Connect a Component into a Piping System

You use the Connect Into - Duct/Pipe tool to automatically add a component and create piping between the new component and the existing system.

1. Open the plan view where you want to add a component, and place the new component.
2. Select the new component, and click Modify | Mechanical Equipment tabLayout panel Connect Into drop-down (Duct/Pipe).

3. If the new component could be connected to more than one system, the Select Connector dialog opens.

4. In the Select Connector dialog, select the system where you want to make the connection, and click OK.

   The cursor displays with a plus sign.

5. Click the pipe where you want to connect the new component.

   The new component is added to the system.