You can rename some or all parts in a pipe network.
If you need to update just one or a few parts within a pipe network, you may want to use the Pipe Network Vistas in the Prospector, or just right-click on the part in the drawing and enter a new name for the object on the Pipe Properties or Structure Properties dialog box.
If you want to rename many parts within a pipe network, use the RenamePipeNetworkParts command. This command lets you rename one, all, or a sequence of connected parts within a pipe network.
Using this command, you can also select a name template to apply the new part names.
To rename connected parts in a pipe network
- Select the pipe network. Click Pipe Networks tab
Modify panel
Rename Parts
. - In the drawing, select the first part (pipe or structure) within the pipe network that you want to rename.
- Select the last part in the same pipe network that you want to rename.
- On the Rename Pipe Network Parts dialog box, you may enter or choose a new name (or name template) for the selected pipe network parts. You can choose to rename just the selected structures from the sequence of consecutive parts selected, just the pipes, or both.
- You can enter a new starting number or leave this field blank.
- Select one of the following Name Conflict Options. These determine how to handle any conflicts with the naming or numbering, if there are any conflicts.
- Skip Number: When this option is selected, if a name and number combination is already being used by a pipe network part in the drawing, then the number is incremented until that name\number combination is available as a name for the selected part.
- Rename Existing Parts: When this option is selected, if a name and number combination is already being used by a pipe network part in the drawing, then that part will be renamed so that the selected part can use that desired name instead. The original part will be renamed using the next name and number combination that is available.
- Click OK. The parts are renamed.
To view the updated part names, do one of the following:
- In the drawing, right-click on a part and select Pipe Properties or Structure Properties. View the updated pipe or structure names on the Information tab of the Pipe Properties or Structure Properties dialog box.
- In the Prospector tree, expand the Pipe NetworksNetworks collection, and then expand the pipe network containing the renamed parts. Click Pipes or Structures and view the updated part names in the Pipe Network Vistas.