To Add Hangers

You can add hangers to ducts, pipes, cable trays, and conduits. You cannot add hangers to fittings.

When you add a hanger, the midpoint of the hanger top is positioned relative to the midpoint of the bottom of the building system object to which it is anchored. Because the hanger is anchored to the object, when the object moves, the hanger moves with it. When the object is deleted, the hanger is also deleted.

To add hangers

1. Start the add command by doing one of the following:
   • Open the Tools palette, and click the Add Hanger Support tool, if available.
   • On the command line, enter HANGERADD.
   

2. For Hanger Style, select the hanger style to use.

   You can select from the hanger styles defined in the current drawing.

3. For Left Channel Offset, enter the distance between the left side of the building systems object and the edge of the channel.
   

   Note: The left and right sides of the building systems object are determined by its start point and endpoint.
4. For Right Channel Offset, enter the distance between the right side of the building systems object and the edge of the channel.
5. For Support Height, enter the height of the drop rods.
6. Specify how you want the hangers to provide support:

   If you want the hangers to provide support ...	Then ...
   from above the run	select Support From Above
   from below the run	clear Support From Above

7. Under Insertion Options, specify the number of hangers to insert and how to space them:

   If you want to add...	Then...
   a single hanger	for Insertion, select Single.
   hangers at a specific distance interval	do the following: For Insertion, select Along Run. For Distance between, enter the distance between the centers of the hangers.
   a specific number of hangers at a specific distance interval	do the following: For Insertion, select Along Run (Fixed Number). For Distance between, enter the distance between the centers of the hangers. For Quantity, enter the number of hangers to insert.

8. Click OK.
9. In the drawing, select the building systems object to which to add the hangers.
10. Click to specify the location of the first hanger.
11. If, for Insertion, you selected Along Run or Along Run (Fixed Number), click in the direction you want to place the remaining hangers.