Modification Options

To display the Modification drop-down list, right click over a highlighted line(s) in the Modify Component window.

Modify Specification

To modify the specification of selected components in the Modify Components window, click Modify Specification from the pop-up menu. The Select Piping Spec window is displayed:

Note:
Normally any items which are not in the same spec as the current branch are ignored by this process, which allows for items such as pipe supports and special components to remain untouched.

From the Specification drop-down list, select a new specification, click to select the Apply changes to out of spec check box, this forces the selection process to look at all components regardless of their original specification.

Click Apply to start the search process to find equivalent components in the selected specification and close the Select Piping Spec window. The Component List is refreshed to show the new components.

At this point only suggestions of what the new components will be and it does not make any changes to the design.

Any items which could not be found in the new specification are listed as having ‘No selection available’ and will not be changed if the other changes are applied.

A selection summary panel is displayed at the bottom of the form to show the results of the specification selection process.

In the component list the components that are selected will be highlighted appropriately. The components with a selection available and with no selection available will be highlighted using the colour scheme which is defined in the highlighting tab, described in Choose a Component.

If the results are satisfactory, click Apply, to accept the changes. Select the Error Messages tab to display a list showing any anomalies and these can the be corrected by inserting or deleting reducers.

Click Undo to discard any changes and return the attributes to the default, or Dismiss to close the Component Changes window.

Modify Bore

To modify the bore of selected components in the Modify Components window, click Modify Bore from the pop-up menu. The Select Bore window is displayed:

From the Bore: drop-down list, select a new bore, click Apply to start the search process to find equivalent components in the selected specification and close the Select Bore window. The Component List is refreshed to show the new components.

At this point only suggestions of what the new components will be and it does not make any changes to the design.

Any items which could not be found in the new specification are listed as having ‘No selection available’ and will not be changed if the other changes are applied.

A selection summary panel is displayed at the bottom of the form to show the results of the specification selection process.

In the component list the components that are selected will be highlighted appropriately. The components with a selection available and with no selection available will be highlighted using the colour scheme which is defined in the highlighting tab, described in Choose a Component.

Modify Insulation Specification

To modify the insulation specification of selected components in the Modify Components window, click Modify Insulation Spec from the pop-up menu. The Select Insulation Spec window is displayed:

From the Insulation spec: drop-down list, click Apply to start the search process to find equivalent components in the selected specification and close the Select Insulation Spec window. The Component List is refreshed to show the new components.

Modify Tracing Specification

To modify the tracing specification of selected components in the Modify Components window, click Modify Tracing Spec from the pop-up menu. The Select Tracing Spec window is displayed:

From the Tracing Spec: drop-down list, click Apply to start the search process to find equivalent components in the selected specification and close the Select Tracing Spec window. The Component List is refreshed to show the new components.