Placing an Piping Component Using the Catalog Browser

You can place an piping component in a diagram view from the catalog.

Before you begin: Insert a new reference in the Logical node of the tree.
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Displaying Symbol Representations as Thumbnails
  1. Click Catalog Browser in the Tools section of the action bar.
    The Catalog Browser dialog box appears.
  2. Click Open a catalog.
    The Choose a Catalog or Chapter dialog box appears.

    The catalogs and chapters you assigned as favorite in the Data Setup appears in the list for quick selection. See Piping Diagram Resources.

  3. Optional: To select the catalog:
    1. Click More.
      The Object Selection dialog box appears.
    2. Search for the required catalog.
    3. Select and click OK when results appear.
      The catalog is opened in the Catalog Browser dialog box.

    The components of the selected catalog are displayed in the Catalog Browser dialog box. The name of the Catalog Browser dialog box is updated with the name of the selected catalog, ElecCatalog in this case.

  4. Select A_Pumps-323 in the left-hand column in the Catalog Browser dialog box.
    All the pumps in the catalog are listed in the right column in the Catalog Browser dialog box.

  5. Right-click A_CentrifugalPump in the right column and select Use Item > Insert.