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About Inserting a Fitting Using Schematic Information
You can insert a fitting using schematic information if a pipeline in Spec-Driven Piping is associated with an appropriate schematic pipeline in XML.
The prerequisites to insert a schematic fitting are:
The XML information for a fitting must contain a CATEGORY parameter that has a value specified in the piping_mcat_dir.csv file. This value controls the activation of the fitting category icons in the Insert Fitting dialog box after you select a pipe segment.
The SNAME parameter must have a value in the piping_mcat_dir.csv file corresponding to a category. For example, if you specify CATEGORY = VALVE and SNAME = GATE, the fitting category icon for the valve is activated and the Selection name list displays GATE in the Insert Fitting dialog box.
If the XML information for a fitting contains the SIZE parameter, the fitting is available only if the selected pipe segment in Spec-Driven Piping has a matching size. You can insert an XML fitting that does not have a SIZE parameter irrespective of the selected pipe segment in Spec-Driven Piping.
These prerequisites are also valid when you insert a group fitting.
During the schematic fitting insertion:
The fitting category icons and the Selection name list in the Insert Fitting dialog box are updated each time you insert a schematic fitting.
Context-sensitive information such as the valve number, new size, and branch size for the selected fitting are displayed based on the information in the schematic information file.
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If the context-sensitive information is not available in the schematic information file, specify appropriate values.
You can insert a group fitting using schematic information, using the same method as for inserting a fitting.
When you insert all the available schematic fittings, further fitting insertion is possible only in the non-schematic mode.