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Keyboard Command

Command Summary

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CADWORXABOUT

About - Displays information about the software version. For more information, see About.

Capillary Line Icon

CAPILLARY

Capillary - Draws a capillary line. For more information, see Capillary.

CEDIT

Edit - Modifies an existing component on the drawing. For more information, see Edit.

CHANGEATTLAYER

Change Att Layer - Moves all attribute text in the drawing to the text layer. For more information, see Change Att Layer.

COAUXBACK

Computer-Auxiliary Back - Places an auxiliary back computer instrument. For more information, see Computer-Auxiliary Back.

COAUXFRONT

Computer-Auxiliary Front - Places an auxiliary front computer instrument. For more information, see Computer-Auxiliary Front.

COLOCAL

Computer-Local - Places a local computer instrument. For more information, see Computer-Local.

Combine Instruments Icon

COMBINEINST

Combine Instruments - Combines instrument bubbles into a group. For more information, see Combine Instruments.

COMBINEINSTADD

Combine Instrument Add - Adds instruments to a group. For more information, see Combine Instrument Add.

COMBINELINE

Combine Lines - Combines a group of process line segments into a single process line. For more information, see Combine Lines.

COMBINEPROCESS

Combine Process - Combines a group of components and gives them the same process line number. For more information, see Combine Process.

COMBINEPROCESSADD

Add Combine Process - Adds a component to a process group. For more information, see Add Combine Process.

COMBINEPROCESSREMOVE

Remove Combine Process - Removes a component that is in a process group. For more information, see Remove Combine Process.

COPRIBACK

Computer-Primary Back - Places a primary back computer instrument. For more information, see Computer-Primary Back.

COPRIFRONT

Computer-Primary Front - Places a primary front computer instrument. For more information, see Computer-Primary Front.

CREATETABLE

Create Table - Scans a prototype or template drawing for specially formatted keywords and creates columns for each keyword in a new loop table. For more information, see Create Table.

Current Settings Icon

CURRENT

Current Settings - Displays the current drawing settings. For more information, see Current Settings.

DB Audit Icon

DBAUDIT

Audit - Performs maintenance functions. For more information, see Audit.

DELETEDWG

Delete Drawing - Deletes a drawing from the project. For more information, see Delete Drawing.

DIAUXBACK

Discrete-Auxiliary Back - Places an auxiliary back discrete instrument. For more information, see Discrete-Auxiliary Back.

DIAUXFRONT

Discrete-Auxiliary Front - Places an auxiliary front discrete instrument. For more information, see Discrete-Auxiliary Front.

DILOCAL

Discrete-Local - Places a local discrete instrument. For more information, see Discrete-Local.

DIPRIBACK

Discrete-Primary Back - Places a primary back discrete instrument. For more information, see Discrete-Primary Back.

DIPRIFRONT

Discrete-Primary Front - Places a primary front discrete instrument. For more information, see Discrete-Primary Front.

DROPDOWNSETUP

Drop Down Setup - Specifies values to appear in combo boxes for the Additional Data dialog box of Edit .

Binary Electric Line Icon

ELECTBIN

Binary Electric - Draws a binary electric line. For more information, see Binary Electric.

Electric Line Icon

ELECTRIC

Electric - Draws an electric line. For more information, see Electric.

FLIPSYMBOL

Flip Symbol - Flips a symbol and its attributes. For more information, see Flip Symbol.

GENERATELOOP

Generate Loops - Creates loop diagrams based on a loop table. For more information, see Generate Loops.

GROUPADD

Add to Group - Adds one or more component symbols to an existing group. For more information, see Add to Group.

GROUPREMOVE

Remove from Group - Removes one or more component symbols from an existing group. For more information, see Remove from Group.

Heat Traced Line

HEATTRACE

Heat Traced - Draws a heat-traced line. For more information, see Heat Traced.

Hydraulic Line Icon

HYDRAULIC

Hydraulic - Draws a hydraulic line. For more information, see Hydraulic.

Icon Components

ICONCOMPONENT

Components - Specifies and places a vessel component, and displays a preview of the selected component. For more information, see Components.

ICONCOMPUTER

Computer - Specifies and places a computer instrument type and displays a preview of the selected instrument. For more information, see Computer.

ICONCONVALVE

Valve-Control - Specifies and places a control valve, and displays a preview of the selected valve. For more information, see Valve-Control.

ICONCONVALVEF

Valve-Control Flanged - Specifies and places a flanged control valve, and displays a preview of the selected valve. For more information, see Valve-Control Flanged.

ICONCONVALVESW

Valve-Control Socket Weld - Specifies and places a socket-welded control valve, and displays a preview of the selected valve. For more information, see Valve-Control Socket Weld.

ICONDISCRETE

Discrete - Specifies and places a discrete instrument type and displays a preview of the selected instrument. For more information, see Discrete.

Icon Exchangers

ICONEXCHANGE

Exchangers - Specifies and places a heat exchanger, and displays a preview of the selected exchanger. For more information, see Exchangers.

ICONFLANGE

Flange - Specifies and places a flange, and displays a preview of the selected flange. For more information, see Flange.

ICONFUNCTION

Valves-Functions - Specifies and places a valve function, and displays a preview of the selected function. For more information, see Valves-Functions.

ICONINLINE

Inline - Specifies and places an in-line component, and displays a preview of the selected component. For more information, see Inline.

ICONLINE

Lines - Displays a preview of each process and instrument line type. For more information, see Lines.

Icon Links

ICONLINK

Links - Specifies and places a drawing link symbol, and displays a preview of the selected link. For more information, see Links.

ICONLOGIC

Logic - Specifies and places a logic instrument type and displays a preview of the selected instrument. For more information, see Logic.

Icon Misc

ICONMISC

Miscellaneous - Specifies and places a miscellaneous item, and displays a preview of the selected item. For more information, see Miscellaneous.

Icon Nozzle

ICONNOZZLE

Nozzles - Specifies and places a nozzle, and displays a preview of the selected nozzle. For more information, see Nozzles.

ICONOTHERVALVE

Valve-Other - Specifies and places a miscellaneous valve, and displays a preview of the selected valve. For more information, see Valve-Other .

ICONOTHERVALVEF

Valve-Other Flanged - Specifies and places a miscellaneous flanged valve, and displays a preview of the selected valve. For more information, see Valve-Other Flanged.

ICONOTHERVALVESW

Valve-Other Socket Weld - Specifies and places a miscellaneous socket-welded valve, and displays a preview of the selected valve. For more information, see Valve-Other Socket Weld.

ICONPILOT

Pilot - Specifies and places a pilot instrument type and displays a preview of the selected instrument. For more information, see Pilot.

Icon Pump

ICONPUMP

Pumps - Specifies and places a pump, and displays a preview of the selected tank. For more information, see Pumps.

ICONREDUCER

Reducing - Specifies and places a reducer, and displays a preview of the selected reducer. For more information, see Reducing.

ICONREGVALVE

Valve-Regular - Specifies and places a regular valve, and displays a preview of the selected valve. For more information, see Valve-Regular.

ICONREGVALVEF

Valve-Regular Flanged - Specifies and places a regular flanged valve, and displays a preview of the selected valve. For more information, see Valve-Regular Flanged.

ICONREGVALVESW

Valve-Regular Socket Weld - Specifies and places a regular socket-welded valve, and displays a preview of the selected valve. For more information, see Valve-Regular Socket Weld.

ICONSHARED

Shared - Specifies and places a shared instrument type and displays a preview of the selected instrument. For more information, see Shared.

Icon Tank

ICONTANK

Tanks - Specifies and places a tank, and displays a preview of the selected tank. For more information, see Tanks.

Icon Vessel

ICONVESSEL

Vessels - Specifies and places a vessel, and displays a preview of the selected vessel. For more information, see Vessels.

Instrument Line Icon

INSTRUMENT

Instrument - Draws an instrument line. For more information, see Instrument.

LARGEARROW

Larger - Places a large-sized arrow on the next vertex of the selected process line. For more information, see Large (Arrows).

LARGETEXT

Large - Places large-sized text on the drawing. For more information, see Large (Text).

ChangeLayer_ICON

LAYERCHANGE

Change Layer - Changes an object’s layer to the layer associated with another object that you select. For more information, see Change Layer.

DeleteLayer_ICON

LAYERDELETE

Delete Layer - Removes all of the entities on the layer associated with an entity that you select. For more information, see Delete Layer.

IsolateLayer_ICON

LAYERISOLATE

Isolate Layer - Turns off all layers except for the layer associated with an entity that you select. For more information, see Isolate Layer.

LayerOff_ICON

LAYEROFF

Layer Off - Turns off the layer associated with an entity that you select. For more information, see Layer Off.

LayerOn_ICON

LAYERON

On - Turns a layer back on that was turned off with the Layer Off command. For more information, see Layer On.

SetLayer_ICON

LAYERSET

Set Layer - Sets the current layer to that of an object that you select. For more information, see Set Layer.

UnisolateLayer_ICON

LAYERUNISO

Un-isolate Layer - Turns all of the layers back on that were turned off with the Isolate Layer command. For more information, see Un-Isolate Layer.

LINENUMBER

Line Number Setup - Specifies the process line numbering configuration. For more information, see Line Number Setup.

LOAUXBACK

Logic-Auxiliary Back - Places an auxiliary back logic instrument. For more information, see Logic-Auxiliary Back.

LOAUXFRONT

Logic-Auxiliary Front - Places an auxiliary front logic instrument. For more information, see Logic-Auxiliary Front.

LOLOCAL

Logic-Local - Places a local logic instrument. For more information, see Logic-Local.

LOOPNUMBER

Loop Numbering - Specifies the instrument loop numbering configuration or template. For more information, see Loop Numbering.

LOPRIBACK

Logic-Primary Back - Places a primary back logic instrument. For more information, see Logic-Primary Back.

LOPRIFRONT

Logic-Primary Front - Places a primary front logic instrument. For more information, see Logic-Primary Front.

MAINASSIGN

Main Assign - Assigns the main size to the selected components. For more information, see Main Assign.

MAKEGROUP

Make Group - Creates a new component by grouping other components. For more information, see Make Group.

MAPEDIT

Map Edit Setup - Associates attributes in blocks (symbols) with table columns in the database.

MatchLayer_ICON

MATCH

Match Layer - Changes an object’s properties to match those of another object that you select. For more information, see Match Layer.

MATCHID

Match Identification - Identifies and matches vessel and mechanical equipment. For more information, see Match Identification.

Logic Mechanical Line Icon

MECHLINK

Mechanical - Draws a logic mechanical link line. For more information, see Mechanical.

MEDIUMARROW

Medium - Places a medium-sized arrow on the next vertex of the selected process line. For more information, see Medium (Arrows).

MEDIUMTEXT

Medium - Places medium-sized text on the drawing. For more information, see Medium (Text).

Mend Line Icon

MENDLINE

Mend Line - Mends process and instrument lines by removing gaps between the lines. For more information, see Mend Line.

Menu Symbols Icon

MENUSYMBOL

Menu Symbols - Creates and modifies symbols. For more information, see Menu Symbols.

MPRIMARY

Major Primary - Draws a major primary process line. For more information, see Major Primary.

MSECOND

Major Secondary - Draws a major secondary process line. For more information, see Major Secondary.

NPRIMARY

Minor Primary - Draws a minor primary process line. For more information, see Minor Primary.

NSECOND

Minor Secondary - Draws a minor secondary process line. For more information, see Minor Secondary.

PIAUXFRONT

Pilot-Auxiliary Front - Places an auxiliary front pilot instrument. For more information, see Pilot-Auxiliary Front.

PIDCHECKINOUT

Check In / Out Manager - Checks in drawings from a source project folder to a destination project folder. For more information, see Check In / Check Out Manager.

PIDEXPORT

Export - Exports component data for one or more drawings to an .xls file. For more information, see Export.

PIDINHERITANCESETUP

Inheritance Setup - Specifies the database values inherited from a process line when an in-line component is inserted. For more information, see Inheritance Setup.

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PIDINHERITANCEUPDATE

Updates the database for the Valves, Reducers, and Misc newly attached to a process line.

PIDMATCHPROP

Match Properties - Copies the properties of one component to another component. For more information, see Match Properties.

PIDMATCHPROPWITHTAG

Match Prop With Tag - Copies the properties and tag of one component to another component. For more information, see Match Prop with Tag.

PIDMEDIT

Multiple Edit - Modifies multiple components. For more information, see Multiple Edit.

PIDNUMBER-

Decrement - Decreases the line number count value by one. For more information, see Decrement.

PIDNUMBER+

Increment - Increases the line number count value by one. For more information, see Increment.

PIDNUMBERCOUNT

Count - Sets the line number count value. For more information, see Count.

PIDOPEN

File Manager - Creates and manages projects and drawing files. For more information, see File Manager.

PIDREPLACEBLOCK

Replace Block - Replaces a block (symbol) with a new one. For more information, see Replace Block.

PIDSORT

Sort - Sorts valves according to their location on a specific process line. For more information, see Sort.

PIDTITLEBLOCKMANAGER

Title Block Manager - Updates the title blocks of drawing files in the project. For more information, see Title Block Manager.

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PIDUPDATEBLOCKFROMDB

Updates all drawing files in the current project folder with block names from the database if they are different.

PIDUPDATEDBDWG

Block Manager - Changes the block or layer name of a component. For more information, see Block Manager.

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PIDUPDATEDWGFROMDB

Updates the drawing from the database for the current project.

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PIDUPDATELAYERFROMDB

Updates all drawing files in the current project folder with layer names from the database if they are different.

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PIDWRITEALLTODB

Updates all the database tables for all the drawing files in the current project directory.

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PIDWRITEBLOCKTODB

Writes block names of the components into the database for each drawing in the current project.

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PIDWRITECOORDINATESTODB

Writes coordinates of the components into the database for each drawing in the current project.

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PIDWRITELAYERTODB

Writes layer names of the components into the database for each drawing in the current project.

PILOCAL

Pilot-Local - Places a local pilot instrument. For more information, see Pilot-Local.

PIPRIFRONT

Pilot-Primary Front - Places a primary front pilot instrument. For more information, see Pilot-Primary Front

Pneumatic Line Icon

PNEUMATIC

Pneumatic - Draws a pneumatic line. For more information, see Pneumatic.

Binary Pneumatic Line Icon

PNEUMATICBIN

Binary Pneumatic - Draws a binary pneumatic line. For more information, see Binary Pneumatic.

PROCESSASSIGN

Process Assign - Changes the type of a process line. For more information, see Process Assign.

REDASSIGN

Reduction Assign - Assigns the reduction size to the selected components. For more information, see Reduction Assign.

REMOVEITEM

Remove Line Item - Removes a valve component that is associated with a process line. For more information, see Remove Line Item.

RENAMEDWG

Rename Drawing - Renames the current drawing. For more information, see Rename Drawing.

SETUP

Setup - Specifies drawing settings. For more information, see Setup.

SETVISIBILITY

Set Visibility - Controls visibility of symbols. For more information, see Set Visibility.

SHAUXBACK

Shared-Auxiliary Back - Places an auxiliary back shared instrument. For more information, see Shared-Auxiliary Back.

SHAUXFRONT

Shared -Auxiliary Front - Places an auxiliary front shared instrument. For more information, see Shared-Auxiliary Front.

SHLOCAL

Shared-Local - Places a local shared instrument. For more information, see Shared-Local.

SHPRIBACK

Shared-Primary Back - Places a primary back shared instrument. For more information, see Shared-Primary Back.

SHPRIFRONT

Shared-Primary Front - Places a primary front shared instrument. For more information, see Shared-Primary Front.

Set Size Icon

SIZEDLG

Size Set - Specifies main and reduction sizes. For more information, see Size Set.

SMALLARROW

Small - Places a small-sized arrow on the next vertex of the selected process line. For more information, see Small (Arrows).

SMALLTEXT

Small - Places small-sized text on the drawing. For more information, see Small (Text).

Sonic Guided Line Icon

SONIC

Sonic Guided - Draws a sonic guided line. For more information, see Sonic Guided.

Sonic Unguided

SONICUN

Sonic Un-Guided - Draws a sonic un-guided line. For more information, see Sonic Un-guided.

SPECASSIGN

Spec Assign - Assigns the specification to an existing component. For information, see Spec Assign.

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SPECASSIGNTOGGLE

Spec Assign Toggle - When turned on, tags are automatically updated when you change the spec.

Setspec Icon

SPECDLG

Spec Set - Specifies a drawing specification. For more information, see Spec Set.

SPECEDIT

Editor - Modifies the delivered specifications, and creates new specifications. For information, see Spec Editor.

Optional Component Icon

SPECOPTION

Optional Items - Places a component on the drawing when the component type in the specification has an optional component. For more information, see Optional Items.

Synchronize

SYNC

Synchronize - Checks all components in the drawing and updates their attributes to the current values in the database. For more information, see Synchronize.

SYNCSILENT

Synchronize Silent - Updates component attributes to the current values in the database without prompts. For more information, see Synchronize.

Logic System Line Icon

SYSLINK

System - Draws a logic system link or data link line. For more information, see System.

TABLESETUP

Table Setup - Specifies the database structure for a new database project. For more information, see Table Setup.

TAGNUMBER

Tag Line - Adds a process line tag to the drawing. For more information, see Tag Line.

TEXTCORRECT

Text Correction - Modifies a text attribute of a block. For more information, see Text Correction.

TRANSDOC

Transport Documents - Copies files associated with components to a folder in the project folder. For more information, see Transport Documents.

TYPEASSIGN

Types Assign - Assigns a component type to one or more existing components. For information, see Type Assign.

UNCOMBINEINST

Un-Combine Instruments - Removes instruments from a group. For more information, see Un-Combine Instruments.

UNCOMBINELINE

Un-Combine Lines - Separates a process line into line segments. For more information, see Un-Combine Lines.

Undefined Line Icon

UNDEFINED

Undefined - Draws an undefined line. For more information, see Undefined.

UPDATEPROCESS

Update Process - Updates all needed process lines in the database from the old value of Tag for a component to the new value. For more information, see Update Process .

VIEWLINE

View Line Numbers - Displays all line numbers and their drawings. For more information, see View Line Numbers.

XDATAADD

Add Xdata - Imports existing P&ID drawings, symbols, and geometry. For more information, see Add Xdata.

XDATAREMOVE

Remove Xdata - Removes external database attributes from a component. For more information, see Remove Xdata.