Position Support Plane

You start to define a support assembly by setting the position of the support plane.

Note: This plane is supplied in the form of a BOX element under HS-Admin/Admin/SUPPLANE.

The Support Plane defines:

• The Principal Direction, (PD), the direction of the support plane. In this case, it will be East.

• The Cross Member Direction, (XM). In this case, it will be North.

• The Support Origin. In this case it will be E6000, N0, D60

This is shown in the diagram:

1. Select the first icon on the Support Creation toolbox.

   The Position Support Plane form is displayed:

   

   You need to position the plane with respect to the pipes which will be supported.

2. Give an initial position for the support plane by selecting Pipe > Select from the menu on the form and picking one of the Pipes which will be supported.

   The name of the Selected Pipe is shown at the top of the form.

3. Move the plane to gridline Q by selecting Gridline from the list under the Cursor menu, then click the Cursor button and use the pointer to pick gridline Q.

   You may need to manipulate the view to see the appropriate gridline; use the facilities available from the 3D View shortcut menu.

4. Change the Distance option to Through, change the Element option to Gridline, click the arrow and pick gridline Q.

   The Move Direction will now be given as E.

5. Click Move to move the plane.

6. Check that the settings on the form are as given in Position Support Plane. (If any of them are different then change them accordingly; in particular, the Support Origin may differ, do not forget to Move the support plane if you have to change its origin.)

7. Close the form.

8. If you have not already done so, switch off the display of the support plane by selecting the first icon on the General toolbox.

   This icon toggles the support plane on and off.