Automatic Management of Logical Pipe Model

Diagrams User Guide

Diagrams : Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) : Automatic Management of Logical Pipe Model

As the user is working with the diagram, creating/deleting and connecting/disconnecting items, the application will attempt to keep a consistent data model. This includes the following functions:

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Automatic concatenation of branches. When the first or last element of a branch is connected to the first or last element of another branch in the same pipeline, the branches will be concatenated. This means that all inline fitting will be reorganised as members of the first branch, and the second branch will be deleted. This behaviour is controlled by the following setting; Diagrams Options > General options > System Configuration > Concatenate branches.

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When the last inline part within a segment is deleted, the segment will also be deleted. The same goes for branches. Because of this, the user will not have to consider this situation and there will never be any empty segments or branches left in the database.