Creating a New 2007 Standard 

Use this procedure to create a new standard.  Users that are upgrading from versions earlier than 2004 and the 2004 Standard edition should refer Creating a New Project Using 2002 or 2004 Standard Settings. 

To create a new standard....

1.       Click the New Standard button. The New Standard Wizard dialog box opens.

2.       In the Name field, type a name for your drawing standard.

3.       In the Working Units field, select the units you want the data to appear in, either Imperial or Metric, from the drop down list.

Ø      Note: Working units refers to the length and coordinates information used to place components.
 

• English: to have length and coordinates information displayed in English units.

• Metric: to have length and coordinates information displayed in metric units.

4.       In the Displayed Units field, select the units you want the data to be displayed as from the drop down list: Imperial US, Imperial NPS, Metric OD or Metric NPS.

Ø      Note: Displayed units refer to units that appear when selecting component sizes.
 

§         English - US: to have component sizes displayed in US English units (example, 4")

§         English - NPS: to have component sizes displayed in English units using standard nominal pipe size designations (example, NPS 4)

§         Metric - OD: to have component sizes displayed in metric units using standard pipe OD size designations (example, 114.3mm)

§         Metric - NPS:  to have component sizes displayed in metric units using standard nominal pipe size designation (example, 100mm)

5.       Click Next.

6.       If you wish to open the drawings through the Drawing Manager in the applications, you need to define the drawing location.

Ø      Note: The Drawing Manager will allow you to explore in any subfolders that exist below the folder location defined in this dialog box.

Therefore, it is recommended that you select the highest level folder where all drawings that will use the drawing standard are located.  For example, you may have a drawing folder structure such as:

      1 Client A

            1 Project #A

                        0 Iso drawings

                        0 P&ID drawings

1 Project #B

                        0 Iso drawings

                        0 P&ID drawings

      If all drawings under the Client A folder are to use the same drawing standard, then this folder should be used as the defined drawing location.

7.       Define the location of your borders.

8.       Define the location of any customized templates.

9.       Click the Next button.

10.   Define the borders to be inserted when the Insert Border command is used in the applications.  For more information, please refer to Drawing Borders and Limits and Assigning Revision Blocks.

11.   Click the Next button.

12.   Create and check in line numbers required for the project.  For more information, refer to Line Numbers.

13.   Click Next.

14.   Check in any specifications that are required for the standard.  For more information, see Available Specs and the Spec Generator User Guide.

15.   Click Finished. 

The new Standard will now appear in the Navigator bar to the left hand side