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To select an item, you can use the Select Tool on the main toolbar. You can select pipe routes, equipment, valves, labels, and so forth, and you can select item groups, assemblies, or embedded or linked objects.

Selecting Single Items

To select an item, select the Select Tool PPM All Outputs Graphic on the main toolbar. When you select the Select Tool, the pointer changes to an arrow with a locate zone indicator at the end: PPM All Outputs Graphic. As you pause on items in a drawing, the items appear in the highlight color. When an item is highlighted, select to select it.

When you select an individual item, the following things happen:

  • The item changes to the selection color. You can change the selection color with the Tools > Options command.

  • The handles of the item appear if the item has handles. Handles are solid squares at significant positions on a selected item, such as end points and center points. Handles allow you to directly modify the item, such as dragging a handle to change the shape of the item. Although you can select more than one item at a time, only one item can have handles at a time.

If the item is linked or embedded into the current drawing, selecting it allows you to double-click it for editing.

You can also select drawing items by first selecting them in the Engineering Data Editor. The corresponding items are selected in the Drawing view if they reside in the active drawing.

Selecting Multiple Items

You can select more than one item at a time by selecting Select Tool PPM All Outputs Graphic and then holding CTRL or SHIFT as you select the items that you want to select.  Additionally, you can use the Select Tool and then drag to fence items.

When you select multiple items or grouped items, the items change to the selection color.

You can use the Select Tool Ribbon to choose if you want to select only items completely enclosed by the fence or any item that is partly enclosed by the fence. Many manipulation commands, like Delete, Move, Copy, and Rotate, can act upon all items in the select set.

You can also use Polygon Fence Locate PPM All Outputs Graphic to create a polygon shaped fence to select multiple items.

If you select multiple items in the Engineering Data Editor, these items are also selected in the active drawing, if they reside there. You construct a select set using the Engineering Data Editor in this way.

Whenever you have constructed a select set, you can choose single items from that set by using the Selected Items list at the top of the Properties window. A single item chosen in a select set this way is highlighted in a different color in the Drawing view.

Canceling the Selection of Items

To cancel the selection of an item or group of items, select any empty point on the drawing.

Selecting Items for Placement

To place an item in a drawing, you select it in Catalog Explorer or the stockpile. Then you click to select the position in the drawing to place the item. You cannot select more than one item for placement in a drawing at a time. After placement, you can select another item or press ESC to quit placement mode. Or, you can escape placement mode by right-clicking.