Create a Hanger - Witch Hanger interface

Select the Fixed Hanger icon or the Variable Hanger icon from the main tool bar.

Either may be selected to create any of the support types.

The following form is displayed:

Enter the name of the hanger to be created, or select the Autoname icon to name the support.

Click on the Filter Type icon for the type of hanger support which is required to be created.

Filtering is described in Using the Filter Buttons. In this example select the first Filter Icon (single-hanger connected to a beam).

The application prompts you to identify the item you want to support.

Identify the item in the graphical view.

On successfully identifying the item the application then prompts you to identify the steelwork you want to connect the hanger to.

Identify the steelwork in the graphical view.

The form is displayed as below:

Click the OK button.

A dotted line is drawn in the graphical view between the pipe and the steelwork, and the MDS main hanger elements are created in the database. The form below is also displayed:

The hanger now needs to be positioned, by either entering a precise distance measurement and clicking the Distance button, or selecting the Through button and choosing one of the available options.

Click the OK button.

You are automatically taken into the Witch Hanger design software and the following form is displayed:

Click on the V icon to design a variable support.

The following form is displayed:

Enter the required Operating/Hot Load value and the positive and negative Movement required for the Axial (X), Vertical (V) and Lateral (Z) directions.

Select the OK button.

The following form is displayed:

Click the Typical Assemblies button to display the types of variable hangers available for selection:

Select the required assembly and click the OK button.

This initialize the hanger design and allows you to manually set the intermediate hanger elevation using the form shown below:

Click the OK button.

The hanger design is displayed in the main Witch Hanger form, as shown below:

Select the Save icon to save the completed hanger design.

Exit the Witch Hanger application and return to the MDS application.

The hanger data is translated and created into MDS hanger components, as shown in the 3D view.

Note: On exiting Witch Hanger and returning to MDS, an automatic SAVEWORK command is issued to make sure that the Witch Hanger and MDS databases are in alignment.