Displays when you select Route Pipe Command 
on the Piping Tab.
Piping Commands
Select an end feature, a straight feature, a point in space, or a nozzle to start the pipe run.
Creates, models, and extends pipe runs quickly and precisely.
Joins two existing pipe segments in the model. You can connect the pipe segments by selecting an end feature, a nozzle, a straight feature, an olet, a tee, or a surface mounted component. Also, you can bypass a pipe run by selecting a straight feature, an olet, or a tee. The software displays all possible route paths along the active coordinate system between the selected from and to points.
Places components such as valves, steam traps, strainers, tees, turns, and fire protection items.
Places a tap on components in the model. A tap is used to drain, vent, or attach an instrument to a piping component.
Select
Route From
Click to define the start point. Use a locate filter (
) to help define the start point.
Route To
Click to define the terminating point. Use a locate filter ( ) to help define the end point.
No Constraint
Clears the working plane. You can route in any direction.
East Plane
Limits routing to the XZ plane.
North Plane
Limits routing to the YZ plane.
Elevation Plane
Limits routing to the XY plane.
Save Working Plane
Saves the current working plane so you can quickly select it again.
All
Click to enable the selection of end features, pipe nozzles, straight features, or any point in the model space. You need to use this option when defining pipe run turns between the pipe run ends.
End Feature
Click to limit selection to pipe end features. You cannot select a point in model space with this option.
Pipe Nozzle
Click to limit selection to pipe nozzles. You cannot select a point in model space with this option.
Straight Feature
Click to limit selection to pipe straight features. You cannot select a point in model space with this option.
Run
Displays the options to select pipe runs and create a new pipe run.
Select
Specifies a parent run from the graphic view or from the System Hierarchy Explorer. You can also select recently used runs from the Select Run list.
Select from P&ID
Currently not implemented.
New Pipe Run
Displays the Pipe Run Controls. Use this option to create a new pipe run.
More
Displays the Select Run Dialog. Use this option to select a pipe run that is associated with a different pipeline.
Select Run
Displays recently selected pipe runs from which you can select a pipe run.
Run Parent
Displays the name of the parent pipeline. Hover over this field for a tooltip that displays the entire system path.
Position and Orientation
Length (6) (Shift+6 to lock)
Type or select the length for the pipe. The tooltip displays the minimum allowed pipe length setting value.
Purchase Length
Select to use the defined pipe purchase length for the piping material class.
Angle (7) (Shift+7 to lock)
Type or select an angle for the current route segment.
Automatic Angle Lock On
Specifies whether the Angle lock should automatically lock when you type a new angle value into the Angle box.
Commodity
Straight Option
Select the option code associated with the pipe to use while routing. Only those option codes defined in the controlling piping specification appear.
Turn Option
Select the option code associated with the turn component to use while routing. Only those option codes defined in the controlling piping specification and shared by all the short codes that can be placed automatically while routing appear. The software displays only the options available for all short codes available during routing. For example, if a pipe spec writer added a second choice for a 90º direction change, then route would not display that option in the list.
Offset Reference
Controls the SmartSketch offset constraint when routing a pipe.
No Offset
Specifies that you do not want to use the offset constraint to help route the pipe.
External Offset
Routes a pipe a specified distance from another object, such as another pipe running
parallel to the one you are placing. Select the pipe reference from which you want
to measure the offset. You can turn off the offset option by selecting No Offset .
External Offset
Type the distance that you want to offset.
Centerline
Select this option if you want to measure the offset from the centerline of a pipe run.
Pipe Surface
Select this option if you want to measure the offset from the outside surface of a pipe run.
Insulation Surface
Select this option if you want to measure from the outside insulation surface.
Largest Surface
Select this option if you want to measure from the object that has the greatest diameter on the pipe run. The object could be the pipe surface, insulation surface, a flange, a valve, or any other pipe part.
Staggered
Select this option to measure from the largest object on the pipe that you are routing to the largest surface on the pipe that you are referencing. Use this option when you want to get pipe centerlines as close as possible by staggering the location of split flanges.
Cardinal Point
Routes a pipe by the top, sides, bottom, or invert elevation of the pipe instead of the pipe centerline. You must use Precision Input to lock the plane when using this option.
Include Insulation Thickness
Select this option to include the pipe's insulation thickness when calculating the cardinal point offset. Clear this option to have the cardinal point be the edge of the pipe and ignore the insulation thickness.
Slope
Displays the slope options for the run. These options are available only when you define a slope on the New Pipe Run Dialog.
Slope
Indicates that the pipe leg is sloped. By default, Slope is read-only.
Minimum Slope
Specifies the minimum slope value for the pipe run. You cannot type a slope value
that is less than the Minimum Slope specified for the pipe run. Click Minimum Slope to replace the slope value with the Minimum Slope value. Hover over the Minimum Slope glyph to display the minimum slope of the pipe run.
Slope
Specifies the slope value. Select a value from the list or type the slope value in
the Slope box. You can change the units of measure for the slope using Menu 
> Options Dialog > Units of Measure.
Typing 0 degree or 90 degrees in the Slope box adds the Horizontal and Vertical options to the list.
Lock or 
Unlock Slope
Toggles the Slope box between locked and unlocked modes. To lock the Slope box, type a value, and then press Enter.
Low Point
Indicates that the selected pipe run end point is the lowest point on the pipe run.
High Point
Indicates that the selected pipe run end point is the highest point on the pipe run.
Multiple Slopes
Indicates that the pipe run slopes both up and down. After you define multiple slope orientations on a pipe run, you cannot clear this selection.
We recommend that you only route pipe runs with multiple slope orientations when
absolutely necessary.