Placing Blocks

To place a unit operation block in a simulation flowsheet:

1 Click a model category tab in the Model Library to display a list of models in that category.

2 In the Model Library, select the unit operation model that you want to place in your process flowsheet. To choose a different icon for the model, click the down arrow, and click an icon to select it. The icon you select will remain the default icon when placing that model, until you change the icon.

3 Click and hold down the mouse button on the unit operation model, and drag it to the Process Flowsheet window.

4 The mouse pointer is in the shape of a box with an arrow, which indicates that only one block will be placed.

5 In the Process Flowsheet window, release the mouse button

where you want to place the block.

If you have switched off Automatically Assign Block Names, you are prompted to enter the Block ID. For more information on IDs, see Options for Naming Blocks and Streams. The icon

that you selected appears on the flowsheet.

6 Continue creating your flowsheet. To place another block repeat steps 1 through 4.

When you place or move blocks, the center of the block icon snaps to a grid location if Snap to Grid is enabled on the Grid/Scale tab of the Tools Options dialog box.

Placing Multiple Blocks

To place multiple blocks of the same type in the flowsheet:

1 Click a model category tab in the Model Library to display a list of models in that category.

2 In the Model Library, select the unit operation model that you want to place in your process flowsheet. To choose a different icon for the model, click the down arrow, and click an icon to

select it. The icon you select will remain the default icon when placing that model, until you change the icon.

3 Click the unit operation model (click the icon then release the mouse button.)

The pointer appears in the shape of a crosshair, representing Insert mode.

4 In the Process Flowsheet window, click where you want to place the block. The icon that you selected appears on the If you have switched off Automatically Assign Block Names,

you are prompted to enter the Block ID. For more information on IDs, see Options for Naming Blocks and Streams. The icon that you selected appears on the flowsheet.

5 Continue creating your flowsheet

If you want to	Do this
Place another block for the same model	Click in a new location on the flowsheet
Place a block for a different model	Repeat steps 1 to 4.
Stop placing blocks	Click the Select Mode button in the upper left corner of the Model Library. This turns off insert mode. Insert mode is on when the Select Mode button is raised, and off when the button is depressed.

When you place or move blocks, the center of the block icon snaps to a grid location if Snap to Grid is enabled on the Grid/Scale tab of the Tools Options dialog box.

Дата добавления: 2015-07-15