Using Tube Shapes

Valves, fittings and instruments are normally connected by tube elements. These can be created by dragging and dropping in a similar manner as the parts described above. Tubes are represented by Visio connector shapes, while all other inline parts are represented by Visio 2D shapes. Please refer to the MS Visio documentation for further information about the behavior of connector shapes and 2D shapes.

The main difference between a branch shape and a tube shape is that while the branch will create branch, segment and tube elements in one go, the tube will only create the tube element and can thereby be used to extend an existing branch.