Apply Pipe Color Fill

You can create color schemes and apply color fills to provide a key to the different attributes associated with piping in a project.

1. Open the plan view where you want to place a pipe color fill legend.
2. Click Analyze tabColor Fill panel Pipe Legend.
3. Move the cursor over the drawing area.

   The cursor changes to show a preview of the color fill legend.

4. Click to place the legend in the view.

   If no Color Scheme has been assigned, the Choose Color Scheme dialog opens. Select a color scheme from the list.

Select a different color scheme

1. Select the legend in the plan view, and click Modify Pipe Color Fill Legends tabScheme panel Edit Scheme.

   The Edit Color Fill dialog opens.

2. In the Schemes panel, select a Category and scheme from the list.
3. To change the colors for a particular value in the table, click in the Color column, and in the Color dialog select a color.

Create a new color scheme

1. In the Schemes panel, select a Category and scheme from the list.
2. Below the Schemes panel, click , and in the New color scheme dialog enter a name for the new scheme.
3. In the Scheme Definition panel, select an attribute for the color legend from the Color list, and click By Value or By Range.

   When By Value is selected, a separate color is assigned for each instance of the attribute that you select.

   When By Range is selected, the attribute values are divided into ranges. You can add ranges by selecting a range in the table and clicking split. With each split, the range is further divided.

4. To change the colors for a particular value in the table, click the color chip in the Color column, and in the Color dialog select a color.

The pipes are color filled according to the selected attribute. For pipe segments with taps, color fills are applied to the individual sections of the segment.