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Setting up a Reference Datum

  • Last UpdatedAug 22, 2025
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For an element to be used as a reference datum, it must have:

  • An origin.

  • An SKEY attribute, or a parent with an SKEY attribute.

The elements the user can set up as reference datums are:

  • Datums

  • Equipment

  • Equipment and structural primitives such as boxes

  • Sections

  • Piping components

  • Point elements, if they have a parent with an SKEY attribute