To Place Supports Using Auto-Placement
- In the Piping Ribbon, expand the Supports gallery list and select a gallery to load.
- Select the Support specification in the Standard Preferences dialog.
- Select a support option from the Support gallery.
- Select the length of pipe to support.
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Optional: For Supports having multiple records
in the database the
Spec Record Selection dialog displays the support options.
Select the desired support from the dialog and click OK to continue.
- The Place Support dialog displays.
- Click Enable under the Auto-Placement section and define a Placement Gap length.
- Enter a tag number for the support and define any additional properties.
- Use the image in the Preview Window to define the parameters in the Design Geometry tab.
- Pick the placement point on the pipe.
- Pick a rotation direction and length (if prompted) for the support.
- Next, click the direction along the pipe length to place the additional supports.