Setting SCVALV GTYP to INST rather than VALV

Description

It is now possible to use INST as a GTYP on SCVALV elements instead of VALV, VTWA or VFWA gtypes. To achieve this, the master shape must have the ‘Classify as Instrument (GTYPE=INST)’ option checked on the Edit/Import master dialog.

When this option is checked in the master item, all SCVALV’s that will be created from this master will have GTYPE set to INST.

Changing existing items

1. Changes on opened diagram

   It is possible to change existing SCVALV gtyp from VALV, VTWA or VFWA to INST using the shape context menu option ‘Replace Symbol’.

   

   If your current item has a GTYP different to INST and you replace this shape with a master that have the ‘Classify as Instrument’ option checked, then after shape replace, the system will change GTYP from the existing one to INST and give a warning message in the System Message Log. Of course this can work the opposite way around. The system is able to change INST GTYP to VALV, VTWA or VFWA.

2. Batch changes

   In case you have many diagrams and you want to update all items on all drawings you can use the ‘Update symbols according to master shapes’ option from the Batch Job update:

Before you can use this option you have to modify the masters that were used to create valves by checking/unchecking the ‘Classify as Instrument’ check box. After that, you need to select it using the dialog below:

In case the system will change GTYP during this operation, a warning message will be displayed in the batch job log.

Specification search during batch job

If GTYP has been changed and existing item has valid SPRE attribute set then system will try to find the new specification. The search algorithm is presented below:

For More Information

Refer to User Guide Diagrams / Utilities / Batch Job.