Method and system extracting attribute information corresponding to components included in a computer aided design system drawing such as a process and instrumentation diagram

A computer system providing process database attribute information corresponding to components included in a computer aided design system drawing in a Process & Instrumentation Diagram format, comprising:

• a storage device storing blocks corresponding to attributes of components which may be used in said computer aided design system drawing in said Process & Instrumentation Diagram format;
• an input device entering graphical information relating to one or more components to be added to the computer aided design system drawing in said Process & Instrumentation Diagram format;
• a processor receiving said graphical information and storing in a database file attribute information corresponding to the received graphical information in response to the stored blocks;
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• an output device outputting in a user readable format information corresponding to said attribute information stored in the database file.