Information

On the Home tab, the Information group contains the following tools.

Find

In the Query group, the Find menu contains the following tools. The default action of the Find button is Find objects.

Find objects (Alt+F) | Find text | Highlight line | Highlight pipeline by name | Highlight system by name | Highlight linked objects

Find objects (Alt+F)

In the Find Objects dialog, you can search for objects from the active diagram by their Position ID or Object ID.

  • Search method – Select the search method.

    • If searching for Position ID, you can use the asterisk character '*' as a wildcard. You can list all Position IDs by entering only the asterisk as the search phrase.
    • If searching for Object ID, you must enter the complete ID as the search phrase.

  • Click Search to perform the search.

  • Select a search result to highlight and zoom to the found object in the diagram.

  • Click View Data to show the selected object's data.

  • You can temporarily hide the search tool by clicking the diagram. Press Esc to show the search tool again.

Find text

In the Find Text dialog, you can search for text in drafting texts, label texts, and/or reference drawing texts.

  • Search text – Enter the text to be found.

    • The search phrase can be found from any part of a text string. For example, the search text "001" can find "P001" and "P001A".
    • You can use regular expressions. For example, the search text "P[0-9,A-Z]" can find "P001" and "P001A".

  • Search options – Specify where to find the text. Select the Match case option if you want the search to be case-sensitive.

  • Click Find to perform the search.

  • Click a search result to zoom to the found text in the diagram.

  • You can temporarily hide the search tool by clicking the diagram. Press Esc to show the search tool again.

Highlight line

The Highlight line tool highlights the whole line when one of its parts is selected. The name of the highlighted line is displayed in the status bar.

Press Esc to stop highlighting the selected line. You can select another line to be highlighted, or press Esc again to exit the highlighting tool.

Highlight pipeline by name

The Highlight pipeline by name tool opens a dialog where you can select a pipeline to be highlighted in the active diagram.

Press Esc to exit the highlighting tool.

Highlight system by name

The Highlight system by name tool opens a dialog where you can select a System whose objects to highlight in the active diagram.

Press Esc to exit the highlighting tool.

Highlight linked objects

The Highlight linked objects tool sets the color of linked objects (that is, objects that use the same Position ID) in the active diagram to white, and all other objects are dimmed.

This allows seeing whether objects have multiple instances in the active diagram or share their Position ID with objects in other diagrams.

For more information on linked objects, see Manage linked objects.

Press Esc to exit the highlighting tool.

Properties

In the Query group, the Properties button contains the following commands. Thus it is easy to see what kind of modifications you have made after the last check-out.

Object data (Alt+Q) | Checked in object data | Checked in diagram title box | Connected diagram

Object data (Alt+Q)

The Object Data tool allows you to select an object to show its current data in view-only mode.

You can also view this data by selecting an object, right-clicking the diagram, and then selecting Browser > View data from the context menu.

Checked in object data

The Checked in object data tool allows you to select an object to show its latest checked-in data in view-only mode. If you decide to cancel the check-out, this is the data that the object will have.

You can also view this data by selecting an object, right-clicking the diagram, and then selecting Browser > View checked in data from the context menu.

Checked in diagram title box

The Checked in diagram title box tool shows the data of the diagram's title box as it is in the checked-in diagram.

Connected diagram

The Connected diagram tool shows the diagram where a pipeline in the active diagram continues. Requires that you have inserted a connector at the end or beginning of the line.

When prompted, pick the connector (not the label). The diagram where the pipeline continues is opened, and the pair of the selected connector and its label are highlighted.

  • If you have the diagram checked out, it is opened in edit mode.
  • If the diagram is currently checked in, it is opened in browse mode.

Related Topics

Insert connectors