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Open a drawing.
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Place an instrument valve.
A dialog box will be displayed with a prompt for the user to select the actuator to be placed on the instrument valve.
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Select the desired actuator from the list.
The actuator will be placed on the instrument and the value of the instrument valve’s Actuator Type property will be updated to match the actuator selected.
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Click OK to continue placing the actuator.
The utility will look the actuator symbol file of the selected actuator type based on mapping information in this INI file: ActuatorTypeAndSymbolName.ini. One actuator type might be able to be mapped to multiple actuator symbol files.
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If an actuator type is selected that does not have a matching symbol the following error message will be displayed and the instrument valve will be placed without an actuator:
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When an instrument valve’s actuator type needs to be modified, the user should update the value of the instrument valve’s Actuator Type property in the property grid.
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The existing actuator symbol will be deleted and a new actuator will be placed according the actuator type that user selected.
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If an actuator type is selected that does not have matching graphics the following error will be displayed and the actuator will not be replaced:
