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Calculation the weight of the pipes (with water) for each hanging point?

Anonymous — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 09:45:45 GMT

I am using Fabrication CADmep 2015 and would like to know about how to calculate the weight of the pipes (with water) for each hanging point?

Please find the attachment as reference.

Re: Calculation the weight of the pipes (with water) for each hanging point?

pinaki.rajak — Sun, 06 Aug 2017 11:40:33 GMT

You can check the total weight of the pipe in Fabrication CADmep by item properties tool.

After that use pipe's exterior and interior diameter and total length and find weight per foot of pipe by a calculation,

m = 10.68 (do - tw) tw

where

m = weight per foot (lb/ft)

do = outside diameter (inches)

tw = wall thickness (inches)

Example - Weight of 4" Schedule 40 Steel Pipe

The outside diameter (do) of 4" Schedule 40 Steel Pipe is 4.500 inches. The wall thickness is 0.237 inches. The weight per foot can be calculated using (1) as:

m = 10.68 ((4.500 in) - (0.237 in)) (0.237 in)
= 10.79 (lb/ft)

Check if it works for your requirement.

Re: Calculation the weight of the pipes (with water) for each hanging point?

Anonymous — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 17:51:34 GMT

There is not a way to automatically show you this information.

Re: Calculation the weight of the pipes (with water) for each hanging point?

pinaki.rajak — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 04:17:44 GMT

Yes ! you are correct, till date there is no automated way. Anyway, we have to go to manual calculation.

Re: Calculation the weight of the pipes (with water) for each hanging point?

kythemc — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 19:01:24 GMT

http://www.xtracad.com/forum/index.php/topic,5678.0.html

yes there is