About Editing Schematic Lines

After you have placed a schematic line in a drawing, you can perform a number of editing tasks on the line. You can also use grips to edit a line.

The Schematic Line Edit list includes the following options:

• Attach. Attaches a line to a component, although the line and component may not be attached visually. Use this option when space on the P&ID drawing is limited.
• Detach. Detaches an attached line from a component.
• Gap. Adds a gap and gap symbols where a line crosses a component. A line with a gap in it is still a single line. The gap is visual only.
• uNgap. Removes a gap and the gap symbols from a line, and automatically mends the line.
• Straighten. Straightens a non-orthogonal line to a selected anchor point on the line. Straightens a curved sline to a straight line.
• Corner. Adds a corner segment to a line. The direction and length of the corner segment are determined by points you specify. When this operation is performed on a curved sline, the corresponding portion of the arc is removed to create the corner.
• Reverseflow. Reverses the flow of the line, and flips the arrows to the new direction.
• Join. Joins two separate lines on the same or different axis to form a single line.
• Break. Creates two separate lines from one line.
• Link. Links two separate lines.
• Unlink. Unlinks two lines that were previously linked.
• eXit. Closes the Schematic Line Edit list.