New P&ID Shapes

[keithaus]

I have created some new P&ID valve symbols but can not get them to behave like standard inbuilt Visio 2003 Process Engineering stencils.

Std valve symbols auto rotate on vertical pipelines, snap the line and glue to the two new ends. If you move the valve the lines auto move as well staying linked.

Whilst I have converted the new shapes to valve tag format using the process engineering menu, they still do not rotate, snap and glue like true Visio symbols.

Any know the fix to this one ?

 

[meintsi]

All those functions are programmed into the symbol's "shapesheet".

The "master" group will hold the defintions for the connection points as well as the formulas to keep all the other shapes (and their individual shapesheets) "combined & proportioned" properly to each other.

Remember...
[navy]"If you don't use your head,[/navy]
[navy]your going to have to use your feet."[/navy]

 

[keithaus]

Thanks Meintsi

I managed to resolve the issue using Visi Clone from Visimation - a very nifti utility that allows you to copy specific shape properties.

In particular if you clone the Controls, Character, Text Block Format, Text Transform and Connection Points Sections it duplicates P&ID shape behaviour perfectly.

 

[meintsi]

No problem.

But $79 to copy-n-paste a series of excel spreadsheets does not seem like a good deal to me. But it COULD be a timesaver for many.


Remember...
[navy]"If you don't use your head,[/navy]
[navy]your going to have to use your feet."[/navy]