Positioning
Process and Instrument Design
Positioning is project-specific.
In practice, diagram drawings are saved in either of the following:
- A project in a local G4 archive
- To Flow, so that the schema drawing has a project link.
- If you have added positions into a 3D model, you can set them to be visible in a PI schema. Show Positions Added to a 3D Model in a PI Schema
- Other Functions Related to Positioning
Positioning a Diagram Line
- Pipe lines can be formed by a single continuous line or by several lines.
- You can add the same position for a diagram line (pipe line), as the line can continue in several diagrams.
- It is sufficient for one of the lines in the pipe line to be incorporated with information on the entire pipe line.
Do as follows:
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Double-click the diagram line in the drawing.
The pipe line data opens, where you can enter the position and process data.
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Enter the position data.
Vertex informs you if position data has previously been entered. The data is recorded only once in the Flow system or in a local external database.
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Click OK.
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Select text properties for the contextual toolbar fields.
The default text attributes are those selected earlier.
- Click a location for the position text.
If you have created the line with several line sections, you can also copy the data for all sections of the line.
- By double-clicking the position text, you can view the lines to which the position text is related.
Positioning a Diagram Symbol
- Double-click a diagram symbol in the drawing.
The symbol data opens, where you can enter the position and process data.
- Proceed by doing either of the following:
- If a type has been specified for the symbol, Vertex automatically opens the data appropriate for that type. For more details, see Save a Diagram Symbol in the Symbol Library
- If the type has not been set, you can select the type from the list.
- Choose the position data and confirm.
Carry-Over Data - Symbol and Diagram Line
Symbol
- You can decide, for example, the position to which a component or instrument is connected.
Click the button in the Relating Pos field.
- If you add a component to a positioned diagram line, the Relating Pos data for the component is defined automatically.
- The element adheres to the information in the Relating Pos field. If you modify the field data, the corresponding information of the related element is updated.
Diagram Line
- The From-To data relating to a diagram line can be indicated in the diagram: where the line begins and where it ends.
Click the button in the data, and indicate the line or symbol.