Use this workflow to create P&ID drawings where limitations from specifications are enforced.
Specification information retrieval is available only when an external database is used.
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Click Setup .
The CADWorx P&ID Setup dialog box appears.
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Click Edit Config File.
The Configuration File dialog box appears.
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Select SpecControl in the list.
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Change the value of SpecControl to 1 or 2.
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SpecControl to 1. You must set a specification before drawing a P&ID symbol.
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SpecControl to 2. This requires a P&ID symbol to have a program code defined in the Flow_alt.dat file in addition to the spec requirements of SpecControl at 1.
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Click Table Setup
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Add new specification-based tables and columns as needed to the project database.
All drawings created for this project require that a specification and size be set before drawing a component. As the components are drawn, specification values are saved to the database.
If the component or size is not available in the specification, the software displays a warning similar to the example below.
If the SpecSizeOverride variable is set to 1, a component can be placed even when it is out-of-specification.
For more information, see Configuration File Dialog Box, Table Setup, SpecControl, and SpecSizeOverride.