Use the Cursor with DRAW Commands

DRAW Reference Manual

With many DRAW commands, you can use the cursor to identify an element in the graphics window by using the ID command followed by @:

ID @

At this point, picking an element with the cursor selects and identifies the display element (the lowest-level element, for example, a primitive, is picked).

Elements down to and including Design primitives or Catalogue piping components (for example, FLANGES) can be accessed. Dimensions, Dimension Points and Labels can also be accessed in this way.

Other cursor identify commands are:


ID element_type @	- element_type is any Design, Catalogue or Drawing element (for example, EQUI, SHEE)
ID VALV @	- select and identify valve
ID VALV VTWA @	- select and identify valve or VTWA
ID NOZZ @	- select and identify nozzle
ID NOZZ @	- select and identify nozzle

You can specify up to 20 element types. For example:

ID VALV VFWA VTWA @

Refer to Dimensions, Labels and 2D Drafting for ID commands relating to Dimensions, Labels and 2D drafting respectively.

The command can only be used as part of a command:


IDP @	- select and identify p-point or structural node (PNOD or SNOD

For example

ON IDP @

You can restrict items picked to be either Design database elements or DRAW database elements by using the commands:

ID DESEL @
ID PADEL @
ID DRAEL @

Picking an element with the cursor makes the item the current element (for example, the current position in the database moves to that item). If you select a design element (for example, a Cylinder primitive in a vessel) you move to the Design database; if you select a Drawing element (for example, the edge of a Sheet) you move to that element within the DRAW database.