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These are set in the Project XRef and PFC Options tab


"When Adding PFC Steps Prompt to use existing Equipment Procedural Entities"

(In S88 terms this corresponds with defining the Link between your Recipe Procedure and Equipment Control.)

Equipment Procedural Elements are Phases, Operations or Unit Procedures that are child's of an Acquirable class such as a Unit or EM

When this option is set and you add a step to a PFC diagram by Right Clicking a step then your are asked "Use existing Equipment Procedural Element?". If you answer Yes then all the EPE's are listed and you can pick one from them. Then the new step will be a parent of the same EPE and have the same name.

Plus

"When Adding Equipment Procedural Entities, use SymbolCopy"

In this case the EPE's are listed even where they do not have child diagrams and the new step is made as a SymbolCopy (a type of Clone that includes data) . This provides a closer link to the Equipment Control.

Note- the source object must have appropriate connection point for the added EPE to connect into the chart

Also added a new standard User Query, EquipmentProceduralElements. This lists all operations and phases that are on Unit and Equipment Module diagrams (Actually those on diagrams for classes that have the CanAcquire flag set)


You can also set this option by Clicking on Prompt for EPE in the PFC Menu