Centum VP Graphics
Olivier Suc
Project Manager
Good Manufacturing
Practices, Inc
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From Requirements to Delivery
1. Customer’s Graphic Specifications
2. R3.x standard parts and graphics
3. Conversion process
4. Additional work
5. Summary
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Customers’ Graphic Specifications
Power Industry Standards
Piping Colors
– DodgerBlue (Feedwater)
– Salmon (Steam)
– Yellow (Gas)
– Brown (Fuel Oil)
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Customers’ Graphic Specifications
Graphic Requirements
– Valve Colors and Status Indications
Mode Status
Status
Indication
Traveling
Indication
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Customers’ Graphic Specifications
Graphic Requirements
– Pumps Colors and Status Indications
Status
Indication
Mode Status (Stopped
(Manual/Auto) /Running)
Permissives
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R3.x standard parts and graphics
New Project but re-use existing standards
Current Hardware/Software Standards
– Dell (Corporate Program)
– Windows XP and Windows 2003
– Matrox Card, 4 LCD-screen configurations
– R3.08.10
Graphic standards to re-use
– Multi-platform Corporate standards (Ovation, Centum)
– Operators Familiarity (behavior, look and feel)
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R3.x standard parts and graphics
Customer has
– Interest in the new Trend tool
– Interest in the new Alarm Management System
– Interest in the new graphic capabilities
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R3.x standard parts and graphics
Hardware/Software
– Dell (Corporate Program)Æ T3400 Æ PCI Slot-5 is
not to be used for VI-701 card.
– Windows XP and Windows 2003
– Matrox Card, 4 LCD-screen configurations Æ Nvidia
NVS 440 (4-screen) or NVS290 (2-screen)
– R3.08.10ÆR4.01.03
Graphic standards to re-use
– Multi-platform Corporate standards (Ovation, Centum)
– Operators Familiarity (behavior, look and feel)
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R3.x standard parts and graphics
Graphic standards to re-use
– Multi-platform Corporate standards (Ovation, Centum)
– Operators Familiarity (behavior, look and feel)
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R3.x standard parts and graphics
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Conversion Process
Develop R3.08.x applications for existing
customers
Develop R4.01.x applications for new customers
ÆVMWare
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Conversion Process
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Conversion Process
R3.08 to R4.01 conversion
– Project Attribute Utility ÆRegistration
– System View
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Conversion Process
R3.08 to R4.01 conversion
– HIS Database Conversion Tool
Unchecked – Not much converts Checked – All converts but
ungrouped
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Conversion Process
R3.08 to R4.01 conversion
– Necessity to go to all link parts and formerly grouped
entities and check all overlapping Z-order
– Necessity to re-group all link parts and formerly
grouped entities.
Æ Most of the work for the conversion. Could be
painstaking with animated parts.
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Conversion Process
System View looks the same
Except for the
(CENTUM VP) in
the title bar.
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Conversion Process (Before)
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Conversion Process (After)
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Additional Work
1. Screen resolution seems off
Æneed to customize the dimension
2. Text alignment is off
Æ Rework the linkparts or apply 4.01.26 registry patch
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Additional Work
New Graphic Builder
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Additional Work
Stencil (linkparts)
Graphic window
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Additional Work
Out-Of-The-Box
Stencil parts
Custom parts
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Additional Work
Stencil and parts edition
Part tab
Right Click
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Additional Work
Stencil and parts
– Make a collection of re-usable parts
– Stencil is saved in its own folder inside the project
folder (Project folder\linkpartsVP)
– Stencil folder can be copied over to another project
using Windows Explorer
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Additional Work
Layers
Insert a picture
of a P&ID
Graphic Layers to
separate different
categories of data
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Additional Work
‘Controls’ Layer is active. All Layers are displayed.
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Additional Work
‘Oil Layer’ Layer is active. All Layers are hidden.
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Additional Work
Layers
– Simplify the management of complex graphics
– Separate elements of the graphics by categories
– Improve placement and edition accuracy
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Additional Work
Parts Placement / Position
– As originally defined the parts will be inserted with
(X1,Y1) coordinates as a reference.
Y2
Y1
X1 X1
Overall length
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Additional Work
Parts Placement / Position
– As the part get updated, Y2 > Y1.
– The graphic will see the newly updated pump drop
from its former location to Y2-Y1 pixels below
– Similar behavior will occur if the X axis is changed.
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Additional Work
Universal Color Design
– Computers color coding
Name Area R G B
Light Blue Raw Water, Treated Water and Feedwater 46 82 B4
Grey Activated Carbon Filters 66 66 66
Light Pink Cation & Anion FF C0 CB
Dark Blue Waste Neutralization 19 19 70
Orange Sulfuric Acid FF A5 0
Green Caustic 9A CD 32
Light Pink Phosphate FF B5 FF
Olive Green Re-Alkalization 80 80 0
Yellow System Maintenance FF FF 55
Dark Pink Emergency Eye Wash F4 0 7A
White Electrical Information FF FF FF
– Standardization of color schemes and conventions
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Summary
Still not converting the graphics 100%
Unified Color Design
Layers
Stencils
XAML
WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) .Net
objects/components
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Title: Tahoma Bold, 22 points
(do not use an extremely different size).
First Level: Tahoma, 28 points
Second Point: Tahoma, 28 points
Third Point: Tahoma, 28 points
Fourth Point: Tahoma, 28 points
– Subpoint: Tahoma, 24 points
• Another Subpoint: Tahoma, 20 points
– Another Subpoint: Tahoma, 18 points
» Last Point: Tahoma, 16 points
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