User Valves

This command lets you to define a Valve component from base geometrical elements in the drawing.

Accessed by selecting the User Valve option from the Conformance Tools gallery.

Begin by using options from the Base Geometry toolbox to draw shapes for the valve (or select an existing shape in the drawing using one of the selection options.) Next select the User Valves option from the Conformance Tools gallery.

The Component Type Selection dialog will display. This dialog enables you to assign a valve type to the selected geometrical shape(s).

Next a User Component Options dialog (similar to below) displays prompting you to provide the Active Angle for the valve as shown below:

Define the Active Angle and click OK to display the valve Properties dialog, which will be specific to the valve type selected.

Assign a tag number for the valve and define the remaining properties as needed. When finished click OK to complete the process.

Note: You can view/edit the new component's properties using the Element Information dialog.

Annotation

The new component can be annotated using the Annotation dialog. Right-click on the component and select the Annotate option from the context menu.

Note: This option does not define a new component type which is stored in the schema like the Component Manager allows you to do. This command only allows you to assign a component type, tag number and property values to existing geometric shape(s) in the drawing. You are, however, able to use the Copy command to create additional instances of the new component.

Key-in: PID COMPONENT CREATE[VALVE_CELL] ALLSCHEMAS