Non-Modal Properties Dialog

The non-modal Properties dialog is opened by select the P&ID Properties option in the Properties group of the Home tab:

The dialog displays details of whichever item is currently selected on the drawing. If no item is selected, the drawing properties are displayed.

The non-modal Properties dialog displays all the properties of the item, including UDAs etc, on a single tab.

Note: Tags, pipe sizes, instrument types and other validated data cannot be entered or changed using this dialog. A button in each tag field opens the relevant modal Properties dialog, in which the required values must be entered:

The modal dialog will include a field for all the data of the item that cannot be modified in the non-modal dialog.

Drawings can be labelled from the non-modal dialog by hovering the mouse over the value in the Properties dialog that the drawing is to be labelled with, then moving the cursor over the drawing. The user will then be prompted to pick a point place the label.