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Revision HistoryDate Version Notes

October 2003 11.5 Updated for new facilities at this release.

August 2004. 11.6 Miscellaneous fixes and updates.

June 2005 11.6.SP1 Miscellaneous fixes and updates.

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1 Read This Firs t 1-1

1.1 The scope of the Guide .............................................................................................................1-1 1.1.1 Intended audience ........................................................................................................1-1 1.1.1 Assumptions .................................................................................................................1-2 1.1.2 About the tutorial exercise ............................................................................................1-2 1.1.3 Further reading .............................................................................................................1-2

1.2 Text conventions .......................................................................................................................1-2 1.3 Terminology...............................................................................................................................1-3 1.4 How the Guide is organised ......................................................................................................1-3

2 Introducing VANTAGE PDMS 2-1

2.1 Introducing the structure of PDMS ............................................................................................ 2-1 2.2 The strengths of PDMS .............................................................................................................2-1

3 Getting Started 3-1

3.1 Logging in ..................................................................................................................................3-1 3.2 Using the mouse........................................................................................................................3-2 3.3 Usin g forms................................................................................................................................3-2

3.3.1 Using text boxes ...........................................................................................................3-3 3.3.2 Using drop-down lists ...................................................................................................3-3

3.4 The PDMS startup display.........................................................................................................3-5 3.5 Using menus.............................................................................................................................. 3-6 3.6 Using the tool bar ......................................................................................................................3-6 3.7 Using the Design Explorer......................................................................................................... 3-7 3.8 Using the status bar................................................................................................................... 3-8 3.9 More on using forms..................................................................................................................3-9

3.9.1 Using option buttons .....................................................................................................3-9 3.9.2 Using check boxes......................................................................................................3-10 3.9.3 Using scrollable lists ...................................................................................................3-10 3.9.4 Using action buttons ...................................................................................................3-10

3.10 Responding to alert forms .......................................................................................................3-11 3.11 Using on-line Help ...................................................................................................................3-12

4 Introducing PDMS Hangers and Support s 4-1

4.1 Locating the Support .................................................................................................................4-1 4.2 Support configuration ................................................................................................................4-1 4.3 Connecting supports..................................................................................................................4-2 4.4 Standard Hanger configurations................................................................................................ 4-2 4.5 Utilities .......................................................................................................................................4-2 4.6 Catalogues supplied with the product ....................................................................................... 4-3 4.7 Drawing facilities........................................................................................................................4-3

5 Starting to Use Hangers & Support s 5-1

5.1 Setting the defaults....................................................................................................................5-1

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5.2 The hangers and supports database hierarchy .........................................................................5-2 5.2.1 Setting the storage areas ............................................................................................. 5-4

5.3 The hangers and supports toolboxes ........................................................................................5-5 5.4 Displaying the Model..................................................................................................................5-5

6 Creating a Goalpost Support 6-1

6.1 Positioning the Support Plane....................................................................................................6-1 6.2 Creating the Framework, and Classification ..............................................................................6-3 6.3 Creating a Subframework ..........................................................................................................6-4 6.4 Creating Template Members .....................................................................................................6-5 6.5 Configuring the Support .............................................................................................................6-8 6.6 Modifying the Support Template............................................................................................. 6-10 6.7 Checking the Member Connections........................................................................................ 6-11 6.8 Applying the Steel Profiles...................................................................................................... 6-12 6.9 Building the Support................................................................................................................ 6-14 6.10 Suppo r t Schedule ................................................................................................................... 6-14

6.10.1 Support Schedule Headers and Footers.................................................................... 6-15

7 Creating a Single Hanger 7-1

8 Creating a Two-plane Support 8-1

8.1 Create the First Subframework ..................................................................................................8-2 8.2 Checking the Clearances...........................................................................................................8-2 8.3 Create the Second Subframework.............................................................................................8-2

8.4 Completing the Support .............................................................................................................8-3

9 Creating Bracing Members 9-1

9.1 Creating the Goalpost Support ..................................................................................................9-1

A What the Icons Mean A-1

A.1 Icons on the Support Creation Toolbox ....................................................................................A-1 A.2 Icons on the General Toolbox................................................................................................... A-2 A.3 Icons on the Modify Template form...........................................................................................A-2

B The Hangers and Support s Database Hierarchy B-1

C Automat ic Drawing Producti on C-1

C.1 The Batch Macro Generation Form ..........................................................................................C-1 C.1.1 The Restraint List .........................................................................................................C-2 C.1.2 Checking Data Consistency.........................................................................................C-2 C.1.3 Producing Drawings .....................................................................................................C-3

C.2 Setting the Drawing Defaults ....................................................................................................C-4 C.2.1 Setting the Overall Defaults .........................................................................................C-4 C.2.2 Setting the Library Pointer Defaults .............................................................................C-5 C.2.3 Setting the Standard Scale Defaults ............................................................................C-6 C.2.4 Setting the Reference Plate Defaults ...........................................................................C-7

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C.2.5 Setting the Title Block Default Data............................................................................. C-7 C.3 Creating and Running Drawing Batch Macros ......................................................................... C-8

C.4 Saving the Defaults .................................................................................................................. C-9 Index Index-i

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1 Read This First

1.1 The scope of the Guide

This guide introduces the facilities provided by AVEVA for the creationof Pipe Hangers and Supports and their incorporation into Specificationswhich make them accessible to other PDMS designers. A key feature ofthe guide is a hands-on tutorial exercise which is incorporated

throughout.This guide does not give step-by-step instructions on how to carry outevery specific support design function, since you can access suchinformation as you work by using the on-line help facilities incorporatedinto the program’s graphical user interface.If you are not yet familiar with the use of the PDMS Design module, it isrecommended that you first work through one or more of the discipline-specific ‘getting started’ guides (Pipework Design Using PDMS,Structural Design Using PDMS, etc.) and practise using the variousDesign applications. You need to be proficient in the use of Design beforeyou try to create hangers and supports for use by others. You also need tobe familiar with the main principles of managing Catalogues andSpecifications in PDMS databases using the Paragon and Speconmodules.

This manual assumes that you are familiar with PDMS Design to thelevel of AVEVA's Basic Training Course. In addition, it will help if youhave some knowledge of the PDMS Design Structures applications, andyou are advised to work through the tutorial in the manual StructuralDesign Using VANTAGE PDMS .

To use Automatic Drawing Production, you need to be familiar withPDMS Draft.

1.1.1 Intended audience

This guide has been written for engineers familiar with hanger designpractices, who may or may not have prior knowledge of PDMS.

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1.1.1 Assumptions

For you to use this guide, the sample PDMS project, Project SAM, must

be correctly installed on your system, and you must have read/writeaccess to the project databases.It is assumed that you know:• where to find PDMS on your computer system• you know how to use the Windows operating system installed on your

site.

Contact your systems administrator if you need help in either of theseareas.

1.1.2 About the tutorial exercise

All the steps of the exercise are numbered sequentially throughout theguide. The start and end of each part of the exercise is marked by linesacross the page to separate them from the general information sections,like this:

1.1.3 Further reading You can find a list of relevant AVEVA documentation in the appendicesof this guide.

1.2 Text conventions

This guide uses the following text conventions:

Serif for the majority of the text.

Bold to highlight important information, and to introducespecial terminology.

Serif italic to denote internal cross references and citations.

Sans-serif to denote keys on your keyboard.

Sans-serif bold for menu names and options, and for the names of forms.

Typewr i t er for text within a form, including text that you enter

yourself using the keyboard.

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1.3 Terminology

You can switch rapidly between the different parts of the program, sothat the distinctions between them become almost imperceptible, but youneed to recognise what is happening when you select from the differentfunctions available to you from the various menus.The following terms are used throughout this guide to describe whataction to carry out:

Enter Type text into the specified dialogue box, then press theEnter (or Return ) key to confirm the entry.

Click Place the mouse cursor over a specified point, then

quickly press and release the designated mouse button. Ifno button is specified, use the left-hand mouse button.

Pick Click on the required item to select it.

Drag Place the mouse cursor over a specified point, then pressand hold down the required mouse button while movingthe cursor to a second specified point. Release the buttonover the second point.

Double click Place the mouse cursor over a specified point, then click

the left-hand mouse button twice in quick succession.

1.4 How the Guide is organised

This guide contains the following chapters and appendices:

Chapter 1 introduces this guide and summarises its scope.

Chapter 2 introduces PDMS

Chapter 3 tells you how to log in to PDMS and introduces its userinterface

Chapter 4 summarises the facilities available in the Hangers &Supports application, and the sequence of operationsneeded to create a support. Note that the examples inthis guide only illustrate some of the basic features of theapplication.

Chapter 5 describes how to start up the application and also how toset some administrative options. It also summarises the

Hangers and Supports database h ierarchy, which isshown in more detail in Appendix B.




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Chapter 6 is a tutorial which covers the basics of creating thesteelwork and hangers for a typical ‘goalpost’ support,checking the support, and producing a support schedule.

Chapter 7 describes how to create a hanger-only support using theHanger configurations supplied.

Chapter 8 illustrates some more features of the application.

Chapter 9 describes how to add bracing members to a supporttemplate.

Appendix A is a key to some of the icons on the main ‘toolbox’ forms.

Appendix B shows how Hanger and Support elements are stored.Appendix C describes how to set up the defaults for Automatic

Drawing Production in Draft

The guide concludes with an Index, allowing you to refer back to anyspecific topics about whose details you need to be reminded.




2 Introducing VANTAGE PDMS

This chapter gives:• an introduction to the structure of PDMS• explains the strengths of PDMS

2.1 Introducing the structure of PDMS

PDMS comprises the following functional parts:• modules• applications.

A module is a subdivision of PDMS that you use to carry out specifictypes of operation. This guide covers the following modules:• Design , which you use for creating the 3D design model

An application is supplementary program that has been tailored toprovide easy control of operations that are specific to a particulardiscipline. The applications you will use for support design work in this

guide are:• Pipe Hangers & Supports• In Draft , the Automatic Drawing Production application

You can switch quickly and easily between different parts of PDMS.

2.2 The strengths of PDMS

In VANTAGE PDMS, you have a powerful suite of facilities for the

modification, design validation and documentation of logicallyinterconnected steelwork and/or concrete structures.

The emphasis is on maximising both design consistency and designproductivity:• The design modelling functions incorporate a degree of apparent

intelligence that enables them to make sensible decisions about theconsequential effects of many of your design choices. This allows youto implement a sequence of related decisions with a minimum ofeffort.

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consistency-checking is an integral part of the product. PDMSautomatically manages drawing production, material take-offreports, and so on, by reading all design data directly from a common

set of databases, to prevent errors from being introduced bytranscribing information between different disciplines.• The applications let you check all aspects of your design as work

progresses. This includes on-line interdisciplinary clash detection, sothe chances of errors and inconsistencies reaching the finaldocumented design are reduced to an exceptionally low level.

• The applications are controlled from a graphical user interface. Thismeans that all design, drawing and reporting operations are initiatedby selecting choices from menus, and by entering data into on-screenforms. For ease of use, many common actions are also represented by

pictorial icons.• On-screen help is available to assist you whenever you need help.




3 Getting Started

This chapter explains:• how to log in to PDMS• how to use the windows, menus and forms that comprise the PDMS

graphical user interface• on-line help.

3.1 Logging in

This is the first step of the tutorial exercise. If you do not know wherethe PDMS program is stored on your system, you will have to contactyour system administrator at this point.

Exercise begins:

1. Start PDMS by double-clicking on the PDMS icon. The VANTAGEPDMS Login form that appears requires you to specify a number ofdetails at the outset of your session.

Ignore any entries currently shown in this form. The next sectiondescribes how to complete the boxes, and the exercise continuesafterwards.




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3.2 Using the mouse

You use the mouse to steer the graphics cursor around the screen and toselect or pick items by using the mouse buttons. The buttons performdifferent tasks depending on the type of window, and the position withinthe window, where the cursor is positioned. The appearance of the cursorchanges according to the type of display item that is underneath it.

The left-hand mouse button has three functions:• On a graphical view, clicking the left-hand button with the cursor

over a design element results in that element becoming the currentelement (that is, the design item on which you want to carry out thenext operation).

• In a sequence of menus, dragging with the left-hand button activatesthe command represented by the highlighted menu option when thebutton is released.

• On a form, the effect varies according to what you select.

The middle mouse button is used primarily to manipulate a graphicalview; the right-hand button is used to access the menu options specific tothe graphical view window.Note: the right-hand mouse button menu will henceforth be referred to as the

shortcut menu .

3.3 Using forms

Forms can include any of the following:• text boxes• drop-down lists• option buttons• check boxes• scrollable lists• action buttons.

Text boxes and drop-down lists are explained below; the remainder areexplained later in this chapter.




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3.3.1 Using text boxes

Text boxes are the areas where you type in alphanumeric data such asnames or dimensions. A text box will usually have a label to tell youwhat to enter.

When you first open a form which contains text boxes, the first text-boxon the form is current and a text editing cursor (a vertical bar) isdisplayed in the box. A text-box often contains a default entry (such asunset) when first displayed. Some text boxes accept only text or onlynumeric data, and entries with the wrong type of data are not accepted.

To enter data into a text box:• Click in the box to insert the text editing cursor.• Type in the required data, editing any existing entry as necessary.

(You may need to delete the existing entry first.)• When you have finished, confirm the entry by pressing the Enter (or

Return ) key. Any text box with an unconfirmed setting is highlightedby a yellow background.

3.3.2 Using drop-down list s

Drop-down lists let you choose one option from a multiple selection. Thelist will usually have a label to tell you what you are setting and willshow the current selection.They typically have the following appearance:

To change the setting, click on the down arrow or button face to revealthe full list of available options, then pick the required option.

Exercise continues:

2. Click on the VANTAGE PDMS Login form to make it active.

3. Give the name of the Project in which you want to work: enter SAM.

4. Give your allocated Username: enter HANGER. This username hasbeen set up so that you will have Read/Write access to a Cataloguedatabase, as well as to a Design database. This is necessary so thatyou can add your new template into a Specification at a later stageof the exercise.

5. Give your allocated Password: enter HANGER.




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6. Give the part of the project Multiple Database (MDB) you want towork in: enter HANGER.

7. Give the name of the module you wish to use: select Design. Makesure that you leave the Read Onl y box unchecked, so that you canmodify the database as you work.

You must specify which files to load at startup. You can chooseeither the application default settings ( Load f r om Macr o Fi l es )or a customised setup saved during an earlier session ( Load f r omBi nar y Fi l es ). Design templates are stored in a Design databaserather than in a Catalogue database, so enter the Design module byloading its appware from Macr o Fi l es .

When you have entered all the necessary det ai l s , the form lookslike this:

Click on the button.




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3.4 The PDMS startup displayWhen PDMS has loaded, your screen looks like this:

As labelled above, the display comprises the following:

Title Bar This shows the current PDMS module, and its sub-application ifapplicable.

Main Menu Bar This is the area you use to make menu selections.

Main Tool Bar This has a number of icon buttons and drop-down lists that offershortcuts to a selection common PDMS operations and standardsettings.

Design Explorer This shows your current position in the PDMS databasehierarchy. To move to a different point in the database, you clickon the appropriate item in the list. For full details of the facilitiesoffered by the Design Explorer see the PDMS Design online help.




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3D Graphical View This is the window in which you display the design modelgraphically as you build it. A pop-up menu (which you accesswith the right-hand mouse button) enables you to control how themodel is represented. This window also has its own tool bar.

Status Bar This displays information about the current status of youroperations.

You can reposition or minimise these windows at any time usingstandard window management facilities.

3.5 Using menus

Menu options in pull-down or pop-up menus can be in any of threeformats:

Standalone options initiate an action immediately.

Options followed by three dots display a form.

Options followed by a pointer, display a subsidiary menu thatoffers a further range of options.

Throughout this guide, related selections from menus are abbreviatedform using the > symbol as a separator. For example:

Select Position>At>Explicit means:

8. Select Position from the bar menu.

9. Select At from the resulting pull-down menu

10. Move the cursor to the right and select Explicit from the resultantsubmenu.

3.6 Using the tool bar

The tool bar is displayed immediately below the main menu bar in theapplication window. It contains a number of icon buttons which let youcarry out common tasks without searching for the options in the menus.

The actions of the buttons are explained in the on-line help. If you pausethe cursor over a button, a tool-tip pop-up box will remind you of thefunction of the button. To activate a button, you click on it.




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If you place the mouse-pointer over an element, you will get a ToolTipthat gives the element’s name, type, and description; clicking-the rightmouse-button while the cursor is over an element will bring up a contextmenu from which you can choose to perform various actions. Whatactions are available depend on which DB and module you are using.

You can drag-and-drop elements within the Design Explorer to copy them,or you can drag-and-drop from the Explorer to add elements to the 3Dview and My Data.The Current Element is highlighted in the tree view and the CurrentElement will change to follow selections made elsewhere, even if theExplorer is not the active window. If you set the Expand to CE check box in

the Explorer Settings, the tree will automatically expand to show theCurrent Element if it is not currently in view.

The Current Element is also the displayed in the History List, which youwill find by default on the main menu bar. However, you can undock theHistory List and have it as a free-floating window. The figure belowshows the History List as a free-floating window.

You can make another element the Current Element using the HistoryList by:

• typing the element’s name into the combo box;• selecting a previously typed in element from the combo-box’s pull-

down list. Note that if you dock the window vertically, it will notdisplay the combo-box;

• navigating through the history one element at a time using thebackwards and forwards buttons;

• selecting elements from anywhere in the History List using thedrop down lists on the backwards and forwards buttons.

3.8 Using the status bar

The status bar displays messages telling you what actions theapplication is carrying out. You should look at it frequently, especially ifthe system appears to be waiting for you to do something, since it will




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always prompt you for any input or action which is required to carry outthe next step of your current activity.If the prompt lets you repeat a task an unspecified number of times, suchas picking a selection of items using the cursor, you must press theEscape key when you have finished to indicate that you are ready tomove to the next operation.

3.9 More on using forms

Forms are used both to display information and to let you enter newdata. Forms typically comprise an arrangement of buttons of varioustypes, text-boxes, and scrollable lists. Input to a form is usually via acombination of mouse and keyboard.

While you have access to a form, you can change a setting, return to theinitial values, accept and act on the current data, or cancel the formwithout applying any changes, according to the nature of the form.

You were introduced to text boxers and drop-down lists in Section 3.3;this section describes the remaining boxes, buttons and lists:• option buttons•

check boxes• scrollable lists• action buttons.

3.9.1 Using option but tons

Option buttons are used to select one, and only one, from a group ofoptions. The selection is mutually exclusive, so that selecting one optiondeselects others in that group automatically.

They typically have the following appearance:Option selected

Option not selected

To change the selected option button in a group, click the requiredbutton.




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3.9.2 Using check boxes

Check boxes are used to switch an option between two states, typicallyset and unset. Unlike option buttons, they do not interact, so that youcan set any combination of check boxes at the same time.

They typically have the following appearance:Set

Unset

3.9.3 Using scrollable list s

A scrollable list is displayed as a vertical list of options within the form,with vertical and horizontal scroll bars along its sides. To select anoption, click on the line you want. The selected line is highlighted.Some scrollable lists let you make only a single selection, so thatselecting any option deselects all others automatically. Other lists let youmake multiple selections, with all selected options highlightedsimultaneously. You can deselect a highlighted option in a multiple-choice list, by clicking on it again (repeated clicks toggle a selection).

3.9.4 Using action but tons

Most forms include one or more action buttons. You use these to tellPDMS what to do with the details you have entered in the form.

The common action buttons are:

Tells PDMS to accept the current form settings, and closes the form.

Cancels any changes you have made to the form, and closes the form.

Tells PDMS to accept the current form settings, and leaves the formdisplayed for further use.

Cancels any changes you have made to the form, and leaves the formdisplayed for further use.

Closes the form, keeping the current settings.

Some forms contain more specific types of control button which carry outparticular command options. The action is indicated by the name of thebutton (such Add or Remove ).




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3.10 Responding to alert forms

Alert forms are used to display information such as error messages,prompts and requests for confirmation of changes. You should respond bycarrying out the task prompted for, or by clicking on the control buttonson the form (usually an OK or Cancel button).




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3.11 Using on-line HelpMost bar menus end with a Help option. Where available, on-line helpgives detailed instructions on how to use the forms and menus fromwhich you control each application.Choosing one of the Help options will bring up the Help window. Thepicture below shows a typical example of what you will see:

The pane on the right shows by default a clickable image of the mainPDMS Design window. If you click on an area of the image, the imagewill be replaced by text that describes the part of the image you clickedon.The left pane contains a set of tabs that allow you to use Help in differentways. Choosing one of the options described below activates the relevanttab for you so it is at the front when the Help window comes up.

The Help option gives you the following choices from its submenu:Help>ContentsThis displays the Help window so that you can find the required topicfrom the hierarchical contents list.




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Help>IndexThis displays the Help window with the Index tab selected, so that youcan browse for the topic you want to read about from the alphabetically-arranged list. You can locate topics quickly by typing in the first fewletters of their title.Help>SearchThis displays the Help window with the Search tab at the front so thatyou can find all topics containing the keywords you specify.Help>AboutThis displays information about the current operating system on yourcomputer and about the versions of PDMS and its applications to whichyou have access.Pressing the F1 key at any time will display the help topic for thecurrently active window.

Exercise continues:

11. Experiment with each of the Help options until you understand thesearch and navigation facilities for finding specific items ofinformation. Use the Help>On Context option to read the help textsfor any forms which you can currently see on your screen.

12. When you are ready to continue, close any forms which you havebeen experimenting with as follows:

• If a form has a Di smi ss button, click this button.• If a form has its own menu bar, select Control>Close from that

menu.• Close any Help windows which are displayed by double-

clicking in the control box in the top left-hand corner of eachwindow. Alternatively, select File>Exit from the Help windowmenu bar.

Do not close the Design Explorer or the 3D View windows, because you willuse these in the next parts of the exercise.

You are advised to make full use of the on-line help facilities wheneveryou want clarification of any operations during the later steps of theexercise.




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4 Introducing PDMS Hangers and Supports

The Pipe Hangers & Supports applications form part of a family ofengineering design applications for use with AVEVA's PDMS 3D solidmodelling plant design system. They enable designers to model pipesupports in considerable detail, from a range of user-configurablestandard designs, using an extensive catalogue of support components.Standard supports are issued against standard drawings, and a support

schedule may be produced, showing a variety of user-defined data,including parameterised support dimensions.

Support creation can include both the structural steel and the hangercomponents themselves. For example, a goalpost support may consist ofthree or more steel sections and their joint details, together with spacersand U bolts. A hanger-only support could consist of lug, rod, turnbuckleand pipe clamp.

The applications can check all aspects of the design as work progresses,including on-line interdisciplinary clash detection.

User customisation can be applied to automatic support numbering andclassification.

4.1 Locating the Support

A support is first located by positioning a plane in the 3D model. Thequickest way of doing this is by identifying the piping to be supported ina graphical view. Support location and orientation can be determined bythe position of a piping component, by a distance from a previoussupport, or by explicit coordinates. Each pipe to be supported isidentified, and the hanger type (e.g. grip or non-grip U bolt, clamp, etc.)is chosen for each. In this context, ‘hanger’ is used to mean thecomponent attaching to the pipe, and can include support from above orbelow. Thus a single support can include a number of hangers: one perpipeline.

4.2 Support configuration

Having located the support and identified the supported lines, a basicsupport configuration is chosen from a set of specification-based




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standards. These can be user defined, but a sample set is provided,including a one- or two-level goalpost, a braced cantilever, an L bracket,etc.The configuration determines the basic shape and jointing information.It may be standard (with parameterised dimensions) or special. Thedimensions of a standard support template can be changed, but it cannothave extra members added. Special templates can be modified by addingmembers for further support or bracing, and changes to jointinginformation or support dimensions.

4.3 Connecting supports

Supports may be connected to floors, ceilings, primary or secondary steel.This includes extending members to reach their connections, andproviding a connected structural model. Furthermore, a new hanger maybe added to an existing support to take an extra line. Once theconfiguration is complete, steel profiles are selected by choosing from asupport steel specification.

4.4 Standard Hanger configurations

Supports which have no steelwork (such as a spring hanger with rodsand clamps) use standard hanger configurations defined by the Hangers& Supports administrator (a sample set is provided). The designer selectsthe attachment points on the pipeline and the structure, and chooses thehanger configuration from a specification. All components within thehanger are then selected automatically from a hanger specification,sized, orientated and connected together. Some user interaction may beprompted for if design parameters are required; for example, springpresets.

4.5 Utilities

A set of utilities help the support designer to be productive. Theseinclude sophisticated copy and move operations, with automaticadjustment of supporting elements to allow for changes in relative pipepositions. For example, a sloping line can be supported by designing thefirst support, then copying it at desired intervals. Necessary changes inelevation (and thus parameterised dimensions) are accommodated





automatically. In addition, a graphical coloured maximum spanindication can be shown, based on span tables stored in the catalogue.

4.6 Catalogues supplied with the product

A sample vendor Hanger Catalogue is supplied with the application.

AVEVA would like to acknowledge the assistance provided by PipeSupports Ltd (PSL), upon whose range of Comet Pipe Support Systems catalogues this data is based.In addition, a selection of the PSL Variable Effort Supports are also

supplied, including Top Suspended (3 types) and Base Mounted (1 type). All spring types and working ranges are covered. The application allowsthe designer to enter the working load at design time to ensure thatcorrect component sizing takes place for material take-off. The cataloguehas full component and material descriptions, ordering codes, and wherenecessary, details additional components which need to be ordered apartfrom the main item itself (e.g. locknuts, bolts). A specification will besupplied which includes all the components available in this catalogue.

4.7 Drawing facilitiesPDMS generates drawings by using live links to the design data toensure that new drawings always reflect the current state of theprogressing design model. As the design progresses, up-to-date industrystandard engineering drawings, to international standards, can becreated on demand.

The Hangers & Supports application for use with Draft provides fullyautomatic production of annotated and dimensioned fabrication drawingsfor hangers and supports, incorporating location plans, full material

take-off, and support schedules. A range of user customisation optionsare available, with basic drawing layout being controlled by a user-defined backing sheet. Only minimal user post-processing (such astidying label positions) is required to complete a drawing.

Drawings may be created in either batch or interactive mode.




5 Starting to Use Hangers & Supports

13. Enter Design and select Design>Hangers & Supports from the mainmenu. You will see:

14. The Default Specific ations form. Select the Hanger SpecificationPi pe Suppor t s Lt d from the scrolling list.

15. The Default Steel Specifications form. Select the Support SteelSpecification Br i t i sh Suppor t St eel from the scrolling list.

Note that the default specifications are shown below the tool bar.

5.1 Setting the defaults

Now set some user defaults:

16. Select Settings>Defaults>Main on the Hangers & Supports Application menu. The H&S User Defaults form is displayed.

The options are:Name

As supplied, the user defaults file is named DES-SUPP-DFLTS, andis stored in the directory defined by %PDMSUSER%. You can entera different name for the defaults file here.Revi si on

You can enter a revision number for the defaults file. This is foryour own information; it is not used by the application.H&S Admin

17. You must have an administrative area to which you have writeaccess. By default, this is a Site named /HS-ADMIN. To changeyour administrative area, select the site in the Design Explorer andclick CE.

Autonaming Area

18. Enter text which will be used in autonaming supports. The way thedefault autonaming rules are set up, this text will be the secondelement in the name, after the classification code. For example, ifthe classification code for a support for pipes only is P, and the text




Starting to Use Hangers & Supports

entered here is ABC999 , supports (Restraints) will be named P-ABC999 , followed by a number as specified in the rules.

19. Select File >Save to save the settings in the current file (shown at thetop of the form) or File >Save As to save as a new file.

20. Click Di smi ss to close the form.

5.2 The hangers and supports database hierarchy

The main administrative element for a Support or Hanger is theRestraint (REST). The Restraint name is the name of the support. AllSupport database elements are linked by references and any part of thesupport can be traced back to the Restraint: see the diagram below:

STRU/STRUCTURES

FRMW/P-ABC999-0001/FRMW

REST/P-ABC999-0001

HANG/HANG1

HANG/HANG2

ZONE/DEMO/H&S/RESTRAINTS

ZONE/DEMO/H&S/STEELWORK

SITE/DEMO/H&S

In the Hangers & Supports application, Restraints are created underZones. The Hangers (HANG elements) are owned by a Restraint.

Restraints have a similar function to Pipes, and Hangers have a similarfunction to Branches.

Hangers connect pipework to steelwork or civils. Hangers connect toFittings (FITT) in the steelwork or civil and ATTAs in the pipework.Restraints contain all the Hanger (pipe-to-steelwork connection)information.Every Support assembly has an associated Framework. The Framework(FRMW) owns at least one Subframework (SBFR): if the Hangers in theassembly are in different planes, you will need to create a Subframeworkfor each plane. The Subframework contains all the steelwork data.





Frameworks are owned by Structures (STRUC) or Substructures(SUBS).The examples in this manual are based on the MDB /HANGER, suppliedwith the product, which contains the following Sites and Zones:

WORLD

DEMO/SITEHS-ADMIN DEMO/H&S

DEMO/SITE/PIPESHS-ADMIN/ADMIN

HS-ADMIN/GRIDLINES

DEMO/SITE/CIVILS

DEMO/SITE/STEEL

DEMO/SITE/EQUIP

DEMO/H&S/RESTRAINTS

DEMO/H&S/STEELWORK

The Site DEMO/SITE contains the model which will be the starting pointfor the tutorial. This includes Zones which contain Pipes, PrimarySteelwork and Civils.The Site DEMO/H&S contains empty Zones where the Hangers andSupports you create will be stored.The Site HS-ADMIN contains construction aids for you to use when addingthe Hanger and Support elements to the model supplied.





The design elements in a typical Support are shown below.

SCTN

HANG

The design elements in a typical Hanger are shown below.

HELE GTYPE FYBL

HELE GTYPE VSPR

HELE GTYPE BYRD

PCLA GTYPE PCLA

SCLA GTYPE SCLA

5.2.1 Sett ing the storage areas

Now define the storage areas where the design elements will be created.





21. Create a Structure named SUPPORT-STEEL under the Zone/DEMO/H&S/STEELWORK.

22. Select Settings>Storage Areas , and the Storage Areas form will bedisplayed.

23. Set the storage area for Rest r ai nt s by first of all making sure/DEMO/H&S/RESTRAINTS is your current element (click on it in theDesign Explorer ), then selecting Zone from the Rest r ai nt s options,and set Name to / DEMO/ H&S/ RESTRAI NTS .

24. Set the storage area for Frameworks by selecting Structure fromthe Fr amewor ks option button and setting Name to / STRUCTURES .

Note that the storage areas are shown in the main menu window.

5.3 The hangers and supports toolboxes

Two toolboxes are provided to help you use the commonest options in the Application. All the steps can be carried out by selecting options from themain menu: the toolbox is a quick method of displaying the forms youneed in the order you need them.

The Support Creation toolbox helps you tocreate support assemblies. To display it,select Utilities>Toolboxes>Support Creation from the main menu.

Selecting each icon in turn will display the sequence of forms you need.

The General toolbox provides generalutilities which help you to create supportassemblies and individual hangers. Todisplay it, selectUtilities>Toolboxes>General from themain menu.

5.4 Displaying the Model

25. Add the Zone /DEMO/SITE/PIPES to the Drawlist.





26. Select Utilities>Reference Data. The Reference Definition Application form will be displayed.

27. Select Settings>Storage Areas>Define on the Reference Definition Appl icati on form menu. Set the storage area for grids to HS-ADMI N/ GRI DLI NES/ GRI DS .

28. Select Display>Gridlines on the Reference Definition Applic ation menu.On the Display Gridlines form, select level FL1 and set the Tag wi t h options to Key and At Ends . Click Add .

29. Looking West, zoom in on the five pipes running East-West on theSouth side of the model. These are:

PIPE-SAM-100-1PIPE-SAM-100-2PIPE-SAM-100-3PIPE-SAM-250-1PIPE-SAM-300-1




6 Creating a Goalpost Support

The support assembly which you are going to create consists of a two-level goalpost support for five pipes. It is shown in the following diagram.

PIPE-SAM-100-2

PIPE-SAM-100-1

PIPE-SAM-250-1

PIPE-SAM-300-1

PIPE-SAM-100-3

6.1 Positioning the Support Plane

You start to define a support assembly by setting the position of thesupport plane. Note that this plane is supplied in the form of a BOXelement under HS-ADMIN/ADMIN/SUPPLANE.

The Support Plane defines:The Principal Direction , (PD), the direction of the support plane. Inthis case, it will be East.

The Cross Member Direction , (XM). In this case, it will be North.The Support Origin . In this case it will be E6000, N0, D60

See the following diagram:




Creating a Goalpost Support

Stanchion direction

Principal direction(Pipe direction)

Cross member direction

Pipe

Support plane

Select the first icon on the Support Creation toolbox . The Position Support

Plane form is displayed:

You need to position the plane with respect to the pipes which will besupported.

30. Give an initial position for the support plane by selectingPipe>Select from the menu on the form and picking one of the Pipes





which will be supported. The name of the Sel ect ed Pipe is shownat the top of the form.

31. Move the plane to gridline Q by selecting Gr i dl i ne from the listunder the Cur sor button, then click Cur sor and use the pointer topick gridline Q . You may need to manipulate the view to see theappropriate gridline; use the facilities available from the 3D Viewshortcut menu.

32. Set the Di st ance option list to Thr ough , set the El ement list toGr i dl i ne , click the arrow and pick gridline Q . The Move Di r ect i on will now be given as E.

33. Click Move to move the plane.

34. Check that the settings on the form are as given in section 6.1. (Ifany of them are different then change them accordingly; inparticular, the Suppor t Or i gi n may differ, don’t forget to Move the support plane if you have to change its origin.)

35. Close the form.

36. If you have not already done so, switch off the display of the supportplane by selecting the first icon on the General toolbox . This icontoggles the support plane on and off.

6.2 Creating the Framework, and Classi fication

When you create a Framework in the Hangers & Supports Application, aFramework (FRMW) and a Restraint (REST) are created in the areasthat you set on the Storage Areas form.

Supports are classified according to the type of element they support: forexample, Pipes only, Cable Trays, etc. The classification affects how thesupport is named: with the autonaming rules supplied, the type is shownby the first letter in the name, but this may be changed in your system.

37. Click the second icon on the Support Creation toolbox:





38. The Support Class form is displayed. Select Pi pes onl y and OK theform.

Note : The Support Class form is not displayed if classification has beenswitched off by the System Administrator using the Classif ication Field form.

39. The Name Support form will be displayed, showing a namegenerated from the default you set on the User Default s form. Forexample, If the default is ABC999, the name generated will be P-

ABC999-0001. Click OK . The default name for an automaticallygenerated drawing is also shown.

Note : If you make a mistake, and you want to delete the Support and start again,select Delete>Support from the main menu . This will delete the wholesupport tidily. You should not delete template members using the normalDelete option on the main menu.

6.3 Creating a Subframework

40. Select the third icon on the Create Support toolbox.

41. Note that you must be at a Framework to create a Subframework. You must create a Subframework in the Hangers and Support Application before the steelwork Sections for the support are created.There must be a Subframework, positioned using the Support plane, foreach dire ction of pipes which are supported. This is further illustrated inChapter 8.Note that you can add out-of-plane bracing members to a Subframework,it is the plane of the main supporting members that is defined.

The data structure (if you have chose to use the text ABC999 to autonamesupports) now looks like this:





ZONE/DEMO/H&S/STEELWORK

STRU/HSDEMO/SUPPORT-STEEL

FRMW/P-ABC999-0001/FRMW

REST/P-ABC999-0001

SBFR/P-ABC999-0001/SFBR1


6.4 Creating Template Members

A Support Template contains the right number of stanchions, cross-members and hangers for the configuration and the number of Pipes orother elements to be supported.

An N-level goalpost support will be used in this exercise, which will becreated with two stanchions and the correct number of cross-members for

supporting the Pipes you select. In this case, it will have two cross-members.

You will need to create the other stanchions and bracing membersseparately, but for now you will just create the basic structure.

42. Navigate to Subframework P-ABC999-0001/SBFR1. Select thefourth icon on the Create Support toolbox. The Create TemplateMembers form will be displayed:





43. The name of the Suppor t is shown at the top of the form.

Other parts of the form are:• Member Type which defines the type of Member you are going to

create (stanchion or cross-member).• Member Di r ec t i on which tells you the direction the Member will

have. The direction is determined by the direction of the pipes beingsupported.

• Hanger Di r ect i on which allows you to set the Hanger Direction.The hanger direction depends on whether the pipes are above orbelow the cross-member supporting them. See the figure below:

Hanger direction UP Hanger direction DOWN The Acti on list allows you to create and delete Member s , and to createHanger s . Once you start creating a Member , the options change to allowyou to create Hanger s on that member, as described below.

Note : If you make a mistake, you can delete a Member by setting the Acti on button to Del et e Member . Remember that if you want to delete theSupport and start again, select Delete> Support from the main menu .

44. Set the Hanger Direction to D.





45. Select Cr eat e Member from the Acti on list.

46. The Acti on option list selection will change to Cr eat e Hanger ,and a message will appear at the bottom of the form confirming thetype of Member created and the Hanger direction. For example:Cr eat i ng Cr oss Member wi t h Hanger Di r D .

47. Select Cr eat e Hanger , and you will be prompted to pick a Pipe.Pick the Northern-most 100 bore Pipe. The Set Hanger Configuration form will appear.

48. Set Spec to CADC Template

49. Set Hanger Category to Bolted

50. Set Hanger Configuration to U Bolt to GripThe form should now appear as shown below:

Note that at this stage, an Attachment Point (ATTA) is also created as amember of PIPE/SAM-100-3/B1 . The steelwork for the support is positionedat the minimum hanger length from the Pipe.

51. Now you want to create another Hanger with the sameconfiguration, so select Copy Last Hanger from the Acti on liston the Create Template Members form, and pick the centre 100 borePipe of the three. The Set Hanger Configuration form will not be





displayed. Now select Copy Last Hanger again, and pick the third100 bore Pipe.

52. You have now created all the Hangers for all the Pipes supported bythis cross-member. Select End t hi s Member . The Acti on optionlist will return to showing Cr eat e Member .

53. Next, create the template member for the lower Pipes. SelectCr eat e Member and then Cr eat e Hanger , and pick one of thePipes. The Set Hanger Configuration form will be displayed again:use the same configuration (i.e. OK the form). Select Cr eat eHanger again, and pick the last Pipe. OK the Set HangerConfiguration form and select End t hi s Member from the Create

Template Members form.54. When you have created all five hangers, select Control>Close on the

Create Template Member form. The relevant part of the DesignExplorer hierarchy, and a diagram of the template we have justcreated, are shown below.

6.5 Configuring the Support

Next we configure the support.

55. Select the Create Support Template icon on the Support Creation toolbox. The Support Configuration form will be displayed, with thename of the Suppor t being configured shown at the top of the form:





56. Within the Specification you have selected, there are three Types ofconfiguration:Goal post s have two stanchions and varying numbers of cross-members.

Cant i l ever supports have one or two cross-members, andoptionally a bracing member.

L- br acket s have a stanchion and one or two cross-members.

You should choose the configuration closest to the one you require. Youmust define all the members in the template: for example, if you choose a

2-level goalpost you must specify at least two levels of pipes.The Conf i gur at i ons list shows configurations for the selectedconfiguration type. The picture on the form shows a parameteriseddiagram of the configuration type. The J oi nt Type under the list showsthe joint type for the selected configuration.

The Suppor t Type can be set to St andar d or Speci al . You canchange the sizes of the members of a standard support but you shouldnot add extra members.When you have configured the support, the parameters will be shown in

the text boxes below the picture. You ca n change them if you need to: thisis illustrated in the example in Chapter 8.The Invert and Mirror buttons reconfigure the support, and any memberswhich have been added to the template will be removed. This means thatyou should orientate the support correctly before adding any extramembers to the template.

Invert changes the stanchion direction (and also the principaldirection).





Mirror changes the cross-member direction (and also the

principal direction).On the Support Configuration form:

57. Set the Spec list setting to Standard Support Configs.

58. Set the Suppor t Type to Speci al , because you are going tomodify the configuration by adding bracing members.

59. Check that Type is set to Goal post s .

60. Select N Level Goalpost from the Configuration list.

When you Appl y the form, the support configuration will be calculated.The configured support template will be shown in the graphical view asshown below:

• The cross-members are shown as solid lines.• The stanchions are shown as solid lines in the active colour.• The stanchions end in anchor points, shown as small spheres.• The joints between members are shown as small crosses.

61. If necessary, click the Flip button, , to orientate the support sothat the stanchions point upwards.

6.6 Modifying the Support Template

The next step is to connect the template by attaching the stanchions tothe floor.





62. Select the sixth icon on the Support Creation toolbox . The ModifySupport Template form will be displayed. (If the current element isnot part of a support assembly, you will be prompted to pick amember of the support.)

Suppor t shows the name of the support being modified.

Subf r amewor k shows the number of the subframework within thesupport, the subframework configuration type and the principaldirection of the support.

63. Now add the floor DEMO/SITE/CIVILS/GROUND to the drawlist.

64. Select the Anchor to Civil icon . You will be prompted to pick ananchor point and the civil for connection. Repeat this process toconnect both the anchor points to the floor.

6.7 Checking the Member Connections

Before you add extra members to the support template, you shouldunderstand how the members of the template are connected to eachother.

Each member has a Start and an End . Each start and end has aConnection type , which can be Attached , Anchored , Owner or None .

The connections between one template member and another are Joints.Each Joint has an Owner and an Attached member. If you are going toadd members to a template, the current element must be the elementwhich owns the Joint

.





Select the member you want to check from the scrolling list of SCTNs, orselect the arrow button and pick the member in the graphical view.The information is given on the Check Member Connection form.

65. Select Check>Support on the menu at the top of the Modify SupportTemplate form, and the Check Member Connections form will bedisplayed.

66. Select a member in the scrolling list, and the information about themember will be shown on the form. The St ar t and End of themember are shown by letters in the graphical view.

6.8 Applying the Steel Profiles

Now specify the steel profiles for the support.

67. Select the seventh icon on the Support Creation toolbox. The SteelProfiles form will be displayed.





68. The support name is shown at the top of the form. The Suppor tSt eel Spec list is set to Br i t i sh Suppor t St eel .

69. Select Channel from the Pr of i l e Type list.

70. Select the 76x38RSC profile from the Per mi ss i bl e Pr of i l es

scrolling list.71. Select Al l from the Member option list, and then click Appl y . Click

YES on the resulting Confirm message. The profile will be applied toall members.





72. Check Cl ear button checks the clearances. Click this button. Ifthere is a problem, the Check End Clearances form will be displayed,showing the required and actual clearances. Clicking Appl y willmove the sections to the required clearances.

Note : The clearance checking will only move the steelwork outwards. It maystill appear to intersect the pipes until the support is built; see Section6.9 .

73. When you have applied the profiles to the support, you canorientate each steel section if necessary. Select Or i and the SetSteel Orientation form will be displayed.

6.9 Building the Support

When you have created and configured a support assembly, you mustbuild it. Building supports creates the hanger components, selects,orientates and positions them. and checks that their lengths and degreesof freedom are suitable.

74. Select the bottom icon on the Support Creation toolbox.

6.10 Support Schedule

In addition to the general Reports Utility, there is a Support Scheduletemplate provided with the application which allows you to selectstandard data relating to Hangers and Supports.

The report will be generated for all supports under the current element,so make sure that you are at a suitable place in the database, forexample at the Zone DEMO/H&S/RESTRAINTS

75. Select Utilities>Schedules . The Support Schedule form will bedisplayed.

The Out put can be set to Fi l e , Scr een or Scr een & Fi l e . If youselect one of the Fi l e options, you can set a pa ge len gth, and also

headers and footers for the report. See Section 6.10.1 .





The Col umn Spaci ng is the number of characters betweencolumns.

St andar d Dat a options set up columns with the content, columntitle and width shown. You can switch each item on or off, andchange the column title and width. The selectable options are asfollows:

Suppor t No. is the name of the support.

Hanger No. is the number of the hanger in the support.

Suppor t ed Li ne is the name of the Pipe being supported.

Pi pe Nom Si ze is the Pipe nominal bore.

Suppor t Type is the type shown on the Support Configuration form.

Suppor t Descr i pt i on is the description of the support shownon the Support Configuration form.

Suppor t Dr wg No. is set in the UDA :DRAINFO in the supportcatalogue.

Suppor t Coor ds shows the origin of the support.

Par amet er s shows the dimensions of the support template, asshown on the Support Configuration form.

The Addi t i onal ( Expr essi on r el at i ve t o Hanger ) option sets upcolumns which you can use to define your own output of Hanger data.There is an example expression supplied. For more information aboutexpressions in PDMS, use the online help and search for Expressions.

76. Switch on the options you want and click Appl y . If you haveselected Fi l e or Scr een & Fi l e you will be prompted for afilename. If you have selected Scr een or Scr een & Fi l e thereport will be displayed on the screen in the Support Schedule

Display form.

6.10.1 Support Schedule Headers and Footers

You can create headers and footers for support schedules by selectingHeader or Foot er on the Support Schedule form. Enter the header orfooter on the forms displayed.

You can type an expression into the text pane, or just use text.Full information about using expressions is given in the online help. Ifyou understand the basic principles of using expressions, refer to the





help topic PDMS Expressions: Contents or search for the keyword youwant.




7 Creating a Single Hanger

This chapter describes how to create a support consisting of a singleHanger with no associated steelwork, using one of the standard Hangerconfigurations supplied.The Hanger will support the Pipe /PIPE/SAM-600-1 and it will beattached to the floor.

77. Select Create>Hanger>Standard Config from the main menu. The

Create Hanger form will be displayed. The Hang Fr om option shouldbe set to Ci vi l and the Connect t o option set to Tube , and theHanger di r ect i on will be Down (the direction is alwaysPipe>Structure).

78. Fill in the form as shown below.

79. Click Cr eat e Hanger . When prompted, pick the Pipe PIPE/SAM-600-1. The Position Hanger form will be displayed, showing the nameof the element being supported, in this case the Branch, and thedirection of the element (East).




Creating a Single Hanger

80. Position the Hanger by selecting Thr ough from the Di st ance option to list, selecting Gr i dl i ne from the El ement option list,

then clicking and picking gridline G . OK the Position Hanger form.

81. You will be prompted to pick a civils element for the connection:pick the floor.

82. Confirm the Cl assi f i cat i on (Pi pes onl y ) from the Support Class form and the Suppor t Name from the Name Support form.

83. The Set Hanger Configuration form will be displayed. Fill it in asshown below:





84. Click OK on the Set Hanger Configuration form and the Hangerposition will be displayed as a dashed line. You will be prompted toconfirm that you want to build the Hanger.

85. The CHOOSE form will be displayed for each of the Hangercomponents for which there is a choice in the specification:

OK the CHOOSE form.

(Use Settings>Choose Options to set Sel ect i on Cr i t er i a to includeworking load.)The Support Load form will be displayed: you must give a suitablevalue, for example, 80000 N. OK the form.

The CHOOSE form reappears. For the circular hollow sectionpedestal, choose an outside diameter of 323.9 ( CHS PEDESTAL 323 ).OK the form. The Hanger will then be completed as shown:

Note: Although there is no steelwork associated with this support, theFramework, Subframework and PNODE are still created under theStructure DEMO/H&S/STEELWORK/P-ABC999-0002/FRMW .




8 Creating a Two-plane Support

This exercise illustrates how to create a support for pipes or other itemsrunning in two different directions.

The Branches which will be supported are SAM-250-1 and SAM-300-1,which run North-South along the West side of the Site and then turn andrun West-East along the South side of the Site.• You will need to create two Subframeworks, one for each pipe

direction.• You will need to use a combination of templates to obtain the right

number of stanchions. In this case, use a goalpost template for thefirst Subframework, supporting the Pipes running North-South, andan L-bracket template for the second Subframework, supporting thePipes running East-West, then join the unattached ends of the L-bracket to one of the stanchions of the Goalpost.

See the following diagram:




Creating a Two-plane Support

8.1 Create the First SubframeworkThe sequence of operations will be slightly different, because the firstsubframework must be positioned and configured correctly, and the steelprofiles applied and clearances checked before the second subframeworkis starte d. Following a similar sequence of operations to that given inChapter 6, carry out the following steps:

86. Position the support plane for the North-South pipe run.

87. Move the plane to a clearance of 250 mm in front of the ElementELBO 5 of PIPE/SAM-250-1/B1 .

88. Create the Framework.

89. Create the Subframework.

90. Create the template member in the usual way, with Hangerdirection Up.

91. Configure the support as an N-level goalpost with the stanchionspointing down.

92. Change the length of the cross-member (dimension C on the SupportConfiguration form) to 2000, locking the start.

93. Attach the anchor points to the floor.

8.2 Checking the Clearances

94. Appl y the steel profiles, for example, 203x76RSC, and checkclearances. It is important that clearances are correct at this stage,because the second Subframework must be aligned with thestanchion of the first Subframework.

8.3 Create the Second Subframework

95. Position the support plane for the East-West pipe run.

96. Move the plane through the East stanchion of the firstSubframework.

97. Create the Subframework.





98. Click on the Support Creation toolbox. The Select Section Plane

form will be displayed, listing the two subframeworks. Choose thesecond one.Note : The Select Section Plane form will be displayed every time you

change the support in any way, so that you can select the correctsubframework.

99. Create the template members in the usual way

100. Configure the support as an L-bracket. If necessary, use the Mirror icon to orientate the template so that the unattached end is towardsthe first subframework.

Now modify the Support Template as in the following steps:

101. Click on the Modify Support Template form to make the anchorpoint on the end of the cross-member into a free end.

102. Click and extend the cross member through the Stanchion ofthe first support and, when prompted, confirm that the membershould be connected.

103. Click to make the joint, picking the stanchion as the owner and

the cross-member as the attached member.

104. Click and attach the anchor point to the floor.

8.4 Completing the Support

Using the Support Creation toolbox:

105. Click to apply the Steel profiles.

106. Click to build the support.




9 Creating Bracing Members

For this exercise, create a 2-level goalpost support for the three pipesrunning North-South on the East side of the site. These are:

PIPE/SAM/50-1PIPE/SAM/80-1PIPE/SAM/80-2

9.1 Creating the Goalpost Support

Create a goalpost support a s summarised below. Refer to the proceduredescribed in full in Chapter 6, if you need more information.

107. Zone DEMO/SITE/STEEL to the drawlist.

108. Position the Support Plane through SCTN 23 , the steel sectionrunning East-West one square in from the North edge of the Site.

109. Create the Framework, Subframework and Template Members.

110. Configure the Support, making sure the anchors point upwards.

111. Display the Modify Support Template form. Connect the anchorpoints to SCTN 23 and the other to SCTN 31 by clicking the Anchor

to Steel icon . You will see the Selected Pline form, with a list ofsuitable plines. Select pline BOS.

112. Set Steel Profiles to 76x38RSC.113. Check the clearances.

Now you can create a brace member, 100 mm above the top crossmember at a 45 degree angle to the new vertical members, as shown inthe following diagram. The start and end points of the section are shown.




Creating Bracing Members

100

45

End

Start End

Start

Start End

Looking North

114. Click , on the Modify Support Template form. You will beprompted to pick the Owner of the new member: pick one of themain stanchions. The Create New Template Member form is displayed

115. For the start connection, change the Fr om St ar t option on theCreate New Template Member form to Pos i t i on . The Position MemberStart form will be displayed:





• On the Position Member Start form, set Di st ance to 100 .• Change Onl y to From if the Di r ec t i on is U or to To if the

Di r ect i on is D.• Use the selection arrow to pick the top cross-member and then

click OK .

116. To set the End Position• Select Connect i on and when prompted, pick the other vertical

stanchion.• Change Z di st ance to Angl e , and enter U 45 E or U 45 W

according to which brace member is being constructed.• Change Degr ees to Di r ect i on , and the application will

calculate the angle in degrees and enter it in the text box.

117. Now complete the Support in the usual way.nd of exercise




A What the Icons Mean

A.1 Icons on the Support Creation Toolbox

Set the position of a new support plane (SBFR). The Position SupportPlane form will be displayed.

Create new support (FRMW & REST). if autoclassification is switchedon, displays the Support Class form. When you click OK on the SupportClass form, or if autoclassifcation is switched off, the Name form will bedisplayed. When you click OK on the Name form, a Framework elementand a Restraint element will be created.

Creates a Subframework at the currently set position, which stores thesupport plane.

Create template members from selected pipes. The Create TemplateMembers form will be displayed.

Configure template members to standard configuration. The SupportConfiguration form will be displayed.

Modify a template. The Modify Support Template form will be displayed.

Apply profile to template members. The Steel Profiles form will bedisplayed.

Build all support steel and hangers in a support.

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What the Icons Mean

A.2 Icons on the General Toolbox

Switch support plane on and off

Perform maximum span calculations for a support SBFR and highlightpipes accordingly. The Max Span form will be displayed.

Show X, Y and Z axes for the current support SBFR. The Support Axes form will be displayed.

Perform automatic renaming of supports matching specified rules. TheRenumber form will be displayed.

Move an entire support. The Move Support form will be displayed.

Copy an entire support. The Copy Support form will be displayed.

Access Design applicationware measuring facilities. The Measure Options form will be displayed.

Build a single hanger.

Build all hangers in a support.

A.3 Icons on the Modify Template form

See the PDMS Design online help for a full description of these icons.

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B The Hangers and Supports DatabaseHierarchy

The links between elements in the Design Database are shown below:

STRU

/STRUCTURES

FRMW /P-ABC999-0001/FRMW

REST

/P-ABC999-0001

SBFR /P-ABC999-0001/SFBR1

HANHANG1

HANHANG2

SCTNSCTN1

SCTN SCTN2

SCTNSCTN3


ZONE /DEMO/H&S/STEELWORK

PIPESAM-100-1

BRANCSAM-100-1/B1

ATTSAM-100-1/B1/01 SUPREF

STLREF

HREF CREF

TREF

FITTFITT1

CREF

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The Hangers and Supports Database Hierarchy

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C Automatic Drawing Production

The PDMS Draft Hangers & Supports Automatic Drawing ProductionUtility produces fully annotated and dimensioned engineering drawingsof pipe hangers and supports, their associated supported items, and anyassociated main steelwork sections.

All settings needed to define the Hangers & Supports drawings can besaved in one or more macro files, and then the macros can be run as abatch process.

C.1 The Batch Macro Generation FormIn the Draft Auto Drawing Production application, select Create>Hanger &Support Drawings . The H&S Batch Macro Generation form will be displayed:

The current defaults file is shown in the Def aul t s area near the top ofthe form; the settings defined in this file are loaded automatically whenyou enter Draft. You can change the default settings by selecting theoptions on the Default_Settings menu at the top of the form.

The Bat ch Di r / Macr o text boxes show the default file in which thedrawing parameters will be stored if you save a macro without giving it aname.

The Message Di r / Fi l e text boxes show the file which will be used as

the message file during batch macro execution. When processing has

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Automatic Drawing Production

been completed, this file will contain a progress report of each drawingproduction cycle, together with any error messages output.The Log Di r / Fi l e text boxes show the file which will be used as the logfile during batch macro execution. This file is a standard PDMS alpha logfile which records the output response to each macro command line.

C.1.1 The Restraint List

The Res t r ai nt l i s t defines the content of each drawing. The elementsto be processed can be specified in the following ways:• By entering an explicit restraint name in the text box.• By entering the name of any element which has one or more

restraints below it in the design hierarchy. All such restraints will bedrawn.

• By reference to a Draft drawlist (IDLI) element which includes,either directly or by descent, one or more restraints.

In each case, you can navigate to the required element in the DesignExplorer and then use the CE button to enter the element name into thetext box. Conversely, if you have typed a restraint name into the text boxexplicitly, you can click - > Rest or - > Dr wg to make the Restraint orits associated Drawing the current element.

If you have specified a Draft drawlist for the restraint definition, you canmodify the list from within the application. To do so, click Modi f y l i s t and use the Drawlist Management form to edit the list in the usual way(see the Draft online help if you are not sure how to use this form).

C.1.2 Checking Data Consistency

It is usual to run data consistency checks on supports when they arecreated in Design's Hangers & Supports application. If you wish to re-check data consistency you can carry out the same process from withinDraft by clicking Check. . . on the H&S Batch Macro Generation form.The H&S Data Cons istency Check form will be displayed. The options areas follows:

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Enter the element to be checked in the Check text box. You can use theCE button or type in the name. The element can be a single restraint or a

higher level element above a restraint.To start checking, click Check .

Any messages will be displayed in the scrolling text pane. If there are noerrors which would affect drawing the restraint, the message NO DATAI NCONSI STENCI ES will be given.

If you want to save the list of messages to a file, select File>Save As fromthe menu. When the file has been saved, the filename will be shown atthe top of the form.

C.1.3 Producing Drawings

If you only use the preset defaults, you need only specify the restraint(s)to be drawn and the H&S Drawing Registry in order to generatecomplete drawings automatically. If you want to change the defaultsettings, see next section.

When you have set up all the required formatting defaults and havespecified which restraints are to be drawn, you can produce the resultingdrawings in either of the following ways:

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• If you wish to produce only a small number of drawings, you caninitiate drawing production immediately from within the application.

You will probably find this method efficient only for one-off drawings,

since the drawing execution times are longer than those for batchmode.• If you wish to produce many drawings, you can save all the current

settings for the content and format of the drawings to a macro file. You can then run the macro file in batch mode to produce thedrawings.

To generate a drawing of the hangers and supports defined by thecurrent Res t r ai nt l i s t , click Pr ocess Now on the H&S Batch MacroGeneration form. The format of the drawing will be as defined by thecurrent default settings and the drawing will be stored under the Draft

Registry defined by the H&S Dr awi ng Regi st r y setting on the H&SOverall Defaults form.

C.2 Setting the Drawing Defaults

The format of each drawing is derived from a number of default settings. These will have been defined initially by the Draft Administrator to suityour company's standards, although you can override most of thesettings.

You can modify the drawing formats using the forms displayed when youselect one of the options under Default_Settings on the menu at the top ofthe H&S Batch Macro Generation form.

C.2.1 Sett ing the Overall Defaults

To view or modify, the overall default settings, selectDefault_Settings>Overall from the menu bar on the H&S Batch MacroGeneration form. You will see the H&S Overall Defaults form:





See the PDMS Design online help for full details of this form.

C.2.2 Setting the Library Pointer Defaults

To view or modify the default pointers to the library elements to be usedduring drawing production, select Default_Settings>Library Pointers fromthe menu bar on the H&S Batch Macro Generation form. You will see theH&S Library Pointers form:






C.2.3 Sett ing the Standard Scale Default s

To view, and if necessary modify, the default settings for the standardscales to be used during drawing production, selectDefault_Settings>Standard Scales from the menu bar on the H&S BatchMacro Generation form. You will see a H&S Standard Scales form:






C.2.4 Sett ing the Reference Plate Defaults

To view, and if necessary modify, the default settings for the positions of

reference plates, select Default_Settings>Reference Plates from the menubar on the H&S Batch Macro Generation form. You will see the H&S RefPlate Data form:

Note: Reference plates are relevant only if Di mensi on t o Ref er encePl at es is set to ON on the H&S Overall Defaults form.


C.2.5 Sett ing the Title Block Default Data

The title block layout and data fields labels are defined by the Backi ngSheet setting on the H&S Library Pointers form. To specify the data whichis entered into the appropriate fields during automatic drawingproduction, select Default_Settings>Title Block Data from the menu bar onthe H&S Batch Macro Generation form. You will see a H&S Title Block Data form; for example:






C.3 Creating and Running Drawing Batch Macros

When you create a batch macro for the automatic production of hangerand support drawings, all formatting options (as defined by the currentdefault settings) and all elements to be drawn (as defined by the currentrestraint list) are stored as variables in the macro.

To save the current drawing definitions to a macro file, either selectFile>Batch>Save Macro to save them to the file shown by the Bat chDi r / Macr o setting, or select File>Batch>Save Macro As... to save them toa file whose name you will specify using the resulting file browser.

When you save the drawing creation commands to a batch macro file, thecommand lines are checked for validity of the default settings and otherbatch data. Any errors encountered during the macro creation processare recorded in a form. To view this information after saving the macro,select File>Batch>Display Verify Errors .

A batch macro file consists of the commands necessary to create a fullyannotated and dimensioned drawing in Draft, using the settings ofvariables to define the drawing parameters. Each macro ends with aCALLSUP START command which initiates the drawing productionmacros. You submit each macro for batch execution in Draft in order tocreate the corresponding Hangers and Supports drawings.





If you have no standard method for submitting PDMS batch jobs forexecution, bring up the Command Input & Output (Display>Command Line )form, and then execute the batch macro.

C.4 Saving the Defaults

To save all of the current default settings to a file, either selectFile>Defaults>Save to overwrite the current defaults file (as shown by theDef aul t s File Name) or select File>Defaults>Save As to save them to afile whose name you will specify using the resulting file browser.

To load a new defaults file, select File>Defaults>Load From and select therequired file using the resulting file browser. The name of the file will beshown in the Def aul t s area.If you have used the Default_Settings>... menu options to modify anydefaults from the settings defined by the current defaults file, you canreset them by reloading the current file. To do so, selectFile>Defaults>Load .

When you load drawing defaults from a file, all settings loaded arechecked for validity. Any errors encountered during the loading processare recorded in a form. To view this information after loading, select File>Defaults>Display Load Errors .




Index

3D view, 3-6 Application

definition, 2-1

Bracing members

creating, 9-2Building supports, 6-14

Button

control, 3-10radio, 3-9toggle, 3-10

Check box, 3-10

Check Clearances form, 6-14Check Member Connection form, 6-12

Checking connections, 6-11Classification, 6-3

Clearances, 6-14Connecting template members, 6-11

Connecting template stanchions, 6-10

Control button, 3-10Create New Brace Member form, 9-2

Create Template Members form, 6-5Cross-member direction, 6-1

Database, 5-2Defaults

Hanger and Supports, 5-1

Design Explorer, 3-5Direction, 6-9

Directions, 6-1Escape key/button, 3-9

Expressions, 6-15

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Frameworks, creating, 6-3

Graphical view, 3-6

Hanger defaults, 5-1Hanger direction, 6-6

Hanger start, 7-1Hangers

single, creating, 7-1Help, on-line, 3-12

Joints, 6-11

Listscrollable, 3-10

Menupull-down, 3-6

Menu bar, 3-5, 3-6Modify Support Template form, 6-11

Module

definition, 2-1

Mouse buttonsfunctions, 3-2

Multi-plane supports, 8-1

On-line help, 3-12Option button, 3-3

Origin of support, 6-1

Position Hanger form, 7-1

Position Support Plane form, 6-2Principal direction, 6-1, 6-9profiles

steel, 6-12Project selection, 3-3

Prompts, 3-9

Pull-down menu, 3-6Radio button, 3-9

Reports, 6-14

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RESTraint.elements, 5-2

Schedules, 6-14

Scrollable list, 3-10Set Hanger Configuration form, 6-7

Special supports, 6-9Specifications

Hangers, 5-1Supports, 5-1

Stanchion direction, 6-1, 6-9

Standard supports, 6-9Status bar, 3-6, 3-9

Steel Profiles form, 6-12Storage areas, 5-5

Subframeworks, creating, 6-4Submenu, 3-6

Support Configuration form, 6-8

Support defaults, 5-1

Support origin, 6-1Support plane, 6-1Support schedules, 6-14

Support templates, 6-5Templates, 6-5

Text box, 3-3

Title bar, 3-5

Tool bar, 3-5, 3-6Toolboxes, 5-5

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