Patent ID: 11928788
Assignee: EVOLVE MEP, LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A system for hanger placement in a computer-aided design (“CAD”) application, including:
a database that stores hanger parameters;
a processor that executes instructions to perform stages comprising:
receiving a first selection of elements on a graphical user interface (“GUI”);
determine a first set of pipe elements from the first selection based on the elements being parallel;
receiving a second selection, on the GUI, indicating a run direction;
determining a service type for the first set of pipe elements that is one of pipe, conduit, or ducts;
placing an initial hanger on the first set of pipe elements, including resizing a bearer width to span the first set of pipe elements and changing the hanger elevation to attach to a lowest bottom of the first set of pipe elements;
placing a second hanger at a spacing along a first path of the first set of pipe elements;
determining that a first pipe element that was part of the first set is no longer part of the first set based on the first pipe element diverging from its original distance from a next closest pipe element in the first set;
determining a branch of the first set of pipe elements in an instance where two pipe elements in the set diverge from one another; and
repeating the initial hanger placement on the branch, wherein hanger placement continues until all pipe elements of the first set have turned a corner, and wherein the first set includes pipe elements of different types.