Disconnecting Pipe Network Parts

You can select a part in a pipe network and disconnect it from the part or parts it is currently connected to.

When you disconnect a part, the disconnected part can then be moved in the drawing without moving parts that were attached to it.

Even though a part may be disconnected from the other parts in the same pipe network, the disconnected part still belongs to the same pipe network.

The following behavior applies to the connectivity of pipes and structures:

• When grip editing is used to move, lengthen, or shorten a pipe, the connectivity to any structures connected to that pipe will be lost. There is one exception to this rule: if the pipe end being gripped is moved to the location within the structure it was originally attached to, then the connectivity is maintained.
• When grip editing a pipe that is attached to a structure, moving the pipe does not move the structure. The pipe becomes disconnected from the structure. The only affect this type of edit may have is to possibly resize the structure vertically to accommodate for a new sump elevation or top of barrel when the pipe is disconnected.
• When grip editing a pipe, if no 3D OSNAP is used (any value other than zero), the elevation of the end of the pipe is maintained when the pipe is grip edited and connected to a new structure.
• When grip editing a pipe that is moved over an existing pipe that it will “break,” the end of the pipe being edited moves to the elevation of the pipe being broken.