix release 51903 AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4.7

To Install product release:

Please double-click the installer (file Plant12.0.SP4.8.exe) and follow the instructions. Deinstallation of the fix release is possible via the Windows Add or Remove programs facility.

First released on:

This product release is first available on AVEVA support website http://support.aveva.com as PDMS 12.0.SP4.8, release number 51906.

List of Enhancements
This release includes the following functional enhancements: None

List of Fault Corrections

This release addresses the following defect reports: In this release:
Incident number SI-16151 Defect number P-24452 Description Error message was given when a valve, fitting, etc . was included

Consolidated from previous fix releases: 12.0.SP4.7

Incident number SI-9508 SI-7099 Defect number P-24933 P-14939 Description Model editor uses incorrect handle for some components when the pipe route is incomplete 11.6 behaviour has been restored Diagrams: The valve number wrapping with symbol should be able to be created.

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12.0.SP4.6
Incident number SI-11081 Defect number P-22822 Description DRAFT: Justification and Alignment have been corrected for standard DXF output

12.0.SP4.5:
Incident number SI-15001 SI-13404 SI-14804 SI-15863 SI-8838 Defect number P-23540 P-24063 P-24187 P-24191 P-24223 P-24457 Description GUI forms did not work correctly if imperial distances including a foot mark were entered Clash missed in some circumstances for primitive with a minimum dimension greater than 20 metres Diagrams: Refresh doesn't work for referenced attributes. ISODRAFT entry crashed if an ATTA has more than 100 UDAs Database crash under certain specific conditions initially identified for Global Daemon Flush DB (see also release 51896 Global Server 12.0.SP4.5) Admin: Performance problem merging System and Global databases

12.0.SP4.4:
Incident number Defect number P-14025 P-21805 P-22589 SI-14259 SI-14890 P-22876 P-23297 P-23524 P-23579 P-23580 P-23581 P-23641 P-23777 P-23798 Description Diagrams: Primary-Secondary shape handling dialog should be more easily understood Diagrams: The label offset is no longer cleared by Edit Master P&ID Manager: Incorrect branch head and tail refs no longer set on import Correction to <project>DFLTS path caused problem with Global Satellite location creation (and possibly similar issues with Replicate function. AVEVA PMLFileBrowser now supports UNC file paths Piping: GUI problems with pipe bores in imperial units P&ID Manager: UUNI not set properly in Lexicon P&ID Manager: Imperial Distance/Bore units on UDAs were not correctly imported P&ID Manager: unqualified values were not correctly interpreted when setting UDAs GUI problems setting some text attributes that include a foot mark Production Checks' now produce correct spool Draft: Limits defined view not working with Imperial units

SI-14560 SI-9943 SI-15397

12.0.SP4.2:
Incident number SI-11830 SI-9943 SI-7937 SI-11431 SI-8665 SI-10053 SI-9891 SI-12057 SI-11337 HPD 38939 SI-3231 Defect number P-21360 P-21669 P-20221 P-16550 P-22321 P-20834 P-20251 P-20564 P-22310 P-22320 P-22331 P-22839 P-22864 P-22921 Description Diagrams: Consistency Check Error for Cable Connection to geometry end Diagrams: Highlight highlight resets user defined formula for line width (& colour) Pipe 'Production Checks' produces incorrect spool Pipe Piece Cutting is not Correct for Branch and Tee Point Diagrams: Copy - paste to Custom Properties causes crash When generating pipe spool, the pipe component connected to TEE becomes a separate pipe spool. Isodraft: sheet continuations shown at coordinates E 0 N 0 EL 0. Isodraft: Missing label for support plates on isometrics Isodraft: Parameterized Weights on isometrics incorrect Isodraft: Wrong Dimensions on iso with Overallskews ON Isodraft: Spool Drawing with several Spools, plotted using ISOTYPE SPOOL and SpoolNumbers PREF FROMDB options, means that Spool n does not necessarily correspond to the nth Plot File Specon OUTPUT command ignores database IPR protection Draft: Corrupt Cyrillic DXF output when using TrueType text Paragon: Error when modifying specifications (introduced by fix for P-20455)

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SI-6600 SI-13027 P-22941 P-22253 It is now possible to replace the default system (software defined) popup menu on the command line form using a user defined PML menu. Integrator: Connections not set on Build SCPLINs connected branch head to tail

12.0.SP4.1:
Incident number SI-9284 Defect number P-18427 P-19183 P-21821 P-21828 SI-10083 P-20455 P-21467 P-21622 P-22448 Description Cable Design can now reconnect the head or tail of the cable with any precedence of the legs in orthogonal free route (e.g. 'xyz' 'zyx' 'zxy' and so on...). DRAFT: Pipe sketches wrong when SITE or ZONE not at Pos (0,0,0) DRAFT: PSPOOLs accidentally drawn when PIPEs included in IDList PARAGON: User interface error with Russian characters: PARAGON: If we use the underbar for SCOM and display it in ModelView, Command Window displays errors. DIAGRAMS: Unable to reference templates from the Master Project UDA values were lost after upgrade from PDMS 11.6.if the type of data had been changed from an array to a scalar at some point. This unusual situation is now handled correctly.

SI-11549 SI-13737

PRODUCT QUALITY STATEMENT

The development, maintenance and testing of AVEVA Solutions software products is carried out in accordance with the companys KEYSTONE lifecycle processes and this document includes a summary of the testing carried out on this release and a list of significant defects known to exist at the time of release.

Development Testing
Developers have carried out unit testing of each enhancement and/or fix in the development environment to verify that any new functionalities have been correctly implemented and identified defects have been corrected. Regression tests have been run in the development environment to verify that enhancements and/or fixes have not adversely affected the integrity of the product.

System Testing
Limited independent system testing has been carried out on this product, as released, to verify that it installs correctly in all supported configurations, that any new functionalities have been correctly implemented and identified defects have been corrected.

Acceptance Testing
This document has been prepared before Acceptance Testing. This product release will be subjected to an acceptance test by AVEVAs Group Solutions Centre prior to release. Any exceptions found during Acceptance Testing or after release will be reported in the Product Release Latest Update Note on AVEVA's support web site http://downloads.aveva.com/51906/w51906.pdf.

Exceptions Significant Defects and Recommended Workarounds

AVEVA intends to fix the defects listed below in a fix release or service pack as soon as reasonably possible. Incident number Defect number Description Recommended Workaround

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Incident number Defect number Description Recommended Workaround

For the latest list of exceptions and other updates, please see the Product Release Latest Update Note on AVEVA's support web site http://downloads.aveva.com/51906/w51906.pdf. Please refer also to the Product Release Latest Update Note for the original full release, http://downloads.aveva.com/51843/w51843.pdf.

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