Associate Instrument Blocks Automatically (via Instrument Type) - Intergraph Smart Instrumentation - Help

1. In the Loop Drawings Module window, select Actions > Block - Instrument Type Assignment .

2. On the Block - Instrument Type Assignment dialog, in the Type data window column, select an instrument type.

   If there is a large number of instrument types in the data window, under Find instrument type, select a column heading and then type a value. For example, if you select Description as a column heading and type Control, in the data window, the software locates the instrument types whose description starts with Control.

3. Select Assign.

4. If you defined several instrument block types in the Drawing Block Types folder of the Domain Explorer, from the Block type list, select the appropriate instrument block type.

5. Select blocks that you want to assign to the instrument type.

   

   • If you select Show blocks of all types, the software displays all blocks belonging to all the instrument block types that you defined in the Drawing Block Types folder of the Domain Explorer. In addition to instrument blocks, the software displays all user-defined general blocks. If you assign a user-defined blocks to the instrument type, the software displays this block in all loop drawings that include an instrument belonging to the current instrument type.

   • Select View to open a block in your CAD application.

6. Select OK and then check the block assignment in the Loops folder of the Domain Explorer.

In the Loops folder of the Domain Explorer, the instrument blocks that you assigned appear under the tag numbers belonging to the instrument type that you selected. These blocks are indicated with .