M. To use the Support Connection Wizard
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Either:
The Move Pipe Model dialog opens.
on the Piping ribbon tab, select the Support Connection Wizard tool in the Connection group
or
import a piping model as described above.
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Enter the offset distance between pipe and structural models and
the click the
Next > button.
The Pipe Nodes dialog opens.
The filtering options are All, Connected, Unconnected, V-Stop, or Anchor (relating to whether a connection to the STAAD.Pro model has been defined). When support type information is available the filter will be expanded to include these as well.
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Select which nodes will be used by adding them to the Selected
list and click the
Next > button.
The Structure Beams dialog opens.
The filtering options are implemented with two combo boxes, one for the category and one to identify the subset within that category. Available filtering options are All, Group, View and Property.
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Select which structure elements will be used by adding them to the
Selected list and click the
Next > button.
The Structure Node dialog opens.
The filtering options are implemented with two combo boxes, one for the category and one to identify the subset within that category. Available filtering options are All, Group and View.
- Select which structure nodes will be used by adding them to the Selected list and click the Next > button. The Parameters dialog opens.
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Here you will set some parameters so the wizard can establish pipe
connections and click the
Next > button.
The results of the Wizard will be displayed in the final dialog.
See "Parameter Page / Connection Finder" for additional details on these settings.
- Review these results and if changes are necessary, you may click the < Back button. Otherwise, click the Finish button to accept.
The results will be presented in a table with columns for pipe node id and for the structural item it is to be connected to. This second column will provide a drop list allowing the user to choose either "No connection" or one of up to 5 closest items. The items will be listed with the closest at the top. The initial state will be the closest item or ‘Ground’, if no good matches were found.