The P&ID Drawing Viewer only opens drawings retrieved in this version of Smart Instrumentation. Drawings that were retrieved in previous versions and then upgraded to this version
cannot be opened in the P&ID Drawing Viewer.
The Drawing Viewer displays a view only P&ID drawing associated with the selected P&ID document in the Documents List tab of the To Do List. Various color highlighting on the drawing indicates the status of the item:
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Items highlighted in yellow represent new Create task items.
A pipe line connected to two piping ports only displays one section of the pipe in
yellow. For example, a valve with four piping ports 1, 2, 3, and 4, have the same
pipe line connected to ports 1 and 2, whereas ports 3 and 4 are connected to different
pipe lines. On the P&ID Drawing Viewer the pipes connected to ports 3 and 4 appear
in yellow, but only one section of the pipe connected to ports 1 and 2 is displayed
in yellow.
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Items highlighted in green indicate they are new Update tasks.
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Items highlighted in magenta indicate that the specific item is selected on the P&ID Document Type tab, for more information see Highlight To Do List Items in the Drawing Viewer.
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All other items, for example; completed tasks, P&ID items not relevant to Smart Instrumentation are displayed in black.
To open a P&ID drawing in the viewer:
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In the Documents List tab, locate the document whose drawing you want to view.
The underlined document names have P&ID drawings that can be viewed in the viewer.
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Select on the document name, the viewer opens as a separate floating window
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Select
to resize the drawing to fit the viewer's display area.
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You can drag a side or corner of the viewer to resize the viewer.
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Right-click on the viewer's Title Bar and use the shortcut menu to dock the viewer.
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Select
or 
to zoom in or out of the drawing.
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After running the Create or Update tasks, to view the updated drawing close and reopen the viewer.
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Changes made to the drawing in P&ID cannot be seen in the viewer until a new retrieve to Smart Instrumentation is initiated.