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Chapter 6 Working with Pipes
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3 Type one of the following letters to draw the pipe run: by station and offset, or
by point:
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X for the eXit option, to end the Draw Pipe Run command without drawing
the pipe run, and without saving any pipe run data.
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S for the Station option, to draw the run based on a defined horizontal
alignment by station and offset. You must set an existing defined horizontal
alignment as current to use this option.
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PO for the POint option, to draw the pipe run based on selected points, or
manually enter Northing and Easting coordinates.
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N to draw the pipe run by Northing and Easting coordinates.
4 Select an initial starting point for the pipe run:
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If you select the Station option, enter a station and offset. If an alignment
has not been set as current, you are prompted to select one.
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If you selected the POint option, select a point.
This starting point, now called the current pipe run node, is marked with an X,
drawn with temporary vectors.
5 Type the rim elevation if no surface is available for elevation extraction.
The following prompt is displayed:
Move/eXit/Add:
6 Type one of the following to continue or end the pipe run:
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M for the Move option, to relocate the current node. Enter either a new
station and offset, or a selected point. The current station and offset are
displayed as the default values.
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X for the eXit option, to end the Draw Pipe Run command without drawing
the pipe run or saving any pipe run data.
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A for the Add option, to add the next node to the pipe run, using either a
station and offset, or selecting another point.
If you select the Add option, you are prompted for the next point. After you
establish the second point in the pipe run, data for the pipe run name, length,
and number of nodes is listed on the command line, reflecting the current
status of the pipe run. The pipe run status is displayed each time another node
is established in the pipe run.
A further series of options are available when the next prompt is displayed:
eXit/Next/Prev/Move/Delete/Undo/Save/Add <Add>:
7 Use these options to continue adding new points to the pipe run, to exit the
command, or to move the current point. You can also type any of the
following:
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N for the Next option, to advance the X designating the current node in the
pipe run to the next available node.
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P for the Prev option, to move the X designating the current node in the
pipe run back to the previous node.