From a Customer: "On this job, the main is sloping (using the sloping pipe block), as are the lines. I need the last head to be 5” down from the deck. I Gave them a fixed elevation of [5 Bts] and a fixed elevation at the top of the riser, [34 BTS], but it does not work properly."
The solution here calls for using Above Finished Floor (AFF) blocks. Why? Because the sloping pipe markers cannot use a BTS as a starting elevation - it has to be an AFF. Fortunately, there is an easy way to do this.
In the Define Pipe Elevations tool (AFF) there is an option named AFF based on BTS. This tool will automatically calculate the AFF at the point selected, adding both an AFF block and a BTS block.
If i input the 5 inches as the Distance, select AFF based on BTS and then select Pick Defining Points, I can then pick near the last head, as requested by the customer.
As this requires a single insertion point, it can only be inserted on one line at a time. You can, however, stretch the orange definition line across as many lines as you like. Or, you can copy or array the blocks as needed, as long as the elevations line up.
what do you do if you have a step in your structure?
Jerome - we have a document explaining what you should do in that situation. Pick the HydraCAD pull down menu, then pick Documentation->How-to-Documents->Elevating Pipes That Cross Two Differently Elevated Structures.pdf - Art
Posted by: Jerome Van Kolken | October 03, 2014 at 04:56 PM
Is there a way to cut in couplings on a sloped line when the slope is unknown?
Posted by: Jerome Van Kolken | September 03, 2015 at 12:02 PM