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Smart P&ID Version
10
Smart Engineering Manager Version
11
SmartSketch Version
10.0(2018)
  1. Select several components in the drawing. You can select more than one item at a time by dragging the pointer to fence objects. To remove an item from the selection, select it while pressing CTRL.

  2. Select File > Save as Assembly.

  3. Use the red target that appears at the end of your pointer to specify the origin of the assembly for placement.

    SHARED Tip You can only use a standalone symbol as the origin of an assembly. For example, you cannot use labels, pipe runs, signal runs, or child items; however, you can use unattached ends of pipe runs.

  4. On the Save as Assembly dialog, enter the file name.

  5. Select Save.

  • Any graphics that have been band-aided should be deleted and replaced prior to using this command.

  • The file extension for assemblies is .pid.

  • You can save an assembly in any directory that you want, but the default assembly path is specified in Options Manager. If you use the default folder, then you can retrieve the assembly from Catalog Explorer. In order to save assemblies, you must have write permissions to the folder defined in Options Manager.

  • Assemblies can be created in one plant and used in another. However, the file structure and symbols must be identical. If you try to place an assembly into a plant that uses a different file structure, you get an error message that the software cannot find your reference files. The assembly placement quits. Move the symbols that cannot be found to the location indicated in the error message.