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Workspace OpenPlant PID
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 10, 2023

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Allow additional components to automatically receive properties when placed inside a panel

Currently, only instruments will inherit various properties from a panel when placed inside borders of the panel. However, there are other classes of components that would benefit from the automatic panel relationship. One in particular is a PLC (essentially a subclass of a panel) which gets placed inside a control panel. Then any I/O points placed inside the PLC, would inherit properties from both the PLC, and the control panel.

How frequently will feature be used? A few times a week
How much time will you save? 10 min/drawing (depends on the number of I/O placed inside the PLC)
Your Industry Water & Waste Water
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    Scott Walker
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    |     Mar 1, 2023

    We believe that you should be able to achieve this by customizing your schemas to define your PLC as sub class of the Panel Class using the same structure as the panel class:

    <ECClass typeName="INSTRUMENT_PANEL" >
    <BaseClass>PANEL</BaseClass>
    <BaseClass>op:INSTRUMENT_PANEL</BaseClass>
    <BaseClass>pid:BOUNDING_BOX</BaseClass>

    If you have an issue getting it to work, then you could log a help ticket for us to help you work it out.


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