U-bolts not drawn correctly

[cadguy77]

After much searching I've reached a blank.

When placing u-bolt supports, the graphics do not represent what radius that is specified during placement. The issue is further exaggerated as the pipe size increases, drawing the u-bolt oversized for that pipe diameter. E.g. the centre-centre distance for au-bolt on a 200mm pipe should be 250mm but Autoplant draws it at 272mm, for a 600mm pipe it should be 642mm but Autoplant draws it at 756mm (see attached).

I've looked in to the SUPUBOLT.EBS, and it's looks like the dialogue generates a radius based on the pipe size * 0.52, but then autoplant draws it at a much bigger radius then what is specified in the dialogue.

Can anyone point me in the right direction on what needs to be set in the .ebs or if I need to change something in another file?

Cheers

As

[Plant Salad]

I had noticed the same thing in imperial. it seemed that due to it calculating it from the pipe size, it doesn't match the real world dimensions. It has been about 2 years since i've messed with it, but if i remember correctly, the smaller sizes work relatively fine, but as you start getting over about 8" or 10" pipe, the formula for drawing the object doesn't apply accurately anymore.

[cadguy77]

exactly the issue we're experiencing. Becomes a pain when laying out parallel pipes on supports.

Attached is the response from Bentley.

To summarise, they are not planning to address this issue in the current release (series 2 in my case) unless it's beneficial to them to implement a change globally.

Poor show I feel. Surely this affects everyone.

[Plant Salad]

i was thumbing though my old notes, do you notice the straight part of the u-bolts are not the correct length either?

[cadguy77]

Yes I have. Anyone else experiencing this issue?

[Aplant Monkey]

exactly the issue we're experiencing. Becomes a pain when laying out parallel pipes on supports.

Attached is the response from Bentley.

To summarise, they are not planning to address this issue in the current release (series 2 in my case) unless it's beneficial to them to implement a change globally.

Poor show I feel. Surely this affects everyone.


Typical Bentley. They are likely hoping and watching this forum for someone to step up and solve their problem for them .... AGAIN