Custom Library Mapping for Standard-Compliant Modular Engineering
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing MTP standard library is not suitable for world-scale plant projects, failing to meet customer or industry-specific requirements, hindering engineers from using modular engineering workflows effectively.
Innovation Solution
A method is introduced to integrate industry-specific or customer-specific libraries into modular engineering tools while maintaining standard compliance, involving library selection, import, type mapping, property mapping, and integration, allowing for the generation of standard-compliant MTP descriptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If the MTP standard library is used for modular engineering, then standard compliance is achieved, but industry-specific and customer-specific requirements cannot be met
Solution Approach 1:
The library is segmented into two distinct parts: a standard MTP library containing standardized module types for compliance, and a custom library containing industry-specific and customer-specific module types. This segmentation allows each part to serve its specific purpose while working together in the same engineering environment.
Solution Approach 2:
The engineering tool is designed to support multiple library types universally. It can import, manage, and work with both standard MTP libraries and custom industry-specific libraries within a single environment, making the tool multi-functional and adaptable to different requirements.
2Adaptability or versatility
If custom industry-specific libraries are integrated into modular engineering tools, then industry-specific requirements are met, but complexity of the engineering tool increases
Solution Approach 1:
A library importer component acts as an intermediary between custom libraries and the engineering tool. This intermediary handles the import process, type mapping, and property mapping automatically, reducing the complexity burden on the main engineering tool while still enabling custom library integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates type mappings that copy the structure and properties of custom library objects into the standardized MTP framework. This copying mechanism allows custom functionality to be represented within the standard structure, managing complexity by translating rather than directly integrating all custom elements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If type mapping and property mapping are performed between custom libraries and MTP standards, then integration is achieved, but time and effort required for mapping increases
Solution Approach 1:
Type mappings and property mappings are established in advance during the library import process. By performing this mapping work preliminarily when the custom library is first imported, the system avoids repeated mapping operations during subsequent engineering tasks, reducing time loss in the long run.
Solution Approach 2:
The library importer provides self-service functionality by automatically performing type mapping and property mapping based on predefined rules and configurations. This automation reduces the manual time and effort required compared to completely manual mapping processes.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for integrating a library into an engineering tool in an industrial plant includes selecting the library comprising a first type, the first type comprising one or more library objects associated with one or more properties; importing the selected library into the engineering tool; mapping the first type to a predetermined type among a plurality of predetermined types available in one or more predetermined libraries in the engineering tool; mapping the one or more properties to one or more predetermined properties associated with one or more predetermined library objects in the mapped predetermined type; and based on the mappings, integrating the library into the engineering tool.