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Click SmartPlant > Retrieve to retrieve the P&ID drawing that contains the pipe runs for that branch. You can skip this step if the P&ID has already been retrieved.
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Click SmartPlant > View P&ID to view the P&ID drawing that contains pipe runs.
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Review the P&ID to determine where you need to insert the tee or branch in the model. Specifically, you need to identify the header and branch pipe runs.
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Click Insert Component
on the vertical toolbar.
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Select the header run in which to insert the tee or another branch component.
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Select the component type and the option in the Type and Option boxes.
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Position the component on the header pipe run.
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Click Finish.
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Using the Route Pipe
command, route the branch pipe run into the branch component that you just placed on the header pipe run.
As you model and branch into a header line, a tee is automatically generated by the
software.