File System
AseptSoft stores all the information under the following file system:
AseptSoft Project
host project location (varies depending on platform: AutoCAD or Plant3D)
database.aseptsoft
PIDs databases (AutoCAD basic): store information about the classification and recreated TAGs of each drawing. they have the name <PID name>.aseptsoftdrawingdb
Branches folders: main, user1, user2 … stores the work of each branch
AseptSoftDatabase.aseptsoftprojdb: Stores the list of AseptSoft Modules for each of the PIDs in the Project. Also stores Backuping information about the entities in the PIDs
Modules databases: files with the extension .aseptsoftdb which contain all the information of a project: Processes, Phases, Valves, States, etc
<Module>.pulls: the merging history from any other module, template or commit
relative path to the source module: first folder contains a number representing how many folders you go backwards in the hierarchy, followed by a sequence of subfolders representing the relative path from that point to the source. Inside the last subfolder three is a copy of the destination created right after the moment of the last update. This file is used as a pivot parent to check what has been changed in each modules since the last update. The Parent, Source, Destination are compared to identify conflicts.
Also an .log file defines the log of the last update created from that source
Commits
Modules Folders - each containing the commits of that Project
databases with the extension .aseptsoftdb contain commits of the work saved at different moments
Excel Templates - contains all the templates to be used by exports in excel
Project Name - the name of the project using this template
template files .xlsx
Excel Export - contains all the exports made in excel
Template name - the name of the template used to make that export
Project Name - the name of the project which exported. Contains more excel files, each with the name of the Process that has been exported
PDF Export - contains all the exports in PDF
export name - the folder containing an export group made with this name
PDF files with the names of the Processes they had been exported
PDF files with the names of the Processes they had been exported under no export name
Exports/Dialogs/<Module Name>.vsdx contains exported Dialogs.
User ApplicationData
%appdata%/AseptSoft - the user’s ApplicationData folder
ModuleDataTemplates - contains a list of .aseptsoftdb daatabases, to store and import from states, fluid flow states, parameters and variables
Settings
database.aseptsoft
AseptSoftApplicationDatabase.aseptsoftappdb - stores user settings. Most of the settings are automatically assigned. If you need custom settings, or custom settings editors, contact us.
Host Platform name - a folder with the name of the host platform (Autodesk AutoCAD or Autodesk AutoCAD Plant 3D)
ClassesDefinitions
database.aseptsoft
environments.aseptsoftclassdb : used by AutoCAD basic application (but opon request we can also enable AutoCAD Plant 3D), contains information about the classes definitions. Ex: block refferences of class name “Pneumatic Valve” are considered “Valves” and the tag must be buid by some rules
ExportTemploates
DialogsExportTemplate.vsdx - template to be edited to customize Dialogs export.