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You can use cut and paste in Spoolgen to move the break boundaries of a large POD file that has been split into a series of smaller POD files. Consider the following large pipeline that, because of its size, the plant design system has broken it down into four individual IDF files. The IDFs are then imported into Spoolgen and added to the Workflow database as four individual POD files.

The specific break points are indicated by the numbered boxes (1, 2, and 3).

You can use the Cut Components and Paste Components commands to re-join the four POD files so that they form the original pipeline.

  1. Select the components to cut according to the following rules:

    • All selected components must be contiguous.

    • At least one open end must exist.

    • No dotted components exist in the selection.

  2. Click Edit > Cut Components.

  3. Open the pipeline in which to paste the components, and then click Edit > Paste Components.

    The software searches for one of the following three conditions: an exact component match, and open keypoint match, or an overlap. If any one of the three conditions exists, the software pastes the component in the pipeline. If none of the conditions exist, the software writes the results to a log file and displays an informational message.

  • Specific rules are inherent in each of the three conditions as follows:

    • Exact Component Match

      • At least one component in the cut selection must match exactly a component in the "paste to" pipe--material and coordinates must be the same.

      • The cut component must be standard and the paste component must be dotted.

    • Open Keypoint Match

      • Two open keypoints in the opposite POD must have the same coordinates.

    • An Overlap

      • The open end of the cut pipe has the same coordinates as the closed end of the "paste to" pipe.

      • The cut pipe must be normal and the "paste to" pipe must be dotted.

  • The Undo command works you must apply it separately for the cut components.

  • The Replay command does not record cut objects.