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Piping and Tubing Database Dialog Box

The Piping and Tubing Database contains piping and tubing part configurations. You can filter or modify configurations in the database to streamline component selection when you create Routing assemblies from incomplete P&ID data.

See Best Practices - Parts Configuration for more information.

To display this dialog box, do one of the following:
  • Click Routing > Routing Tools > Routing Library Manager , and click Piping and Tubing Database .
  • From the Windows Start menu, click All Programs > SolidWorks version > SolidWorks Tools > SolidWorks version Routing Library Manager > Piping and Tubing Database .
  Select Components Lets you add parts to the Routing library. If you select:
  • Already imported, you can set the Type and SubType for the parts.
  • Not yet imported, the parts in Library path directory that are not already in the database are listed.
  Import Data Imports Routing library part data to the database.
  Export Data Writes the data in the database table back to the Routing library part files.
  Type Displays data for all configurations of a selected part type.
  SubType When available, displays the specific type of part, for example, globe valve.
  SKEY Assigns the selected SKEY to the part for all configurations.
  File Name Displays the part name.
  Config Name Displays the configuration name.
  Size Displays the nominal size of the configuration.
  Path Displays the part location.
  Schedule Displays the configuration schedule, as defined by the industry standard.
  Class Displays the pressure rating that the configuration can accommodate, as defined by the industry standard.
  Part number, Description, Material, Manufacturer Displays user-defined information from the Routing library part.
Filter Filters a database column, based on selected filtering criteria.
Add Column Opens the Mapping Column to Property dialog box to add a column to the table after you select a property. You can also add a custom property where you fill in the column data.
Mapping Column to Property Maps a column you added to a selected file property of the part.
  Save Saves changes to the database.


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