ProConf User's Guide
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1. 4 2 3 Deleting objects You can delete objects in the tree by right clicking them and selecting Delete or pressing Delete If the object is also shown in a net it will be removed from the net You can also delete objects that are shown in the tree in the same way as you delete any other graphical object by selecting them by choosing the selecting tool and clicking the object and choosing Image Delete selected objects or pressing Delete 4 2 4 Modifying objects All objects in the tree can be renamed by selecting them and then clicking their name or pressing F2 You can edit property values this way too 4 2 5 Transforming symbols When a symbol is created it is merely a piece of graphics a free symbol This symbol can be attached to a terminal type or a component type To attach a symbol to a component type drag its tab from above the canvases onto a component type To attach a symbol to a terminal type right click the symbol s tab select Make terminal symbol and enter the name of the terminal type to attach to Free symbols can not be converted to connection symbols you must create them as connection symbols 4 2 6 Adding terminals to a component type symbol To add a terminal to a component type symbol choose from the terminal toolbar which of the remaining properties you want to add a terminal for select the terminal symbol from the drop down menu under the property and drag the terminal symbol fr2. a value to a vector select the position at which you want to add a value and click the Add value button To remove a value from a vector select the value to remove and click the Remove value button Note the adding or removing a value may fail or cause many values to be added or deleted if adding or removing one value would cause the size of the vector to become invalid as defined in the property type Project Plan Process model configuration using SVG 22 3 2003 4 Operations in ProConf The available operations in ProConf can be divided into two groups model operations and drawing operations The model operations affect the process model while the drawing operations are merely cosmetic Both types of operation are described in this section All operations that affect the process model cause the related changes to be saved Thus you need not worry about making sure that you ve saved your changes If you make cosmetic changes to a drawing the changes will not be saved until you explicitly tell the computer to save the drawing or close the drawing 4 1 Drawing operations 1 m nu select ee line polyline freehand fill colour ellipse rectangle connection line colour Figure 2 Drawing tools Each canvas has a graphics toolbar that contains drawing tools To use a drawing tool select the tool and then apply it to the graphics Similar tools are grouped together To select a different tool from the gro
3. and choosing Image Delete selected objects or pressing Delete You may duplicate objects by selecting them and choosing Image Clone selected objects When you add a new object to an image it will appear in front of previously drawn objects To move it behind everything else select Image Send selected objects to back To move it in front of everything else select Image Send selected objects to front You may combine several objects into one object a group To do this select the objects you can select many objects at once by holding the Shift key while clicking objects and choosing Image Group selected objects To ungroup objects choose Image Ungroup selected objects The current fill colour line colour and line width determine which colour and line width new objects are drawn in When you select an existing object the current colours and line width change to those of the selected object By changing the current fill line colour or line width you change the fill or line colour or line width of all selected objects By selecting the move tool you can move the canvas by holding Shift and dragging or zoom it in and out by holding Shift and right dragging By default the canvas has a visible grid to aid in positioning objects To turn the grid on or off click Grid If the grid is visible objects can optionally be snapped to it locked to the grid whenever they are moved or drawn To t
4. ProConf User s Guide PMoC 22 3 2003 Version 1 1 Project Plan Process model configuration using SVG 22 3 2003 ProConf User s Guide PMoC Version Date Author Description 1 1 21 3 2003 Jan L nnberg Minor rewrites for clarity Updated screen shots Fixed connection drawing description 1 0 3 3 2003 Jan L nnberg Rewrote from scratch Notice The Guide is definitive Reality is frequently inaccurate Project Plan Process model configuration using SVG 22 3 2003 Table of Contents 1 Introduction 1 1 Purpose of the ProConf system 1 2 Concepts in ProConf 2 Main parts of the ProConf system 3 Tasks in ProConf 3 1 Importing a component type 3 2 Defining graphics for a component type 3 3 Creating a new model 3 4 Drawing a simple net 3 5 Setting property values 4 Operations in ProConf 4 1 Drawing operations 4 2 Model operations 4 2 1 Creating objects 4 2 2 Opening and saving graphics 4 2 3 Deleting objects 4 2 4 Modifying objects 4 2 5 Transforming symbols 4 2 6 Adding terminals to a component type symbol 4 2 7 Drawing connections 4 2 8 Changing attributes RRS un DO o Uu Uu Y O O O O O O wo 0 00 Project Plan Process model configuration using SVG 22 3 2003 1 Introduction This document describes the purpose of the ProConf system the most important concepts used by it and how to use the program It does not describe installation this can b
5. e found in a separate installation guide 1 1 Purpose of the ProConf system The ProConf system is a software product that can be used for creating process and automation flow diagrams The diagrams can be used with simulation software to examine the behaviour of the modelled processes 1 2 Concepts in ProConf The most important concept in ProConf is the component which is essentially any object that takes part in the process that is being modelled A component can include other components For example if you are designing a nuclear power station your design would probably consist of a power station component The power station component would contain reactor and cooling system components which in turn are built of other components and so on down to individual pumps and valves ProConf does not limit how large or small a component is you may choose how much detail to model with yourself to suit your own needs and simulation software Every component is an instance of a component type The component type describes what the component looks like and which properties it has In our previous example we could have the component type Acme 123X Multidirectional Air Pump with the ability to both suck and blow at different speeds When designing the ventilation system for our power station we could take two of these set one of them to blow and the other to suck by giving their direction property a value and set them both to run at maximum sp
6. eed by giving their speed property a value Properties are defined in a component type as property types which describe the type and range of values a property can have The properties of a component include its terminals which are points on the component to which connections can be made For example a typical pump would have terminals for water in water out and electricity in The electricity in terminal could e g be connected to an electricity output terminal on a generator The value of a property is stored in a vector which is a list of values The values in the vector can be of many different types numbers textual strings references to other properties or even other vectors Each component has a net which is a diagram of the contents of the component For example the net of the cooling system component would show a lot of water pumps heat exchangers and suchlike connected to each other On a net components terminals and connections are represented by symbols which are essentially small pictures that can belong to a component type type of terminal or type of connection Project Plan Process model configuration using SVG 22 3 2003 Components component types and symbols are placed in categories to make it easier to find them Categories can be nested placed inside each other Every category belongs to a department Components and component types from different departments may not be mixed in any way You may u
7. es defined for every component you intend to create First of all you will need a category in which to place your model Create one if necessary Drag a component type from the tree into the category to create a component of this type 3 4 Drawing a simple net Once you have a net you can draw various geometric primitives on it add components to it and connect the terminals of the components The drawing operations are described in more detail in section 4 1 To add a new component to a net drag the component type you wish to instantiate from the tree onto the net This will create a new component of the specified type To connect terminals in the net drag a connection symbol from the tree onto the starting terminal of the connection or select the connection s appearance using the connection appearance tool and select the connection tool You can then specify points through which the connection passes by clicking them Right clicking a terminal makes it the end terminal of the connection and completes the addition of the connection 3 5 Setting property values To set the value of a property of a component right click the component in the tree and select Attributes This opens a dialogue box with which you can edit the properties of the component and its values The properties and their associated values are displayed as a tree To change a value select the property or vector containing it and modify the displayed value To add
8. oggle this feature on or off click Gridsnap 4 2 Model operations 4 2 1 Creating objects Most of the stuff in the process models created by ProConf shows up in the tree view For this reason creating new objects is done by right clicking the object you want to create a new child object in and choosing the type of object you wish to create For example to create a category right click a department or category and select New category Departments categories symbols vectors and values can be created in this way Components can be created by dragging a component type into the category or component you want to create the new component in Note that this means that the component does not show up on any net Properties are created similarly by dragging a property type into a component Component types can only be imported from files this is done by right clicking the category you want to place the type in and selecting Import component type To create a new component and add it to a net drag a component type from the tree into the canvas showing the net Project Plan Process model configuration using SVG 22 3 2003 4 2 2 Opening and saving graphics To open a symbol double click the symbol or right click it and select Open To open a net right click the component it belongs to and select Open net Graphics files can be explicitly saved by right clicking the canvas s tab and selecting Save
9. om the terminal toolbar onto the canvas 4 2 7 Drawing connections To draw a connection between two terminals select the connection type you want drag it onto the start terminal click the intermediate points of the connection and finally right click the end terminal Alternatively you can choose a connection appearance using the connection appearance tools and then select the connection tool and click the points on the connection in the order described above 4 2 8 Changing attributes Most of the objects in the process model have various attributes that can be changed The exact meaning of these is beyond the scope of this documentation most are related to simulating the process For further information consult the GML specification Most of these options can be changed by right clicking the corresponding object and selecting the attribute to change
10. s and you want to use components of this type in a net you must define graphics for the component type To do this you must create a symbol for the component type This is done by creating a symbol in a suitable category by right clicking the category and selecting New symbol and attaching the symbol to the component type by dragging the symbol s tab in the graphics view onto the type Project Plan Process model configuration using SVG 22 3 2003 Once you have created and attached the symbol you can draw the symbol using the drawing tools You can also add terminals to the symbol To add a terminal to the component type symbol you first choose from the terminal toolbar which of the remaining properties you want to add a terminal for and select the terminal symbol from the drop down menu under the property You must add terminals to the component symbol to draw connections to or from them If you do not have suitable terminal symbols for the terminals you must create terminal symbols To do this create a symbol as described above Attach it to a terminal type by right clicking the symbol s tab and choosing Set to terminal type Enter the name of the terminal type to which you want to connect the terminal You can then edit the terminal symbol using the drawing tools The drawing operations are described in more detail in section 4 1 3 3 Creating a new model In order to create a model you must have component typ
11. se multiple departments to separate models designed for different simulators for example 2 Main parts of the ProConf system ProConf is loosely divided into two parts the tree view and the graphical view The tree view shows how different objects contain each other and allows you to edit aspects of these objects that are not visible in the nets The graphical view shows canvases containing the nets and symbols ProConfEditor Br lalx File SVG Image N Proconf B Local host E 8 Local server Menus 3 8 Gallery Department L Disc Filters B J Centrifugal Pumps New Centrifugal pump 1 L Tube and Shell Heat Exchangers E Gallery Type Library N New Centrifugal pump 1 p Canvas tab x y N va a E June wan TH Connection look editor Tee voloj Grid space lio 2 I Snap Refresh Drawing Grid tools settings Canvas Figure 1 ProConf GUI 3 Tasks in ProConf This chapter describes step by step the most common tasks in ProConf 3 1 Importing a component type Component types are designed by equipment manufacturers or library developers using an XML editor or a similar tool These component types supplied in the GML format can be imported into ProConf by selecting a category to place the type in right clicking it and selecting Import component type 3 2 Defining graphics for a component type If your component type does not have any predefined graphic
12. up right click the group s icon or click the small triangle on the icon and choose the tool you want to use Figure 1 shows the drawing tools From left to right these are select move line polyline freehand fill colour top row and text arc ellipse rectangle line colour bottom row To move an object choose the selection tool and then drag an object to its new position To draw a rectangle select the desired rectangle tool outline or filled and drag the mouse from one corner of the rectangle to the diagonally opposite corner Ellipses are drawn similarly except that the mouse drag determines the rectangle enclosing the ellipse Lines are drawn by selecting the line tool and dragging from one endpoint to the other Arcs are drawn similarly To specify the curvature of the arc you must select it and drag the centre handle of the arc to a new position Polylines are drawn by selecting a polyline type and then specifying point on the polyline by clicking them When you have specified all the point you want right click Freehand lines are drawn by selecting a freehand type and dragging over the canvas To enter text choose the text tool click the position to enter text in and type your text Backspace can be used to delete the last entered character Project Plan Process model configuration using SVG 22 3 2003 You can delete objects by selecting them by choosing the selecting tool and clicking the object
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