Adding “Existing” attribute to component preferences menu

Overview

The following manual will let to add “Existing” component attribute to Component preferences dialog, this will let to have Existing attribute enabled upon component placement.

Steps to Accomplish

1. Open config.ini file from %Project Root%/Config folder.
2. Add “EXISTING = 0” string to the [System.CompPref] section.
   
   Config.ini
   
   
3. Save and close config.ini file.
4. Open CompPref.ini from the same folder (Project Root/Config) and add folowing section to this file:
   [EXISTING]
   ToolTip=Existing field switch
   Resulttype=index_0
   ResultField=EXISTING
   Type=FixedList
   ApplocationType=Piping
   NumList=2
   List1=OFF
   List2=ON
   Filter=OFF
   ComPrefType=1
   Default=OFF
   
   
5. Save and close CompPref.ini file.
6. Open AutoPlant and load Component Preferences. Right clink on dialog window and select "Add Component Preferences".
   
   
   
7. In the "Component Preference Editor" set "EXISTING" value in the result field.
   
   
   
8. Press "OK" and check the EXISTING field in Component preference
   

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