Data Manager P&ID versus P3D

[dennis]

Here is the scenario:

I have a pump in P&ID whose MFG is set to ACME.  I use the Data Mgr to input that info.

Next I go to the P3D, place the pump and assign the tag info to match the P&ID.  The MFG value (ACME) doesn't come over.

I thought the Data Mgr would coordinate this info, and then noticed, depending on the drawing I am in: a 3D dwg = Plant 3D Project Data, while a P&ID = P&ID Project Data.

So if I use the DataMgr (as well as the export/import from Excel) it only updates the specific environment P&ID or P3D, but not both.

Questions:

1) Is it actually two different databases of data? Or just two areas of the same database?

2) Is there a workflow that I am missing that could have it update both environments with a single entry?

[dennis · Accepted solution]

I have found out that it is two databases, one for the 2D P&Id and then one for the 3D P3D models.  Of course the Validate can be used to check the data coordination, but it appears that there is still the situation where you will have to fill in the data twice.