To Label a Span of Pressure Pipes

In plan or profile views, you can label a series of consecutively connected pressure pipes with a single pipe label.

A spanning label helps minimize the number of labels displayed in a pressure network.

When you place the cursor over the spanning pipe label, the pipes that are in the span are highlighted. You can also use the AutoCAD list command to list the connected pipes. After adding a spanning label, you can highlight the connected pipes that comprise the span by selecting the label.

To label a span of pressure pipes in a plan view

1. Click Annotate tabLabels & Tables panelAdd Labels menuPressure NetworkSpanning Pressure Pipes Plan.

At the command line, you are prompted to select the first pressure part (pressure pipe, fitting, or appurtenance).

2. In the drawing, click a part in the pressure network to define the starting point for the connected span.

   At the command line, you are prompted to select the next part.

3. Click a part to define the ending point for the span.
4. Press Enter.

   The following prompt is displayed:

   Specify label location on pressure pipe:

5. Specify the location for the label by clicking one of the pipes in the span.

   If you select a pipe that is not included in the span, a prompt is displayed indicating that the label location must be on a spanned pipe.

   Note that the label can be slid along the span with the slider grip .

To label a span of pressure pipes in a profile view

1. Click Annotate tabLabels & Tables panelAdd Labels menuPressure NetworkSpanning Pressure Pipes Profile.

   At the command line, you are prompted to select the first pressure part (pressure pipe, fitting, or appurtenance).

2. In the drawing, click a part in the pressure network to define the starting point for the connected span.

   At the command line, you are prompted to select the next part.

3. Click a part to define the ending point for the span.
4. Press Enter.

   The following prompt is displayed:

   Specify label location on pressure pipe:

5. Specify the location for the label by clicking one of the pipes in the span.

   If you select a pipe that is not included in the span, a prompt is displayed indicating that the label location must be on a spanned pipe.

   Note that the label can be slid along the span with the slider grip .

To highlight a connected pipe span

• Hover the cursor over the spanning label. This highlights all of the parts that are in the span.

To move a spanning pipe label

Spanning labels are not anchored to any particular part. You can move them freely to any connected part in the span.

• Click the label to be moved and select the slider grip .

Move the label to the desired location.

Note: Spanning pipe labels have the same dragged state behavior as regular pipe labels. Click the round grip to restore a dragged label to its default state.