CHAPTER 17

17 Support Wizard

The Support Wizard is a utility supplied to assist the user to identify quickly, the Pipes, HVAC and Trays
that are in the vicinity of the working element, which may require supporting.

To use the Support Wizard select Support Wizard from the Tools group on the SUPPORTS tab.

The user will be presented with the form

shown to the left.

Add the FRMW AREA02_WS_AXIS_WS.3

belonging to site SITE-STRUCTURAL-AREA02 to the
3D view.

Click the Choose Working Element button at the top

left of the form to allow the user to indicate a steelwork
section or a piece of tube as the working element. This
example uses a piece of steelwork.

Identify GENSEC 1 as shown below.

When the working element has been identified in

the graphical view, an outline of a box will be
displayed, as a graphical aid, depicting the ‘Reach’
value, e.g. 1000, which the Support wizard utility
will use.

The size of the box will adopt the length of the

identified element, with the height and width
approximately twice the reach value plus the
element size

The user can select if pipes, steelwork or

equipment are to be added to the view.

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Set the Add Type radio button to Pipes.

 Leaving the Add Type unset will

add all elements to the view.

Selecting Add Elements Within Reach button will cause the wizard to search within the reach box and
add all the elements found to the 3D view as shown below.

In the Reach text box the user can specify the

distance of the Support Wizard’s Reach.

Input 1000mm to the text gadget.

Click the Add Elements Within Reach button.

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Exercise 15 – Support Wizard

1. Use the Support Wizard to add some Pipes and Steelwork to the 3D view.

Try leaving the Add Type unset.

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