# Pipes automatically converting to Drawing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pipes-automatically-converting-to-drawing/116921>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [August 27, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pipes-automatically-converting-to-drawing/116921 "2026-08-27T14:38:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![dawood.imtiaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@dawood.imtiaz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dawood.imtiaz)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pipes-automatically-converting-to-drawing/116921/1 "2026-08-27T14:38:31Z")

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There's been an issue in the 8.3.8 version that the pipes in the HMI statics convert to the drawing itself. After that, I can't edit them, and they open in the Drawing Editor as drawing as a group.

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/pipes-automatically-converting-to-drawing/116921/2 "2026-08-28T03:18:14Z")

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> [@dawood.imtiaz](#):
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> and they open in the Drawing Editor as drawing as a group.

😬

I have never seen in my experience pipes converting to drawings, although I havent used 8.3.3 much. But this would be horrible...