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You can use this dialog to add a new hook-up under the hook-up type you selected in the Domain Explorer. Also, this dialog allows you to create hook-ups in batch mode by duplicating existing hook-ups. When duplicating a hook-up, the software also copies instruments and items associated with the source hook-up.

You can select multiple hook-ups in the Domain Explorer and use the Previous and Next buttons to edit properties of the selected hook-ups one after another.

Global path

Displays the global path set for hook-up drawing block files.

Hook-up type

Displays the hook-up type to which this hook-up belongs. If you right-click the Hook-Ups folder and click New > Hook-Up, the box displays a list of hook-up types. You can then select the hook-up type under which you want to create a hook-up.

Hook-up

Edit the existing hook-up name or type a new name (names are not case-sensitive). For example, a hook-up name TYPICAL AIR SUPPLY is the same as Typical Air Supply.

Hook-up description

Edit the existing description or type a new description, If the same name is used for more than one hook-up then the description must be unique.

Hook-up sub-library

Displays a sub-library to which the hook-up is assigned and contains a list of sub-libraries that the current item library contains. If you did not assign the hook-up to any user-defined sub-library, the software associates the hook-up with the default sub-library. If you set another library as the active item library, the software automatically assigns the hook-up to the default sub-library of the new active item library.

You can assign any new hook-up to any sub-library available in the list. You can always assign any hook-up to the default sub-library because it contains all hook-up items in the active item library.

You can change the existing assignment of a hook-up sub- library under the following conditions:

  • If the hook-up has associated instruments with pipe spec data, the target user-defined sub-library must also have pipe specs suitable for association of these instruments .

  • The target user-defined sub- library must contain all items that are assigned to the hook-ups.

Applied generation method

Displays the hook-up drawing generation method you applied manually to the hook- up, this is CAD or Enhanced Report. If you do not apply the generation method, when generating the hook-up drawing, the software uses the default method you selected on the Preferences dialog. For details, see Set Default Generation Method for Hook-Up Drawings.

Drawing block name

Displays the name of the file that you specified in the Drawing block file name and path box.

You can change the file name and extension as you require.

For MicroStation .cel files, type only the file name without the extension.

Drawing block file name and path

Select Browse to navigate to the drawing block file name and path.

  • When using SmartSketch, navigate to the file with the .sym extension. You can also use files with the .dgn or .dwg extensions.

  • When using MicroStation, navigate to the file with the .cel extension.

  • When using AutoCAD, navigate to the file with the .dwg extension.

Generation output path (available only after you specify the paths to your CAD application on the Hook-Ups > File Locations page of the Preferences dialog)

Displays the drawing generation file path if you generated a hook-up drawing for the source hook- up. You set the output path prior to generating a hook-up drawing, in the Generate Hook-Up Drawings dialog.

Pipe Specs (only available when the sub-library that you selected is user-defined)

Displays pipe specs associated with the user-defined sub-library you selected from the Hook- up sub-library list on the Hook-Up Properties dialog. You associate pipe specs with sub-libraries using the Reference Explorer (right-click a user-defined sub-library and, on the shortcut menu, click Actions > Associate Pipe Specs with Sub-Libraries).

View

Opens the drawing block that you entered under Drawing block file name and path in the CAD application installed on your computer.