Using Nozzles

Nozzle shapes can be added to equipment items by dragging and dropping onto an equipment item. They can be attached to a connection point on the equipment item (‘Glue to connection point’) or just to the geometry (‘Snap to Geometry’). Nozzle items will then be created under the equipment item in the DB. In case a nozzle shape is not connected to an equipment item on drop, it can be connected later, but it will not be defined in the database until it is connected to an equipment item.

Note:
When dragging a nozzle to connect to an equipment item, it is important that the mouse pointer is close to the connection point on the nozzle that you want to connect to it. Otherwise Visio will not find the correct connection.

The nozzle specification can be set by right-clicking on the nozzle shape and selecting the Nozzle Specification command. This will bring up the Nozzle Specification dialog.

In the Nozzle Specification dialog, the Specification, Generic Type and Nominal bore can be selected, and this will result in a specification reference. When the OK button is clicked, the specification reference will be updated in the CATREF attribute of the nozzle.

Branches can now be created and connected to the nozzle.