Component Type Selection Dialog

The Component Type Selection dialog shown below is a common dialog which provides a list of component types to choose from when defining new components using any of the taskbar commands listed below, or by using the key in listed above.

It is also displayed when adding components to an Instrument Loop via the Instrument Loop Tag Creation dialog.

Select the component class to assign and press OK to close the dialog.

Setting	Description
Filter	Use the filter option by entering a string in the field and clicking the Apply Filter button. Only selections containing the filter string in the name will be displayed. To return to a standard view, delete the filter string and press Enter.
Component Class List	The component classes list displays the types of component classes available to choose from when defining a component. If creating a component using one of the following commands, the list is filtered to display only the component classes pertaining to the type of component being created: User Valve: The class list is composed of the valve classes from the VALVE_CELL in the project schema. The Show All option is disabled for this option. Key-in: PID COMPONENT CREATE [VALVE_CELL] ALLSCHEMAS User Instrument: The class list is composed of the instrument classes from the INSTR_CELL in the project schema. The Show All option is disabled for this option. Key-In: PID COMPONENT CREATE [INSTRUMENT_CELL] ALLSCHEMAS User Equipment: The class list is composed of the equipment classes from the Equip_Cell in the project schema. Parametric Equipment classes are not included. The Show All option is disabled for this option. Key-in: PID COMPONENT CREATE [EQUIP_CELL] ALLSCHEMAS Instrument Loop: A filtered list of instrument component classes is derived from the project schema and displayed here. If the Show All option is enabled, all of the component classes in the project schema will be listed.
Show All	Used when adding to an instrument loop or when using the keyin option to create a specific component class such as Valve, Instrument, Equipment etc. See the above descriptions for these. If the keyin does not have ALLSCHEMAS appended to it then this option is enabled. Checking this option will make sure all of the classes are displayed from the schemas.

Key-in: PID COMPONENT CREATE