Placing a Part by Specification or Logical Driven

You can place parts or create pipes/tubes or ducts using a specification.

Note: You can specify advanced options when creating implement relations in Me > PreferencesInfrastructure > Functional & Logical Design > General > Implement Link Context

This task shows you how to:

Place a Part by Specification Driven

You can place a part using a specification. A specification is an attribute of a line ID, so you need to have the appropriate line IDs created.

Before you begin: Open your piping/tubing or HVAC system in RFLP.
  1. From the Fluidic Design section of the action bar, click Place Part .
  2. Click Line ID Usage in the context toolbar.
  3. Select a line ID from the list.
  4. Click Piping > Part Selection > Spec Driven or HVAC > Part Selection > Spec Driven in the context toolbar.
  5. In the context toolbar, select one of the following:
    • In-spec: the new route is created with the specification of the corresponding logical object (line ID or logical route).
    • Out-of-spec : the new route is created with a specification that is not the one of the logical object.
    • Non-spec: the new route is created from a free selection.
  6. Optional: Click Low Light to highlight the current line ID only.
    The current line ID is highlighted and the rest of the network is darkened. To highlight the whole network, click No Low Light .
  7. Select the port or segment of pipe/tube or duct or point in space.
    By referring to specification table defined in Data Setup, parts are filtered. In catalog or database search, specification table is referred.
  8. Select the part and place it.

Place a Part by Logical Driven

You can select a part with a logical subtype compatible with the physical one. Logical driven is available only with an Engineering Specification Data Setup.

Before you begin: In the Functional & Logical Design app, from the 2D Graph section of the action bar, click Open 2D Graph in New Tab to open the diagram view in a new tab .
  1. From the Fluidic Design section of the action bar, click Place Part .
  2. Click Line ID Usage in the context toolbar.
    The Select/Query Line ID dialog box appears.
  3. Select a line ID from the list.
  4. Click Piping > Part Selection > Logical Driven or HVAC > Part Selection > Logical Driven in the context toolbar.
    A dialog box displaying the logical parts available in the selected line ID appears.
  5. In the list or in the diagram view window, select the logical part you want to place and click OK.
    Note: A logical part has the following three attributes: a logical part type, a part number and a part type. When using an Engineering Specification Capture & Reuse Data Setup, the logical parts displayed in the dialog box are retrieved from its three attributes with the following criteria:
    Part Number <set>Part Number <unset>

    Logical Part Type <unset>

    Part Type <unset>

    		Not supportedNot supported

    Logical Part Type <set>

    Part Type <unset>

    		The Logical to Physical Mapping table is used to retrieve the physical part type with the logical part type and then search the part number in the current mapped physical part subtype: the part is directly placed on the route.The Logical to Physical Mapping table is used to retrieve the physical subtype to be selected and then show the filtered parts to let you choose one: the part is placed after the selection.

    Logical Part Type <unset>

    Part Type <set>

    		Get the Part's Filter based on the part subtype and search the part number in the current part subtype: The part is directly placed on the routeGet the Part's Filter based on the part subtype and show the filtered parts to let you choose one: the part is placed after its selection.

    Logical Part Type <set>

    Part Type <set>

    		Get the Part's Filter based on the part subtype and search the part number in the current part subtype: The part is directly placed on the routeGet the Part's Filter based on the part subtype and show the filtered parts to let you choose one: the part is placed after its selection.

    If there are more than one reference, a dialog box displaying the physical parts compatible with the subtype of the selected logical part appears.

  6. Select the physical part you want to place and click OK.
    Important: If the pipe/tube or duct is routed through ship spaces, the ship space allocated to the logical part is displayed in transparent mode to let you place the physical part accordingly.
  7. Select one of the following:
    • a port
    • a segment of the route: in this case, an analyze from the logical network is performed to define the segments on which you can place the physical parts and to comply with the order of the logical objects.
      Note: The analyze works only if the logical port names of the item of equipment are the same as the physical ones.
    • a point in space
    The part is placed.
    Note: Valves have a specific behavior when using the logical driven part placement. For more information, see About the Part Operator Placement.