Label Port Valves

The procedure can be used to label Port Valves.

Note: Optionally, all Port Valves on a drawing can be set to take their sizes from the pipes and items they are connected to. Refer to Set Valve Ports Sizes to those of Connected Items.

For details of the use of this procedure in the context of drawing P&IDs, refer to Label Port Valves.

Example

Associated Project Configuration Options

• If the default setting of the Place Port Size fields on Port Valves Properties dialogs is to be "True" (port sizes to be placed), the Place Port Sizes checkbox in the Valves - Labels Sub-Category must be checked.

• If unlabelled ports on port valves are to result in a warning being displayed during validation and/or export, the Port Error-Balloon Placement checkbox in Label Types Configuration Category must be checked.

Procedure

1. To label a port valve, proceed as described in the Labelling Valves procedure until the AVEVA P&ID Valve Properties dialog is displayed and complete the standard fields.

2. In addition to these standard fields, the Properties dialog for a port valve includes a number of extra fields:

   

   Note: Assuming the display of ports is switched on, refer to Turn the Display of Ports On and Off, the port currently being labelled is highlighted in a different colour on the drawing:

   

3. For each port, enter the name and a size. On the All Properties tab, specify whether or not this size will be displayed on the drawing (default setting is "No"). If the size is to be displayed, specify the drawing layer, angle, justification, height and width factor of the size text.

   Note: If a port is connected to another item (pipe, reducer etc), the sizes of valve ports will automatically be derived from this once the drawing is synchronized.
   All valve ports on a drawing can also be set to automatically inherit their sizes from connected items without synchronizing the drawing. Refer to Set Valve Ports Sizes to those of Connected Items.
   In both cases, port sizes cannot then be changed using the Properties dialog.

4. Once the Properties dialog has been completed, click OK.

   You will then be prompted to place the valve label data onto the drawing as described in the Label General Valves procedure. If you specified that port size data should be placed, you will also be prompted to select the insertion points for each port label that were set to be displayed.