AutoPLANT P&ID V8i (SELECTseries 2) - Known Issues

The following section describes any known issues relating to AutoPLANT P&ID V8i (SELECTseries 2). Bentley View V8i (SELECTseries 1) Autodesk RealDWG 2010 and Bentley View, ProjectWise Navigator & Bentley imodel Composer SQL Server 2008 P&ID System Assemblies Creating i-models from AutoPLANT P&IDs Uninstalling PDW, P&ID, P&IW and i-model Composer Upgrading ProjectWise 8.11.5 to 8.11.7 Running P&ID in Demo Mode with ProjectWise Automatic Project.mdb compression and upgraded projects First Time Application Launch May Halt for Standard User Accounts when AutoCAD 2011 is present

Bentley View V8i (SELECTseries 1) The following information details which versions of Bentley View V8i are compatible with which versions of AutoPLANT P&ID V8i. Bentley View V8i (v8.11.5) The above version of Bentley View will only work with the following AutoPLANT P&ID V8i versions: AutoPLANT P&ID V8i (v8.11.5) AutoPLANT P&ID V8i (SELECTseries 1) (v8.11.6)

Bentley View V8i is not required for the successful operation of AutoPLANT P&ID V8i or V8i (SELECTseries 1). Bentley View V8i (SELECTseries 1) (v8.11.7) The above version of Bentley View will only work with the following AutoPLANT P&ID V8i version: AutoPLANT P&ID V8i (SELECTseries 2) (v8.11.7) Bentley View V8i (SELECTseries 1) is not required for the successful operation of AutoPLANT P&ID V8i (SELECTseries 2).
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Autodesk RealDWG 2010 and Bentley View, ProjectWise Navigator & ProjectWise imodel Composer Bentley View, ProjectWise Navigator & ProjectWise i-model Composer are now RealDWG based applications. However the current commercial releases use RealDWG 2009. To enable the following applications to work with AutoCAD 2010 DWG files, the Bentley V8i (SELECTseries 1) - Autodesk RealDWG 2010 update must be applied. Bentley View V8i (SELECTseries 1)

Bentley ProjectWise Navigator V8i (SELECTseries 1) ProjectWise i-model Composer V8i (SELECTseries 1)

The update can be downloaded from the Bentley SELECTservices downloads page by selecting the following options:

To see this

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SQL Server 2008 Project Administrator V8i (SELECTseries 2) does not support adding or editing project database tables when using SQL Server 2008. Any tables added, or changes made to existing tables will not be saved. To avoid this, add new tables and edit existing tables using SQL Server Management Studio first.
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P&ID System Assemblies AutoPLANT P&ID V8i and V8i (SELECTseries 1) stored P&ID System Assemblies under the folder C:\Program Files\Bentley\Plant V8i\P&ID\sym\assy. Due to write permission limitations applicable to Windows Vista Standard User accounts, this folder has been moved for AutoPLANT P&ID V8i (SELECTseries 2) to this location C:\ProgramData\Bentley\Plant V8i\P&ID\sym\assy. Users upgrading their AutoPLANT P&ID V8i installation to V8i (SELECTseries 2) will have to manually move any System Assemblies from the Program Files folder to the new ProgramData folder detailed above before they can be accessed by AutoPLANT P&ID V8i (SELECTseries 2).
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Creating i-models of AutoPLANT P&IDs The AutoPLANT P&ID must be in project mode, not internal mode, to enable successful imodel creation

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Uninstalling PDW, P&ID, P&IW and i-model Composer See Uninstalling section of Installation Notes section of this ReadMe for more information
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Upgrading ProjectWise 8.11.5 to 8.11.7 To upgrade ProjectWise 8.11.5 to 8.11.7 it is recommended that all the ProjectWise folders are deleted following the uninstall. This however removes the SchemaFiles.zip file (located in the ProjectWise install root, under the Bin folder) that AutoPLANT installs. To fix this once ProjectWise 8.11.7 has been installed carry out one of the following steps: Backup SchemaFiles.zip prior to the ProjectWise upgrade Copy SchemaFiles.zip from another machine Run an AutoPLANT installation repair

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Running P&ID in Demo Mode with ProjectWise It is not possible to create AutoPLANT P&IDs in a ProjectWise integrated environment if AutoPLANT P&ID is running in Demo Mode. AutoPLANT P&ID will halt after the splash screen is displayed. Following this a message stating that the AutoCAD Application is not responding will be displayed. To run AutoPLANT P&ID in a ProjectWise integrated environment a license for AutoPLANT P&ID must be available.
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Automatic Project.mdb compression and upgraded projects The project upgrade tools found within Project Administrator do not add the required section to existing Project.ini files to enable the new automatic Project.mdb compression features found within AutoPLANT V8i (SELECTseries 2). To enable this functionality for upgraded projects follow these steps: Upgrade the project via the steps detailed in the Legacy Project Upgraded section of this ReadMe Edit the upgraded projects Project.ini file In the [General] section of the Project.ini add the following CompactProjectMdbValue=20 This variable will now be editable via Project Administrator and any the automatic compression will start for any project where the Project.mdb increases in size above 20mb.

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First Time Application Launch May Halt for Standard User Accounts when AutoCAD 2011 is present

An intermittent problem has been observed the first time a user with Standard access rights launches P&ID and AutoCAD 2011 is present. The application launch may halt and not progress any further. This problem has sometimes been observed when P&ID has been installed and activated by a user with Administrator access rights and AutoCAD 2011 is present. Then the application is launched by a Standard user. To remedy the problem the Standard user must close the application trying to start and run the Bentley License Management Tool. The application in question will be reported as running in Evaluation Mode, when in fact it is fully activated. Simply Go to "Tools" and click "Send Logs Now". The application will now be shown activated and can be launched. This is a one-time action.
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