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When you work in an integrated environment in Common, you must identify the objects that will be modified and associate them with a project. This identification is also known as claiming.

The Claim command creates a relationship between the selected object and a project object.

  • In an integrated environment, exclusive claims are specific to the tool. Although a Smart 3D project has exclusive claim on a piece of equipment, SmartPlant P&ID and Aspen Basic Engineering users can still claim and modify the 2D version of the object in their respective tools.

  • You should publish the model prior to claiming. For more information on publishing the model, see the Drawings and Reports Help.

You can claim objects in the software by selecting objects in the model, choosing an active WBS project or an active As-Built project, and then clicking the Claim command. You can also use the View P&ID command or create a select filter to choose objects for claiming.

To claim objects to a project, you must have Write permission to the project. However, Write permission to the project is not necessary in order to modify those objects. For example, piping designers only need Write permission to the piping features and parts, not to the project.

Certain objects require Write permission to other related objects for modifications, but the related objects are not claimed automatically when you claim the primary object, such as nozzles on equipment. If you try to modify the relationship between the objects, the software displays a permission error stating that you have not claimed both objects.

In other cases, the software automatically claims objects that are related to the object that you are claiming. For example, control points are claimed when you claim the parent object, such as a piece of equipment. This behavior goes both ways. If you claim the equipment, the associated control points are also claimed. Other examples are supports/support components, member systems/member parts, member systems/frame connections, slabs/openings, and slabs/slab assembly connections.

To reassign a claim to the as-built, use Project > Release Claim . This command moves the claimed objects back to as-built for a WBS project and back to initial state for an As-Built project, as well as releasing any relationships to other projects. Reassigning a claim is a two-step process. First, you use Release Claim to set the relationship back to as-built, and then you claim to a new project. To release a claim in an integrated environment, you must switch to Drawings and Reports and publish at least one document containing the released objects.