| Applies To | |
| Product(s): | OpenPlant Support Engineering |
| Version(s): |
CONNECT Edition |
| Environment: | Windows 10 (64-bit) |
| Area: | Custom Component |
| Subarea: | Custom Component Builder |
| Original Author: | Carlos De la Torre, Bentley Technical Support Group |
The Custom Piping Component Builder (displayed below) lets you create custom components from geometric graphics which either exist in the active drawing (for a one-time use), or have been drawn in a .CEL file, which can be saved and re-used in other design files within the same project.
The Custom Piping Component Builder provides for two different workflows for creating custom components:
- Creating User Components for one time usage: this workflow will allow the user to define and create custom components in an active design file; life cycle and usage of the component will be specific to the design file it was created in.
Note: To create a one-time custom component, an active pipeline must exist in the drawing.
- Create Custom Piping Component for Re-use: this workflow will allow the user to define, create and store components in a library (i.e. cell library). which is then placed using the Place Component from Cell option. These custom components will be re-usable in any design file within the same project.
Creation Attribute
In order for a custom component to be able to be created from native elements, the Creation Attribute must be defined for the type of custom component that is to be created. Most components will have this attribute defined by default but there are some which do not. When trying to define a custom component using one of these component types of the following message will display in the component center and the component creation will not be able to proceed until this attribute is defined:
'Creation Attribute' is missing on the component class in schema
The Creation Attribute is defined for a component class in the OpenPlant Project Administrator using the Class Editor. The following schemas must be loaded into the Class Editor to add the Creation Attribute:
OpenPlant_3D.01.08.ecschema.xml
Supplement the schema with the following:
OpenPlant_3D_Supplemental_Information_3DComponent.01.08.ecschema.xml
Find the component class which needs to have the Creation Attribute added such as the CONDUIT_GATE_VALVE shown below:
Add a new custom attribute as shown: