To delete a group of components from a pipe system:


  1. Click the Selection tool button, DrawToolButtonSelectionGroup02.dib, on the tool bar.


  1. When you click the Selection tool button, the selection icon is displayed next to your mouse pointer when the pointer is in the Drawing pane.


  1. Draw a box around the group of components that you want to delete in the Drawing pane.


  1. To draw a box, click where you want to start the box in the Drawing pane and hold down the left mouse button, then drag the mouse until you have drawn the box.


  1. Release the left mouse button.


  1. Click the Delete button, DrawToolButtonDeleteSelectedItems02.dib, on the tool bar or select Edit | Delete, or click Ctrl-Delete on the keyboard.


  1. The message, Are you sure you wish to delete the selected nodes and all pipes that connect to these nodes?, is displayed after clicking the Delete button or selecting Edit | Delete.


  1. Click Yes.


  1. The selected nodes and all the pipes and their components that are connected to the nodes are deleted.