Create equipment associated with an assembly from an ABE source - Intergraph Smart P&ID - 11 - Help - Intergraph

Open the To Do List window.

Select a Create task for an ABE source item.

To find a source item quickly, type all or part of its Source Tag value in the Search field or follow the procedure in the topic Find ABE tasks in the To Do List.

On the toolbar, select Properties .

Select the Create tab.

Beside the Catalog item field, select the ellipsis .

From the Catalog Item window, select a folder with the assembly you want to associate, for example: Assemblies > Equipment.

From the lower pane, select an assembly.

• Because the ABE tag is broken down to single items of a particular type, for example P-100A, representing a pump, you should choose an assembly with a single equipment as the catalog item because only one equipment in the assembly will receive the properties from ABE. If no suitable assembly exists, you can create one yourself (for details, see Create an Assembly).

• For ABE streams, you should choose a pipe run as the catalog item, not an assembly.

The Select Main Item of Assembly Dialog opens, displaying all the graphical elements of the assembly. Only the symbols available for selection as the main assembly item are highlighted while the other elements of the assembly are grayed out.

Select an available item to represent the main assembly item and select OK.

The symbol you select becomes the main item of the assembly for placement in the drawing and this item will receive the incoming properties from ABE when you run the task. The item type of the selected symbol also determines the EDE view under which the assembly will be available. For example, if the main item of the assembly is a pump, the assembly will appear under the EDE views Equipment-Mechanical, Equipment, Representation, Plant Item, and Matching Saved Views. The item can be placed from all views except Representation.

If required, under the Item Properties section of the Create tab, select the Ignore check box beside any properties you want the software to ignore when running the task.

If you select the Ignore check box, the software ignores the property for the current and subsequent retrieve sessions unless the value of the property changes in the published data, in which case that property is no longer ignored the next time you retrieve the ABE data. To ignore a property for the current retrieve session only, clear both the Activate and Ignore check boxes beside the property.

Select OK to close the task Properties dialog.

When several Create tasks are generated from an ABE source item, the assembly selected for the first Create task is also selected for the other Create tasks of all related items.

Run the Create tasks for each related item you want to create in Smart P&ID.

• The drawing must be active for the tasks to run. A Create task cannot be run for an inactive drawing.

• A new Create task will replace any unexecuted related Create task in the To Do List.

For an ABE source item associated with an assembly, each item created is sent to the Active Drawing Stockpile (regardless of the toggle state of the To Do List Create in Drawing command), from where it can be placed in the drawing. For details, see Working with ABE Items in the EDE.