[foxboro] FoxCAE/IACC question

We've recently added several new FBM 214 HART FBMs to our system.  To
configure these and other FBMs we bought for the project, we purchased
an AW70XP and a copy of IACC.  Now that the project is completed, we
need to document the as-built loops.  We typically use AutoCAD for loop
drawings, and in the past, we've exported FoxCAE .dwg files to our
draftsmen, who clean them up a bit and incorporate them into an AutoCAD
drawing.  With these new IACC loops, though, we're stuck.  
 

I've been able to export a save-all from IACC into our FoxCAE database,
but FoxCAE doesn't seem to know how to handle the RIN blocks that are
necessary for HART transmitters.  FoxCAE doesn't consider either the RIN
blocks or the AIN blocks they are connected to as I/O tags, so it
doesn't draw a line to the FBM the way it does with a normal AIN or AOUT
block.

 

I have a two-part question, then.  Part 1) Does anyone know how to make
FoxCAE read a RIN block as an I/O tag so that it shows up in the Taglist
and connects to an FBM when you draw a Loop Sheet, and Part 2) Does
anyone know how to directly export an IACC loop to a format that AutoCAD
can read?  Either one of these would fix our problem.  Right now, we are
printing out a screen capture from IACC and handing that to the
draftsman to create an AutoCAD drawing, which is much more effort than
we think we should have to do, seeing as how IACC is a graphical
interface.  Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Tim Lowell

Control Systems Engineer

ConocoPhillips Trainer Refinery

(610) 364-8362

tim.c.lowell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 


 
 
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