In the Project Setup tree view, expand Plant 3D or Plant P&ID DWG Settings. Click Data Manager Configuration.
On the Customized Views pane, click Create View.
Under A New Customized View, in the Name box, enter a name for your view.
Under A New Customized View, define the scope of your view:
To expand the scope of your view to include all project data, click Project Data.
To limit the scope of your view to the current drawing data, click Drawing Data.
Click New Level.
In the Select Class Property dialog box, do the following:
Under Class, expand the appropriate node and child nodes to locate and click a class for Level 1 (for example:
Piping and Equipment).
Under Properties, click a class property (for example:
Manufacturer).
Click OK.
Click New Level and repeat step 6 to add the number of levels you want in the customized view. When you finish adding levels to the customized view, in the Project Setup dialog box, click OK.
Note: For best results in creating customized views, choose properties that are shared by all plant objects.