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To Insert Group Fittings
1. Click Group Fitting. The Insert Group Fitting dialog box opens. The Selection tab is selected by default.
2. Under Insertion Location, select the insertion location.
3. The Specification, Size, and the Schedule boxes display default values. Click the Specification check box, and select another specification from the specification list to override the current specification for the fitting that you want to insert.
If you override specifications, all the subsequent fittings that you insert will use the same overridden specification until you clear the Specification box.
 
* To insert a fitting without the schematic information, proceed to step 5.
4. If you have set the piping_schematic_driven configuration option to yes, the Schematic Driven option is available under Pipeline Selection. The XML file associated with the selected pipeline is also displayed.
To insert a group fitting in the schematic mode, select an available fitting category icon and then select a value from the Selection name list.
The Designator box displays the ref_des value of the selected fitting. You cannot edit this value.
The Specification, Valve number, New size, and Branch size boxes are automatically updated according to the schematic information of the selected schematic fitting.
5. Under Fitting, select a fitting that you want to insert. The options are:
—Inserts a valve.
—Inserts a flange.
—Inserts an elbow fitting.
—Inserts a branch fitting (includes special olet fittings).
—Inserts a reducer fitting.
—Inserts a general fitting or gasket.
—Inserts an assembly fitting.
 
All user-defined fitting categories also appear under Fitting.
You cannot insert a no-break fitting as a member of a group fitting.
6. The Selection name box displays a default fitting selection name. Change this name by selecting another name from the list, if required.
7. The Bolt nut code box displays a default bolt nut code assigned to that fitting based on the Auto-Selection file. Change this code by selecting another bolt nut code from the list, if required.
8. Specify a string that contains one or more characters or numbers, or both, in the Valve number box to assign a valve number to the selected fitting.
 
* You can also use the Piping System Tree or Model Tree to assign a valve number to a selected fitting. To do so, specify the VALVENUMBER string parameter as one of the Feat Params columns to be displayed in the Model Tree Columns dialog box.
9. Click Automatic flange & gasket if you want a set of flanges and gaskets to be inserted automatically.
10. Use the following Group Manipulation buttons to add fittings or display information about selected fittings for your group of fittings.
—Displays the previous fitting in the group and makes it the current fitting.
—Displays the next fitting in the group and makes it the current fitting.
—Inserts a new fitting into the group before the current fitting.
—Inserts a new fitting into the group after the current fitting.
—Specifies the current fitting as the key fitting. This is not available if the current fitting is already the key fitting, or if the current key fitting of the group is an elbow, branch, eccentric reducer fitting, or angle valve.
—Deletes the current fitting from the group. The next fitting in the group becomes the current fitting. If the key fitting is deleted, then the next fitting becomes the key fitting.
—Clears all fittings from the group.
As you add or remove fittings from the groups, the Group Parent at the top of the dialog box displays the number of the current fitting and the number of total fittings in the group. If the current fitting is the key fitting, the Group Parent box displays this information.
11. Click the Placement / orientation tab. You can determine Placement and Orientation options, one fitting at a time.
12. Under Placement, select the following:
Placement
—Inserts a fitting at a specified location.
—Inserts a fitting face to face with another fitting.
—Inserts a fitting at the end of a segment.
—Inserts a fitting at a junction (available when you insert a branch fitting).
—Inserts a fitting at a corner run to a branch (available when you insert a branch fitting).
—Inserts a fitting at a corner branch to a run (available when you insert a branch fitting).
DimensionDimension buttons are available when you click under Fitting Placement.
—Inserts the fitting at a specified length.
 
* By default, Spec-Driven Piping considers the reference location from the start point of the pipe segment. Click or to flip the location with reference to the end of the pipe segment.
—Inserts the fitting at a specified length ratio.
 
* By default, Spec-Driven Piping considers the reference location from the start point of the pipe segment. Click or to flip the location with reference to the end of the pipe segment.
—Inserts the fitting at a specified distance from the previous corner.
—Inserts the fitting at a specified distance from the selected plane.
—Inserts a fitting at a specified distance from the previously selected break or no-break fitting. Click or to flip the fitting reference port.
 
* You cannot flip the placement dimension of an elbow fitting.
Use the thumb wheel, or type a number in the box to increase or decrease the offset.
13. Under Alignment, select any of the following:
—Near point. Aligns the inlet (upstream) port of the fitting with the location point of the fitting.
—Center point. Aligns the outlet (downstream) port of the fitting with the location point.
—Far point. Places the fitting so that the alignment point is in the middle of the two ports.
—Flips the fitting.
Alignment offset—Check this box to offset the near or far alignment of the fitting by the value set by the OFFSET parameter. The offset value is applied in the positive z-direction of the entry port fitting.
14. Select a Rotation angle from the standard options or use the thumb wheel to adjust the rotation angle.
15. To preview the fittings, click the arrow adjacent to Preview to display the graphics window. To preview the graphics in a separate window, select the relevant check box.
16. Click OK to insert the group fitting and close the dialog box.