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Plant 3D tool palettes are created and controlled through the project specifications. They are relatively easy to modify and maintain...not so for P&ID palettes.
P&ID workspaces and tool palettes for all standards P&ID PIP, P&ID ISO, P&ID ISA, P&ID DIN, and P&ID JIS/ISO are available within all projects. The tools located on each palette in these workspaces are defined in the P&ID Class Definitions of the Project Properties.
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While many of the tools on these tool palettes can be used in any project, the P&ID Class Definitions for each standard are slightly different. This will result in the error "symbol could not be found in the current project" when trying to add these P&ID objects to a project drawing.
To add this content to the project you are working on, create a new project using the P&ID standard containing the Class Definition. Create a P&ID resource drawing in this project and add any of the tool palette objects that generate this error into the drawing. Save and close this project.
Open the desired target project for these P&ID class objects and use Link to Drawing to add the reference drawing to this project. Open the drawing you just added and use copy to clipboard CTL+C to copy the objects into a P&ID drawing created within the project you are now working in.
Note: Copying the file into the project does not update the P&ID Class Definitions, but copying the objects from one drawing to another does. Adding the drawing to the project allows you to have both drawings open simultaneously and simplifies the copy/paste process when you are dealing with multiple items.
Although the P&ID Class Definition is created for us in our target project it is not complete. The Symbol information is incomplete and we cannot use it to add the tool to another palette. You can however copy palette tools from one P&ID workspace to another.
Create a project template in this manner to use when starting new projects to automate and standardize this configuration in the future!
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