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Chapter 6 Working with Pipes
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Overview of Working With Pipes
You can draw two basic types of pipe runs with Pipes: conceptual and finish
draft.
Conceptual pipe runs are single line representations of plan and profile view
pipe runs. They serve as quick sketches of pipe run configurations, which you
can use to check a particular pipe run for proper position and location.
Finish draft pipe runs are more complex representations of pipe runs in plan
and profile views. You can select from a variety of annotation options when
drawing finish draft pipe runs, and you can specify line types, flow direction
arrows, and comprehensive labels.
The commands in the Pipes menu provide you with tools for designing and
drafting pipe runs. You can use these tools to design and draft sewer systems,
both sanitary and stormwater, in both plan and profile. You can define pipe
runs in the drawing or import pipe runs from specified files, make graphical
edits in plan or profile, use flow analysis tools to size the pipes, and
automatically size and adjust the run variables with the run editor. You can
then draft the finished design in plan or profile based on parameters that you
define.
Changing the Pipe Settings
Use the Settings ä Edit command on the Pipes menu to open the Pipes Settings
Editor, from which you can select a series of dialog boxes. Use these dialog
boxes to edit an array of Pipes settings, including pipe and node drafting labels,
layer data, node and pipe data values, structure library settings, and run editor
settings.
Customizing the Pipe and Coefficient Tables
You can use the Coefficient Editor dialog box to enter pipe materials and their
associated roughness coefficient to be used in the Pipes Run Editor for
calculations.
The Pipes Run Editor lets you edit a pipe run, calculate design flow rates, and
size pipes. From this dialog box, you can select various views that display
selected columns of information about a pipe run. Sheet view is the default
view. You can use sheet view to view all of the columns.