To Change Pipe Network Settings

To change pipe network creation settings

  1. Do one of the following:
    • To edit settings for all pipe network commands: In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click the Pipe Network collection. Click Edit Feature Settings.
    • To edit settings for a specific command: In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, expand the Commands collection in the Pipe Network collection. Right-click the name of the command for which you want to change settings. Click Edit Command Settings. For example, right-click the CreateNetwork command and click Edit Command Settings.

    The Edit Feature Settings dialog box is displayed.

  2. To edit the default naming format for pipe networks and data that can be extracted from the pipe network, expand the Default Name Format property group. Edit the Name Template settings.
  3. Click Apply.

To change the pipe network style and label default settings

The default styles specified in these settings are used to establish the default setting for the style in the Create Pipe Network and Pipe Network Properties dialog boxes.

  1. In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click the Pipe Network collection. Click Edit Feature Settings to open the Edit Feature Settings dialog box.
  2. Expand the Default Styles property group.
  3. To specify a default style for pipe network objects, such as pipes and structures, or for render material, click the corresponding field. Click to display the default style dialog box, where you can select a style.
  4. To specify a default label style for pipe network components in plan and profile views, click the corresponding field. Click to display the label style dialog box, where you can select a label style.
  5. Click Apply.