Plant Engineering > New > Pipe parts >Insert P+ID part 
If the layout plan has been linked to a P+ID, or if your drawing contains referenced 3-D assemblies linked to P+IDs, you can also determine components via the corresponding P+ID symbol.
Layout plan <->P+ID link
If you want to process a Plant Engineering layout plan while the corresponding P+ID has been loaded, proceed as follows:
- You need to activate the required pipeline before a pipe part can be inserted.
- When you click the Insert P+ID part function in the menu window, the sheet of the open P+ID appears on your screen. The symbols representing parts existing in the layout plan are highlighted.
- Use the cursor to select the symbol to which the corresponding part should be assigned for insertion in the layout plan. Select END to cancel the function and return to the layout plan.
- To check symbol data, respond with Yes to the query Do you want to see symbol data? HiCAD displays the content of the symbol data mask. If a part has been assigned to the symbol, you can click Part data to display the contents of the associated record. If no parts have been assigned, HiCAD issues an appropriate message.
If you click OK in the dialogue box showing dialogue data, or if you click No because you do not want to see symbol data, you are returned to the layout plan, whereby the part is now ready for insertion. If the part is already inserted, HiCAD issues an appropriate message, and highlights the part.
If no part has been assigned to the symbol, HiCAD looks for a suitable part. This search is based on the part ID contained in the symbol data mask, (in the case of pipe parts, it is also possible to find parts via the pipe class assigned to the pipeline and the nominal diameter), as well as the symbol name (if the appropriate setting has been made in the P+ID). You can then select the required part in the result list that appears on your screen.
When you insert the part, its item number is automatically entered in the data mask of the corresponding symbol in the P+ID, i.e. the P+ID symbol is assigned to the part.
If a part for the selected symbol has already been inserted in the layout plan, HiCAD will display a corresponding message and the part will be highlighted in the drawing.
Referenced assembly <-> P+ID link
If the active pipeline does not belong to a referenced 3-D assembly, and one of the P+IDs linked to the assembly has been loaded, you have the option to determine parts via their corresponding P+ID symbol. Activate the corresponding pipeline beforehand. The further procedure is identical to that for the Layout plan <->P+ID link.
Please note:
- When you insert parts via the P+ID, you can transfer P+ID symbol dialogue texts of the symbol data masks to assigned, user-definable system attributes of the 3-D part. This assignment is defined via the P+ID attribute assignment tab.
- After insertion of a pipe part or a component using the Determine via P+ID
option, the P+ID viewer window will be redisplayed immediately, to enable the selection of the next symbol.
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