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Whether you are routing pipe or signal lines, you can manipulate all lines by using the same basic procedures. After you select a type of line route from the Catalog Explorer list view, use the commands on the Line Routing ribbon to help construct or modify the line.

Lines consist of a series of line segments. The software places handles, represented by black squares or dots, at each segment vertex along the line route. You can use these vertex handles to move, reroute, or connect lines. You can add vertices to add segments to the line using the commands on the Line Routing ribbon.

The software also provides a shortcut menu associated with lines. Right-click a line and choose from several commands. You use this menu to break runs or join runs. You can also use this menu to construct select sets of pipe runs.

Line Connectivity

When a new pipe run is placed such that it connects to existing pipe runs at either end, those pipe runs are automatically joined together if they have the same properties. The symbol placement command creates a new line when an inline component is placed directly up against an existing nozzle or other inline component. The pipe run created in this way has a zero length connector that attaches the two symbols. Pipe runs that only have zero length connectors are aggressively joined up with the pipe runs they attach to; the properties for pipe runs with zero length connectors need not match. The zero length pipe run that gets created when one inline component is placed directly up against another inline component is automatically joined to the existing pipe run, too. When a new pipe run is placed that starts or ends at a component that belongs to an existing pipe run, the new pipe run is automatically joined with the existing pipe run. When a new pipe run is placed that starts or ends at the endpoint of an existing connector, the two pipe runs are joined and the new connector is actually merged with the existing connector. The automatic joining takes place in the same way for both placement and modification of connectors. At the time that the connection is made, the two pipe runs are tested for compatibility. If they pass the property criteria, they are automatically joined together.

If two pipe runs have different properties, they are not automatically joined together. If you want them joined together, the Join Runs command is still available for this purpose. Of course when two pipe runs with differing properties are joined into one, the properties of the surviving pipe run are retained and the others are lost. Similarly, if you must define two different properties for two parts of a single pipe run, then the pipe run must be broken. The Break Run command is still available for this purpose.

Pipe runs always consist of a linear sequence of members and never include any branches. Placing a pipe run that branches off of an existing pipe run does not cause them to be joined together. Reducers are always located at the end of a pipe run and never in the middle. Placing a new pipe run that connects to a reducer does not result in the pipe runs being joined.

Auto Join

Pipe runs are automatically joined together whenever possible.  When a new pipe run is placed, and it connects to existing pipe runs at either end, those pipe runs are automatically joined together if they have the same attribute values. Pipe runs that only have zero length connectors are joined with the pipe runs they attach to. (The attribute values for pipe runs with zero length connectors do not need to match.) This means that both the bottom-up and the top-down approaches produce the same final result.

When a new pipe run is placed that starts or ends at a component that belongs to an existing pipe run, the new pipe run is automatically joined with the existing pipe run. When a new pipe run is placed that starts or ends at the endpoint of an existing connector, the two pipe runs are joined and the new connector is actually merged with the existing connector.

The automatic joining takes place in the same way for both placement and modification of connectors. At the time the connection is made the two pipe runs are tested for compatibility. If they pass the attribute criteria, they are automatically joined together.  The zero length pipe run that is created when one inline component is placed directly up against another inline component is automatically joined to the existing pipe run.

Pipe runs always consist of a linear sequence of members and never include any branches. Placing a pipe run that branches off of an existing pipe run does not cause them to be joined together.

Reducers are always located at the end of a pipe run and never in the middle. Placing a new pipe run that connects to a reducer does not result in the pipe runs being joined.

If two pipe runs have different attribute values, they are not automatically joined together. If you want them joined, the Join Runs command is to be used.  When two pipe runs with differing attribute values are joined into one, the attributes of the surviving pipe run are retained and the others are discarded. Similarly, if you must define two different attribute values for two parts of a single pipe run, then the pipe run must be broken. The Break Run command is used.

All of the above information about pipe runs also applies to signal runs.