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Smart P&ID Version
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Smart Engineering Manager Version
11
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10.0(2018)
  1. From the list view in Catalog Explorer or from a stockpile, select the connector that you want to place. In Catalog Explorer, Off-Drawing and Off-Unit OPCs are available for instruments or duct runs. Off-Drawing OPCs, Off-Unit OPCs, and Utility Connectors are available for pipe runs. The correct symbology (for example, line weight and color) differentiates OPCs. You define symbology with Options Manager.

  2. Click the location in the drawing where you want to place the connector.

    • You can place a connector in free space on the drawing and route a line to it, or you can place it at the end of a line that already is drawn.

    • If you are placing a connector in free space, rotate or mirror the OPC after placement in order to get the correct orientation. Then route the line to it.

    • If you are placing a connector at the end of an existing line, you can wait for the QuickPick tool so that you can choose the correct orientation.

  3. Modify the properties of the connector in the Properties window. If you placed a new connector from Catalog Explorer, you can display and select the partner in the Engineering Data Editor and modify its properties, too.

  • Utility connectors support only one-to-one relationships. In other words, they come in pairs only.

  • When you place a utility connector and its partner goes to a stockpile, that partner connector is of the same type as the first connector you placed. In order to change the partner connector to the other type of utility connector, you must place the partner in its drawing and then replace the symbol. See Replace an Item Using Replace Mode.

  • When a drawing (Drawing A) becomes out-of-date for modifying its properties, then all the partner OPCs of Drawing A will also be shown as out-of-date with respect to Out-of-date model items. Therefore, update Drawing A first, to update the partner OPCs.