Filter Settings at a Piping or Tray Project Special Template

The uda :MdsHv setting at the STRU element of the project special template is the only filtering mechanism available. It can be set to HORI, VERT, or BOTH. The settings are self explanatory and are relative to the orientation of the current pipe or tray being supported by the MDS special support.

The list of piping and cable tray project special templates displayed, and available to the user, is the same list as the STRU members that currently exist in the appropriate discipline template zone. It is filtered according to the settings of the uda :MdsHv at the structural template, and the orientation of the pipe or tray being supported.

The selected structural template is copied into the MDS special support being created without any modifications to the design of its members. None of the attributes at the project special STRU template or any of its members are used by the MDS application for either of these disciplines. They are not required and should not be set.

The project special templates members in the piping and cable tray disciplines are copied exactly into the MDS special support and positioned relative to the MDS special support origin currently being created. There is no automatic modification of the positions and length of the template members when they are copied into the MDS support.