Modify User Defined Ancillary Geometry

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Supports : Modify User Defined Ancillary Geometry

Modify User Defined Ancillary Geometry

The Supports application allows you to create a set of ancillary standards with their own geometry. Configuration of standards dimensionally is covered in Ancillary Data.

The user defined ancillary standards comprise a number of support types. The table displays the user defined ancillary types that have been created that can be configured geometrically:


Standard	Description	Range		Total
		From	To
AT	Ancillary	AT500	AT700	201
LT	Lug	LT500	LT700	201
BT	U-Bolt	BT500	BT700	201
AN	Anchor for shoes	AN500	AN569	70
AN	Anchor for pipes	AN570	AN639	70
AN	Anchor for trunnions	AN640	GT700	61
GT	Guide for shoes	GT500	GT569	70
GT	Guide for pipes	GT570	GT639	70
GT	Guide for trunnions	GT640	GT700	61
ST	Stops for shoes	ST500	ST569	70
ST	Stops for pipes	ST570	ST639	70
ST	Stops for trunnions	ST640	ST700	61
AC	Ancillary Components for Trunnions	AC500	AC599	100
AC	Plate Component for Trunnions	AC600	AC700	101
CA	Cable Tray Ancillaries	CA500	CA700	201

The ability to create the user defined ancillary types is achieved by supports being configured to use a blank set of ancillaries, so that users can complete their own geometry. A user project called MDU is created; a hierarchy /MDU prefix is used instead of the /MDS prefix where applicable. The example displays how this is implemented into a supports project environment.

The MDU project has the geometry and point sets pre-created and linked into the MDS catalogue and specification. The geometry sets are empty and the point sets have the minimum p-point requirements. You can then create the geometry within the MDU project and set up any design parameters required for the component. The MDU project only stores geometry, point and data sets for the types and ranges detailed earlier.

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