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Anchors Gallery

Used to place anchor supports.

Accessed by expanding the Supports list from the Piping Ribbon:

The following gallery displays which can be left floating or docked to the drawing area.

The following table shows the component options in the gallery along with the key in syntax. Selecting a tool from one of the placement galleries activates the Place Component dialog. The generic placement settings, along with the unique set of dimensional and data properties provide the core workflow used to accurately position equipment components in the model.

Component <component class> in Placement Key In syntax (Mechaddin PLACE <component class> dsc=Support)
U Bolt Anchor UBOLT_ANCHOR
Riser Clamp RISER_CLAMP
Directional Pipe Anchor DIRECTIONAL_PIPE_ANCHOR
Directional Support Anchor DIRECTIONAL_SUPPORT_ANCHOR
Angled UBolt ANGLED_UBOLT