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Vertical Chases

Like the vertical pipeway, the vertical chase provides a vertical routing space. Chases, however, are placed within structures and do not have separate steel members.

A Vertical Chase connecting two structure pipeways

Parent topic: Structure Routing Areas

Building a vertical chase

  1. Define a unique name in the Name field.
  2. Set location with respect to the south-west column of the structure section the chase is in. This way, you do not need to keep track of a rotated section’s placement point.

    You need to provide:

    1. The Structure the chase is in.
    2. The Section of the structure the chase is in.
    3. The X Coordinate of the origin.
    4. The Y Coordinate of the origin.
    5. The Orientation of the chase.
  3. Basic dimensional data (in the Geometry section of the dialog):

    Plan View of a Vertical Chase oriented to the east.

    1. Bottom Z is the lower elevation of the chase in global coordinates.
    2. Top Z is the upper elevation of the chase in global coordinates.
    3. Depth is the dimension of the chase perpendicular to the axis or the orientation.
    4. Width is the dimension of the chase along the axis of the orientation.
    Note: If you data that will place the chase either outside of the structure or across a steel member, you will be prompted with an error. The chase will place regardless, however, it is the your responsibly to move it into a better location.

Vertical Chase Builder

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

Vertical Chase Builder

SettingDescription
File menu
  • Save Model,
  • Save Model As,
  • Close the dialog.
Edit menu Delete Vertical Chase.
Display menu
  • Zoom To will cause CAD to prompt you to select a view. When a view is selected, the currently selected Vertical Chase 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.
  • Highlight changes the drawing level of the selected pipeway to Highlight (drawn in magenta) so that it can be easily located.
  • UnHighlight returns the pipeway to its normal drawing level.
  • Display Toggles... opens the Display Toggles dialog.