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👷‍♀️ Add Hangers

Add Hangers performs automated MEP hanger placement with intelligent network detection, adaptive height control, and parametric distribution, addressing the repetitive and time-intensive nature of manual hanger placement and eliminating hours of individual positioning.
Version 1.3 | Specials

Overview​

While manual MEP hanger placement is repetitive, boring, and extremely time-intensive for complex networks (requiring hours of individual positioning for pipes, conduits, and HVAC systems), this tool addresses those limitations by providing automated hanger placement across entire MEP networks with intelligent rotation, sizing, and height adaptation. This enables rapid deployment of hangers along complete piping, conduit, HVAC, and cable tray networks with parametric control over spacing, height adjustment, and host coordination, significantly reducing the time spent on repetitive hanger placement tasks that are fundamental to MEP coordination and construction documentation workflows.

Key Features​

Usage includes:

  • Network-Wide Placement: Place hangers across entire MEP networks including pipes, conduits, HVAC systems, and cable trays.
  • Intelligent Rotation and Sizing: Automatically rotate and size hangers to match system geometry and requirements. Use symmetric hangers.
  • Adaptive Height Control: Adjust hanger heights automatically based on system elevation changes using hanging parameters.
  • Parametric Spacing Control: Control hanger distribution with maximum and minimum distance parameters.
  • Host Intelligence: Support hosted families with automatic host switching between ceiling and structural elements.
  • Prefabrication Integration: Work with both prefabrication parts and standard Revit families.
  • Segment Distribution: Equally distribute hangers along straight segments while avoiding fittings and curves.

Requirements​

Before using Add Hangers, ensure your environment meets the following prerequisites:

 Autodesk Revit: From version 2020 to newest.
 NonicaTab: NonicaTab Pro.

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Usage​

Understanding Standard vs. Enhanced Hanger Placement Methods​

  1. Standard Manual Hanger Placement:
    • Individual Positioning: Place each hanger manually with separate rotation and sizing adjustments
    • Time-Intensive Process: Hours required for complex networks with hundreds of placement locations
    • Repetitive Tasks: Repeat identical placement, rotation, and sizing operations for each hanger
    • Inconsistent Spacing: Manual spacing prone to inconsistencies and measurement errors
  2. Enhanced Automated Placement (This Tool):
    • Network-Wide Automation: Place hangers across entire MEP networks with single operation
    • Intelligent Adaptation: Automatic rotation, sizing, and height adjustment based on system parameters
    • Parametric Control: Control spacing, distribution, and placement rules through parameter settings
    • Consistent Results: Ensure uniform spacing and placement across entire networks

Basic Hanger Placement Workflow​

  1. Navigate to NonicaTab Pro → Add Hangers.
  2. Instance Selection: Choose hanger to replicate:
    • Instance to Copy: Select existing hanger (prefabrication part or family) to use as template
    • Reference Hanger: Choose hanger with appropriate size, type, and configuration
    • Family Compatibility: Works with both hosted families and standard prefabrication parts
  3. Network Definition: Define MEP system network:
    • System Selection: Choose target MEP system (pipes, conduits, HVAC, cable trays)
    • Network Detection: Tool automatically detects connected network elements
    • Path Recognition: Identifies straight segments suitable for hanger placement

FAQ​

Manual hanger placement is extremely time-intensive and repetitive, often requiring hours for complex networks. This tool automates placement across entire MEP networks with intelligent rotation, sizing, and height adjustment, reducing hours of work to minutes while ensuring consistent spacing and proper positioning.

Maximum distance controls hanger spacing - higher values result in fewer hangers with wider spacing. Minimum distance prevents hanger placement on very short segments; if a segment is shorter than the minimum distance (e.g., 185mm segment with 200mm minimum), no hanger will be placed on that segment.

Yes, by using hanging parameters like "pipe distance" (distance from ceiling to pipe), the tool automatically adjusts hanger heights when system elevations change. This ensures hangers maintain proper spacing from structural elements regardless of pipe height variations.

This is a deliberate limitation for practical installation reasons. Hangers are most effectively placed on straight segments where they can provide proper support. Fittings and curves typically have different support requirements and are often supported by adjacent straight segment hangers.

The original hanger is relocated as part of the equal distribution process. The tool analyzes each straight segment and places hangers (including the original) at optimal locations to ensure even spacing throughout the segment, rather than leaving the original in its initial position.