BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2017 User's Guide

Creating new drawings

If the AutoCAD P&ID or AutoCAD Plant 3D project for which you want to create a new drawing does not reside in a shared workspace, you do not have to do anything special to create new drawings. Create them as you normally would. For more information about shared workspaces, see Working with shared workspace folders.

Special care must be taken when creating new drawings in a project that resides in a Meridian Enterprise vault. Due to a technical limitation in AutoCAD, when Meridian Enterprise calculates the filename for a new drawing, the filename cannot be sent to AutoCAD like it can be sent to other applications. This applies only to vaults that have been customized to show a wizard for new documents and that calculate the name using scripting. If you are unsure about the configuration of your vault, consult a system administrator.

To create a new drawing:

1. Ensure that the folder structures in the AutoCAD P&ID project and in the vault are the same. If necessary, synchronize the vault with the Folder Structure command in the BlueCielo ribbon.
2. Create the new drawing using the AutoCAD New command, not with Project Manager. Do not select an AutoCAD P&ID drawing template.
3. Save the drawing in the appropriate location in the vault.
4. In AutoCAD P&ID Project Manager, invoke the Copy drawing to the project command on the folder menu.