PIPE INSTALLATION SUPPORT APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pipe installation support apparatus for considering the interfering state or working amounts of piping in installing mounting piping on the basis of data reproducing the current state of piping. SOLUTION: This pipe installation support apparatus includes: acquiring and storing the measurement result of the shape and position of the tip top of installed piping and mounting piping acquired by using a three-dimensional measurement unit (steps S1-S3); generating the three-dimensional data of the tip top of the installed piping and mounting piping on the basis of the storage result; and arranging the generated three-dimensional data of the installed piping and mounting piping in a virtual space (steps S4-S9); and automatically arranging the three-dimensional CAD data at the optimal position of the mounting piping to the installed piping, and automatically calculating the working amounts of a mounting position on the basis of the arrangement position (steps S10-S12). COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT