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Sets options for searching for and replacing drawing items. This dialog opens when you select Edit > Find or Edit > Replace. Depending on your command choice, you access the appropriate tab.

When using the Replace option to replace an existing symbol, make sure that the rules applied to the old symbol are also valid for the new symbol and all connected items. Typically the scope of a rule is determined by identification attributes such as the Pipe Run Class. Use extreme caution when replacing a symbol with another symbol that has a slightly different set of rules.

For example, certain off-line instruments or system functions can be placed on a Connect to Process line but not on a Secondary Pipe Run. If replacing a Connect to Process line with Secondary Piping, first remove any instruments that are not supported on a pipe run to make sure that no invalid relationships result.

  • When replacing a symbol, Pipe Spec and Item Tag validation routines are run for appropriate items.

  • The Replace command does not allow a non-breaking component to be replaced with a break component. Piping components and instruments can be defined in the catalog as break components. Reducers are good examples of break components. When a break component is placed into a pipe run, the pipe run is automatically broken at that point. A break component suppresses the consistency checking and limits the propagation of the properties that are broken. The Property Breaks command in the Catalog Manager is used to define a catalog item as a break component.

  • If an item type property has Write Modeler or Write Both permissions in Data Dictionary Manager and a symbol belonging to the item type is changed in Catalog Manager, running the Replace command will NOT overwrite values assigned to this property with any default that may have been pre-defined in Catalog Manager. If the property permissions are Write Catalog in Data Dictionary Manager, Replace will restore any default property values defined in Catalog Manager.

    Certain symbol properties, such as the item’s Type, are hardcoded to be set at the Catalog level. These properties should not be changed at the Modeler level, as this can result in unexpected symbol behavior.

If a default value has been set for a property in Data Dictionary Manager, running the Replace command will overwrite null values of this property with the default value. If a symbol has a property value other than null, this value will not be overwritten.