Label Inline Fittings

The procedure can be used to label Inline Fittings (including Special Piping Items).

Note: For the procedure for labelling inline equipment (rather than fittings), refer to Label Equipment (with or without Trim).

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

Examples

Associated Project Configuration Options

• The boilerplate text to replace the defaults of Prefix, Tag, Number and Suffix in the Line Fitting Properties dialog is specified in the Miscellaneous - Labels Sub-Category of the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program.

• Line fitting labels may automatically have a symbol placed with them when they are inserted. For example, they may be placed in a box. This functionality is switched on and off, the required symbol selected, whether manual placement is required and if not the offset from the label specified using the Line Fittings Symbol section of the Line Fittings - Settings Sub-Category.

• The coordinates of Line Fitting label components relative to the insertion point of the symbol are specified in the Line Fittings Label Position section of the Line Fittings - Settings Sub-Category.

• Inheritance between line fitting label and sheet attribute fields, and whether or not inherited values are displayed on P&IDs, is set up using the Line Fittings - Settings Sub-Category.

• The project may be set to check that special piping item line fitting labels in all P&IDs in the project are unique using the Label Validation across P&IDs section of the Line Fittings - Settings Sub-Category.

• If the line fittings code field is to be enabled by default in the Line Fitting Properties dialog, the Code Label checkbox in the Line Fittings - Settings Sub-Category must be checked.

• If line fittings are to be labelled with their line fitting codes, the Add Code Label checkbox in the Line Fittings - Settings Sub-Category must be checked.

• If valve SPP labels are to use the label format set up for line fittings, check the Use Line Fitting Label format for SPP Labels checkbox in the Valves - Settings Sub-Category.

  Note: Line Fitting Label Symbol checkbox in the Line Fittings - Settings Sub-Category must also be checked for the Use Line Fitting Label format for SPP Labels setting to take effect. If either of these checkboxes are unchecked, valve SPP labels must be placed "manually".

• A DataSet attribute can be selected for export to the Reporting database as the SPP Tag property of Line Fittings. The attribute is created and selected using the Line Fittings – Tag Format Sub-Category.

• Whether or not auto-labelling is on by default is set in the Miscellaneous - Labels Sub-Category pane.

Inherit Label Data from the Owning Pipe Label

Line fittings data may be inherited from the label of the owning pipe, as set-up in the Line Fittings - Settings Sub-Category of the AVEVA P&ID Project Administration program. For details of setting up the inheritance, refer to Set Symbols to Inherit Label Data from a Manually Selected Pipe.

If a line fittings has the inherited values in its label edited, this will cancel the inheritance.

Inheritance can be switched on and off for an item using the Inheritance field.

Procedure

1. The procedure may operate automatically if auto-labelling for line fittings is on. If this is the case, the AVEVA P&ID Line Fittings Properties dialog displays automatically when an instrument is placed on the drawing.

   If auto-labelling is not on, or to edit an existing label, start the procedure by either:

   • selecting the symbol to be labelled on The Drawing Page, then selecting Properties from the shortcut menu, or

   • selecting the Properties option in the Properties group of the Home tab.

     Note: Labels can also be viewed using the Non-Modal Properties Dialog, but tags cannot be directly entered into this dialog. Other details can be entered or changed however, and the drawing labelled with them.

2. If the first method of starting the procedure is followed, the AVEVA P&ID Line Fitting Properties dialog for the symbol is then displayed.

   If the other method is followed, the Command prompt will display:

   Select Item to Label, or Label to Modify:

   Pick the item to be labelled.

3. The AVEVA P&ID Line Fitting Properties dialog is then displayed:

   

   Enter the optional Prefix, Type, Number, and Suffix details.

   Select YES in the Inheritance field if the item is to subject to attribute inheritance from the sheet or the owning pipe. The dialog displays read-only attributes of the owning pipe.

   Click OK.

4. The Command prompt will display:

   Position Special Item Label Prefix:

   Place the label as required near the item.

5. If a symbol, such as a balloon or box, is set to be placed with the label, depending on the project settings it will either be inserted automatically at the same time as the label (in which case go to step 8), or the user will be prompted to place it as follows:

   Pick insertion point:

   Pick the insertion point for the label symbol.

6. The Command prompt will display:

   Angle of rotation <0>:

   Specify the angle of rotation of the symbol, if required

7. The Command prompt will display:

   Pick a point for leader line:

   Pick the connection point for the leader line between the label symbol and the line fitting symbol.

8. The Command prompt will display:

   Select Item to Label, or Label to Modify:

   Pick another inline fitting to continue labelling, or press or select Enter to end the command.