The options in this window enable you to store and manage preliminary dimensional data for your instrumentation design. You can use standard (default) dimensions of known manufacturers who are likely to supply the instruments. You can browse through the data, modify it, and copy it to the working data as needed. After sufficient default data is available, the DDP designer can provide this data to the piping designers for their preliminary design. The default data will then be replaced or modified according to the actual dimensional data received from the manufacturers.
To access this screen, select or select View > Default Library. Then, in the Select Dimensional Group dialog that opens, highlight the required dimensional group and select OK.
The default window displays the existing default dimensional data.
You can now do the following:
Add new default data
Right-click anywhere in the data window and select Add Data on the shortcut menu or select Actions > Add Data.
Edit default data
Select in any field and edit the data as required . Note that some fields are not editable. They are selected in yellow (yellow is the default highlight color, you can change it if required). You can also right-click the selected rows and select Edit Data on the shortcut menu or select Actions > Edit Data.
Display the group picture
Right-click anywhere in the data window and select Show Group Picture on the shortcut menu or select Actions > Show Group Picture.
Resize the fields
Point to the column header border and drag it to the left or right as needed.
Change the field sequence
Select and drag the column header to the required position. (This feature does not apply to view-only fields).
Modify the sorting sequence of the data
Double-click the column header of the field according to which the data will be sorted.
Use the Buffer
Copy data to the Buffer and paste it from the Buffer into the required rows (see details below).
Find a specific record
Select .
Count the number of rows
Select .
Refresh the data display
Select .
Print out the data
Select .
Buffer
You can use the Buffer to update multiple rows in batch mode.
Buffer Data Window Fields
Select in any field and type in the required values. You can also paste previously copied data into any field or copy the data from any field.
Clear the Buffer
Select to clear all the fields in the Buffer.
Clear Current Field
Select to clear the current Buffer field.