COMOS 10.1 What Is New en-US

COMOS 10.1 - What's new?
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Help folder for the cDB and
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iDB databases
COMOS
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Using the COMOS help
COMOS menu when using
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iDB
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Platform
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Process
Operating Manual
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Automation
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Table of contents
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COMOS iDB ............................................................................................................................ 5
Help folder for the cDB and iDB databases ................................................................................... 7
Using the COMOS help ............................................................................................................. 9

3.1
Copying documentation to the help folder ................................................................................. 9
3.2
Opening the help ...................................................................................................................... 9
3.3
Using the HTML help.............................................................................................................. 12
3.4
Displaying the COMOS help system online............................................................................. 13
3.5
Using the COMOS help system in My Documentation Manager.............................................. 15
COMOS menu when using iDB ..................................................................................................19
Platform .................................................................................................................................21
5.1
Information on rights administration ........................................................................................ 21
5.2
COMOS Platform ................................................................................................................... 21
5.3
COMOS glossary ................................................................................................................... 27
5.4
5.4.1
5.4.2
COMOS Web ......................................................................................................................... 27

Security information................................................................................................................ 27
COMOS Mobile Document Review ......................................................................................... 27
5.5
COMOS Enterprise Server ..................................................................................................... 28
5.6
5.6.1
5.6.1.1
5.6.1.2
COMOS Platform Interfaces ................................................................................................... 29

Interface to Teamcenter ......................................................................................................... 29
Process Data Interface (PDI) .................................................................................................. 29
COMOS Teamcenter interface ............................................................................................... 30
Process .................................................................................................................................33
6.1
P&ID ...................................................................................................................................... 33
Automation.............................................................................................................................35
7.1
Logical ................................................................................................................................... 35
7.2
Cabinet Equipment wizard ...................................................................................................... 35
Lifecycle ................................................................................................................................37
8.1
3D Integration......................................................................................................................... 37
8.2
PQM ...................................................................................................................................... 39

Operating Manual, 11/2013, A5E32016072-AA
Table of contents
COMOS iDB
Overview
A new database standard is introduced with COMOS 10.1: industrial DataBase (iDB).
iDB is the secure platform for industry-specific data management.
With iDB you will shorten your development cycles, reduce your development effort, and
increase your productivity. Benefit from the advantages of the latest generation of
databases:
Standardization of data objects
Ability to update even a productively deployed database
Documentation of the most important database contents, for example, script blocks
Current units and symbols
This document describes innovations for COMOS 10.1 based on the "iDB" database. You
will find more detailed information on the features of iDB in section COMOS Platform
(Page 21).
If you are already a customer, you can continue to use your existing databases (database
standard cDB) with version 10.1.

COMOS iDB
Help folder for the cDB and iDB databases
Overview
A separate help folder is supplied for the iDB and cDB databases as of COMOS version
10.1. You can see the content of the respective folder in the COMOS "Help" menu
depending on the database with which you start COMOS.
Contents of the "Help_iDB" folder

Help system 10.1 (.chm)
COMOS 10.1 - What's new? (.pdf)
COMOS 10.1 - Readme (.pdf)
Contents of the "Help_cDB" folder

Help system 10.0.2 (.chm)
Includes the "PQM Configuration Tools" manual
It covers the following topics: "Advanced PQM functions", "Test plan management"
COMOS 10.1 Updateinfo classic Database (.pdf)
"Integrated Engineering" manual (.pdf)
See also
Copying documentation to the help folder (Page 9)

Help folder for the cDB and iDB databases

3.1
Copying documentation to the help folder
Requirements
COMOS is installed.
Procedure
1. Open the directory in which the help files are located in the file explorer.
For example: <COMOS Installation directory>/Help/<Help folder database>/<Language
folder>
2. Save your documentation in the respective help folder "Help_iDB" or "Help_cDB".
Note
"Help" directory
Documents that are located directly in the "Help" directory are not displayed.
3.2
Opening the help
Overview of the COMOS help

The COMOS help consists of the following components:
COMOS help system:
A library with manuals on COMOS
Individual help files in the formats *.pdf, *.pdx and *.doc
The PDF files "COMOS - What's new?" and "COMOS Readme" are supplied with
COMOS.
Note
Supplementing the help files
You can integrate your own help files in the COMOS "Help" menu. The files are displayed
in the COMOS "Help" menu.
You can find more information on this topic in the "COMOS Platform Administration"
manual, keyword "Central administration of the help menu".


3.2 Opening the help
You can open the COMOS help as follows:
COMOS help system:
From COMOS
Online
From the file system
Individual help files:
From COMOS
From the file system
Note
References to other manuals
If other manuals are referenced in the COMOS help, these manuals also form part of the
COMOS help.
Opening the help from COMOS

1. Start COMOS.
2. To open the COMOS help system, select the menu command "Help > COMOS help
system".
The help system is opened as an HTML help. See also chapter Using the HTML help
(Page 12).
3. To open an individual help file, select the command "Help > <File name>" in the menu.
To read the help in a different language, switch the language of the COMOS user interface
and call up the help system again.
Opening the help online

See also chapter Displaying the COMOS help system online (Page 13).
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3.2 Opening the help
Opening the help through the file system

1. Open the directory in which the help files are located in the file explorer.
For example: <COMOS Installation directory>/Help/<Database>/<Language folder>.
2. Double-click the file "COMOS_HelpSystem_enUS.chm" to start the COMOS help system.
The help system is opened as an HTML help. See also chapter Using the HTML help
(Page 12).
3. To open a PDF document, double-click the document.
Viewing the PDF help

To display the COMOS help as PDF files, you require a PDF Reader that is compatible with
PDF 1.7 (ISO32000-1:2008 PDF).

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3.3 Using the HTML help
3.3
Using the HTML help
Requirements
Operating system: Windows 98 and higher
Procedure
1. Open the COMOS help system in COMOS or the file system as HTML help. See also
chapter Opening the help (Page 9).
2. On the "Contents" tab, open the node of a COMOS product family, for example "COMOS
Platform".
All the manuals that belong to the modules of this product family are displayed.
3. Open a manual and select a chapter.
The chapter contents are shown on the right.
4. You have the following options when working with the help system:
Search:
You can search through the entire help system on the "Search" tab.
Displaying related topics:
If related topics are available for the chapter currently displayed, these are listed in the
menu bar above the chapter contents: The "Manuals" menu contains related
instructions; the "Basic principles" menu contains related basic principles.
To change to a chapter, select it.
Creating Favorites:
Select a chapter on the "Contents" tab. Change to the "Favorites" tab and click "Add".
Toggling between chapters already displayed:
You can use the "History" and "Extras" menu and the buttons "Back" and "Forward" to
toggle between the chapters already displayed.
Note
If you change from one chapter to a different chapter, for example via the links embedded in
the chapters, the Favorites or the "History" menu, the node of the currently open chapter is
always displayed on the "Contents" tab.
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3.4 Displaying the COMOS help system online
3.4
Displaying the COMOS help system online

The COMOS help system is available free of charge and in multiple languages on the
Internet:
Open the following Internet page: COMOS documentation
(http://www.siemens.de/comos-dokumentation/)
In the "Overview", you will find the various product areas of COMOS product family.
In the "Topics" column, you will find the COMOS Manual Collection or individual help
files. The lines contain links to the My Documentation Manager and the SIEMENS
Industry Online Support Portal:
Clicking on the icon opens the document in My Documentation Manager
(MDM). The range of functions in MDM depends on whether you are
logged in:
Without registration/login: View documents
With registration and login: Configure, compile documents, notification

function, etc.
See chapter Using the COMOS help system in My Documentation
Manager (Page 15).
DE, EN, FR, ZH
Link to the document in the available languages in the SIEMENS Industry

Online Support Portal:
DE=German
EN=English
FR=French
ZH=Chinese simplified
COMOS help files in the SIEMENS Industry Online Support Portal

The COMOS help files are also available as PDF files in the Siemens Industry Online
Support Portal. In addition, you can display the documents with the My Documentation
Manager.
To find COMOS help files, proceed as follows:

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3.4 Displaying the COMOS help system online
1. Open the Web page of the Siemens Industry Online Support portal: SIOS
(http://support.automation.siemens.com/)
"Product Support" in the navigation bar

"Index (A-Z)" tab
"Navigation" tab
2. Click on "Product Support" in the navigation bar.

3. You have three ways to find COMOS help:
Open the "Navigation" tab and look for COMOS in the product tree. You can find
COMOS help under: "Automation technology > Automation systems > Automation
software > Plant Engineering Software COMOS"
Open the "Index A-Z" tab. If you click on "C", you will see the COMOS help files in the
list.
Enter the term "COMOS" in the search box at the top right and click "Search". You can
narrow search results by clicking on "Manuals" below "Search area" in the hit list.
4. Select a COMOS help file from the list and click the title.
5. When the selected COMOS help is displayed, you can choose from the following:
"Displaying and configuring": Opens the document in My Documentation Manager.
"Download": As PDF file
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3.5 Using the COMOS help system in My Documentation Manager
3.5
Using the COMOS help system in My Documentation Manager

My Documentation Manager is a central online database for SIMATIC and COMOS
customer documentation. My Documentation Manager allows you to edit the entire customer
documentation, reorganize it and export it into a variety of formats if needed. You can
assemble documentation corresponding exactly to your system or configuration from the
documents that are available. The notification feature informs you by e-mail when a
document in your collection has changed.
Range of functions in My Documentation Manager

The range of functions depends on whether or not you are logged in:
Functions without login:
View customer documentation
Open help for My Documentation Manager
Additional functions with login:
Configuration: Assembly of individual documents in a collection
Delete, add, move, copy any document in a collection
Send collection to an e-mail address as a link
Search and assemble documents in one language and then export them to one of the
available languages
Notification feature is available on all levels: Single page, chapter, manual, collection,
etc.
Export documents, folders and collections as a PDF, XML, or RTF file
Working with My Documentation Manager

The following section describes how to open the My Documentation Manager : Displaying
the COMOS help system online (Page 13).
A comprehensive description of working in My Documentation Manager is available in the
help: Help on My Documentation Manager
(http://www.automation.siemens.com/mdm/_help/de/mdm_reference_manual_deDE.htm).

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Registration and login to My Documentation Manager

1. Click "Full scope of functions after login/registration".
The login form for My Documentation Manager opens.
2. Click "Yes, I would like to register now" and fill out the fields in the following windows.
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3. Click the Next button, until your login information is completed.
4. You have now successfully registered and can use all the functions of My Documentation
Manager .

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COMOS menu when using iDB
Requirements
The COMOS menu changes depending on the COMOS version and the type of database.
This section describes the changes under the following conditions:
Switching from COMOS 10.0 to COMOS 10.1
And simultaneously from cDB to iDB
List of unavailable menu commands

View > cDB Engineering tasks
Extra > Queries > Queries for base objects > Query: cross-project base objects
Extra > Queries > Tools > Convert old scripts to script blocks
Extra > Queries > Tools > Semi-open connections
Extra > Queries > Queries for DVM > My recent documents
Extra > Viper 3D Editor > Electrical engineering
Plugins > Basic > Unit conversion
Plugins > Basic > Pipe spec mapping
Plugins > Basic > Material Management Assistant
Plugins > Basic > Task Management
Plugins > Basic > PDMS PipeSpec Interface
Plugins > Maintenance
Plugins > Mechatronics
Plugins > Automation > Signal name matching
Plugins > Automation > IEC to JIC conversion
Plugins > Automation > PCS7 interfaces > Create templates
Plugins > Automation > PCS7 interfaces > Import/Export PCS 7
Plugins > Automation > Interfaces > EPLAN5 data exchange
Plugins > Automation > Interfaces > Ruplan import
Plugins > Automation > Interfaces > VNS import
Administrator > Base data > Import ECAD components
Administrator > Base data > Pipe specs
Administrator > Base data > Attribute transfer editor
Administrator > System > Database adjustments

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COMOS menu when using iDB
List of textually changed menu commands

Extra > Queries > Queries for engineering objects > Query: cross-project engineering
objects
Changed to: "Engineering objects query (cross-project)"
Extra > Queries > Queries for documents > Query: cross-project documents
Changed to: "Query: Documents (cross-project)"
Extra > Queries > Tools > Wire list
Changed to: "Wire list (via connectors)"
Extra > Queries > Tools > Restore COMOS objects
Changed to: "Restore COMOS objects"
Extra > Queries > Queries for DVM
Changed to: "DVM queries"
Extra > Queries > Queries for DVM > Bulk checkin/checkout
Changed to: "Bulk checkin/checkout"
Moved to: "Plugins > PQM > DVM queries"
Extra > Viper 3D Editor
Changed to: "3D Review"
Extra > Viper 3D Editor > 3D Piping
Changed to: "3D view"
Plugins > Basic > PDMS Interface
Changed to: "PDMS Pipe Spec interface"
Plugins > Automation > Interfaces > Bulk editing of semi-open connections
Moved to: "Plugins > Automation"
List of new menu commands

Extra > Queries > Queries for engineering objects > Query: Engineering objects
(alternative)
Extra > Queries > Queries for base objects > Query: Base objects (alternative)
Extra > Queries > Queries for attributes > Query: Attributes (alternative)
Extra > Queries > Queries for documents > Query: Documents (alternative)
Extra > Queries > Queries for connectors > Query: Connectors (alternative)
Plugins > Basic > PDMS Engineering Interface
Plugins > Basic > Walkinside object assignment
Plugins > Basic > Data aggregation
Plugins > Automation > Interfaces > STEP7 Interface
Plugins > Automation > Interfaces > Cabinet Equipment wizard
Administrator > Base data > String rule manager
Administrator > Base data > Database update
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Platform
5.1
Information on rights administration
Adaptation of the documentation for the topic "Administration of rights and roles"
For the version COMOS 10.1, additional information was added to the overall help regarding
the maximum number of roles and the maximum number of users.
5.2
COMOS Platform
iDB database
COMOS is delivered with the new database type "iDB". This documentation describes
COMOS used in conjunction with iDB.
Project properties revised

In prior COMOS versions the project properties were stored in three different sources. Now
all project properties are combined and are stored in an XML-like structure. Thus all project
properties can be queried using a uniform programming syntax. The project properties are
no longer displayed in the interface as tabs. Instead, there is a tree-like structure of
categories. All project properties were resorted and supplied with more understandable texts
as needed.

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5.2 COMOS Platform
Database update
The "Database update" tool has the following use cases:
Install iDB database updates
Controlled application of the corrections provided by Siemens to your own database.
The iDB database updates are cumulative. Update 5 also includes all corrections and
updates from updates 1 to 4.
The following workflow is offered for this purpose:
1. Preliminary application of changes to a special working layer called the consolidation
layer
Preliminary application is possible in one or all of the following project types:
System project
Base project
Template project
2. Isolated check of changes
3. Selection of objects to be applied
4. Application of selected objects to the released area
Classification method changed

COMOS now distinguishes between two types of classification:
Classification
Hierarchical classification
Describes the class structure and therefore the base data structure of a COMOS
module.
Five hierarchically dependent fields with 1 to 4 characters each.
The first layer of hierarchical classification is a three-digit key for the module name
(M00 for Basic, M20 for Process, M40 for Automation, and so on). In hierarchical
classification, the subsequent layers (2, 3, etc.) can only be set in relation to the layers
before them.
Functional classification
Describes the cross-module function of an object.
Five independent fields with 1 to 4 characters each.
You can assign any combination of functional classification keys.
User classification
Is available for your purposes. The functional classification technique is used in the
background.
Hierarchical user classification
Functional user classification
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For this reason, four basic variants for classifications appear below "@99 > A10":
Classification key 1: COMOS (hierarchic)
Classification key 2: COMOS (functional)
Classification key 3: Customer (hierarchic)
Classification key 4: Customer (functional)
The hierarchic classification with prefix "Z" is no longer reserved for customer-specific
classifications.
LockLock, system flag

The iDB contains system-related objects which must not be changed. There are special lock
mechanisms to protect these objects.
The "Object locking" (system lock or lock-lock) function. This function can only be edited
by Siemens employees.
For reasons of clarity, the "system object" status is also available. This status shows that
the object is a system-related object. This status has no other implications. In practice,
the "System object" status is often combined with the "Object locking" function.
Script Library
All scripts were standardized and stored under a common node. The script blocks are
commented and are easy to use or modify. This greatly reduces the effort required for
customer-specific modification of the database.
Inheriting queries
Configure a source query and inherit another query from it, which is in a branch of the
structure tree.
To inherit a query, proceed as follows:
1. Select the "System" tab in the properties of a query.
2. Drag&drop the source query from the Navigator onto the "Base object" field in the
"Reference" control group.
A window opens. You have the following options:
To change the base object reference and replace your archive settings, click the "Yes"
button.
To change the base object reference but retain your archive settings, click the "No"
button.
To cancel the process without making any changes, click the "Cancel" button.
3. Confirm your entries.

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5.2 COMOS Platform
Saving settings for the queries

You can disable the permission for saving a query in the base query.
When saving is disabled, the following happens:
Base query: A security prompt appears. After this, saving is possible.
"Save as" is still permitted.
Query: The menu command "Save" is disabled.
"Save as" is still permitted.
The "Load from base object" menu command is disabled. Because the archive of the
query cannot be saved, the archive of the base query is automatically loaded every time
you open the query.
DIN identifier
Unit systems are standardized for the different technical areas. To illustrate these
standardizations, the "DIN identifier" field is now available. A unit is uniquely identified
internationally with a DIN identifier and can be more easily imported or exported. The DIN
identifiers are listed in a DIN property list that is available on the Internet.
New option for subelements

New option "Extend subelements":
Only engineering objects which are subelements (child objects) of the base object can be
created in the engineering view. Cross-inherited subelements are also created.
Script access to standard tables: ItemByValue / ItemByXValue

The following functions are now available:
ItemByValue(0, const CString& searchValue) / ItemByXValue(unsigned long index, const
CString& searchValue)
Returns the value object for the search value.
searchValue: Search value
Index: Search index for XValue
Return: The object with the value or NULL
Name mask for elements

If the "Default" value is selected for elements for the "Virtual" setting, text mask for names
that is entered in the base object is evaluated.
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Extending the "Type" list for connectors

In the "Type" field for connectors, two new types are available:
Task
Used for the definition of engineering tasks
FEED
Connection for FEED objects (for example, process streams)
Monitoring using IsWorkflowReference

Monitoring using the prefix "WREFOBS_" has been replaced by monitoring using the
"SetWorkflowReference" and "IsWorkflowReference" methods. These properties can be
queried at the attribute my means of a script. To do this, create a query and define a new
column with the corresponding property. You can then check or edit the property in the
query.
New script function GetNLSText

Customer-specific scripts can now use NLS texts. As a result, all texts and messages (such
as a Messagebox) are multilingual.
An NLS text is created with one of these functions:
GetInternationalTextFromNLSByProjectLanguage
GetInternationalTextFromNLSByGUILanguage
GetInternationalTextFromNLSByLanguageID
Dependency of working layers on report templates

Report templates can be customized for each working layer.
Various requirements apply to the function "Working layer-dependent report templates". In
particular, all template files must be integrated in COMOS by means of document objects.
You can find more information on this topic in the "COMOS Platform Administration" manual,
keyword "Creating a working layer-dependent template file".
Revision archive: Freely configurable revision printer (HARP)

A standard configuration was developed for the freely configurable revision printer. The
"HARP.ini" file supplied in the default settings uses the following configuration:
The OEM PostScript printer driver supplied with Windows
COMOSHarp.inf
COMOSHarp.ppd
The HARP standard configuration requires the following PS converter:
GhostScript

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Using the PDF document view

With the "Multiple Document Preview" plugin, you can view one or more external PDF
documents on the working area of the report. You can change and print the placed PDF
document in the view, but not edit it.
Logging (TraceListener)
The "Trace and debug schema" from .NET Framework 4.5 is supported. You can find the
documentation for the associated XML schema on the Internet at Microsoft msdn. Logging is
switched on as follows:
Comos.exe.config under <system.diagnostics><sharedListeners>: Comment in
"ComosTextWriterTraceListener".
The listener must then be added to the corresponding trace sources: Comos.exe.config
under <system.diagnostics><sources>
Object matcher extended

The object matcher can be opened via the context menu for an object and in this case
compares the status of an individual object in various working layers. The consolidation layer
is now also supported. In this case, the object is compared with the current delivery status of
the object. This option is only available for objects for which a delivery status is available. In
all other cases, the shortcut menu "Working layers/Histories > Compare object" is grayed out
in the released area. The delivery status of an object is determined by the last iDB database
update.
Language relevant to project

This option specifies which languages are relevant for a project. Once this option has been
activated, it is only possible to switch between the project-relevant languages in the
"Languages" tab.
GrayboxSelectionMode
Selection behavior for modules can be changed using the system attribute
(SYS.GrayboxSelectionMode) in the main document.
GrayboxSelectionMode = 0
When you click on an object within the module, the object itself is selected.
GrayboxSelectionMode = 1 (default)
When you click on an object within the module, the entire module is selected. Only the
second click selects an individual object.
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5.3 COMOS glossary
5.3
COMOS glossary
Revision
The terms in the COMOS glossary were revised. The glossaries of the following manuals
were moved to the COMOS glossary:
PQM
FEED Operation
5.4
COMOS Web
5.4.1
Security information
Data security
The "COMOS Web" manual now includes information on data security.
5.4.2
COMOS Mobile Document Review
Saving "COMOS Mobile Document Review" data management in a separate base project
In the project settings in COMOS, you set the free saving of "COMOS Mobile Document
Review" data management in a base project other than S01. Here you will find the new
project option "Base project" under the "Web" category.
You can find more information on this topic in the "COMOS Web" manual, keyword "Saving
the "COMOS Mobile Document Review" data management in a separate base project".

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Platform
5.5 COMOS Enterprise Server
5.5
COMOS Enterprise Server
Release of working layers

At the command line, you can now also configure the release of working layers. The
following requirements must be met:
The working layer exists.
The linked working layer corresponds to the linked working layer of the working layer
above it.
No users are logged on to the working layer.
If you cancel the release process via the COMOS Enterprise Monitor, the working layer
receives the status "Incorrect release".
Deletion of working layers

In the command file, you can now also configure the deletion of working layers. The following
requirements must be met:
The working layer exists.
No projects or working layers are linked in a working layer in the base project.
No users are logged on to the working layer.
No objects are present which prevent deletion.
If you cancel the deletion process via the COMOS Enterprise Monitor, the objects are still in
the database, but are no longer visible. Therefore, do not cancel the deletion process.
You can find more information on this topic in the "COMOS Enterprise Server" manual,
keyword "Editing working layers".
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5.6 COMOS Platform Interfaces
5.6
COMOS Platform Interfaces
5.6.1
Interface to Teamcenter
5.6.1.1
Process Data Interface (PDI)

Process Data Interface (PDI) is now available.
Objective
Pipe parts are transferred from COMOS to NX via PDI. The data is transferred via
Teamcenter to NX. Teamcenter is the interface for the data transfer between COMOS and
NX. Transfer takes place by means of XML files in which information about pipe specs and
pipe parts is collected.
Pipe schedules are transferred as PDF. Information about PipeRun and XMplant is also
transferred as an XML file.
Functional scope
PDI comprises the following functions:
Connection between COMOS and NX
Connection between objects
Navigation to 3D objects in NX and COMOS objects on the P&ID
Pipe spec export
Publishing documents
Administration
The configuration file "Comos.PDI.config" is available for the administration of PDI.
Use the "pipepartfamilies.xml" file to assign pipe parts in COMOS to pipe part families in NX.
You can edit the "pipepartfamilies.xml" file in COMOS. The following functions are available
for this purpose:
Adding attributes
Editing attributes
Deleting attributes
You can find more information on this topic in the "COMOS Platform Interfaces" manual,
keyword "Process Data Interface (PDI)".

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Platform
5.6.1.2
COMOS Teamcenter interface
Synchronizing attribute values

You can synchronize attribute values of Teamcenter forms to the engineering and base data
with COMOS attributes. Conversely, you can synchronize attribute values from COMOS
engineering to Teamcenter forms. You can find more information on this topic in the
"COMOS Platform Interfaces" manual, keyword "Synchronizing attribute values".
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6.1
P&ID
XMpLant export
COMOS can now also export files based on XMpLant 3.3.3.
XMpLant import
For the import, COMOS only supports files with XMpLant Version 3.3.3.
An administrator can enter the subprogram OnXMpLantImportDone on P&ID objects or on
P&ID in the script. Once the XMpLant import is complete, the script is executed for each
engineering object.
You can find additional information on this topic in the "P&ID Administration" manual,
keyword "Creating "OnXMpLantImportDone" on COMOS objects".
Based on two additional import options, you now have the option to identify changes
during a reimport and determine how to handle specific objects.
In the "Import and dissolve drawing" window, the following import options were added:
"Import into new working layer" option
"Remove not contained objects" option
You can find additional information on this topic in the "P&ID Operation" manual, keyword
""Import and dissolve drawing" window".
PDF import
During a PDF import, all texts of a PDF are imported into COMOS. COMOS creates objects
for each text in a text field in accordance with the rules defined by an administrator.
You can find more information on this topic in the "P&ID Operation" manual, keyword "PDF
import".
Important terminology changes

Old designation
New designation
"Pipe branch"
"Pipe section"
"Standard pipe banner"
"Standard pipe label"
"Equipment"
"Equipment"

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6.1 P&ID
Script option "SegmentULMode"

The "SegmentULMode" script option is now also valid for P&ID. You find more information
on this topic in the "COMOS Platform Administration" manual, keyword "Function reference
for the options script".
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Automation
7.1
Logical
Initial step sequencer

For function diagrams there is now an object for initial step sequencers: Place the object. An
entry step, a transition and a final step are generated and connected on the function diagram
and in the Navigator.
Improved operation for step sequencers

When you insert a new element in a step sequencer, COMOS checks the step sequencer
logic:
Missing objects are automatically created
Example: When inserting a step, a transition is automatically inserted.
Violations of the step sequencer logic are marked as inconsistent.
Example: If you connect the returning connecting line of a jump with a subsequent step,
the connection is marked as inconsistent.
7.2
Cabinet Equipment wizard

The wizard for cabinet engineering offers you the following functions:
Simple detail engineering
List of the placed elements
Direct access to all relevant attributes and functions
Synchronization of all dependent documents
Automatic 3D consistency check of the placed rail elements

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7.2 Cabinet Equipment wizard
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Lifecycle
8.1
3D Integration
PDMS: New interface "COMOS PDMS Engineering Interface"

In addition to the old interface there is now a new interface available. To distinguish between
them, the following terminology was defined:
Old interface: "COMOS PDMS Interface"
New interface: "COMOS PDMS Engineering Interface"
Fundamental changes to the old interface:
The user works on the PDMS page and can execute all actions from there.
With the help of queries, the administrator defines in advance which COMOS objects can
be loaded in the interface by a user or user group to read and edit them.
The new interface offers a tree view of the loaded COMOS objects and additional options
for comparing the objects in the two applications with one another.
The interface features the following functions:
Create individual objects in PDMS
Create hierarchies in PDMS
Synchronize and update attributes
Assign objects to each other in COMOS and PDMS
Navigate between COMOS and PDMS
You can find additional information on this topic in the "3D Integration Operation" and "3D
Integration Administration" manuals, keyword "COMOS PDMS Engineering Interface".
PDMS: Citrix client installation mode (silent mode)

Installation in silent mode runs in the background and is controlled by a text file in which the
administrator has entered all of the relevant information in advance. You do not need to
make any further entries during installation.
You can find additional information on this topic in the "3D Integration Administration"
manual, keyword "Citrix client (silent mode)".
PDMS: Feedback mode

If feedback mode is enabled, the two applications can bidirectionally make write access to
data.
If feedback mode is disabled, only COMOS can make write access to data from Walkinside.

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Lifecycle
COMOS 3D Viewing
Installation of "COMOS Walkinside Integration"
"COMOS Walkinside Integration" is the interface between COMOS and the 3D viewer
application, COMOS Walkinside. In order to use COMOS 3D viewing, you must install the
interface.
manual, keyword "Installing "COMOS Walkinside Integration"".
Assignment of COMOS objects and Walkinside objects
Using a new plugin, you can now assign objects in order to make navigation possible. In the
plugin, create a unique label for every object of a defined quantity of objects on the COMOS
page and on the Walkinside page. The label is created with the aid of scripts. The related
objects on the COMOS page and the Walkinside page must have the same label.
manual, keyword "Configuring navigation".
Export COMOS objects by means of a query
This function is used to collect certain objects in Walkinside, which are already located in
Walkinside and for which you have created an assignment.
Example scenario:
You want to view only those object in Walkinside which have to be maintained.
You collect these COMOS objects in a query and export them to Walkinside. In
Walkinside, a view of these objects is temporarily displayed.
Important terminology changes

Old designation
New designation
Original PDMS interface (no name)
"COMOS PDMS Interface"
"TaggedItem" class
"Device with label" class
"Pipe" class
"Cable" class
"@PDMSMAP" folder
"Y00R00033 folder for class/subclass definitions

(PDMS)" object
LocObj
Area pipe
8.2
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8.3 PQM
8.3
PQM
Objective
PQM (Project Quality Management) imports and administers external documents in
COMOS. PQM supports you here as a document management system (DMS) for all
important lifecycle phases of your project documents.
Extended PQM functions

The extended PQM functions are no longer part of this manual.
Test plan management

Test plan management is no longer part of this manual.
"My recent documents" query

The "My recent documents" query is no longer available.

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8.3 PQM
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COMOS iDB ............................................................................................................................ 5

Help folder for the cDB and iDB databases ................................................................................... 7

Using the COMOS help ............................................................................................................. 9

Copying documentation to the help folder ................................................................................. 9

Opening the help ...................................................................................................................... 9

Using the HTML help.............................................................................................................. 12

Displaying the COMOS help system online............................................................................. 13

Using the COMOS help system in My Documentation Manager.............................................. 15

COMOS menu when using iDB ..................................................................................................19

Information on rights administration ........................................................................................ 21

COMOS Platform ................................................................................................................... 21

COMOS glossary ................................................................................................................... 27

COMOS Web ......................................................................................................................... 27

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