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Changing the Hydrology Output Settings
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Changing the Hydrology Output Settings
Several dialog boxes control values and settings associated with hydrologic
analysis. You can access these dialog boxes by using the Drawing Settings
command from the Projects menu, or you can access each dialog box
individually using the appropriate menu items on the Hydrology menu.
Besides changing the hydrology units, precision, and graph settings, you can
specify which ASCII text editor to use for viewing and editing hydrology files.
You can also return the hydrology settings to the default program settings.
When you define these settings before you start your work, the settings you
select apply to all subsequent tasks. You can also save these settings to a project
prototype for use within future projects.
Changing the Hydrology Units Settings
The hydrologic input data that you need for your projects is sometimes in
imperial units. Converting imperial unit scientific data to metric can be a
challenging task.
Autodesk Civil Design allows you to mix imperial and metric units for
hydrology calculations according to the data you have at your disposal. You can
set hydrology units so that the program performs the conversion for you. In the
Unit Types dialog box, you can select the units of measure for hydrology data.
To change the hydrology units settings
1 From the Hydrology menu, choose
Settings to display the Hydrology Tools
Settings dialog box.
2 Click Units to display the Unit Types dialog box.
3 Select the units to use for each type of measurement from the lists.For more
information, see Hydrology Units Settings in this chapter.
NOTE
You change settings for Angle, Area, Elevation, Flow rate, Head, Length,
Rainfall, Structural Area, Structural Dimensions, Time, Velocity, Volume,
and Intensity. Click OK to return to the Hydrology Tools Settings dialog
box.