Overview
The Quick Start lessons give you hands-on experience with many of the features and capabilities of SewerGEMS V8i. These detailed lessons will help you get started exploring and using the software.
• “Lesson 1: Overview of the SewerGEMS V8i Workspace” on page 3-50 • “Lesson 2: Laying Out a Network” on page 3-57
• “Lesson 3: Entering Data” on page 3-64
• “Lesson 4: Validating and Calculating a Model” on page 3-78 • “Lesson 5: Presenting Calculated Results” on page 3-84 • “Lesson 6: Creating Multiple Storm Events” on page 3-114 • “Lesson 7: Working With the ArcMap Client” on page 3-125
• “Lesson 8: Adding Hydrographs Using the RTK Runoff Method” on page 3-137
Another way to become acquainted with Bentley SewerGEMS V8i is to run and experiment with the included sample files, located in the C:/Program Files/Bentley/
SewerGEMS/Sample directory. To open one of these existing examples:
From the Welcome to Bentley SewerGEMS V8i dialog, click the Open Existing project button and browse to the C:/Program Files/Bentley/SewerGEMS/Sample directory. Highlight a sample file and click Open.
If the Welcome to Bentley SewerGEMS V8i dialog is not open, click the File pull- down menu and select the Open command. Then browse to the C:/Program Files/
Bentley/SewerGEMS V8i/Sample directory. Highlight a sample file and click Open.
Remember, you can right-click or press the F1 key to access the context-sensitive online help at any time.
Lesson 1: Overview of the SewerGEMS V8i Workspace
Lesson 1: Overview of the SewerGEMS V8i
Workspace
SewerGEMS has an extensively customizable user interface. In this lesson you will learn how to personalize SewerGEMS’s toolbars, managers, and other interface elements. The following lessons guide you through the process of setting up the SewerGEMS interface in an alternate configuration, starting from the default configu- ration that is in use when the software is first installed. The advantage of the alternate configuration is that it increases the size of the drawing pane.
To return the interface to the default component placement settings, click View >
Reset Workspace.
Part 1: Workspace Components Overview
The SewerGEMS workspace contains three different type of components: the drawing pane, toolbars, and dockable managers. The behavior and use of these components is discussed in the following parts of this lesson. When starting Bentley SewerGEMS V8i for the first time, the default interface settings will be used.
Let’s begin by starting up Bentley SewerGEMS V8i. If SewerGEMS V8i is already open, skip step one and click the File pulldown menu and select the Open command instead, then proceed to step two.
1. In the Welcome to Bentley SewerGEMS V8i dialog that appears, click the Open
Existing Project button.
2. Browse to the C:/Program Files/Bentley/SewerGEMS V8i/Lessons folder, high- light Lesson_1.swg, then click Open.
The example network will appear in the drawing pane, and the interface will look like this:
Part 2: Working With the Drawing Pane
The drawing pane is where you create and view your model. You can pan and zoom your model in this pane.
If you have already completed Part 1 of this lesson, proceed to the Panning section below. Otherwise, complete the following steps before proceeding to the Panning section:
1. Start Bentley SewerGEMS V8i.
2. In the Welcome to Bentley SewerGEMS V8i dialog that appears, click the Open
Existing Project button.
3. Browse to the C:/Program Files/Bentley/SewerGEMS/Lessons folder, highlight
Lesson_1.swg, then click Open.
Drawing Pane Toolbar
Pulldown Menu
Lesson 1: Overview of the SewerGEMS V8i Workspace
Panning
You can change the position of the drawing view in the network by using the Pan tool. Alternatively, if your mouse is equipped with a mousewheel, you can pan by simply holding down the mousewheel and moving the mouse to reposi- tion the current view. This changes the mouse cursor to the Pan icon, allowing you to reposition the current view in the same manner—click on the drawing, hold down the mouse button, and move the mouse to reposition the current view.
Zooming
You can perform a number of zooming operations in the drawing pane to change the current view of your model.
The simple Zoom In and Zoom Out commands let you increase or decrease, respectively, the zoom level of the current view by one step per mouse click.
The Zoom Extents command automatically changes the zoom level so that the entire network is displayed in the drawing pane.
The Zoom Realtime command lets you dynamically scale up and down the zoom level. The zoom level is defined by the magnitude of mouse movement while the tool is active.
The Zoom Center command opens the Zoom Center dialog, allowing you to center the drawing pane view on the coordinates you enter, at the zoom level you specify in the Zoom menu.
Click the Zoom Center button, and enter 75 in the X field, 30 in the Y field, and choose 200 in the Zoom menu, then click OK. The drawing pane will center on the manhole element MH-5 at a magnification of 200%.
Part 3: Working With Toolbars
Toolbars provide efficient access to frequently used commands. All of the toolbars in SewerGEMS are customizable both in terms of the buttons that they display and in the position that they occupy within the interface.
If you have already completed Part 2 of this lesson, proceed to the Adding and Removing Toolbar Buttons section below. Otherwise, complete the following steps before proceeding to the following section:
1. Start Bentley SewerGEMS V8i.
2. In the Welcome to Bentley SewerGEMS V8i dialog that appears, click the Open
Existing Project button.
3. Browse to the C:/Program Files/Bentley/SewerGEMS V8i/Lessons folder, high- light Lesson_1.swg, then click Open.