Draw Signal Lines

Signal lines are added to the drawing canvas by dragging from the Symbol Palette, P&ID Explorer or directly from the grid.

Signal lines are created as connectors.

Connected Items

Signal lines can be connected to equipment items, centerlines, inline components and instruments.

The first connected and second connected values indicate the items that are connected to a signal line.

To display the first connected and second connected attributes, select the centerline on the drawing canvas.

Open the Attributes window and navigate to the First Connected or Second Connected attribute.

Show Arrows

The flow direction of signal lines can be indicated with arrow heads on the drawing canvas.

To modify the show arrows attribute, select the signal line on the drawing canvas.

Open the Attributes window and navigate to the Show Arrows attribute.

Select True to display arrow heads on the drawing canvas for the selected signal line, select False to omit arrow heads from the drawing canvas for the selected signal line.The default value is specified using the P&ID Advanced Settings in the Configuration module.

Refer to Symbol Palette, P&ID Explorer, Add Grid Records and Advanced Settings for further information.