Hello all, With the latest release of OpenPlant PowerPID Ss5R3) Assemblies have changed. I did a little digging and below is some information you may find helpful when working with Assemblies. When a user creates an assembly the user is prompted with 3 locations to store the assembly. The three locations are Project Assemblies, System Assemblies and User Assemblies. I created an assembly in each of three locations. The assemblies are located in the folders as noted below. System Assemblies : C:\ProgramData\Bentley\PowerPID (SELECTseries 5)\WorkSpace\System\data\System Assemblies and then under the respective assembly type folder of Equipment , Generic , and Instruments etc. Project Assemblies : C:\ProgramData\Bentley\PowerPID (SELECTseries 5)\WorkSpace\Projects\ Your Project Name \Dataset\settings\Project Assemblies and then under the respective assembly type folder of Equipment , Generic , and Instruments etc. User Assemblies : C:\ProgramData\Bentley\PowerPID (SELECTseries 5)\WorkSpace\Users\User Assemblies and then under the respective assembly type folder of Equipment , Generic , and Instruments etc. What is stored in the assembly folder ? When an assembly is created two files are added to the respective assembly folder each with the name given to the assembly when it was created. The first is the DGN file – this contains the components that make up the assembly. The second file is the DGN.ICO file which is the image file used in the Assembly manager. How can you reuse or copy an assembly ? (This assumes you want to copy the assembly outside of the Assembly manager) If an assembly was created by a user and stored in that users assembly location and you need it to be a project wide assembly, you can simply copy the DGN and DGN.ICO file to the respective assembly folder and it becomes usable at that level by all users. When inserting Assemblies : In case you didn’t know – assemblies have the following options when being inserted. They can now contain user defined and conformed components. They can now contain data change components such as reducers. An assembly MUST be created in a horizontal line and then can be inserted in a horizontal or vertical line There are settings for Rotate and Mirror around local X and Y axis. I suggest you create your assemblies in a straight line with no bends od direction changes as the selection for inline assemblies will include the complete line. If the line you are inserting the assembly into is smaller than the assembly you will not be able to insert the assembly. I hope this helps, Tony DeRosa Bentley Plant
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