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Select an object in the model.
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Click SmartPlant > View P&ID Command.
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If the active object in the model has a match (or a correlated object) in only one P&ID, then the software automatically opens the associated P&ID. If the active object does not match, or has multiple matches in more than one P&ID, then the Open P&ID File dialog box opens listing the P&IDs that contain the matching object and allowing you to specify the drawing to open.
Use the document revision number and last revision date to select the correct document.
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If the Open P&ID File dialog box opens, select the P&ID you want to access from the list of all P&IDs that have been imported. The P&ID File Viewer: [drawing name] window opens and displays the drawing.
The grid on the P&ID File Viewer: [drawing name] window states the name and description of the P&ID.
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When the P&ID opens in the P&ID File Viewer: [drawing name] window, use the various commands in the P&ID File Viewer to orient the drawing, select correlated objects, and specify colors.
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Select objects in the P&ID and use commands in the 3D software to create or edit these objects in the model.
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To close the P&ID File Viewer: [drawing name] window, click Close on the title bar.
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To open a different drawing, start the SmartPlant > View P&ID command again.
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You can use the P&ID that the software displays in the P&ID File Viewer window as a reference when you model objects and thus create the appropriate 3D design objects.
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Among P&ID objects that you can select are a pipe run, equipment, duct run, nozzle, duct component, piping component, and instrument component. Piping components and instrument components result in along-leg features in the 3D model. A branch point results in a branch feature in 3D, and an attribute break point results in a run change feature in 3D.
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If there is a problem displaying a P&ID or selecting objects on the P&ID, then you can consider running a custom command for troubleshooting purposes (this command does not resolve any errors). The ProgID for this command is SP3DDisplayPIDService.VerifyPIDCmd.