Next choose Setting Out Information from the Results menu. With the True Coordinates button selected, you can see that the system is actually oriented at a significant angle away from true North; hence the elaborate coordinates.
Clearly, at midnight on a rainswept site, figures of this complexity do not make the site manager's job easier. To redefine the orientation, select Site Location from the Site menu and enter the coordinates for Manhole 1 and set the Orientation to True - in this case, 20 degrees.
Click OK and return to the Setting Out Information. If you now choose the
Page 3.8 Example 3 and that the figures have been greatly simplified; they are all relative to manhole 1.
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Network Plan
With coordinates in place you can now view a plan view of the network. Click the Plan icon:
Plan
The plan view of the network allows you to examine manholes and pipes "in situ".
View Options
Drop down the View Options button menu and ensure the Display Manholes
Page 3.10 Example 3 Right click anywhere on the drawing and select Band Zoom.
Click and hold down the left mouse button and drag the mouse to define a ‘banding’ region. Release the button to Zoom to the region chosen.
The Pan option allows you to move the area you are viewing by dragging it. Alternatively you may also use the Wheel on your mouse to real time zoom. Use Previous and Extents buttons to switch between magnifications.
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3D World View
A full 3D graphical representation of your network is available in all modules that have the Plan view.
Like the Plan the World View is based on manhole coordinates and represents the true state of the world. Pipes without coordinates will have default coordinates applied so they can be drawn on Plan and in 3D. This is indicated on the Plan by the rings around each manhole. If the coordinates and lengths do not match the pipes would be shown as dotted lines.As with the other views right-clicking on a pipe or manhole and selecting Properties
will pop-up relevant information.
Select 3D World View from the Graphics menu or using the icon on the Plan View tool bar.
Display World View
The World View will appear showing a full 3D model of the network and ground.
The compass on the left gives you the ability to move around the network and zoom into areas. Look around your system using the compass and
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In the upper toolbar there are a number of options allowing you to alter or add to the items displayed.
View Options
Display Pipes / Manholes
These buttons switch the pipes and or manholes on and off. Display Sky
This switches on a sky background. If switched off the background is left black.
Display Branch Indicators
A flag is drawn at the first pipe in each branch. The integer part of the pipe is shown in blue on the flag. A flag is also drawn at each outfall position. In this case the branch number is drawn in green.
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Ground Style
No Ground switches the ground profile off. The remaining three options change the way the profile is drawn. The Ground may be drawn as Solid, Wireframe or Transparent. The latter option allows the pipes to be seen through the ground. The Ground is coloured from dark green through to light green and then grey as the level increases.
Selection Set
By selecting this option it is possible to view only those pipes in the current Selection Set. The pipes that are not in the selection set are displayed in a greyed out manner.
Manhole Colours
By default manholes are shown in grey and all outfalls are shown in green. The Cover Level option colour codes the manholes depending on their cover level.
The levels associated with each colour can be seen on the Display Settings. The Depth view colours each manhole according to depth. The depths associated with each colour can be seen on the Display Settings.
The Connection option displays manholes in red if the connecting pipes are within a pre-determined angle of each other. The angle can be set from Display Settings.
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Pipe Colours
By default the main line is drawn in yellow and branch lines are displayed in cyan. The Diameter view colours pipes depending on their size (diameter). The diameters associated with each colour can be seen on the Display Settings.
Display Settings
The Display Setting window shows the various colour settings used in the various graphical displays. Each colour can be user defined. Select the Pipes Screen colour and the select a blue from the pallet.
Screen Defaults
Select Screen Default to return the Display Settings to the standard colours. Save
Saves the current view to disk as a graphic file. Print
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