{"id":108,"date":"2014-11-21T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T15:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2014\/11\/21\/which-components-in-autocad-pid-have-to-be-unique\/"},"modified":"2019-07-10T15:11:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T15:11:14","slug":"which-components-in-autocad-pid-have-to-be-unique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/in-the-pipes\/2014\/11\/21\/which-components-in-autocad-pid-have-to-be-unique\/","title":{"rendered":"Which components in AutoCAD P&amp;ID have to be unique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you try to tag a component which is already available in the project you will get a message:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201bb07b109b7970d-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"RtaImage\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d835007d0b69e201bb07b109b7970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/in-the-pipes.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d835007d0b69e201bb07b109b7970d-500wi\" title=\"RtaImage\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to know for&#160;which components you need an unique tag, you can open the processpower.dcf of your project with a SQLite Browser like SQL Expert Personal or SQLite Database Browser.<\/p>\n<p>But be aware that modifying direclty <em>dcf<\/em>-files is not supported. 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