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  1. In the Catalog Explorer list view, select the piping component that you want to place.

  2. Drag the item to the appropriate pipe run in the drawing.

  3. Position the item and release.

  4. In the Properties window, enter values for the properties of the piping component in the appropriate rows in the table.

    • As you drag piping components over a pipe run, or the pointer passes over runs while you are in placement mode, the pipe run is highlighted. If you place a piping component when a pipe segment is not highlighted, the piping component is placed in free space if the placement rules allow the action.

    • If the item that you place has multiple possible orientations in relation to other items, you can use the Configuration (QuickPick) tool to select the appropriate placement for the item.

    • If you want to be able to place two inline components an arbitrary distance apart, regardless of minimum distance settings in Options Manager, do the following.

  5. Place the first component in the line.

  6. Place the second component into the line and connected to the connect point of the first component on the end that you want to attach to. You can see that the connect points are actually joined by the black rectangle in the Drawing view:

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  7. While holding down the ALT key, drag one component along the line away from the other leaving the desired distance between the two.

  8. If the components are already close to each other but not connected at coincident connect points, you must drag one off of the segment to disconnect it and then move it back to get the connect points attached.

  9. If you want to move a piping component but preserve its connection to the pipe run, you can use the ALT key as you drag the component. Then even if you drag the component away from the line, the line routes itself so as to preserve its connection to the component.