Globally Edit Labels

This procedure is used to globally edit of the labels of all items other than pipes.

Take care while carrying out this procedure as it is possible to change many labels with a single use.

The following label fields can be edited using this procedure:

Instruments, Equipment and Line Fittings: Prefix, Suffix, Type, Loop/Number

Valves: Tag, Closure, Code, SPP Prefix, Suffix, Type and Number

Nozzles: Number and Size

Offsheet Connectors: Item Label

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

Procedure

1. Start the procedure by either:

   • entering Ctrl+F on the keyboard, or

   • selecting the Find and Replace option in the Modify group of the Home tab.

2. The Find And Replace dialog will be displayed:

   

3. Enter the label field text to find in the Find What field.

4. Enter the text to replace it with in the Replace With field.

5. Check the Find whole words only and/or Match case checkboxes as required.

6. To restrict the Find and Replace to a category of item instead of all items, select the required category from the Item Type Filter list:

   

   The number of items in the drawing to be searched is then displayed to the right of the list.

7. Click Find.

   Details of the first item label with fields that include text that match the search criteria are then displayed. If there are no such items, a message is displayed to inform the user of this.

   

   Note: This facility searches only within label fields for matches. It does not search across fields within labels; therefore a match that consists of parts of different fields within a label will not be found.

   The drawing will focus on and zoom in closer to the item in question.

   The dialog displays the current label values, and what these values will be changed to if replaced by the text entered in the Replace With field.

8. To search for the next item that meets to search criteria without changing the current item label, select Find Next.

9. Select Replace to carry out the replacement for the current item only. Then click Find Next to search for the next item that meets the search criteria and repeat the procedure.

10. Select Replace All to carry out the replacement for all items that meet the search criteria.

11. Select Close to close the dialog.

12. Changes to labels are validated. If it is detected that a change to a label would be invalid, e.g. if it would result in duplicate labels, or labels with invalid values, an error message is displayed, and the replacement does not take place.