OpenPlant PID Help

Instrument Valves

The Instrument Valve options provides symbols meant to be inserted into instrument lines.

Accessed from the Instruments gallery.

The following options are available:
  • Open Instrument Valve
  • Closed Instrument Valve
  • Open Instrument Angle Valve
  • Closed Instrument Angle Valve

Placement procedure for the Instrument Valves is the similar to a normal valve. You are prompted for placement in an instrument line, then you can define a tag number and properties for the valve in the Properties dialog if the Tag Dialog Prompt option is enabled in the PID Document dialog. After placement, properties for the valve can be edited in the Element Info dialog.