View and Edit Compartment Typical Graphics

The graphical view of a compartment typical, at it would appear in a distribution diagram can be viewed and edited.

The graphical view can be accessed from buttons in the Compartment Typical window.

• Click Graphical Viewer KOL to view how the compartment typical will appear when part of a Key One Line diagram.

• Click Graphical Viewer SLD to view how the compartment typical will appear when part of a Single Line Diagram.

• Alternately, if changes have been made to the typical, a message is displayed when the Compartment Typical window is closed, informing the user of this, and asking whether the user wishes to view these changes graphically:

  

  Click Yes.

  Note:
  The graphical view of the compartment typical is displayed twice if this option is, one of each distribution diagram type.

A viewer window displaying the compartment typical is then displayed. For example:

If an item that was part of the typical has subsequently been deleted, a message is displayed to inform the user of this. For example:

View Options

The following facilities are located at the bottom of the window:

• To zoom in and out use the Scale slider, the plus and minus buttons, or hold down the Ctrl key and move the mouse wheel up (to zoom in) or down (to zoom out).

• Click Scale to Fit to zoom out or in so that contents of the diagram fit the window.

• To display a small window in the bottom-right corner of the main window displaying an overview of the diagram, click Overview.

Select Drawing Elements

To select the compartment container, compartment label or a compartment element, left-click on it. The selected item is surrounded by a green box.

To select multiple items either:

• Select items by left-clicking on their symbols and holding down the Shift key. The first item selected is surrounded by a green box, subsequent items by a blue box.

• Drawing a "box" around the items to be selected by left-clicking on one corner of the box dragging the cursor, while holding down the left mouse button to the opposite corner. A pink box is drawn around the selected area. Release the mouse button. All items fully in the box are then selected and are surrounded by blue boxes.

• Press Ctrl+A to select everything on the drawing. All items are surrounded by blue boxes.

Move Drawing Elements

To move elements, select them (see above) and drag them to the required location. Connections will stretch etc. to maintain links between elements.

Change Graphical Order of Compartment Typical Elements

To change the order in which elements are connected in the compartment typical, right-click on it. Select Connect from from the menu that is then displayed, then select the required element from the sub-menu. For example:

For element with symbols that have more than one connection point, further sub-menus will be available for each of them, listing the available (unused) connections. Select the required connection.

The order of the elements in the graphical view will then rearrange accordingly.

Note:
This is a graphical change only. It does not change which elements feed which other elements. This is set in the Compartment Typical window. Refer to Change Fed Item Assignments in Create Compartment Typicals.

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