How To Enable or Disable Rotation for OFF-PAGE CONNECTOR in OpenPlant PID Connect Edition.



Applies To 
Product(s):OpenPlant P&ID
Version(s):

Connect Edition

Environment: Windows 10 (64-bit)
Area: Page Connectors Orientation
Subarea: N/A
Original Author:Harshavardhan K,Bentley Product Advantage Group

Background

User has placed pipelines both vertically and horizontally in the drawing. Now, user wants to connect pipelines via page connector and his requirement is to orient Page connector in any direction.  Let see below walk through how to enable or disable page connector orientation

Steps to Accomplish

  1. Launch OpenPlant Project Administrator and Expand the WorkSet name, click on OpenPlant PID and click on Tools and Launch Class Editor.



  2. Click on Open and navigate C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenPlant CONNECT Edition\Configuration\WorkSpaces\WorkSpace\WorkSets\OpenPlantMetric\Standards\OpenPlant\Schemas\OpenPlant_PID.01.08' and open OpenPlant_PID.01.08 ecschema.



  3. Once loaded right click on OpenPlant_PID.01.08 and click on Supplement schema and load OpenPlant_PID_Supplemental_Design.01.08.ecschema.xml





  4. Search for keyword OFFPAGE_CONNECTOR and click on GOTO to see OFFPAGE Connector class and its properties.



  5. In properties tab, look for a Property ROTATE_ENABLED, right click on that property and ADD/REMOVE custom attribute.



  6. Add custom attribute shown below and Set Default Value to TRUE and save the schema changes.



  7. Verify results as below Image and if the orientation needs to be disabled Set the Above value to FALSE.




See Also

communities.bentley.com/.../how-to-use-page-connectors-to-show-information-between-two-dgns

Still a Problem?

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