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On the Start menu, select Intergraph Smart P&ID Support Utilities > Global Symbol Replace Utility.
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You can select one or many drawings. Drawings in the Drawing list pane will be processed for symbol replacement. See Global Report Utility.
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Any selected drawings in recreate state will not be processed. A message displays after the processing is completed. The skipped drawings information will be logged in the SPAError.log file.
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Select Select Symbol to get a new form. In this case, the user has selected to update three equipment labels with origin symbol files.
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Select to update ball valve with gate valve. It is required that:
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The checkbox Use different symbol file for replacement is selected.
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Only one symbol is selected at a time.
Now user has symbols/labels selected and ready to update.
User can select entire folder to be replaced. In this case all files under Vessels directory will be replaced.
The following screen shot shows the result after the entire Vessels directory was sent.
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To save the settings as an INI file, select Save to file.
Next time you run the report, you can load the settings from the file directly.
In case where no symbol/label is selected, the utility runs in a mode that opens and closes each drawing, which may update drawing for following purposes: (1) data is updated through automation when drawing is closed, which might leave content in label outdated. (2) rule file is modified when drawing is closed. In this case, open and close drawing will make drawing graphic match data in database and latest rule file.
