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14 Preliminary Supports
The Piping Designer can create Preliminary Supports in a support zone to which they have been given
access, the Support Designer can use these Preliminary Supports and convert them into Ancillary Supports.
The image to the right shows a typical Preliminary
Support:
An optional Soft Obstruction volume can be created

to allow for access.
14.1 Creating Preliminary Supports

To Create a Preliminary Support, click on the Preliminary button in the Create group on the SUPPORTS
tab.
The Preliminary gallery will be displayed as follows:
Preliminary Supports are created in exactly the same way as Stand Alone Supports.
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14.2 Creating Preliminary Supports A Worked Example

Login to the Training Project as Piping Designer typically A.PIPER password A and MDB A-PIPING
From the Model Explorer add pipe 150-A-3 and Structure PIPERACK to the 3D view.
Create a new Support Zone ZONE-PRELIMINARYSUPPORTS-AREA01 under Site SITE-PRELIMINARYSUPPORTS and set the Purpose to SUPP Supports
This Site and Zone are in the database

ASSOC/DESI-A which both the Piping and Support
Designer have read and Write Access
Select the SUPPORTS Application and set the Support

Storage area to the newly created Zone
ZONE-PRELIMINARY-SUPPORTS-AREA01
Click on the Preliminary button in the Create group and from the displayed gallery, select Anchor.
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Identify the pipe after ELBO 3 as shown.
A Preliminary Anchor support is created and the
Support Editor form is also displayed.
Rename the preliminary support to A-ANCHOR.
Click the Position Through button to align the support with the
steelwork.
Select the GENSEC 3 of FRMWORK AXIS_P1.2, as shown.
Click on the Apply button.
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Change the Obstruction Graphic Settings to 50%.
Select Graphics from the Setting Group on the VIEW Tab, Select
the Representation Tab and 50% from the Obstruction
Pulldown and Apply and Cancel.
Follow the previous workflow and create a Preliminary Guide,

rename it to A-GUIDE and position it align with the GENSEC 3 of
FRMWORK /AXIS_P1.3.
Set the Obstruction Width and Height to 300mm
Click on the Apply button.

Save Work and exit E3D Project > Exit
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Login to the Training Project as Support Designer typically A.SUPPORTMAN password A and MDB ASUPPORT
Alternatively the login User can be changed using the Training Setup, switch the user to A.SUPPORTMAN
from the Setup Tools tab on the Training Setup form, The Training Setup Form is available by Selecting
Setup from the Training group of the TOOLS Tab.
From the Model Explorer add Structure PIPERACK and pipe 150-A-3 to the 3D view.
Add the Preliminary Supports to the screen.

Select Pipe 150-A-3 using the Right Hand Mouse
Button and Select 3D View > Add Supports
Change the Obstruction Graphic Settings to 50%.

Select Graphics from the Setting Group on the
VIEW Tab, Select the Representation Tab and 50%
from the Obstruction Pulldown and Apply and
Cancel.
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In the Supports Application make sure that the support creation zone in the Storage Area is set to ZONEPRELIMINARY-SUPPORTS-AREA01
Pick A-ANCHOR in the 3D view, select the Anchor type from the Stand Alone Supports gallery.
Select XAN07 from the Ancillary Selection form and click OK.
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As shown, the preliminary support is converted to the
ancillary support.
The Support Editor form is also displayed to allow for
modification.
Click Apply button on the Support Editor form.
Select the previously created Preliminary Guide from the 3D view.

From the Stand Alone Supports list, select Anchor rather than Guide.
Select XAN07.
As shown, a message displays to inform the user about the
wrong Ancillary selection.
Click on No to cancel the process and Cancel the Ancillary
Selection form.
Select the Guide type from the Stand Alone Supports gallery.
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Select XGT02 from the available guides. Click OK.
The Preliminary Guide is converted to the Ancillary Guide.

The Support Editor form is also displayed to allow for
modification.
Click Apply button on the Support Editor form
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Exercise 13 Preliminary Supports
1.
Using the above example add some typical Preliminary Supports to the Design and convert them to
Ancillary supports.
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An optional Soft Obstruction volume can be created

14.1 Creating Preliminary Supports

The Preliminary gallery will be displayed as follows:

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14.2 Creating Preliminary Supports A Worked Example

This Site and Zone are in the database

Select the SUPPORTS Application and set the Support

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Rename the preliminary support to A-ANCHOR.

Select the GENSEC 3 of FRMWORK AXIS_P1.2, as shown.

Click on the Apply button.

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Follow the previous workflow and create a Preliminary Guide,

Set the Obstruction Width and Height to 300mm

Click on the Apply button.

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Add the Preliminary Supports to the screen.

Change the Obstruction Graphic Settings to 50%.

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Select the previously created Preliminary Guide from the 3D view.

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The Preliminary Guide is converted to the Ancillary Guide.

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Exercise 13 Preliminary Supports

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