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Vertical Pipeways

Vertical pipeways represent a vertical routing space with support members attached to the outside of a structure.

Vertical Pipeway Shown Empty (left) and with Pipes (right)

The Vertical Pipeway Builder, shown below, has three menus:

SettingDescription
File menu
  • Save Model
  • Save Model As
  • Close the dialog
Edit menu:
  • Delete Vertical Pipeway AND Sections
  • Delete Vertical Pipeway Section only
Display menu
  • Zoom To will cause CAD to prompt you to select a view. When a view is selected, the currently selected Vertical Pipeway will fill that view.

    You can then select other views in CAD and they also will be zoomed so the pipeway fills the view.

    Note: Some times the Zoom To will affect the clipping planes. If the component does not appear in the view, turning off the front and/or back clipping plane should make the component visible.
  • Zoom To Section will cause CAD to prompt you to select a view. When a view is selected, the currently selected Vertical Pipeway section will fill that view.
  • Highlight changes the drawing level of the selected pipeway to Highlight (drawn in magenta) so that it can be easily located.
  • Highlight Section changes the drawing level of the selected pipeway section to its normal drawing level.
  • UnHighlight returns the pipeway to its normal drawing level.
  • Display Toggles... opens the Display Toggles dialog.
Parent topic: Structure Routing Areas

Building a vertical pipeway

  1. Open the Vertical Pipeway Builder from the PlantWise window (Plant > Vertical Pipeway).

    The Vertical Pipeway Builder

  2. Enter the identification information in the Vertical Pipeway section of the dialog,
    1. Define the Pipeway Name
    2. Define the Pipeway Section
    3. Define the Structure the pipeway is attached to
    4. Define the Structure Section the pipeway is attached to
  3. Enter the location information in the Placement section of the dialog,
    1. choose a placement Method
      • On Section face allowsyou to pick the location of the pipeway in relation to the structure.
        Note: This is the recommended technique for locating a vertical pipeway.
      • By Coordinates allows you to place the pipeway by either local or global coordinates.
    2. Enter the placement of the pipeway.
      • If the placement method of the pipeway is On Section face, the locational section is labeled Face. In this area you pick the face of the structure on which the pipeway is placed, a Column Number on that face (starting from 1), the Side of column on which the pipeway is to be placed, and the alignment of the pipeway within the bay. The two alignment options are to provide an alignment for the pipeway in the bay or to select a value to offset the pipeway from the column.
        • If Align PW in bay is selected, you will pick from three positional options in the Alignment in bay drop down list (center or the two directions perpendicular to the face direction).

          Vertical Pipeway Placement by Section Face and Aligned in Bay

        • If Offset PW from column is selected, you will enter an Offset from column value and the relationship of the pipeway to that value in the Place pipeway drop down list (center or the two directions perpendicular to the face direction).

          Vertical Pipeway Placement by Section Face and Offset from Column

        • If placement method of the pipeway is By coordinates, the locational section is labeled Centerline location by. From here you select either global or section coordinates.

          Vertical Pipeway Placement by Global Coordinates

          Section coordinates use the placement point of the structure section as the origin.

          Vertical pipeway placement by section coordinates

  4. Enter the physical data in the Geometry section of the dialog.
    1. The Bottom Floor Level is the lowest “rung” of the pipeway section.
    2. The Top Floor Level is the highest “rung” of the pipeway section.
    3. The Leg Shape and Beam Shape are the steel members of the pipeway and are selected from the steel table.
    4. The First PW Level Offset is the depth of the inside level of the pipeway.
    5. The Second PW Level Offset is the depth of the outside level of the pipeway.
    6. Width is the distance between column center lines in a bent.