Standard

The left hand side of the window displays the list of available ancillary support standards and the owning MDU databases. Filter criteria can be used to specify which ancillary support standards are displayed in the list. Refer to GUI Grid Data for further information.

The right hand side of the window displays the list of available standards which can be used to manage the various property values. Double click within a cell in the Value column to modify the property value. Read only cells are coloured grey. If the selected standard is user defined, a row is included indicating the standard it behaves like.

Hanger and trunnion support types are explained. Refer to Hanger Data and Trunnion Data for further information.

Lighting support types are explained. Refer to Lighting Support Defaults for further information.

Structural framework support types are explained. Refer to Structure Data for further information.

Select the Show Active Ancillaries check box to display only active ancillary support standards.

When a support type is selected, the Name and owning MDU database appears in the title of the window. The support standard Replacement Name and Description appear at the top of the window. The information is outside of the tabbed areas and displays on all tabs.

Show Plot File

Select the Show Plot File check box to display the Supports Standard window.

The Supports Standard window displays the plotfile for the selected standard. If the window is displayed and another standard is selected from the list of available ancillary support standards, the window is updated to show the selected support standard.

If more than one page is available, use the arrows to step through the pages.

To zoom in to an area of the plotfile, click and drag the middle mouse button to create a zoom area. To restore the original size, right-click and select Reset Limits from the drop-down menu.

Deselect the Show Plot File check box to close the Supports Standard window.

Note:
Plotfiles can be added to the mdsplots search path. Refer to User Plotfiles for further information. If .pdf files with names that match the same filename pattern are included in the search path, they are displayed in the Supports Standard window. If both .pdf and .plt files with the same file name pattern are present in the search path, the pdf is used preferentially, allowing the user file to replace the default file. Files can be added and combined. For example:

MDS-Standards-AT01-1.plt in the installed folder

MDS-Standards-AT01-2.pdf in the user folder

Export

Allows you to export data from the currently selected support standard to an Excel file. Click Export to display the Save Ancillary Standard and Parameters Data window. You can navigate to a location and name the exported Excel file.

The exported Excel file contains the following data:

• Ancillary standard name.

• Replacement name.

• Description

• Data contained in the list of available standards (excluding read only rows).

• Data contained in the parameters table.

The data contained within the exported Excel file can be modified and imported into this or another project.

Note:
Care is advised when modifying the Excel worksheet content as there is no data validation functionality available in the worksheet. Altering any of the following Excel worksheet content will invalidate the data which then cannot be imported into Paragon:

The number of rows and columns.

The column titles and the contents of column one (properties and nominal bores).

The ancillary standard name in row one column two.

Import

Allows you to import a previously exported support standard Excel file. Click Import to display the Load from Excel window. You can navigate to a location and select the required Excel file. Click Open to import the file, if the file passes validation against the currently selected standard, any changes are updated into the list of available standards or parameters table.

Note:
The changes are displayed but not be saved to the database at this point.

If an error occurs during import, the import is discarded and the window reverts to the state prior to the import.

Replacement Name

The Replacement Name is used on all windows in the Supports application when referring to the support type defined by the support standard. It is also output in place of the support standard name on automatic drawing production drawings. The name can be modified by editing the text in the field. All characters in the replacement name must be alpha/numeric.

Description

The text in this field is configurable to suit each design project, and only displays in the Model module during the creation of supports. The description in the field does not affect any associated Material Take Off (MTO) details output in automatic drawing production, as the details are stored in the catalogue database.

Active State

Allows you to specify which of the available ancillaries are available for use in the project by the user.

Select Active from the drop-down list to include the currently selected ancillary in selection lists.

Select Inactive from the drop-down list to exclude the currently selected ancillary from selection lists.

The active setting overrides any subsequent active setting that displays on the Parameters tab. Refer to Parameters for further information.

Ancillary Weight

Determines if the ancillary is calculated as part of the pipe weight on the MTO.

Select Included in pipe weight from the drop-down list to include the currently selected ancillary to the pipe weight on the MTO.

Select Not included in pipe weight from the drop-down list to exclude the currently selected ancillary from the pipe weight on the MTO.

Ancillary Material

Determines if the material for an ancillary appears in the material list on the piping isometric.

Select Will be on isometric from the drop-down list to include the material in the isometric material list.

Select Will not be on isometric from the drop-down list to exclude the material from the isometric material list.

The ancillary material setting overrides any subsequent shop flag settings that display on the Parameters tab. Refer to Parameters for further information.

Allowed Offline

Allows you to specify which of the available ancillaries can be created as logical offline. Setting an ancillary as logical offline allows the ancillary to be created away from the centre-line of the pipe. For example, you may want to create an ancillary on a flange, a tee or on the start of a bend.

Select Can be offline from the drop-down list to enable offline creation of the ancillary.

Select Cannot be offline from the drop-down list to disable offline creation of the ancillary.

Note:
The option is inactive for Ancillary Components (AC), Branch Bracings (BR) and Manufacturer Hangers (MH) ancillaries because it should not be possible to create these ancillary types as logical offline.

Vendor Reference

Details the vendor figure number associated with the component build parameters that are detailed on the Supports Ancillary Defaults window.

Pipe Specification Material Code

The pipe material is specified here:

• CS Carbon Steel

• SS Stainless Steel

• FG Fibre Glass

• GV Galvanized

• PL Plastic

• CN Cupro Nickel

• ALL represents ANY material, for example, valid for all pipe specifications.

For example, the text value, CS, represents the setting stored at a valid PIPE specification, at the uda :MDSPipeMat, for use by the supports application. These settings are configurable and not restricted to the example display values.

Propcon - MDS Ancillary Material

The ancillary component material is selected from the materials available from all Material World (MTWL) elements contained in the AVEVA Catalog (properties) database.

SKey

The symbol key that is stored against the SDTE of the specification is displayed here. A symbol key specifies a symbol representation for a support type on an isometric drawing.

SKey Override

You can override the symbol key that is stored against the SDTE of the specification. Input an alternative symbol key value in the field to modify the symbol representation for a support type on an isometric drawing.

Additional Pipe Welds

Specifies the number of additional welds that can be associated with the ancillary support.

Additional Trunnion Welds

Specifies the number of additional trunnion welds that can be associated with the ancillary support.

Support Function

The ancillary support function is specified here. For example, AN for an anchor support.

You can assign a support function to a chosen preliminary support standard so that it can be identified as a particular support type (for example, anchor) when the time comes to convert the preliminary support into a detailed support type.

When coupled with similar support types on ancillaries, hangers and trunnion standards, it becomes possible to check that the support type being created when using an existing preliminary support matches that already specified during initial design.

By default, ancillary, hanger and trunnion standards are assigned a default support function corresponding to their standard code. For example, AT, AN, FH, VH, TT, these are fully configurable.

To specify a support function for an ancillary, refer to Ancillary Data for further information.

To specify a support function for a hanger, refer to Hanger Data for further information

To specify a support function for a trunnion, refer to Trunnion Data for further information.

Support Behaviour

Specifies the default behaviour for a user defined ancillary that is copied from a support ancillary. The default behaviour of the user defined ancillary is determined from the behaviour of the specified support ancillary when created in Model.

The example displays a GT500 that has been copied from a GT06 and has specified support behaviour of GT06.

The user defined GT500 is added as an associated ancillary to an XAT001 in Model. If the shoe height of the XAT001 is modified to 150mm, a confirm window displays asking the user to reposition the guides or lugs. This default behaviour is identical to that of a GT06.

Detail Rtext

AVEVA provides a library of Multi Discipline Supports (MDS) catalog content in the AVEVA Catalog Project (ACP), that is reissued periodically to accompany product updates.

Much of the MDS out-of-the-box content can be customized in local projects using the Application Defaults, and where appropriate updates to these are delivered along with product updates, enabling those local projects to take advantage of new functionality and catalog content.

The Detail Rtext functionality allows you to customize the MDS Detail Texts in the Application Defaults, removing the need to modify the ACP directly and maintain them when an update is received.

Note:
If the Detail Rtext field does not display, make sure Application Defaults updates 00087 and 00088 are installed (refer to Update Existing Client Project Application Defaults Databases for further information) together with the latest version of AVEVA E3D Design and ACP.

Input a text expression in the Detail Rtext field that will evaluate at the hanger.

The following text expressions are valid:

( ATTRIB PROP CDES + ' ' + ATTRIB PROP CODE )

( 'HVAC duct fixing by contractor' )

The following text expression would not evaluate to a text result:

( 450mm )

To Mdu DB

Specifies the owning MDU database for a user defined ancillary that is copied from a support ancillary.

Filter

Specifies the geometry set for a user defined ancillary that is copied from a support ancillary. The filter type determines the range of support standard numbers that can be selected for the copied user defined ancillary. For example, if Guides For Shoes is selected from the drop-down list, the available range of support standard numbers is from GT500 to GT569. Refer to Geometry Sets for further information.

Ancillary

Specifies the support standard number for a user defined ancillary that is copied from a support ancillary.

Copy

Copies the support data from the currently selected support ancillary to the user defined ancillary. If an existing support type is detected, a Confirm window displays asking you to confirm the copy. Click Yes to copy the support data.

Important:
When an existing support standard is copied into the user defined supports catalog, the catalog datasets, pointsets and geometry sets are copied from the source to the target databases in the MDU project. In general, the user can make changes to the geometry set of the copied item without restriction. Modifications to pointsets and datasets must only be carried out if required, modifications to existing data dkeys or p-points may destabilize the operations of the copied support against the functionality provided in the source support standard.