PCF Export provides a tool to define tap connections in the PCF export. In PCF Reference Guide a Tap connection is defined as: "tap connection is usually a connection between between a component and a small bore pipe". Thus you can connect a pipe to an element other than pipe through a tap connection.

Procedure

1. Start Revit and open a process piping project. Start working with PCF data export as detailed in the documentation. When a tap connection is needed proceed to next step.
2. (1) Select "Add-Ins" tab. (2) Click "Tap Connection" button in PCF Tools panel.
3. Select the element to connect the tap into. Must be a Pipe Fitting or Pipe Accessory.
4. Select the pipe to be used as the tapping element.
5. The Unique Component Identifier (the element's GUID) of the tapping element is written to a parameter of the tapped element.
6. When the PCF file is exported, the application uses the first method of declaring the tap: "Tap Associated with a Component".

The tap UCI is written to parameter PCF_ELEM_TAPX where X is 1, 2, etc. Currently, only three taps are allowed per tapped element.

Warning: The deletion of unwanted taps must be done manually by removing the GUID data from the tapped element's PCF_ELEM_TAPX parameter.