Ball Valves Turning to Gate Valves Upon Placement

[Endle55]

Good day,

We are experiencing an odd but very frustrating situation.  It has occured in 2013, and is continuing to happen in 2014.  Sometimes when you place a Ball Valve, it will automatically turn into a Gate Valve, all the while keeping the Tag for a Ball Valve.  This is not happening 100% of the time, but enough to create frustration beyond comprehension for a lot of our drafters.

We have tried, taking a Ball Valve from within the drawing that worked at one point, and even when copied and placed it turns in to a Gate Valve with the Ball Valve Tag.  We have used the pull down arrow once the Valve is placed and changed on it's own, and it will not respond to the Ball Valve selection.  It stays as a Gate Valve.

ANY conclusion or rectification will be appreciated!!

[nlarez]

It sounds like someone set the Gate Valve as the first priority. Check you specs.

[Endle55]

After some messing around, I have come to a "work around" for this issue.  It may not be a suitable work around for every firm or designer, but if this happens to anyone else, all you have to do is:\

1) Right click valve

2) Select "Set open/closed state"

3) Due to most PFD and P&ID Valves being "open" we select "Normally Open" 

4) This automatically changes the valve to the correct one initially chosen by  the user.

This is still probably a set up issue that our CAD Manager will need to pick through and fix, but this is a solution to an aggravating situation.

Cheers