Migrate Desigo Insight Graphics

Scenario: Existing Desigo Insight graphics must be migrated to Desigo CC.

 

Reference: For background information, see the Desigo Insight Graphics Migration section.

 

Workflow diagram:

 

 

Prerequisites:

  • You have application rights to the Desigo Data Migration tab.
  • The data points used in Desigo Insight are already imported to Desigo CC.
    NOTE: This channel cannot be automatically assigned if the BACnet name has changed in Desigo CC.

 

Steps:

1 – Enable Application Rights for the Desigo Graphics Migration Tab
  • System Manager is in Engineering mode.
  1. In System Browser, select Management View.
  1. Select Project > System settings > Security and open the Application Rights expander.
  1. Select the Desigo Insight Migration check box.
  • The Desigo Data Migration and Desigo Graphics Migration tab are visible in the Management View under Project > System Settings > Conversion Tools >.

 

2 – Migrate Graphics
  1. Select Project > System settings > Conversion tools > Desigo Graphics Migration.
  1. Select the Desigo Graphics Migration tab.
  1. Click Select Desigo Graphics and select the folder with the graphics for import.
    Select the superposed folder if it references graphics in a subordinate folder.
    To display graphics that start with an underscore or exclamation point (for example, Super-Genies), press CTRL while clicking Select Desigo Graphics.
  • This displays a list of graphic pages that are sorted alphabetically (first by project, then by name).
  1. Select the graphics pages for import. A preview of the Desigo Insight graphic displays when you move the cursor over the graphic name.
  1. (Optional) Select a base graphic. The base graphic must be the same size as the graphic pages used in step 7 for generation.

    The background image is applied to all graphics for migration. If static and dynamic text labels are defined, they overwrite the Desigo Insight formatting properties of all the texts. The text labels are no longer available after generation.
  1. Selects a style in the Style drop-down list. A symbol with various styles can have different offsets.
  1. In the Horizontal scaling drop-down list, select Scaling (see Reference):
  • No scaling (is created using the size in Desigo Insight)
  • Default scaling (is created in the size for Desigo CC using a factor of 1.35)
  • Go to Scaling value and enter factor in the Value field (using factors ranging from 0.2 to 5)
    NOTE:
    - Drawn rectangles are not scaled and must be processed after the fact.
    - The scaling factor is applied as well to the PNG floor plan images. This may distort the image.
  1. Click Display sites.
  • The Mapping Sites to Networks dialog box opens and displays all sites found in the XML files.
  1. Select a network from the Network column to map it to a site or select the Ignore mapping check box to continue migration without mapping because, for example, you plan on creating the networks at a later date.
  1. Click OK.
  1. Link a graphic to a data point (for additional information on associated data points, see Migrate graphics, section Associated Data Point). The linked data point prevents switching to the Application View when selecting the corresponding data point in System Browser.

    Manual assignment:
    a. Select the Manual Navigation check box.
    b. In the System Browser, select Logical View.
    c. Drag the data point from the Logical View to the Associated Data Point for the graphic.

    Automatic assignment:
    a. Click Add DPs.
    b. In the Level text field, enter the link depth in the Logical View, for example 4.
    c. Click OK.
    d. Change or delete (right-click column Associated Data Point) the incorrect assignment.
    NOTE: All changes are lost when regenerated.
  1. Click Migrate .
    NOTE: Click Show Sites, if the error message Not all sites could… is displayed, to assign the sites to the corresponding Desigo CC networks.
  • In the Application View, a folder is created with the migrated graphics pages under Applications > Graphics.
    The graphics pages have the same name as in Desigo Insight. The following characters are replaced by an underscore: „.“, „;“, „?“, „*“, „-“, „&“, „%“, „$“, „ “. A pre-existing graphics page, i.e. not created as part of the migration, has a suffix appended to the graphics page name with the syntax _1, _2, and so on. A graphics page is overwritten if already created during migration.
  1. Double-click a line to open and edit a migrated graphic in the Graphics editor.

 

3 – Display Log Information and Go To the Graphic
  1. Click Display log.
  • A log is displayed with information, warnings, and errors that occurred during migration.
  1. Select or clear the Info, Warnings or Error check boxes to change the content of the log.
  1. Open the graphics editor in a secondary pane.
  1. Highlight in the log window, the path to the graphic page [Installation Drive]:\[Installation Folder]\[Project Name]\MyFolder\MyGraphic.ccg and drag the link to the graphics editor.
    NOTE: No graphics page can be open.
  • The generated graphics page is displayed in the graphic editor.

NOTE:
The file displayed in the log is saved as DIMigrationGraphicsLog.csv in folder [Installation Drive]:\[Installation Folder]\[Project Name]\Log and can be opened in Excel. The separators for the CSV file are based on the set Desigo CC language.
If the log file is opened in Excel, the data migration once again aborts. Close the log file first and restart the data migration.

 

4 – Find Graphic Element in Desigo Insight Based on the Animation Number (AN) from
  1. In System Browser, select Application View.
  1. Select Applications > Graphics.
  1. Double-click the graphic to open it in the Graphics Editor.
  1. Click the View tab and then select the Element structure check box.
  1. In the Element structure view, click Show all elements.
  • All elements are displayed to include the ANs.
  • Click an element to display it to the right of the graphic.
  • The AN is displayed in the Image Properties view, in the General expander under Description.
  1. Open Desigo Insight.
  1. Open the Go to Object tool in Graphics Builder under Tools.
  1. Enter the AN in Object AN.