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Mouse Icon CADWorx Plant tab: Pipe Support Modeler PipeSupportModeler_ICON

Mouse Icon Plant menu: Palettes > Pipe Support Modeler

Keyboard Command line: PIPESUPPORTVIEW

Inserts pipe and elbow support components. You can also insert vertical supports on sloped pipe.

Vertical

Allows you to place pipe supports on sloped pipe. For more information, see Insert a support on sloped pipe.

  • You must have both the Pipe Support Library in a project and the PipeSupport category in a catalog to be able to insert pipe supports. For more information, see Pipe Support Library and PipeSupport in the CADWorx Spec Editor User's Guide.

  • Enhanced pipe supports are not compatible with versions of CADWorx Plant earlier than Version 2016 (16.0). To view the enhanced pipe supports in supported Autodesk Vertical Products, you must install the latest object enablers.

  • When you disconnect a pipe support from a pipe or elbow and make updates to the support with CEDIT, the software updates the support to the default layer.

Setup

Displays the Set Specification & Size dialog box. For more information, see Set Specification and Size.

Open Spec Editor Start Spec Editor

Displays the Spec Editor software. For more information, see Spec Editor or the CADWorx Spec Editor User's Guide.

CreateNewAssembly-Icon Pipe Support Create New Assembly

Enables you to create a new assembly, and displays the Create New Assembly pane. For more information, see Create New Assembly.

EditSelectedAssembly-Icon Pipe Support Edit Assembly

Enables you to edit a selected assembly. For more information, see Edit Parts.

DeleteSelectedAssembly-Icon Pipe Support Delete Selected Pipe Support Assembly

Enables you to delete a selected assembly.

Replace Pipe Support Replace Pipe Support

Enables you to replace a pipe support. You can also type REPLACEPIPESUPPORT on the command line. For more options and information on replacing the pipe support, see Edit Pipe Support Features.

Regenerate Pipe Support Regenerate Pipe Support

Regenerates the pipe support from the updated data when the data of a pipe support already contained in the drawing changes. You can also type REGENERATEPIPESUPPORT on the command line. For more information, see Edit Pipe Support Features.

refresh project spec Reload *.prj File

Refreshes the changes made to the open .prj file in the Specification Editor.

Help

Displays the help file.

Main Size

Specifies the main size for the pipe support components.

Library and Assembly Data

Specifies the library that contains the assembly data associated with the project or pipe support libraries file. The list displays all of the libraries in your libraries file. Selecting a new library changes the library and assembly data that displays.

The directory location for the project containing the pipe support data lists below Main Size and Library and Assembly Data along with the assembly data for the pipe supports. You can select and insert pipe supports from this list.

Insert Options

Multiple

Inserts multiple supports onto the pipe. You specify the start point, end point, and spacing between the supports.

Detect Steel/Concrete

Detects CADWorx Structure components so that the software can automatically determine the length of the pipe support assembly if that pipe support assembly contains variable length components. A value of -1 indicates a variable length. If you have structural or concrete in the drawing and select Detect Steel/Concrete, then a value of -1 causes the software to connect to the structure or concrete. If your drawing does not include structure or concrete, a value of -1 indicates that you can drag the component to the length you need.

You must have the latest CADWorx Structure object enabler installed to extend Detect Steel/Concrete to CADWorx Structure components.

Repeat Insert

Repeats the insert command for pipe type supports.

Type INSERTSUPPORT on the command line to insert the last selected pipe support or the start procedure of the last selected component.

Elbow Support Options

When inserting a support on an elbow, the following options display for a new start point on certain pipe supports:

A

Places the support at the A point in the drawing. A could be either the Top of Pipe or the Bottom of Pipe.

B

Places the support at the B point in the drawing. B could be either the Top of Pipe or the Bottom of Pipe.

Corner (C)

Places the support at the corner of the elbow.

miDpoint (D)

Places the support at the midpoint of the elbow.

E

Places the support at the E point in the drawing. E could be either the Top of Pipe or the Bottom of Pipe.

F

Places the support at the F point in the drawing. F could be either the Top of Pipe or the Bottom of Pipe.

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