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

[Anonymous]

 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.

[pinaki.rajak]

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.

[Anonymous]

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

[pinaki.rajak]

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

[kythemc]

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

yes there is