moving a class from a sub category to a main category

[Anonymous]

I am wondering if there is a way to take a class in data manager that is under a child category and move it up to be a class in a main category.  Using Plant 3D 2014 for Smart PID

Situation is we have a class called “Tank Capacity” under the tank sub category, is there a way to move this class up to the Equipment category without losing any data and/or re-tagging all the tanks that are in the project?

The problem we are facing is that when we try to export the data the custom files in the sub-categories do not show up in the full report unless you use report creator, but reports from the report creator will not allow us to import changes back.  Any work a rounds?

[dsl145]

Did you ever get a reply to this?? We're running into a similar problem.

[CarstenBeinecke]

Hi,

by default classes cannot be move in project setup. However, there is a possibiliy if you aren't afraid of opening up the PID or 3D database.

Please make sure to  backup your project before doing any changes to the database.

I refer you to my two videos where I show how to move a class. Although this video refers to PID classes, it wors for 3D as well. Having said this, you must not move 3D classes, because it is a very rigid class structure.

Moving P&ID Class

If you already inserted symbols of the class you want to move, I refer you to my second video:

Moving existing P&ID Classes in Projects

[dsl145]

Well, that sucks that it's not readily available, but at least going through the database is an option.

it's not my original post, but I would say that you're reply is the answer.

Danny