2 Activating the Piping

On enabling the add-in, the current configuration is loaded initially.

To activate the piping for a project

1. In the Engineering Base Explorer, select the project. On the shortcut menu, click Properties.

2. Expand the Engineering folder, then click Piping.

3. Mark the option Activate Piping.

4. Click the Configuration button to edit the configuration specifications according to your requirements.

5. Make the changes of your choice in the configuration and click OK to save the settings.

Editing the Configuration

In the PID Piping Configuration dialog, you can make the settings to define how the different device types are to be treated in the pipe system.

The General section

Define the operating mode for inline devices by selecting the mode of your choice in the selection dialog. The operating mode defines where the devices are stored in the Explorer.

The respective behavior is illustrated in the following two examples:

Example1: Pipeline with an inline device (Valve, general):

Example 2: Pipeline (consisting of two pipeline segments) with an inline device (Valve, general):

Operating mode for inline devices	Description
No action	Inline devices are neither moved nor linked. Example 1: Example 2:
Aggregate to pipe	Identified inline devices are automatically moved below the pipe or segment as soon as these pipes or segments are available. Example 1: Example 2: A confirmation prompt is issued before the action is carried out.
Associate to pipe	Identified inline devices are associated with the pipe or segment as soon as these pipes or segments are available. Example 1: Example 2:

Table of device types

In the table of device types, you can specify how the available device types are to be treated in the piping design.

To do so, mark the check box in the respective column. A device type can only be allocated to one group of devices.

Column	Handling
Ignored Devices	Devices of this type are not taken into account.
Inline Devices	Devices of this type belong to the pipe; they are no pipe destinations and no pipe connectors.
Pipe Destinations	Devices of this type are treated as pipe destinations.

You can define further rules for the piping design via the Rule Based Design that can be activated and configured via Project Properties/General/Engineering.