IRM Pathways include the ability to show (or hide) their loading at points along their length in the Design World. This is enabled via labels that show a specific load, which IRM calculates, at each interval along the selected Pathway in the Design World. This feature gives users an easy way to visualize the loading of a Pathway.
The Track Load Pathway context menu option allow the loading labels to be shown or hidden:
The result of selecting this option is that the Pathway is reloaded with labels showing the loading weight in user preferred units at various spots along the Pathway. This load tracking option is persisted, so the user will have the same view after the client is reload. The loading label option applies only to the currently selected Pathway, not all Pathways.
The load labels are drawn in a black font by default, with contrasting backshading for better readability (the red borders were added in the image below for additional visibility, they are not drawn by default):
If the Pathway has inner ducts, the weight of those Ducts and any Cables in them are included. Notice in the following screenshot, there are different types of Pathways with different load values, depending on the Pathway utilization. For the top-most and left-most Steel Trays, the load labels display a smaller value (0.05 lbs) than for the right-most Tray (0.10 lbs), since the right-most one contains more Cables:
After initial activation of this feature, additional Pathway context menu options are available:
"Stop Tracking Load" and "Stop Tracking All", are both context-sensitive and both result in the removal of the load labels. In case the first option is selected the load labels are removed only for the selected Pathway, while the second option removes the load labels for all Pathways in all Areas.
Users are encouraged to stop tracking the loading when the information is no longer needed -- doing so removes clutter from the Design World and reduces computational load on IRM, which may lead to better performance in some cases.
