I have been making multiple P&ID's in Plant 3D 2014 and have begun to number the lines. Unfortunately I have come across an issue which won't let me can make two different lines with differing system codes have the same line number. If I go to number the first line the tag sets properly, but when I go to number the other one it removes the previous tag. Not only this but it appears that it groups the separate lines as well.
I have ensured that the property for the line number is set as "String". I have also made sure that the line number property pulls from the target object field.
In a previous project done in Plant 3D 2012 the line numbering was done this way without any issues. It appears that I have the line tag properties set up in the same way and I am not sure if this is a new change in Plant 3D 2014.
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Pat Andres
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Plant 3D Administrator
GHD Manila
So do I need to modify the line number tag in the pipe line group properties or delete it?
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Pat Andres
Autodesk Expert Elite
Plant 3D Administrator
GHD Manila
Best Regards,
Pat Andres
Autodesk Expert Elite
Plant 3D Administrator
GHD Manila
Since my attempts to resolve the issue didn't seem to be working we are no longer using the same line numbers across systems on my current project. We decided this purely in the interest of time and the fact that there was no specific requirement for line numbering.
That being said, the issue I experienced was not discovered by any error messages or changing of properties. I had the default setup for P&ID properties and the issue was that whenever two lines with different system codes were given the same line number it grouped them. Which ever line was given the line number last forced its system code on any other line (with the same line number) since they were now automatically grouped. Whenever I changed the line number property to be a target object property it resulted in other items not working (I described this above).
I was more or less wondering if there was a simple work-around for this issue.
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Pat Andres
Autodesk Expert Elite
Plant 3D Administrator
GHD Manila
@patpat79 wrote:
In pipe line group, the default line number restriction is by target object linenumber only, which means that you cannot have more than one line number ( eg. 100-WR-B2-001 and 200-WS-B2-001) plant 3d won't allow you to use 001 more than once because it is your restriction. If you want to change it, go to pipe line group properties, line number tag format then change the setup depends on your needs. ( restriction as per service, line number, size etc.) or no restriction at all.
Can you please explain more? I want to follow.
Please can you explain the proceedure to do this?
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go to pipe line group properties,
line number tag format then change the setup depends on your needs.
It doesn't matter which way you slice the tag format, the problem remains that Plant 3D only accepts 1 unique line number. And if you create an ad-hoc property for the line number, then the off page connector won't work anymore because it requires the line number.
Has anyone found a workaround? Will Autodesk fix this absurd behaviour? Most project require the number to be reused across various services.