Supporting Section
Equipment is supported by a structure or pipeway level if the bottom of its supporting elements are closer to that level than to another level or to the base elevation of the structure. If there are no supporting elements, then all solid elements (not text) will be considered supporting elements.
The image below shows a structure
(Tank_Pedestal) and four pieces of equipment: exchanger-1,
exchanger-2, vessel-1, and vessel-2. As indicated by the heavy
dashed lines, the supports on
these pieces have been set to be supporting elements. A supporting structure
report on this arrangement produces:
Supporting-Equipment
| Structure Name | Section Name | Level | Equipment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tank_Pedestal | Section-1 | 1 | vessel-1 |
| Tank_Pedestal | Section-1 | 2 | exchanger-1 |
| Tank_Pedestal | Section-1 | 2 | exchanger-2 |
The reason vessel-2 does not appear in the report is because its supporting elements are closer to the base elevation (z-ordinate) of the structure than to one of the structure’s levels.
| Element | Attributes / Relationships | Name | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| supporting-section | attributes | equipment-name | the piece of equipment being supported |
| level | the level of the structure section | ||
| section-name | the name of the structure section supporting the equipment | ||
| structure-name | the name of the structure supporting the equipment | ||
| relationships | equipment | equipment being supported by supporting-sections |