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Several of the delivered drawing view styles resymbolize pipes that are oriented normal to the view. When creating custom view styles, you can also apply the resymbolization graphic rule to these normal pipes.

The following model and volume is used as an example in this workflow to produce a drawing that resymbolizes pipes that are oriented normal to the view.

Create a New View Style

  1. In the Drawings and Reports task, click Tools > Define View Style.

  2. In the Define View Style dialog box, click New Style .

  3. Type a name for the new view style. In this example, the view style name is Piping Normal Resymbolize.

  4. Edit the view style by either double-clicking it or click Properties .

  5. In the Filter Behavior box, select Filters determine which objects are process (Volume).

  6. In the Intersection Edges box, select Off.

In this example, only piping parts are included in the view style. There is no limit to the number of filters you can add to a view style, but the ordering of the filters is important. For more information on the order of filters in a view style, see Drawing View Style Creation Process.

Configure the View Style Filters and Graphic Rules

  1. In the first row, select the Piping\Piping Parts filter and apply the Piping Plan_Piping graphic rule.

  2. In the second row, select the Piping\Piping Features\Piping Straight filter and select Normal for the Primary Orientation.

  3. In the Graphic Rule box, click More.

    1. In the Select Graphic Rule dialog box, select Replace Object(s) with Symbol in the Graphic Rule Type box.

    2. Click New.

      The Graphic Rule - Symbol dialog box displays.

    3. Type a name for the new graphic rule in the Rule Name box. In this example, the graphic rule is named Piping Plan_Normal Pipe Front.

    4. Select FrontClipPipe1.sym for the Symbol.

    5. In the Orientation box, select Orients as Replaced Object Did, and click OK.

    6. Select the new graphic rule in the Select Graphic Rule dialog box, and click OK.

  4. In the third row, select the Piping\Piping Parts\Piping Components filter and type ::Ports after the filter name.

  5. Select the graphic rule created in step 3 from the Graphic Rule box. If it is not displayed, select More and navigate to the graphic rule in the Select Graphic Rule dialog box.

Refer to the graphic below for an example of the finished Tests and Actions for the view style.

Create a New Graphic Preparation Rule

  1. In the Graphic Preparation Rules box, select More.

  2. In the Select Graphic Preparation Rule dialog box, click New.

  3. Type text in the Rule Name box. In this example, Piping Normal is used.

  4. In the first row, select the Piping\Piping Parts\Piping Components filter in the Filter Name box.

  5. In the Custom Module box, select PortsSeparator.dll.

  6. In the second row, select More in the Filter Name box.

    1. In the Select Filter dialog box, click New SQL Filter .

    2. Type text in the Name box of the New SQL Filter Properties dialog box. In this example, Piping Ports is used.

    3. On the General tab, type select oid from JDPipePort in the Text of SQL query box.

    4. Click OK.

    5. Select the Piping Ports filter from the <IndustryType> Filters section, and click OK.

  7. In the Custom Module box, select MakeDrawable.dll.

  8. In the third row, select the Piping\Piping Features\Piping Straight filter in the Filter Name box.

  9. In the Custom Module box, select MakeDrawable.dll, and click OK.

  10. Select the Piping Normal rule in the Select Graphic Preparation Rule dialog box, and click OK.

  11. Click OK on the View Style Properties dialog box.

    Below is a graphic of the finished view style.

After creating and updating a drawing that uses the Piping Normal Resymbolize view style, the drawing output is similar to the graphic below.

See Also

View Style Rules
Define View Style Command (Tools Menu)
Custom Graphic Rule Dialog Box
Custom Graphic Modules