Business Benefits

• Increased productivity
  Catalogue and rules-based automation for efficient design on large or small projects.
• Automatically generated deliverables
  Customisable deliverables include:
  • Cable Block and Loop Diagrams
  • Hookup and Termination Diagrams
  • Instrument Index
  • Datasheets, Cable Schedules
    and Bill of Materials
• Increased design quality
  Catalogues and rules enable 'right first time' design, reducing errors and rework
• Rapid payback
  Easily deployed on new or existing projects, with minimal user training, for immediate productivity

AVEVA Instrumentation's clear and intuitive user interfaces enable high productivity.

Literature

AVEVA Instrumentation brochure AVEVA Instrumentation Intelli-Link brochure Solution Update June 2010 NEW! Customer Testimonial

Key Features

AVEVA Instrumentation comprises three integrated modules:

Instrument Engineer module

• Datasheets
  Multiple instruments assignable by tag reference to a classification datasheet
  Easily manage data across multiple datasheets
  Document management functions
  Familiar spreadsheet functions
  Robust, auditable revision control
• Instrument List
  Data import from Excel and P&IDs
  Create and maintain list data
  Data association with Datasheets and the Instrument Designer module
• Loop List
  Easy creation and editing of loops
  Automatic generation of Wiring Manager data
  Loop Wiring Check reports in pdf format
• Reports
  Extensive, user-definable report generation, with flexible print layout and export options

A typical Datasheet created with AVEVA Instrumentation's Instrument Engineer module.

An AutoCAD Loop Diagram created with AVEVA Instrumentation's Instrument Designer module.

Instrument Designer Module

This module enables automatic generation and revision of CAD drawings from the database. Features include:

• Drawing List Management
  Manual and batch mode functions
  Add drawings automatically from the Instrument Engineer and Wiring Manager modules
  Manage drawing revisions
  Link drawing text fields to databse fields
• Loop Diagram Generation
  User-definable templates
  Automatic updating from Wiring Manager and Instrument Engineer modules
  Full revision history
• Termination Diagram Generation
  Automated drawing creation, with multiple sheet continuation
  Automatic updating from Wiring Manager
  
• Hookup/Installation Drawings
  Automated, user-definable AutoCAD drawings
  User-definable catalogue, with over 3000 items
  BoM reports by area or total project
• Change management
  Log and report all drawing changes

Wiring Manager Module

A powerful module for detailed cable, wiring and termination design, this creates data for drawing creation by the Instrument Designer module. Features include:

• Equipment functions
  Graphical representation and manipulation of items
  Supports DIN rails with multiple devices
  Rule-based creation of terminations
• Cable functions
  Creation by catalogue or copying existing cables
  Cable merge and split functions
  Automatic cable schedules and gland BoM reports
  Automatic cable drumming for minimum wastage
• Terminations
  Drag & Drop wire termination and I/O allocation
  Automatic, editable Block Diagrams
  Automatic, rule-based numbering
  Graphical reports in pdf format
• Reporting
  Cable Schedules, Cable and Gland BoMs
  Cable Drum Schedule
  Wire/Ferrule Number Schedules
  I/O Allocations

A Block Diagram and Cable Schedule created with AVEVA Instrumentation's Wiring Manager module.