topic Re: MEP - Duct Hanger / Support in Modeling

MEP - Duct Hanger / Support

Softskil Consultants — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:21:27 GMT

Dear User / Developer,

How I can add support / suspended hanger to hold HVAC - duct in 3D ?

Re: MEP - Duct Hanger / Support

Steve Jepson — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:31:08 GMT

You can use hanger objects.

Re: MEP - Duct Hanger / Support

Laszlo Nagy — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:14:04 GMT

That looks like a lot of polygons (especially the geometry of those springs) when you place a couple of dozen or hundred of those highly detailed hangers into your model.

Re: MEP - Duct Hanger / Support

Steve Jepson — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:38:40 GMT

here are more than 1,000 of them. I don't notice any slow down at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hG-wmp_ke0 But that it no the point. The point is that you can use any sort of model or symbol you want. Perhaps use a model for one, and the rest can be 2d symbols/object. Because there is often a lot of information for hangars - seismic calcs, engineering, manufactures info, sizes, rod lengths.... I like to hyper link all of that information in the .pdf rather than in the Archicad file. The only reason I can think of for using the GRAPHISOFT MEP Modeler is for AS-BUILTS or to try and compensate for HVAC designers that are not using 3D software. And when this is the case, the GRAPHISOFT MEP model is really just for the sake of spatial coordination, which means the level of detail is not very important. When it is important, and need to function with performance analysis modeling the MEP systems, Fire Sprinklers and such is done better with other software. There are even special programs for just the hangars. What you need in Archicad is just a reference or link that will open those documents or be displayed in an Interactive Schedule. MEP Software | Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Software (trimble.com)

Re: MEP - Duct Hanger / Support

jhonesnow — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:51:27 GMT

@Steve Jepson wrote:
here are more than 1,000 of them. I don't notice any slow down at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hG-wmp_ke0 But that it no the point. The point is that you can use any sort of model or symbol you want. Perhaps use a model for one, and the rest can be 2d symbols/object. Because there is often a lot of information for hangars - seismic calcs, engineering, manufactures info, sizes, rod lengths.... I like to hyper link all of that information in the .pdf rather than in the Archicad file. The only reason I can think of for using the GRAPHISOFT MEP Modeler is for AS-BUILTS or to try and compensate for HVAC designers that are not using 3D software. And when this is the case, the GRAPHISOFT MEP model is really just for the sake of spatial coordination, which means the level of detail is not very important. When it is important, and need to function with performance analysis modeling the MEP systems, Fire Sprinklers and such is done better with other software. There are even special programs for just the hangars. What you need in Archicad is just a reference or link that will open those documents or be displayed in an Interactive Schedule. MEP Software | Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Software (trimble.com)

These 1000 are awesome I also don't notice any slow down at all.