Sets options for adding a valve or other components into a pipe run.
Properties
Activates the Pipe Component Feature Properties Dialog. You can use this dialog to specify how the specifications of the component are defined. You can specify component specifications in one of three ways:
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Select the pipe run into which the component is being placed.
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Select a specification directly.
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Select the part specification in the catalog.
Select Straight or End Feature
Select the pipe, pipe end, or nozzle on which you want to place a component.
Type
Displays a list of available component short codes based on the piping specification and nominal diameter of the object selected along with the geometry at the insertion location. Select the type of component that you want to insert.
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Select the <Specify Component Tag> option to specify the tagged component that you want to use. You can also select <Specify Component Tag> to place items available from retrieved Dimensional Data Sheet information. See Specify Component Tag Dialog.
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Select Browse custom instruments to insert a custom instrument from the catalog. Clicking the Browse custom instruments option displays the Browse custom instruments Dialog. This dialog allows you to browse custom instruments available in the catalog.
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Select Browse piping custom specialties to insert a piping specialty component from the catalog. Clicking the Browse piping custom specialties option displays theBrowse piping custom specialties Dialog. This dialog allows you to browse piping custom specialties available in the catalog.
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Select <Default Branch> to place the default branch component as defined in the branch table. This option is not available when you select a pipe end feature.
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Select <Default Turn> or <Default Reducer> to place the default turn or the default reducer as defined in the piping specification. The <Default Turn> and <Default Reducer> options are only available when you select a pipe end feature.
Option
Displays the option of the selected component. In addition, the Option drop-down list contains any options defined in the piping specification for the short code selected in the Type list. Selecting a value from the Option list updates the objects. See Pipe Specification in the Piping Reference Data Help.
Enter Insertion Point
Positions the component that you are placing along the pipe that you selected. You can use Tools > PinPoint Command and Tools > Point Along Command to define the precise location of the component on the pipe run.
Finish
Places the component in the pipe run.
Run
Specifies to which pipe run the component belongs to. If the component that you are placing is a branching or run change component, the software displays a list of runs from which you can select.
Select <New Pipe Run> if you need a new run. If you specify that the component should be created as a new run by selecting <New Pipe Run> from the Run list, the software populates the New Pipe Run Dialog with the properties belonging to the existing run (that is, the run you selected in which to insert the component). If the properties of the existing run do not match the defaults specified in the piping system, the software displays a dialog asking you if you want to use the properties of the System, Run, or None.
Select <New/Continue Pipe Run> to automatically extend an existing pipe run by selecting the end feature of that pipe run. If a run is continued, all runs associated with the pipeline parent of the continued run appear in the list. If you do not select an end feature, the New Pipe Run Dialog automatically activates to create a pipe run.
Select <Select from P&ID> to graphically select a run in a P&ID to route. When you select the run in the P&ID, the software checks to see if the run already exists in the Smart 3D model. If the run does exist, the current run is set to that run. If the run does not exist, the See New Pipe Run Dialog displays using values from the run that you selected in the P&ID as the defaults. When you click OK, the run is created, and then correlated to the run in the P&ID.
Select <Select Graphically> to select an existing run in a graphic view, the Workspace Explorer, or the P&ID View.
Name
Displays the name of the component being inserted.
Flip
Select this option to change the component port that is connected to the selected port. If you are inserting a lateral, tee, or other tee-type branch into a length of pipe or between two other components, only the inline ports of the component are available. However, if you insert the same component at the end of a pipe or at a nozzle, all component ports are available. This option is not available while inserting a component in free space. Use Axis of Rotation, Rotate , and Angle to flip the component in free space.
Reference position
Slides the component that you are inserting so that its origin or selected port is positioned at the insertion point. If the selected reference position does not lie along the axis of the leg, then the software projects the position so that it intersects the axis and the component slides so that the projected point is located at the insertion point.
Select Specify Reference Position to select in the graphics window a mating part, or an associated port, that you want to use as the reference position. The Reference position box updates with the name of the object that you selected.
Axis of rotation
Specifies the axis of rotation for the component. This option is only available while inserting a component in free space. The default option is the X-axis in plant mode, and E-axis in ship mode.
Rotate
Select to rotate the component about the pipe or the axis of rotation interactively.
Angle
Specifies the rotation angle for the component about the pipe or axis.
Operator Angle
Specifies the angle to rotate the valve operator about the valve stem. This angle does not affect the valve body.
Branch Position
Select which side of the pipe to place the non-radial tangential or non-tangential component.
Distance
Specifies the distance along the base component between the branch fitting or component and the specified reference port on the component. This option is available only when you select a base component.
Reference Port
Specifies the port on the base component from which to measure the distance to the branch component or the fitting. This option is available only when you select a base component.
Component Orientation
Sets the orientation for the branch fitting or component. This option is available only if the selected base component is a turn feature (such as an elbow or pipe bend), ALF end leg, or end component (cap, blind flange, and so forth).
Aligns the branch fitting or component parallel to the base component. This is the default option.
Aligns the branch fitting or component perpendicular to the base component.