Piping and instrumentation diagram extraction to human-machine interface displays

One or more computer-readable storage media having program instructions stored thereon to facilitate automatic importation and placement of display objects on human-machine interface (HMI) displays, wherein the program instructions, when executed by a computing system, direct the computing system to at least:

• receive a selection of a user-defined area that identifies at least a portion of a piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) associated with an industrial automation environment;
• analyze the P&ID to identify objects within the user-defined area of the P&ID and determine location data for the objects, wherein the location data indicates relative positions of the identified objects within the user-defined area of the P&ID;
• generate an HMI-compatible file to include only the identified objects within the user-defined area and the location data associated with the user-defined area;
• and
• generate an HMI display of the user-defined area of the P&ID using the HMI-compatible file by:
• generating a display object for each of the identified objects to display on the HMI display, each display object having associated control information;
• and
• placing each display object and the corresponding control information at a location onto the HMI display according to the relative position of the corresponding identified object within the user-defined area of the P&ID the user-defined area of the P&ID.

An apparatus to facilitate automatic importation and placement of display objects on human-machine interface (HMI) displays, the apparatus comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media that, when executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to at least:
• receive a selection of a user-defined area that identifies at least a portion of a piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) associated with an industrial automation environment;
• analyze the P&ID to identify objects within the user-defined area of the P&ID and determine location data for the objects, wherein the location data indicates relative positions of the identified objects within the user-defined area of the P&ID;
• generate an HMI-compatible file to include only the identified objects within the user-defined area and the location data associated with the user-defined area;
• and
• generate an HMI display of the user-defined area of the P&ID using the HMI-compatible file by:
• generating a display object for each of the identified objects to display on the HMI display, each display object having associated control information;
• and
• placing each display object and the corresponding control information at a location onto the HMI display according to the relative position of the corresponding identified object within the user-defined area of the P&ID the user-defined area of the P&ID.