Creating Pipes

Use the Insert Wire tool to insert lines that represent pipes on a P&ID diagram.

In AutoCAD Electrical toolset, different types of wires represent the type of running pipes that allow water or oil flows from one instrument to another.

Insert wires as pipes

1. Click Schematic tabInsert Wires/Wire Numbers panelWire. Find
2. Change the wire type to RED_25:

   Specify wire start or [wireType/X=show connections]:

    Enter T, pressENTER

   Select the wire layer RED_25. Click OK.

3. Connect the pipes as shown. Right-click to exit the command.
   
4. Click Schematic tabInsert Wires/Wire Numbers panelWire. Find
5. Respond to the prompts as follows:

   Specify wire start or [wireType/X=show connections]:

    Enter T, pressENTER

   Select the wire layer RED_10. Click OK.

    Select the bottom of the discrete instrument

   Specify wire end or [Continue]: 

    Drag the wire down a few spaces, press ENTER

   
6. Click Schematic tabInsert Components panelInsert P&ID Components. Find
7. In the Insert Component: Piping and Instrumentation Symbols dialog box, click Flow Arrows.
8. In the PID: Equipment dialog box, click Flow Arrow Down.
9. Respond to the prompts as follows:

   Specify insertion point:

    Select to place the flow arrow at the bottom of the new wire

   

The P&ID diagram is complete.

If you want to see how to expand the P&ID drawing, refer to the P&ID demo drawing file (Demo01.dwg) in the Extra Library Demo project.