To Work With Pressure Network Data Shortcuts and References

To create a pressure network data shortcut

  1. In the source drawing, in Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, right-click Data ShortcutsCreate Data Shortcuts.
  2. In the Create Data Shortcuts dialog box, click the pressure networks to be referenced in other drawings, and then click OK.

To create a reference to a data shortcut pressure network

  1. Open the drawing to which you want to add the reference, and make it the active drawing.
  2. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, in Master View, ensure that the correct working folder is identified on the Data Shortcuts node.
  3. Expand the Data ShortcutsPressure Networks collection, right-click the desired network, and then click Create Reference.

    The Create Pressure Network Reference dialog box is displayed, in which you can optionally change properties of the reference network, as described in the following steps.

  4. Enter a unique name for the pipe network and optionally, a description.
  5. Specify a parts list and object layer.
  6. Specify whether to override reference surface or alignment or select the defaults.
  7. Select to include, or not include, source drawing labels or select other label styles.
  8. Click OK to create the pressure network reference.

    The pressure network name is displayed under the Pressure Networks collection in the Prospector tree with a next to it.

To create a reference to a pressure network in a Vault project

  1. In Toolspace, on the Prospector tab, in Master View, expand the Projects <project name> Pressure Networks collection, right-click the desired network, and then click Create Reference.

    The Create Pressure Network Reference dialog box is displayed, in which you can optionally change properties of the reference network, as described in the following steps.

  2. Enter a unique name for the pressure network and optionally, a description.
  3. Specify a parts list and object layers.
  4. Specify whether to override the reference surface or alignment or select the defaults.
  5. Select to include, or not include, source drawing labels or select other label styles.
  6. Click OK to create the pressure network.

    The pressure network name is displayed under the Pressure Networks collection in the Prospector tree with a next to it.

Parent topic: Pressure Networks